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PAGE 8A BARROW JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2008 Drug investigation in Winder nabs two Two Winder residents were arrested last week on drug charges following a search of their home. Courtney Marquez Billings of 107 Griffith St. and Timothy Kendell Harris of 522 Hickory Highway were both charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell or distribute, which is a felony, and with maintaining a disor derly house, which is a violation of the city code, according to records from the Winder Police Department. Acting on a tip during a drug investi gation, the police department obtained a search warrant. The Special Response Team knocked down the front door of the home on Griffith Street, said Lt. Todd Druse, the department's public informa tion officer. “They went inside and encountered four people.” Druse said. “Mr. Billings was not at home. While the officers were searching the residence, he walked into the front door and asked some ques tions. They informed him that they had a search warrant for his residence and they noticed his speech was slurred.” Among items confiscated by police from the home were: A plastic bag con taining a substance that appeared to be marijuana; a large bag containing 26 smaller bags containing the same sub stance; a bag containing seeds; a set of digital scales; two brands of blunt wrappers; 102 pirated DVD movies; and $1,397 in cash. Also arrested was Sualinda Rena Harris, who lives at the residence. She was charged with maintaining a disor derly house. CHECK FRAUD Winder Police are investigating a check fraud incident allegedly committed against Trim-Co Exteriors on Hwy. 211. Lt. Todd Druse said Tuesday that First Piedmont Bank reported receiving two fraudulent checks designed to look like those for Trim-Co Exteriors. “Somebody printed the checks with Trim-Co’s logo, but the checks were green and the company’s checks are always blue,” Druse said. A bank official gave police the checks, as well as bank photographs of the sus pects who cashed the checks. No arrests had been made as of early this week, but a police investigator has identified two of the three suspects. “We will be requesting warrants for two and will be continuing our investiga tion for the third,” Druse said. OTHER ARRESTS Between Nov. 3 and Nov. 10, the Winder Police Department arrested the following: •Demetrius Acree, 185 E. Broad St. battery - family violence. •Eric Ray Adams, 170 Georgia Ave., probation violation. •Marcus Marion Baker of 24 Mimosa St., no insurance and driving with an expired license. •Cathy Clement Barnett, 191 Durham Road, Hoschton, shoplifting. •Matthew John Blosser, 776 Samuel Ct., Bethlehem, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. •Christopher Charles Cooper, 147 Horton St., DUI first offense, no insur ance, suspended registration and head lights not in use. •Marina Eve Duprey-Butler, 1106 Bottomland Ct., Lawrenceville, speed ing, reckless driving, fleeing or attempt ing to elude arrest, and possession of marijuana. •Lola Kay Elliot, 710 Pearl Drive, Charleston, W.Va., vagrancy. •Antonio Epps, 80 King St., failure to appear. •Christopher Paul Epps, 3498 Hightower Trail, Conyers, probation vio lation. •John Alexander Goodwin, 1530 Barclay Dr., Lawrenceville, obstructing or hindering a law enforcement officer. •Ian Lankin Haley, 111 Atha St., Monroe, probation violation. •Katlin Marie Harrington, 223 Sherwood Dr., deposit account fraud. •Angela Bradley Hawkins, 1209 Autumn Ave., excessive volume from a car stereo and DUI first offense. •Paula Lynette Hill, 113 Williamson St., shoplifting. •Christopher Ryan Johnson, 705 Evergreen Dr., probation violation. •Janie Sue Hyder, 231 Kilcrease Road, driving while license is revoked or sus pended and improper turn. •Calvin L. Lake, 108 Betts St., proba tion violation. •Rene Nava Laureano, 354 Sanders Cir., probation violation. •Aaron Heath Lee, 1358 Carl Bethlehem Road, Auburn, DUI second offense. •Ceria Chardi Love, 53 Clifton Dr., entry upon property and disorderly con duct. •Antonio Contrell Patmon, 172 Green St., driving while license is revoked or suspended. •Katherine Brakhage Reynolds, 224 King Street, shoplifting and probation violation. •Michael Anthony Rowell, 329 Dreamland Ct., battery. •Hugo Rubio, 7 Jerome St., DUI under the age of 21, reckless driving, removing or affixing tags to conceal identification of vehicle, no drivers license, suspended registration, possession of alcohol by a minor, and improperly transferred tags on a motor vehicle. •Brandon Sander, Hwy. 211, DUI first offense, possession of marijuana, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, failure to maintain lane, failure to stop for a red light, and stop-sign violation. •Jonathan Paul Sanders, 605 Century Dr., DUI first offense, failure to maintain lane, possession of an open container of alcohol, headlight violations and failure to change name and address on license within 60 days. •Regina Turner, 119 Broadacres Ct., Athens, DUI first offense, possession of an open container of alcohol, and no brake lights. INCIDENTS Winder Police also responded to the following incidents during the same peri od: •terroristic threats at a home on Village Court. •verbal altercation at a location on East Athens Street. •theft at a location in the 300 block of North Broad Street. •obstruction of a law enforcement offi cer at a location on Natchez Circle. •deceased person at a location on 3rd Avenue. •theft by taking at an address on Mary Alice Drive. •open door at a location on Duke Circle. •burglary at a business in the 200 block of North Broad St. •forgery and obtaining drugs by fraud or forgery at a business on East May Street. •leaving the scene of an accident, North Broad Street. •criminal trespass at a location on North 5th Avenue. •criminal trespass at a location on 2nd Street. •theft at an address on King Street, •reckless driving on James Street, •domestic dispute at a location on West Midland Avenue. •brawl at a location on Buena Vista Street. •sexual assault at a residence on 2nd Street. •non-criminal dispute at a business on West Midland Avenue. •suspicious drug activity at a location on West Oak Street. •theft at a location on North Broad Street. •theft at a location on Elm Street. •hit and run on East May Street. •theft of a motor vehicle on Glen Avenue. •domestic dispute at a location on Windsor Drive. •theft at a location on West Stephens Street. •accident on Miles Patrick Road, •deceased person at a location on North Williamson Street. •Burglary on West Candler Street, •unruly juvenile at a location on King Street. Auburn police arrest six During the week of Nov. 4-11, Auburn police arrested six people and issued citations to two others for a variety of alleged offenses. Those arrested or cited were: •Amanda Ash of Buford, violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. •Florin Cole Clifton of Lawrenceville, disorderly conduct, underage possession of alcohol and public drunk - disturbance; •Jack Edward Curtis of Auburn, battery - family domestic act, and disorderly conduct. •Patrick Hilton Edwards of Auburn, probation violation. •Rosa Maria Ramirez of Lawrenceville, driving with out a license and expired tag; •Charles Amos Pugh of Auburn, public drunk - dis turbance and disorderly con duct. •Lenroy Nelson Smith III and Anthony Antonio Davis Jr. of Auburn were issued citations for discharging paint guns within the city limits. City police officers also responded to the following calls: •domestic dispute at a residence on Bradford Park Drive. •animal in the roadway on 4th street. •theft of a motor home at a location on John's Bluff Road. •harassment at a location on Shoshone Court. •damage to property at a residence on Saddlecreek Court. •runaway report at a home on Scenic Lane. •terroristic threat at a home on Bradford Court. •theft of water service at a lot in a trailer park on Carter Road. •an open door at a home on Pool Circle. Six face charges in Statham Statham Police officers arrested six people between Nov. 3 and Nov. 9, responded to 10 incidents and wrote 16 traffic tickets and one warning. Wendy Wild, 40, of 112 Hickory Trail, was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident and striking an unattended vehicle. Thomas Dean Harris II, 22, of 7116 Secret Road, Douglasville, was arrested for driving with a suspended license. Margaret Bridges, 23, of Statham was charged with simple battery. John Wesley Barrett, 29, of 43 Richardson St., Charlotte Lynette Couch, 31, of 1863 Broad St., and Adam Joshua Manders, 31, of 440 Friendship Church Road in Danielsville were arrested for violation of probation. Among the incidents reported to the Statham police during the week were the theft of a National Guard tag from a vehicle off Hillcrest Drive; harassing telephone calls at a Jefferson Street location, and theft of a wallet. The previous week the Statham Police Department arrested two people. They included: • Dianne Criswell, 34, 458 Patrick Mill Road, Winder, pro bation violation. • Kristina Elizabeth Ponce, 23, 466 Peach Hill Drive, Jefferson, failure to drive within a single lane, possession of dangerous drugs, drugs to be kept in original container, pos session of methamphetamine, possession of dangerous drugs - phenelzine. Statham police also answered calls in connection with the following incidents the previous week: • a theft on Second Street. • a theft on Jefferson Street. • shoplifting at the Circle K. • an abandoned vehicle on Atlanta Highway. • a domestic dispute. BOC continued from 1A Christmas parade deadline Friday By July 1, 2010, the county is slated to build a new pump station at Shackelford Park along with a 10-inch sewer line along Sandy Creek that by the end of 2011, will con nect to the Shackelford Pump Station. Auburn will install a 10-inch sewer line from the Shackelford station to properties adjacent to the existing Sixth Street Pump Station and by the end of 2010, will build a pump station in downtown Auburn and by the end of 2011, will build a sec ond station near the termina tion of Hickory Ridge Trail. A new sewer line built by the city will connect the two stations. In other business, the BOC: •Approved the establishment of a revolving loan fund to accept current and future grant money from the Employment Incentive Program of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. An ini tial EIP loan to the county of $245,766 will be loaned to a private business called RTI Brands Inc. and placed in a newly established account at Peoples Bank. The money is to be used for economic devel opment projects that remove slums or blight, or that help companies create or retain jobs primarily for low-to-moderate income workers. According to the county’s chief admin istrator, the funds will assist businesses where the county’s involvement is appropriate for business. The loan to RT Brands is to be repaid over seven years in 84 monthly installments of $3,247. The repayment, with interest, will provide the coun ty government with a total of $277,779 for future loans to businesses under the program, Lee said. •Approved a memoran dum of understanding with Harrison Poultry Inc. agreeing in principle to the company's use of up to 1 million gal lons per day in capacity at the county's planned wastewater treatment plant in Bethlehem. That represents 20 percent of the plant’s capacity to treat 5 million gallons of wastewater per day. The company will pay for its capacity and also will contribute up to $1 million toward the county’s construc tion of a wastewater pump sta tion to get the untreated efflu ent from the poultry plant to the new Bethlehem facility. The memorandum of under standing paves the way for engineering studies of the two facilities and will be followed by a formal agreement within 90 days. •Tabled an agreement to use a new food vendor to provide catered meals to the Barrow County Senior Center. The for mer vendor. Vend, Inc., termi nated its agreement on June 27. The Northeast Georgia Regional Development Center has arranged for area counties to use G.A. Foods Services, but on a motion by District 3 Commissioner Bill Healan, the matter was postponed until the board could review the pro posed contract. •Approved three resolu tions supporting the follow ing: A grant application for “Safe Routes to School Infrastructure;” an application for Livable Center Initiative planning funds with a 20-per cent local match; and a commit ment to participate in the Great Rail Trail project in conjunc tion with Gwinnett County and the cities of Auburn, Dacula, Carl, Statham and Winder. Coup continued from 1A He cited the distraction Richardson’s contro versial proposals caused to the process in the 2007 session. His support for the coup attempt will likely cost him his job as secretary of the House Education Committee. “I’ve pretty much resigned myself to that,” Benton said Monday afternoon. “But unless they’ve changed the rules, I don’t think they ;an remove me from any of the committees I’m on.” The margin by which Richardson was re elected was something of a surprise. “I felt like we had a good shot at it; David had a commitment from 45 people,” Benton said. “I’m disappointed, but I feel good. I stood up for what I thought was right. It was just one of those things where the incumbents ruled the day.” England said both Ralston and Richardson are “very talented, intelligent and capable of doing this job.” “The whole thing was kind of a very public family feud,” England said. “I think it was very healthy for our caucus.” Calling all groups with Christmas spirit: The dead line for entries in the annual Winder Christmas Parade is Friday, Nov. 14. All interested church es, civic groups, schools and businesses can obtain entry forms from the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce office inside the old train depot at 6 Porter St. The entry fee is $35. The theme for this year’s parade is “Beadland to Barrow,” a reference to the history of the county. “We wanted the theme to be very broad,” said Sherrie Miller, director of Mainstreet Winder/Downtown Development Authority and coordinator of the parade. “They can pick any period of local history for decorating their floats.” This year’s parade will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, in the parking lot of Ingles and travel down Broad Street, ending at the Barrow County Courthouse at Athens Street. The parade is always the highlight of a full afternoon and evening of free fun and entertainment. Veterans continued from 1A Also, Charles Duncan, Samuel B. Giles, Clifford W. Hardy, Joseph T. Harris, H.J. Higgins, Grady A. Hughes and Howard W. Johnson, Harold J. Martin, Thomas McDaniel, Clarence R. Michael, Clyde M. Redding, Loyd G. Skinner, Alfred C. Stepman and William L. Vanderford. Korean War June 25,1950-July 27, 1953 Clay Camp Jr., Lester Hardy, Bobby G. Scoggins, Truman D. Sims, Thomas C. Moon and Robert H. Day Jr. Vietnam War August 5, 1964-May 7, 1975 James R. Fowler, Billy Joe Hammond, Lorenzo Tuggle, Jerry J. McDaniel, Weldon G. Lynn, Gene W. Lay and James P. Savage. Iraq, March 2003-Present Dexter E. Wheelous and Michael R. Hullender. PROPER SALUTE Barrow County veterans gave rec ognition to their fellow veterans Tuesday during a morning ceremo ny held at Barrow Memorial Gardens. The annual event is held on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. Photo by Lyn Sengupta