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BARROW JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2008
Public Safety
REPORTS ON CRIMES. WRECKS. FIRES & COURTS
KITCHEN FIRE MONDAY
Barrow County Fire and Emergency Services responded just after 8:30 a.m. Monday
to another residential fire in the 300 block of Cedar Valley Trail in Winder. The fire
was contained to the kitchen, but there was smoke damage throughout the one-
story house. The cause of that fire also is under investigation.
Photo by Lt. Scott Dakin
Family displaced by fire
A Barrow County fam
ily was displaced from their
home by a fire last Thursday,
Nov. 20.
No one was at home when
the fire started just after 2:30
p.m. in the 1500 block of
Cardinal Lane, according to a
press release.
When firefighters with
the Barrow County Fire and
Emergency Services arrived,
the attic and roof of the two-
story structure already were
filled with smoke and flames.
“Our crews started an initial
defensive attack due to the
collapse of a portion of the
roof,” said Lt. Scott Dakin,
the fire department’s public
information officer.
It took firefighters about 45
minutes to gain control of the
fire. Although the flames were
contained to the upper area of
the house, the first floor had
water and smoke damage, the
press release states.
American Red Cross rep
resentatives assisted the fam
ily of five at the scene. The
fire department also offered
the services of its Children
After the Fire program, which
provides counseling and other
services to children after a
fire. The cause of the fire is
under investigation by the Fire
Investigation Unit.
Teens arrested for robbing American Legion
A trio of Winder teens were arrested Nov.
21 and charged with the armed robbery of the
city’s American Legion Post 509.
According to a Winder Police Department
press release, two youths wearing ski masks
entered the building on Capital Avenue at
about 4:30 p.m. Friday.
One of them brandished an older-looking
handgun and demanded money. After handing
over an undisclosed amount of cash, the victim
followed the two youths outside and saw them
join a third youth, who was running south.
The victim called police and Officer Tim
Harrell spotted three males walking on Midland
Avenue who fit the victim’s description of the
suspects.The officer stopped the teens and after
noticing a ski mask hanging out of one of the
suspects’ front pockets, had the robbery victim
identify the suspects.
Charged with armed robbery were Jamarcus
Watson, 17; Donterio Butler, 17: and Jamarcus
Smith, 18. Smith also was charged with one
count of possession of marijuana, according to
a press release.
ST. ANTHONY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS MARKET
You are cordially invited to attend the annual
Christmas Market at St. Anthony’s Episopal Church
to be held Sunday December 7, 2008 from 12-5 p.m.
Handcrafted and food items created by the many talented artists at St. Anthony’s will
be available for purchase for your gift-giving and decorating joy.
Father Christmas will be available for your
seasonal photo sittings between 3-4 p.m.
Join us for a delightful holiday luncheon
between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
St. Anthony’s Episcopal Church - 174 St. Anthony’s Drive - Winder
(down the hill from Winder-Barrow High School)
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Two sought in Winder home invasion
Four people in residence at time
Two men invaded a
Wood Avenue apartment
in Winder at gunpoint
Nov. 22 and forced a boy
and three women to the
floor, according to an inci
dent report at the Winder
Police Department.
No one was physically
injured during the incident
and the invaders left before
police arrived.
The incident began at
about 7:40 p.m. when the
boy, whose age was not dis
closed, heard a knock at the
door.
When the boy opened
the door, there were two
males with handguns. As
one pushed the door open,
the boy fell to the floor. One
assailant “put the gun in (the
boy’s) face and was yelling
at him,” the police report
states.
The gun was described as
black.
The other male, also bran
dishing a black gun, then
walked into the living room,
confronted the women and
ordered them to get down.
He then looked around the
room and went outside. Once
both males had left, the boy
telephoned his mother and
she called police.
The victims did not know
their assailants. They said
one man was black and
wearing a gray jump suit.
The other man was black
and wore a black, fitted cap
and a black hoodie with
some red on it.
He had an Afro hairstyle,
witnesses said.
OTHER ARRESTS
Winder police officers also
arrested more than 20 adults
from Nov. 18-21 for the fol
lowing alleged offenses:
•Mistie Amber Arriaga,
34, of 36 Village Court,
Winder, theft by receiving
stolen property, financial
transaction card fraud.
•Jason Wesley Brown, 801
City Pond Road, Winder,
probation violation.
• Helen Marie Clark, 522
Hwy. 82, Winder, probation
violation.
•David Hugh Flynt,
135 Brookwood Estates,
Stockbridge, failure to sig
nal, no tag light and driving
while license is revoked or
suspended.
•Joseph Levi Fortner, 3270
Maysville Road, Commerce,
probation violation.
•Jimmy Lamond Jackson
Jr., 301 Russell Cemetery
Road, Winder, probation
violation.
•Michael Jerome Jackson,
254 Springdale Dr., Winder,
simple battery.
•Brannon Harold Griffin,
24, of 186 Georgia Ave.,
Winder, criminal trespass.
•Marcie Hagan, 823
Crystal Meadows Dr.,
Winder, failure to maintain
lane, impeding the flow of
traffic, and DUI 1st offense.
•Timothy Lewis Hardigree,
31, of 1321 Lackey Road,
Winder, violation of proba
tion.
•Kira Donna Hicks, 1286
Kessler Road, Winder, fail
ure to appear.
•Kimberly Dawn Hinton,
976 Atlanta Hwy., Auburn,
warrant from another juris
diction, theft by taking.
•Whitney Michelle Hunter,
254 Springdale Dr., Winder,
battery.
•Whitney Jerome Hunter,
21, of 1074 Gage Dr.,
Winder, battery/family vio
lence act.
•Michael Jerome Jackson,
26, of 271 Georgia Ave.,
Winder, simple battery/fam
ily violence act.
•Ronald James Pruette,
78 Jameston Dr., Jefferson,
probation violation.
• Keith Anthony Riden,
42, of Winder, criminal
trespass, battery/family vio
lence, simple battery.
•Clifford Wallace
Seagraves, 1595 Shoal
Creek Road, Monroe, war
rant from another jurisdic
tion.
•Michael Keith Smith,
1221 Casper Lane, Winder,
carrying a concealed weap
on.
•Joe Maylon Wilson, 81
Bowman Mill Road, Winder,
probation violation.
•Tammy Lynn Wilson, 905
Dogwood Lane, Winder,
DUI 1st offense, no insur
ance, and failure to maintain
lane.
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