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PAGE 6A BARROW JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2008 Public Safety REPORTS ON CRIMES. WRECKS. FIRES & COURTS Father drops child twice on ER floor, arrested A young Auburn father was arrested last week after dropping his sick baby twice on the floor of the Gwinnett Medical Center emergency room, refusing medical treatment for the infant and leaving the facility. Police say 22-year-old Jonathan Michael Casper of 86 Mt. Moriah Road then put the nine-month-old girl back in his car and while leaving the hospital property hit a curb, flattening a tire, and attempted to drive home with only three tires on his vehicle. After the car became stranded in the early morning hours of Dec. 12, a family friend retrieved the sleeping baby and took her home to her mother. An Auburn officer then followed for about three miles groove marks created by the tireless rim of Casper’s vehicle. When the officer found the man, he was attempting to get his car back onto Mt. Moriah Road near Etheridge Road. Sgt. Derek Ulrich stated in his report of the incident that Casper admitted having taken two prescribed Xanax pills prior to taking his daughter to the hospital to be seen for bronchitis. The sergeant also removed from Casper’s pocket two suspected marijuana pipes and two unmarked containers containing pills that appeared to be alprazolam and oxycodone. Another offi cer found in the car a prescription for alprazolam in Casper’s name. Casper was charged with possession of oxycodone, endanger- ment of a child under the age of 14, reckless driving, driving under the influence of drugs, not keeping his prescription drugs in their original container, possession of drug-related materials, and operating an unsafe vehicle. Later that day in a separate incident, a 29-year-old Auburn mother was discovered passed out in her home from a drug overdose while her baby was crying nearby. A neighbor called police to check on the occupants of the home on River Trace after finding the woman’s dog outside the back yard, seeing the screaming baby through the glass front door but being unable to get anyone to respond to 45 minutes of knocking. Emergency medical personnel entered the home through the back door and found the baby’s mother passed out in a kneeling position with her head pressed up against kitchen cabinet doors. Marijuana and Loratab pills were scattered across the kitchen table, according to the police incident report. After being awakened, the woman refused to be transported to the hospital. The Department of Family and Children Services was notified and the baby was turned over to grandparents. The baby’s mother was not immediately arrested, but Auburn police are continuing their investigation. Winder marine charged in fatal N .C. crash A 22-year-old Marine from Winder has been arrested in connection with a hit- and-run accident that killed a disabled North Carolina woman who was the mother of another Marine. The arrest came hours after Barrow County Sheriff’s deputies recovered at a local address the vehicle that allegedly struck the woman. Barrow County Sheriff’s Major Murray Kogod said the vehicle was recovered from the residence of the Marine’s father. Barrow deputies at 6:07 a.m. on Dec. 8 went to 228 Pleasant Hill Church Road to look for a black or dark Chevrolet truck with front- end damage, according to a sheriff’s office incident report. Deputies locat ed a black, 1999 ChevroletSilverado truck backed under a carport. Before towing the truck to a secure impound lot, the tow truck driver “had to secure the hood so it would not fly up while in transport,” the report states. Later that day, the Jacksonville Police Department announced the arrest of Cpl. Joseph William Kirkland Jr. who was charged with involuntary manslaugh ter, felony hit and run, care less and reckless driving, having no insurance, and speeding. He was booked into the Onslow County Jail under a $155,000 secured bond. The arrest came six days after a Jacksonville police officer on routine patrol at 2:55 a.m. Dec. 2 discov ered the body of a woman lying in a highway. The woman was identified as Barbara Jean Elwell, 41, of Jacksonville. Police apparently found near her body a gold Chevrolet emblem from the front grill of the vehicle believed to have struck her. The department asked for the public’s help in finding either a 1999-2002 Chevrolet Silverado or a 2000-2003 Chevrolet Tahoe or Suburban. When information from the public led to Kirkland, the Jacksonville police con tacted the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office for assis tance in locating the truck. Sgt. Chuck James of the Jacksonville (N.C.) Police Department in an interview last week said the victim was disabled and that she was the mother of a U.S. Marine. She was last seen near a motel and was on foot at the time of the accident. Kirkland is a landing sup port specialist from Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group that is based at Camp Lejeune. The incident happened just a month after the young Marine was featured promi nently in a U.S. Department of Defense article about a patch worn on his compa ny’s uniforms. KIRKLAND Former deputy pleads to 20 counts of child exploitation BY SUSAN NORMAN A former Barrow County Sheriff’s deputy has pleaded guilty to 20 counts of sexual exploitation of children. The 20 counts represented some 20,000 graphic imag es discovered on the home computer of 33-year-old Jason David Gaub, while he was employed as a patrol deputy, said Deborah L. Wilbanks, chief deputy dis trict attorney, in an interview last week. “The case was more than a case of someone looking at a few images inadvertently,” she said. The photographs down loaded from the Internet were of children engaged in sex acts with adults and with other children, according to the grand jury’s April 11 indictment. The children were not from Barrow County, Wilbanks said. However, someone in September reported seeing Gaub working at a local business that provided pony rides for children, accord ing to a Sept. 16 motion to revoke Gaub’s $50,000 bond. Gaub on Nov. 25 pleaded guilty to the sexual exploita tion of children. He was sentenced to 15 years, with three to be served in prison and 12 on proba tion. He also was ordered to pay a fine of $5,000 and will have to follow an extensive list of conditions restricting his access to children and to the Internet. Wilbanks said her office recommended that Gaub receive a much stiffer sen tence. “This was not a negotiated plea agreement,” she said. Gaub was arrested in October 2007 as part of a federal investigation into child pornography rings. When the sheriff’s office was notified that Gaub was a suspect, the Georgia Bureau of Investigations became involved, Wilbanks said. Late-breaking news: BarrowJournal.com yt VWCDsL OTI0% COM flu6urn, Cffl % \ Give the gift of beauty and health. 100% all natural homemade lotions and face creams. Absolutely no artificial ingredients. Please visit our website at Auntdslotion. com and receive a $2.00 off coupon on your next order. 13 wonderful scents. Our customers love the way our lotion gives their skin a youthful glow. I promise, you will love the skin you’re in. Go online or call us at 1-877-212-0630. 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