A routine road check for driver's license and proof of insurance on U.S. Highway 301 in front of the Georgia visitor's center netted more than Screven County deputies had expected.

A 17-year-old driver, who had just left South Carolina, became the first vehicle stopped July 20. The teenage motorist had difficulty locating his driver's license so deputies asked him to pull safely to the side of the roadway.
But it would be the passenger of the red 1999 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer who seemed to be the most anxious individual in the vehicle.
After an investigation, local authorities began to understand why the 19-year-old passenger, Carletta Young Jr., was uneasy.
South Carolina law enforcement had been in search of Young since the beginning of June for a shooting in downtown Allendale, S.C. Young is accused of shooting a man in the head.
"The passenger became extremely nervous," said Michael Duncan, a Screven County Sheriff's Office investigator. "He was shaking. His lips were quivering and he was real chatty."
Young allowed Duncan to search him and the investigator seized a container with cocaine in it. Duncan said during the interview process, Young "had trouble remembering his date of birth."
In Screven County, Young, of 186 Cane Road, North Augusta, S.C., was charged with possession of cocaine and giving a false name and/or date of birth. Further investigation found that Young was wanted in South Carolina for assault and battery with intent to kill.
"When I called South Carolina, I said ‘We've got' and before I could get out his last name, the person on the other end said ‘You got him? Good,'" Duncan said.
Screven County Sheriff Mike Kile said it was "real good police work" by Duncan, and deputies Kat Griffin and Richard Knowles.
"They were very, very happy to get him," Kile said. Young was extradited to the Barnwell County jail Monday.
After checking the validity of his license, deputies released the driver of the Blazer with no charges, Duncan said. Coincidentally, Young's alleged co-defendant in the Allendale shooting, Quentin Bunch, age and address unavailable, was arrested 45 minutes earlier by deputies in South Carolina.
Allendale Police Department detective Donnie Hutto said Young is accused of discharging a .40-caliber firearm between eight to 10 times into another vehicle at the red light at the intersection of Highway 301 and Highway 278 on June 2. Hutto said Young's target was the driver Tyrell Owens, but instead only passenger Jermaine Dunbar was struck in the back of the head by one of the bullets.
"The victim was in the wrong place at the wrong time," Hutto said of Dunbar, who survived the shooting. Witnesses to the shooting have aided in the investigation, Hutto said.
"We knew who we were looking for," Hutto said of Young, who authorities say was associated with a group of drug dealers.
Hutto said Young was sighted in Hampton County with another suspect just days after the shooting, but Young was able to avoid being captured by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and local agencies.
"He knew he was wanted," Hutto said of Young. "He called the victim's sister and said he would pay $1,000 if the victim would say that he was not the shooter."
His offer was declined.
"We are pleased that Young was apprehended and commend all of the law enforcement agencies which made it possible," said Shellie Murdaugh, the Hampton County Sheriff's Office public information officer. "The Hampton County Sheriff's Office is always willing to assist on calls from other agencies in need of assistance. It has to be a team effort and we were glad to have been able to have assisted in apprehending one of the two suspects involved on the day of the manhunt in our area."
On June 8, Hampton County deputies arrested Latrice Bowers who had been a passenger in the vehicle being pursued. However, Young, who the Hampton County office had listed of 172 Brooker Lane, Allendale, was not caught. A sheriff office's canine-tracking unit and SLED helicopter were used to assist in locating the suspects, who exited the vehicle and fled on foot.