Griffin Police, Georgia State Patrol and Sheriffs
Department unites were called to the
intersection of South 6th Street and West Taylor Street Friday
night when. Several fights broke out in the crowd that was leaving the
Griffin High School Talent Show at Griffin Auditorium. Griffin police
officers and two state troopers began dispersing the crowd. Cpl. Willie
Neal was breaking up fights at John’s Petro and dispersing the crowd at
that location. As he walked by a Chevrolet Caprice, he observed Steven
Montrell Lemons, 17 years old, holding a Hi-Point .380 in his lap. Cpl.
Neal ordered Lemons to drop the firearm, but it took multiple requests and
the threat of deadly force before Lemons would comply. Steven Lemons and
the other passengers in the car, Dontrell Mangham and Lamar Evans, were
taken into custody. They were taken to the Police Department and Evans was
charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Person Under 18.