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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2011
BARROW JOURNAL
PAGE 9A
SHERIFF’S OFFICE INCIDENT REPORTS
Two lbs. of crystal meth seized in search warrant
Barrow County Crime Task Force inves
tigators arrested Bethlehem resident Marina
Garcia, 38, in connection with her involve
ment in the trafficking of methamphet-
amine on Oct. 24.
She is charged with possession of meth-
amphetamine, trafficking in methamphet-
amine, possession of a firearm with an
altered identification number and two
counts of possession of a firearm during
the commission of a crime.
Authorities are still looking for her hus
band, Alfredo Herculano, who is wanted on
an arrest warrant for trafficking in metham-
phetamine.
The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office
SWAT Team aided in the search warrant
of Garcia and Flerculano's residence at 596
Tanners Bridge Circle in Bethlehem.
This warrant led to another being issued
and served at 644 Tanners Bridge Circle in
Bethlehem where Flerculano is known to
frequent.
A large quantity of crystal methamphet-
amine ice was discovered there. The search
warrants were a result of a lengthy investi
gation into Herculano and his associates.
The warrant yielded in excess of 2 pounds
of methamphetamine, which has a street
value of over $110,000. Two weapons were
also located in the residence.
The investigation is still ongoing.
OTHER INCIDENTS
In other recent incidents, the BCSO
reported:
•a complaint on Heritage Lane, Winder.
A man who said he works for the owner of
a residence said the leasee left dirty items
in the garage.
•a criminal damage to property second
degree on Beech Creek Circle, Winder. A
woman said someone damaged three of her
tires on her vehicle.
•a burglary at Controlled Blasting on
Finch Road, Winder. A manager reported
someone threw a rock at a side door win
dow and ransacked his office before finding
the key and opening a safe where an undis
closed amount of money was taken.
•driving on suspended license on Polite
Road at May Street. A 39-year-old Betts
Street, Winder man was arrested after a
deputy watched a truck cross the center line
of the road. The man was driving home his
friend who was intoxicated.
•a suspicious incident on Bill Rutledge at
Patrick Industrial Lane, Winder. A deputy
made contact with a 26-year-old white man
who was walking out of a parking lot. The
man is suspect in several thefts in the area.
•a burglary on Giles Road, Winder. A
man reported his weed eater and blower
were both missing, valued at $300.
•a theft by taking on Scott Drive, Winder.
A friend of the complainant stole a Visa
gift card from her and returned it when she
dialed 911 to report he took it.
•a suspicious incident on Emperor Lane,
Hoschton. A woman called 911 to report
she thought someone was in her back yard.
A deputy responded and could not locate
anyone. There was, however, a tarp cover
ing a boat that made noise as it flapped in
the wind.
•reckless driving on Beaver Dam Road,
Braselton. A deputy pulled over the driver
of a black Chevrolet truck he saw cresting
a hill in an opposing lane at an extremely
high rate of speed. The deputy report
edly had to run off the roadway to avoid
a collision with the track. The 18-year-old
Roverview Lane, Winder man was arrested
and taken to jail. He said he did not realize
that it was a “cop” he almost struck.
•terroristic threats and acts on Clacktown
Road, Winder. A man said the ex-boyfriend
of a female friend has been making threats
to him by telephone.
•a complaint on Emerald Point Drive,
Winder. A woman complained that she
believes she is being cyber stalked on
Facebook.
•driving while unlicensed on Manning
Gin Road, Bethlehem. An 18-year-old
Dacula man was arrested for crossing into
an opposing lane and driving with no lights
on. The man was also driving without a
license.
•a warrant service on North Broad Street,
Winder. A Riverdale Court, Bethlehem
woman turned herself in for having an out
standing warrant for shoplifting.
•forgery on Autumn Ave., Winder. A
man said that his brother forged the title on
his track and sold it on craigslist.
•animal cruelty on Finch Drive, Winder.
A man called the sheriff’s office to report
a horse in a back pen that would likely die
without help. A deputy saw a very skinny
brown horse that had no food or water and
called Animal Control, which responded
and gave the horse water and hay.
•an open door on Wages Road, Auburn.
A woman said she returned home to find
her garage door open and the cover to the
outside keypad lying in the grass. A deputy
checked the woman’s home and didn’t find
anyone and nothing was missing.
•a theft by taking on Brent Way, Winder.
A man said he is missing a saw valued at
$750.
•a commercial burglary at Canwil Textiles
on University Drive, Winder. An employee
said unknown suspects entered the build
ing and stole a Honda generator valued at
$800, 10 500-foot rolls of 10 GA THHN
wire valued at $1000, 10 500-foot rolls of
12 GA solid wire valued at $650, a set of
4/0 THHN wire valued at $700, four 500-
foot spools of 8 GA wire valued at $600,
two 50-foot rolls of MCM home wire and
12 two GA valued at $ 220.
•a burglary on Mulberry Trail, Winder. A
woman reported approximately 200 DVDs,
miscellaneous hand tools, a water ski, trail
er axles and camper hitches taken from
her residence after it suffered fire damage.
The total value of items reported missing
is $5,853.
•a suspicious person on Thurmond road,
Statham. A man requested extra patrol at
his home after he saw an unknown white
man wearing a white T-shirt ran through
his yard.
•a theft by taking on Mackinaw Drive,
Bethlehem. A woman said someone stole
her orange and black pressure washer, val
ued at $800, from her garage.
•information on Chandler Road, Auburn.
A woman said she installed a panel on her
garage door after it was burglarized last
year. It was recently knocked out and sev
eral plastic lawn chairs were damaged.
•a 911 hang-up on Creekstone Drive,
Bethlehem. A woman said she dialed the
number by mistake. She had the phone
on the bed and must have rolled over on it
pressing the emergency button.
•entering auto on Brent Way, Winder. A
woman reported her purse missing from
her vehicle while she was inside her sister’s
residence for 30 minutes.
•terroristic threats and acts on Oxford
Ridge Road, Winder. A woman reported
she received several threatening text mes
sages from a male friend who was mad
at her because she would not drive him
somewhere.
•a suspicious incident on Blanding Way,
Winder. A white Ford pickup was parked
in the driveway of a residence, but the resi
dence was vacant.
•reckless driving on Highway 53 near
Robertson Bridge Road, Winder. A 49
year-old-man was arrested after a deputy
clocked him going 35 miles per hour over
the speed limit. The man said he was run
ning late for work and needed to get to a
gas station because he was low on gas. He
was taken to the Barrow County jail.
•a suspicious incident on Red Fox Lane,
Auburn. A woman reported seeing an
unknown male attempt to enter a neigh
bor’s car while she was outside walking her
dog. A deputy tried to make contact with
the neighbor, but was unsuccessful.
•a suspicious incident on Elise Drive,
Bethlehem. A woman reported that three
unknown white males dressed in camou
flage and baseball hats rang her doorbell
several times while she hid in her garage.
•a burglary on Victron Drive, Hoschton.
A woman named three people suspect in
taking her boyfriend’s cell phone from her
house while she was asleep.
•a suspicious incident on Cedar Creek
Drive, Winder. A woman called 911 to
report a suspicious looking male in her
neighbor’s yard. A deputy made contact
with the neighbor who explained that the
male was her nephew and he had permis
sion to be at the residence. The woman
said she tried to explain that to her neighbor
before she called 911.
•a 911 hang-up on Atlanta Highway,
Winder. A woman said she must of hit
redial by mistake.
•a burglary on Mears St., Winder. A man
said he last saw his wallet in his kitchen
counter near his microwave. He reported
it stolen.
•misdemeanor criminal trespass on
Foxdale Road, Winder. A woman said her
mother-in-law called to tell her that a man
was digging by her cable box. A deputy met
with the woman’s neighbor, who admitted
he had tampered with the box because he
was trying to turn his cable on. The deputy
told the man that Comcast had been noti
fied to have a technician en route to make
sure the line is repaired properly and they
could press charges against him for damag
ing the line and turning on his own cable.
•criminal trespass on Princeton Drive,
Statham. A woman said she stayed home
with her sick toddler when an unknown
person in a white Jeep Grand Cherokee
began ringing her doorbell nonstop.
•a DUI-alcohol at Holsenbeck
Elementary School on Holsenbeck Road,
Winder. A deputy arrested a 35-year-old
Scrooch Court, Winder, man for DUI, open
container and driving while license sus
pended after a school secretary said the
man smelled of alcohol when he was trying
to check his child out from school.
•harassing phone calls on Whispering
Pine Road, Winder. A woman reported her
ex-husband whom she had a TPO against
has been violating the TPO by calling her
cell phone and harassing her. A deputy
called the ex-husband and advised that he
was not supposed to have any communica
tion with her. The deputy rook a warrant
out on the man for violating a court order
and harassing phone calls.
•simple battery family violence on
Maxey Lane, Winder. A 19-year-old female
attacked her mother with a knife. A deputy
arrested the teen and took her to jail.
•damage to property on Lakeview
Drive, Winder. A City of Winder Water
Department employee said a tractor-trailer
with a Tennessee tag struck a fire hydrant
while making a right turn on to Lakeview
Drive from Atlanta Highway. A deputy
attempted to make contact with the owner
of the tractor-trailer to tell him to contact
the water department.
•criminal damage at Apalachee High
School, Winder. A student reported that
someone slashed the tires of his 2003
Honda Civic.
•an animal complaint on Centennial
Drive, Bethlehem. A woman said her
neighbors allow their dog to relieve itself in
her yard. She also said that her neighbors
do not like her and she is concerned for her
safety. A deputy told her to call 911 if she
has another problem.
•a suspended drivers license on Patrick
Mill Road, Winder. A deputy on patrol
pulled over the driver of a black Honda
Accord when he saw two small children
in the back seat that weren’t wearing seat
belts. The woman’s driver’s license was
suspended for failure to appear. The chil
dren were released to a man identified
as the woman’s boyfriend and she was
arrested and taken to jail.
•misdemeanor theft by shoplifting at the
Kountry Komer store on Carl Bethlehem
Road, Bethlehem. A store cashier said a
man stole a small digital scale that cost
$18.99 out of its box. The cashier also said
that the man came into the store a few days
earlier and attempted to pass off a fake $20
bill. The store’s owner told a deputy that
she wanted the man arrested.
•a suspicious incident on Manning Gin
Road, Winder. A woman reported that her
handle fell off her front door when she tried
to open it. A deputy inspected the door
handle and the door frame. There was no
sign of someone trying to force entry into
the residence. The woman was told to call
911 if she heard any noises.
•a wanted person located at the Walton
County Line, Monroe. A deputy was dis
patched to the Alltel Building on Highway
11 to meet with a Walton County Deputy
who had a wanted person out of Barrow
County for a probation violation for a traf
fic related offense. The offender was taken
to the Barrow County jail.
•a suspicious person on Atlanta Highway,
Winder. A man’s adult daughter had let her
friend into her father’s residence and the
friend fell asleep in a back bedroom in the
house. The father woke up and was angry
to find the sleeping man in his house.
A deputy woke up the friend, who was
reportedly polite, and told him to leave.
•a custody dispute at the Bethlehem
Christian Academy on Christmas Avenue,
Bethlehem. The school’s staff refused to
release a woman’s 7-year-old child to her
because her name was not on the autho
rized pickup list. A deputy responded to the
dispute and established that the woman had
every right to pick up her daughter because
their custody agreement had not yet been
signed by a superior court judge.
•a verbal dispute on Hamway Lane,
Winder. A man said he came to the house
of the woman he is divorcing with the
intent to load some items from a shed in
the backyard onto a trailer. The man’s wife
was inside the home and asked her friend
to go outside and take a picture of the items
her husband was taking away. The friend
climbed into the trailer to take pictures and
the man pulled her by the shirt and yanked
her out of the trailer. A deputy came out to
resolve the matter. No one wished to press
charges.
•a verbal dispute on Herald Drive,
Bethlehem. A man identified as the owner
of the residence said he thought the renter
had moved out of the house and he was
there to clean the rest of the items off the
property. The renter said she was mov
ing but was not done yet. A deputy told
the landlord he could not take any action
because he had not served the renter with
an eviction notice.
•neighborhood complaint on Monroe
Highway, Bethlehem. A man said he heard
a neighbor on Herald Drive in the Shepherds
Crossing subdivision shooting a shotgun
three times. Although he said the shots were
not close to his residence, the man said he
didn’t like the fact that someone was shoot
ing in his backyard with a school behind his
residence. A deputy met with the suspect
who admitted he was in his backyard shoot
ing at squirrels that were digging up his
yard. He said he shot three times and killed
three squirrels. He said he had been told by
the Department of Natural Resources that
it was OK for him to shoot after 6 p.m., as
well as Bethlehem Elementary School. The
deputy told the man he might need to find
another alternative to his shotgun due to his
neighbors were complaining.
See Meth Seizure on page 10A
Change clocks this weekend
Daylight saving time ends
Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 a.m. —
when clocks are set back one
hour.
Insurance and Safety Fire
Commissioner Ralph Hudgens
said the time change is a time
to also check batteries in smoke
detectors.
“Every year in Georgia there
are fire fatalities in homes that
didn’t have smoke alarms, or
where the alarms did not func
tion because of dead batteries,”
Hudgens said in a statement. “If
you do not have a smoke alarm,
you need to get one. If you have
a smoke alarm, make sure it
is in working order. Changing
the battery at least once every
year and cleaning dust from
the device are easy ways to
ensure continued protection of
your family and your property.
Having a working smoke alarm
doubles the chances you will
survive a fire in your home.”
Hudgens also recommends
changing batteries in flashlights
and weather radios, and having
an emergency plan in place in
case severe weather threatens.
“So far this year there have
been six fire fatalities in dwell
ings with no smoke alarms,
and six fatalities involving non
working smoke alarms,” he
added.
Jail seeks book donations
The Barrow County
Sheriff’s Office Detention
Division is seeking dona
tions of paperback books for
restocking its inmate reading
library.
No hardback books will be
accepted.
Books in general good con
dition can be taken to the
Barrow County Detention
Center at 652 Barrow Park
Drive in Winder.
The books can be adven
ture, horror or romance nov
els geared to male or females
in English or Spanish.
Any questions can be
directed to Lt. Jimmy Carroll
at 770-307-3080 ext. 1450.
Scores continued from 8A
•Church’s Chicken, 168
West May St., Winder, 94 (A)
- no critical violations. Non-
critical violations: improper
employee drink cup seen
at time of inspection. Floor
covering heavily damaged
around fryers.
•Catering by the Master’s
Table, 80 Kelly Street,
Winder, 96 (A) - no critical
violations. Non-critical viola
tions: food debris on slicer
blade and housing.
•Peking Chinese
Restaurant, 916 Loganville
Hwy. Suite 120, Bethlehem,
89 (B) - no critical viola
tions. Non-critical violations:
an employee was observed
washing hands at 3-compart-
ment sink, food stored in con
tainers with holes not protect
ed from contamination, ice
machine has mold build-up,
containers stored on floor in
kitchen, meat being prepped
in vegetable sink.
•Barrow Regional Medical
Center, 316 N Broad St.,
Winder, 99 (A) - no critical
violations. Non-critical viola
tions: leak at walk-in freezer
condenser.
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