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BARROW JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2008
Nine arrested for DUI by BCSO
Two WBHS seniors arrested, face charges
Nine people were among
a total of 45 arrested
by the Barrow County
Sheriff’s Office during the
last week. The DUI arrests
include:
•Melissa Yvette
Anderson, 38, 203 Sue
Lane, Auburn, driving
with a suspended license,
failure to drive within a
single lane, DUI.
•Regino Nepomureno
Flores, 38, 1217 Babin
Bridge Road, Bethlehem,
failure to drive within a
single lane, leaving the
scene of an accident (hit
and run), DUI, driving
with a suspended license.
•George Junior Holmes,
60, 592 E. Broad St.,
Winder, DUI first offense,
open container in vehicle,
failure to drive within
a single lane, and adult
restraint law seat belt.
•Mark William Jackson,
21, 122 Patricia Terrace,
Grayson, DUI, following
too closely, and failure to
drive within a single lane.
•Christopher Marshall
Kaul, 36, 62 Apalachee
Church Road, Auburn,
failure to drive within a
single lane, drugs to be
kept in original container,
giving false information or
false name, driving with
a suspended license, DUI
second offense, possession
of Lortab with intent to
distribute, possession of
Lortab, going inside sher
iff’s office’s guard line
with drugs.
•Theresa Ann Kump, 59,
2916 Clairmont Road NE,
Atlanta, DUI and driving
on the wrong side of the
road.
•Darrell Edward
Osborne, 36,1081 Windsor
Creek Drive, Grayson,
DUI and failure to drive
within a single lane.
•Jose David Salvadorlora,
332 Centennial Drive,
Bethlehem, DUI.
• James Wesley Bagwell,
47, 175 Beech Creek Cir.,
Winder, failure to drive
within a single lane and
DUI.
Other alcohol and drug
related arrests were:
•Doreen Melody
Rodriguez, 33, 3372
Woodash Lane, Buford,
trafficking in methamphet-
amine and possession and
sale of methamphetamine.
•Jessica Ashworth, 17,
183 Celestial Run, Winder,
misdemeanor obstruction
of an officer and con
sumption of alcohol by a
minor.
•Christopher Shawn
Helms, 17, 187 Celestial
Run, Winder, disorderly
conduct, terroristic threats
and acts, consumption of
alcohol by a minor.
•Glenn Patrick Waters,
52, 5056 Pilgrim Lane,
Auburn, drugs to be kept
in original container, pos
session of Lortab and pos
session of Xanax.
Other arrests made by
the BCSO were:
•Joshua Alexander
Adams, 3595 Tennens Mill
Cir., Gainesville, theft by
shoplifting.
•Brandon Christopher
Ausby, 620 Barber St.,
Athens, failure to appear.
•Michael Thomas
Bentley, 22, 146 Pine St.,
Jefferson, theft by shop
lifting.
•Kenneth Lee Blair, 33,
856 Hickory Dr., Monroe,
battery, misdemeanor
obstruction of an officer.
•James Joshua Gary
Braddy, 18, 640 Corley
Road, Conyers, criminal
trespass and entering an
auto or other motor vehi
cle.
•Jerrit Laine Contario,
30, 182 Celestial Run,
Winder, obstruction of
an officer and terroristic
threats and acts.
•Eddie Burgess, 35, 217
E. Wright St., Winder, pro
bation violation.
•Tim Butler, 49, 239
Capital Ave., Winder, pro
bation violation.
•Tommy Chandler, 45,
113 Cook St., Monroe,
probation violation.
•Robert Andrew Cooper,
51, 1157 Spartin Mill
Road, Hull, misdemeanor
obstruction of an officer.
•Brian Anthony Crowe,
31, 1206 Ridgecrest Dr.,
Winder, contempt of court
(child support).
•Jerry Allen Cure, 50,
1270 Trinity, Baltimore,
Md., probation violation.
•Candace Daniel
Davenport, 18, 258 Thorn
Brook Cir., Bethlehem,
theft by receiving stolen
property.
•Carlton Cobra Dyer,
20, 231 East Rock House
Road, Lawrenceville,
criminal trespass.
•Jackie Denise Fleming,
25, 55 Cotton Creek Lane,
Winder, simple battery.
•Sergio Rogelio Flowers,
20, 3024 Burton Cir.,
Gainesville, theft by tak
ing and criminal trespass.
•Melissa Gail Francis,
33, 182 Celestial Run,
Winder, misdemeanor
obstruction of an officer,
disorderly conduct.
•Rhonda Marie Hamrick,
34, 394 Carl-Cedar Hill
Road, Winder, misde
meanor obstruction of an
officer.
•Jose Gonzales Garcia,
23, 130 N. Bluff Drive,
Athens, probation viola
tion.
•William Jerry Howard,
42, 6140 Riverrun Cir.,
Gainesville, failure to
appear.
•Douglas Lee Law,
53, 4081 Woods Bridge,
Commerce, probation vio
lation.
•Phet Lakon, 22, 426
Atlanta Hwy., Gainesville,
probation violation.
•Julio Cears Martinez,
19,4114 Valley Glen Road,
Gainesville, theft by tak
ing and criminal trespass.
•Bobby Joe Peppers,
20, 2454 Winder Hwy.,
Winder, fleeing or attempt
ing to elude an officer,
speeding and racing.
•Shane Jarred Sherill,
25,110 William John Lane,
Bonaire, parole violation.
•William Michael
Siebert, 23, 2450 Arbor
Trace Terrace, Suwanee,
deposit account fraud.
•William Douglas
Simmons, 40, 2782 Eunis
Holcomb Cir., Dacula,
criminal damage to prop
erty in the second degree
and terroristic threats.
•Glen Allen Stiltner, 27,
probation violation.
•Casey Lee Taylor, 20,
battery, cruelty to chil
dren, interference with a
911 call and false impris
onment, all with no con
tact.
•Bobby Gene Trusty,
37, 1239 Peppers Road,
Auburn, parole violation.
•Steven Dalton
Underwood, 44, 829
Georgetown Dr., Winder,
aggravated stalking, no
contact, family violence.
•John Jackson Wehunt,
45, 849 Laurel Lane,
Winder, terroristic threats
and acts.
Two Winder-Barrow High
School students were arrested Oct.
29 after one of them allegedly
handed a controlled substance to
the other in view of school officials
during a senior class meeting.
Jesse Taylor Gentry, the son of
a school employee, and Brandon
Ward Kohler, a starting football
player, both were charged with
possession of a controlled sub
stance and with carrying a weapon
- a knife - on school property.
According to the Winder Police
Department, assistant princi
pal Chuck Torbett and Athletic
Director Justin Grant observed the
students exchange something in a
“very suspicious manner” during
the meeting. The meeting report
edly was about planning for gradu
ation.
As the officials walked toward
the students, Kohler “took some
thing from his pocket and dropped
it on the floor,” the report states.
Torbett retrieved four, round,
white pills bearing an imprint of
V2410. He reportedly found a
fifth pill with the same imprint in
Kohler’s jacket.
Winder Police Cpl. Dustin
Raster used a “2008 Drug Bible”
to tentatively identify the pills as
“Carisoprodal AKA somas,” a
muscle relaxant.
Torbett also allegedly found in
Kohler’s pocket a “silver colored,
lockable blade knife,” which vio
lates the school system’s weapons
policy.
The report states Kohler ini
tially said he and Gentry only had
exchanged was bubble gum. He
said he had the knife at school
because he had “bailed some hay
over the weekend and he forgot to
Braselton police say a per
son who was mistaken for a
man — but is now a woman
— is accused of forging
checks at a grocery store.
Employees at Publix on
Ga. Hwy. 211 said a woman
wrote a check for $500 three
days prior to the Oct. 28
incident, in which she tried
to write another $500 check.
The woman was trying to
leave in her vehicle when
police arrived.
An officer said the suspect
was believed to be a woman,
but was really a man.
The suspect gave the offi
cer identification showing
him as a man who lived in
Douglasville.
An officer said the sus
pect became nervous during
questioning and couldn’t say
exactly where he was alleg
edly visiting friends in the
area.
Police said receipts from
the store showed that almost
identical items were pur
chased by the suspect on Oct.
28 and were in the back seat
of his vehicle. An officer also
reviewed a surveillance video
of the incidents.
Once the suspect was
arrested, police searched the
vehicle and found a fraudu
lent Georgia driver’s license.
There were also several gift
take it out of his jacket.”
According to school officials,
Kohler has been active in Future
Farmers of America.
During an initial search of
Gentry on school grounds, noth
ing illegal was found, though
according to the police report, he
appeared to be under the influence
of a substance. He, too, claimed he
and Kohler only had exchanged
bubble gum.
However, Kohler in a subse
quent written statement to police
said Gentry asked him if he want
ed some pills that “would make
him feel good.” Kohler said he
accepted the pills and dropped
them as he saw the school official
approaching him.
After the students were taken to
the police department, they were
searched again and a “silver col
ored lockable blade knife” was
found hanging from Gentry’s gym
shorts string. Gentry said he had
hidden the knife because he acci
dentally brought it to school and
did not want to get into trouble.
The confiscated pills were sent
to the GBI crime lab for identifi
cation.
In addition to criminal charges,
the students face school disciplin
ary action. Principal A1 Darby in
said Tuesday he could not disclose
the action taken by the school
system.
According to school system
policy, possessing illegal chugs
and knives on campus is a major
“Class UT' violation of the school
system’s code of conduct. Possible
disciplinary actions include refer
ral to a tribunal for expulsion, or
transfer to an alternative school.
Students also may waive their right
cards, receipts and docu
ments that were given to an
investigator.
The suspect said his name
was legally changed to India
Denise Jackson, 30, prior to
the incidents.
Jackson was charged with
possession of altered identi
fication documents and was
taken to the Barrow County
Detention Center.
Police say the case remains
under investigation and addi
tional charges may be com
ing.
BRASELTON
INCIDENTS
The following inci
dents were reported to the
Braselton Police Department
last week:
•terroristic threats at a Ga.
Hwy. 211 business, where
a store owner said her two
business partners used three
blank checks and fraudant-
ly used her Social Security
number to order additional
phone services. During two
incidents, one of the business
partners made several threat
ening statements that scared
the store owner. She later
explained the situation to
police. Officers later served
criminal trespass warnings to
the business partners.
•items stolen from a
vehicle at the Holiday Inn
to a hearing before the tribunal,
admit their offense, and agree to a
punishment contained in the code
of conduct.
Though knives were found on
both students, Darby said he does
not believe many Winder-Barrow
students carry them. He said he is
more concerned about the preva
lence of prescription drug abuse in
American culture and thinks that
danger needs to be addressed more
forcefully.
Darby said while it is important
for school officials to be consistent
in their punishment of such cases,
it also is important to recognize
that “kids are kids” and that they
make mistakes.
He said he has some discre
tion in meting out punishment and
looks at a number of factors in
determining consequences. But he
said he holds student leaders to
a higher standard of conduct and
that no one guilty of such offenses
would be treated differently just
because he could run a football.
Though Darby would not con
firm any information about either
Gentry or Kohler, another source
said Kohler has been removed
from the Bulldoggs football team.
According to school policy, pos
sessing illegal drugs and knives on
campus is a major “Class III” vio
lation of the school system’s code
of conduct. Disciplinary actions
could include suspensions, proba
tion, restitution, referral to a tribu
nal for expulsion or transfer to an
alternative school or loss of priv-
iledges. Students also may waive
their right to a hearing before the
tribunal, admit their offense and
agree to a punishment contained
in a code of conduct.
Express on Hwy. 211, where
a woman said someone broke
the windows of two vehicles.
Two suitcases and a comput
er printer from the vehicles
were found on the ground
next to one of the vehicles.
It also appeared that several
items had been gone through,
police said. The woman said
nothing was stolen from the
vehicles.
•runaway juvenile at a Hwy.
53 address. The 15-year-old
juvenile was found the fol
lowing day in Hoschton.
•seizure of U.S. currency
on 1-85, where police said
the incident is under inves
tigation and no information
is available until the case is
closed. A New Jersey man
is listed as an offender in an
incident report.
Braselton Arrests
The Braselton Police
Department made the follow
ing arrests last week:
•Walter A. Rodovich, 37,
3706 Tanners Mill Road,
Gainesville, open container
of alcohol while operating a
vehicle, DUI and no head
lights on a half hour after
sunset to a half hour before
sunrise.
•Luther P. Downey, 39,
3706 Tanners Mill Road,
Gainesville, disorderly con
duct.
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