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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011
BARROW JOURNAL
PAGE 7A
WINDER POLICE
Drivers warned to use caution in school zones
With school in session, the Winder
Police Department is reminding drivers
to be alert when traveling in school zones
and near school bus stops.
Officer Brent Davis, H.E.A.T. Officer
for the WPD, said officers regularly patrol
school zones as part of their normal duties
and they are keeping a close watch for
school zone violations. The department
will also be watching for traveling motor
ists who fail to stop for a school bus that is
stopped to load or unload passengers.
Since school started in August, Davis has
witnessed first hand the excessive speed of
traveling motorists behind Winder-Barrow
High School.
“I would like to remind everyone the
speed limit is 25 mph in our school zones.
I have caught drivers at 50 mph and more
traveling in the school zone while our
children are attempting to cross the street,”
said Davis.
The City of Winder has three Barrow
County schools within the city limits, but
none of them have flashing caution lights
to warn drivers. There are speed limit
signs posted by the schools and if you
see cars at the school you should always
assume that it is a school zone to be on
the safe side.
What confuses most people is the
speed limit on West Candler Street behind
WBHS. The speed limit there is 35 mph
during normal times. The speed limit
changes during the hours of 7:45-8:45
a.m. and 3:15-4:15 p.m. to 25 mph. There
are signs posted that display these times
when the school zone speed limits are
being enforced.
“Drivers should always exercise cau
tion and observe the posted speed limit,”
said Davis. “If you get caught speeding
in school zones the fine is doubled and
you can accumulate points against your
license. Your insurance company will also
be notified of the traffic citation.”
Driving is a privilege, not a right, he
said, and if you prove to be a dangerous
or reckless driver your license can be sus
pended for six months or more.
Winder police additionally are urging
drivers to allow more space when driving
near school buses.
“Drivers who tailgate a school bus are
not prepared for the frequent stops a bus
must make,” Davis said.
The conviction for unlawfully passing
a stopped school bus carries six points
on your driving record. For drivers under
the age of 21, a conviction for unlawfully
passing a stopped school bus can result in
a six-month suspension of your driver's
license.
Motorists should also be cautious of
children waiting at bus stops, especially
during the early morning hours when vis
ibility is reduced.
“Children are not always alert to dan
gers around them at school bus stops,”
said Davis.
The WPD said it is currently working
with the city’s street department to replace
the traditional yellow school zone signs
with a bright florescent green sign, hoping
this will catch the eyes of traveling motor
ists so they will slow down and use cau
tion within school zones. The possibility
of adding flashing light signals to better
inform motorists as to when school zone
speed limits are being actively enforced is
also being discussed.
20-year-old Auburn man dies after Oct. 22 Dacula crash
An Auburn man died Nov. 1 as a
result of injuries sustained from an
Oct. 22 car crash on Harbins Road
in Dacula south of Drowning Creek
Road.
According to an accident report
obtained from Gwinnett County police,
Nicholas B. Moreno, 20, was driving
a 1995 Honda Civic southbound on
Harbins Road when it crossed into
oncoming traffic and collided with a
2002 Toyota Sienna.
Alcohol and speed were not factors,
the report states. Both vehicles were
reportedly traveling at a speed of 45
miles-per-hour.
Both drivers were taken to Gwinnett
Medical Center for treatment due to
their injuries. Hospital staff said the
other driver has already been dis
charged.
HEALTH INSPECTIONS
Recent Barrow county health inspection scores given
Health inspectors look for “critical”
and “non-critical” violations during
inspections of food establishments.
Critical violations can result in food
related disease. Non-critical violations do
not result in any points off, but must be
corrected by the next regular inspection.
A food establishment is considered
high risk if one or more critical violations
(9 points each) are found.
Low risk means no critical violations
were found and the establishment scored
a 90 or above.
Health Department recent restaurant
inspections for Barrow County establish
ments are as follows:
•Bramlett Elementary school, 622
Freeman Brock Road, Auburn, 91 (A)
- one critical violation: potentially haz
ardous foods held in temperature danger
zone. BBQ sandwiches and hamburgers
are recommended to wait putting onto
buns until ready to serve.
•Bo’s Wing House, 64 East May St.
Suite K, Winder, 81 (B) - two critical
violations: proper cold holding tempera
tures. A box of raw chicken sitting on prep
table next to fryer. Proper hot holding tem
peratures: cooked chicken held in baskets
in temperature danger zone. Non-critical
violations: certified food safety manager
certification expired. Ice machine with
excessive slime build-up.
•Westside Middle School, 240
Matthew School Road, Winder, 100 (A)
- no critical violations.
•Winder Hotel, 177 West Athens St.,
Winder, 90 (A) - one critical violation:
time as a public health control. All poten
tially hazardous foods must be discarded
after breakfast service time when using
time (milk, waffle batter, boiled eggs
and cream cheese.) Non-critical viola
tions: drain plug missing from garbage
dumpster.
First nationwide emergency alert test took place Nov. 9 at 2 p.m.
An emergency alert system was test
ed today at 2 p.m. for the first time
nationwide, according to a Barrow
County Emergency Services release.
The system is designed to allow the
U.S. president to talk to the public in
times of extreme emergency. The test
was heard over radio, television and
cable and was conducted by several
federal agencies. It lasted approxi
mately three and a half minutes.
The test is part of ongoing national
preparedness efforts.
“We want to take this opportunity to
remind citizens of the need for them to
be prepared for disasters,” said Penny
Clack, Barrow County Emergency
Management Agency Coordinator.
“This will include having an emergen
cy kit and a family emergency plan.”
For information on individual pre
paredness citizens can log onto www.
ready.gov.
For more information on the EAS
test citizens can log onto http://www.
fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/eas_info.
shtm
Vandalism continued from 6A
•warrant arrest on Barrow Park Drive.
A 37-year-old woman was arrested in
Municipal Court for failing to report.
•information at First United
Methodist Church on North Broad
Street. The driver of a white GMC
Yukon met with an officer to report
that the driver of a white Dodge
Caravan caused her to run off the
roadway to keep from hitting a van.
The woman said she followed the van
while calling 911 to the area of Lays
Drive at Pinkston Court, where the
dispatcher advised her to pull over.
•theft by taking on Marion Lay
Street. A man reported sometime dur
ing the night he woke up to notice that
$160 worth of cash was missing from
his pants pocket.
•no driver's license on Fairview
Avenue at Nancy Street. A 51-year-
old man was arrested after an officer
ran the man’s tag and it returned not
belonging to the vehicle.
•possession of a controlled sub
stance on Hillcrest Drive at Highway
53. A 25-year-old man was arrested
after an officer on patrol pulled over a
1997 Honda Accord for crossing over
the white fog lane several times. While
conducting the traffic stop, the officer
could smell the odor of marijuana com
ing from inside the vehicle. Among
the contraband an officer found after
he was granted consent to search the
vehicle were several rectangular pills
believed to be Xanex and two small
tabs of paper. The driver was taken to
the Barrow County jail.
•driving while license revoked on
Holsenbeck School Road. An officer
on patrol in Park Place subdivision
pulled over an SUV it noticed was
traveling on Magnolia Drive with its
bright lights on. During the traffic
stop, the driver exited the car and
jumped into the passenger seat. The
driver was subsequently arrested for
driving on suspended license, failure
to dim headlights. He was taken to
jail.
•custody dispute on Georgia Avenue.
A woman said she believes her ex
boyfriend has contacted her by email
though he is in jail.
•shoplifting at Fred’s on West Athens
Street. A 26-year-old man was arrested
after he allegedly tried to steal a bar of
Old Spice deodorant and a hair brush.
The man admitted to having taken
methamphetamine several hours prior
to the incident.
•damage to property on Melrose
Street. Eight headstones were appar
ently knocked over and two were
broken at the Rose Hill cemetery
sometime on Friday, Oct. 28.
•warrant arrest on West May Street.
A 37-year-old woman was arrested at
the scene of an accident on a Barrow
County sheriff’s office warrant where
she was a passenger.
•prisoner transport on Madison
Avenue. An officer was dispatched
to the Walton County jail to pick up
a 20-year-old man regarding a bench
warrant for failure to appear.
•concealing identification of vehicle
on West May Street. A 27-year-old
man was arrested when an officer on
patrol ran the tag of the minivan the
man was driving and it came back
as registered to a Toyota Camry. The
man also did not have a valid driver’s
license.
•probation violation on Barrow Park
Drive. A 20-year-old man was arrested
on a valid probation violation warrant
against the City of Winder.
•hit and run at Holly Hill Mall
on West Athens Street. An Arrow
Exterminators Inc. driver said he was
driving westbound on Highway 211
and had to stop for construction traffic
when an older white pickup truck rear-
ended him and drove off.
•warrant arrest on Grove Street. A
37-year-old man was arrested after
an officer responding to a suspicious
activity report in a vacant house con
firmed he had a valid warrant for his
arrest in Villa Rica. The man report
edly told the officer he lived in the
house and his power was cut off.
•burglary on West Candler Street.
A man said unknown suspects stole
a generator valued at $1,400 from an
unlocked shed on his property.
•abandoned vehicle left on roadway
on Oak Hill Drive. A black 1997 Ford
Probe with Georgia tags was parked
facing south in the roadway on Ga.
Hwy. 53 north. An officer waited 20
minutes for a driver to return and
arranged for Browns towing to pick
up the car.
•theft by taking on Kimball Street. A
woman said 45 wall pictures, 50 drink
ing glasses and a 58-inch Panasonic
LCD television set was missing from
her home. The woman also reported
that her vehicle’s 22-inch rim was
damaged sometime the night before
she called police. She suspected a
long time ex-boyfriend of taking the
items and of possibly harassing her.
An officer told the woman to call 911
if she needed further help.
•warrant arrest on Woodlawn
Avenue. A 67-year-old man was arrest
ed on a Gwinnett Police Department
warrant for contempt of court after
an officer pulled over a vehicle he
was a passenger in when he saw the
man not wearing a seatbelt. The man
was taken to the Barrow jail and also
cited for open container and a seat
belt violation.
Dog continued from 6A
•911 hang up at Target on
LoganvilleHighway, Bethlehem.
A customer service manager
said she was responsible for the
911 call and explained that her
office phone has sticky 1 and
9 keys.
•missing/located person on
sweet Apple Lane, Winder. A
woman reported her son miss
ing when she hadn’t heard
from him and she was unable
to spot his car at any of his
friend’s houses. It turned out the
19-year-old was in a Jackson
County holding cell.
•suspicious vehicle on
Gainesville Highway, Winder. A
woman called to report a white
truck sitting at the end of her
driveway that had been parked
there for more than 20 minutes.
The track left reporteldy two
minutes before a responding
deputy arrived.
•DUI on Matthews School
Road, Winder. A 52-year-old
woman was hospitalized fol
lowing an accident where her
1999 Jeep Cherokee overturned
in a shallow ditch. She was sub
sequently charged for DUI and
failure to maintain lane.
•open door on Brandenberry
Lane, Auburn. A deputy was
dispatched to a vacant residence,
which had a storm door propped
open and personal items were
spread out on the floor.
•warrant service on
Huckleberry Lane, Winder. A
22-year-old man was arrested
for having three probation viola
tion warrants. He was taken to
the Barrow County jail.
•wanted subject located on
Holly Drive, Winder. A 46-year-
old man was arrested on an
active child support warrant.
•theft by taking on Loganville
Highway, Bethlehem. The man
ager of a Publix supermarket
summoned police to report that
17 brass fire department con
nections valued at $100 each
had been taken from the hook
up post behind the store.
•driving while unlicensed
on Ga. Hwy. 316, Winder. A
30-year-old man was arrested
after a deputy on patrol clocked
him traveling 85 miles per hour
in a 65 miles per hour zone.
When the deputy conducted a
traffic stop, it was determined
that the man did not have a valid
driver's license.
•refusal to leave on Pickle
Simon Road, Winder. A 66-year-
old man called 911 because he
and his 42-year-old son had
been drinking and he wanted
his son to leave because he was
trying to start a fight. A deputy
responded and a friend of the
son's picked him up.
•child custody documentation
on Slayton Drive, Bethlehem.
A juvenile did not want to go
to stay with his father because
there were no other children for
him to play with and he would
have to sleep alone. A deputy
documented the incident.
•theft by deception on Carl
Cedar Hill Road, Auburn. A
man said sometime between
March and July, a woman he
met took a total of $162,200
from him through an immigra
tion scheme in which he was
trying to help a friend or family
member migrate to the U.S.
•theft by taking on Lance
Circle, Winder. A man reported
an air conditioner was stolen
and power wires and copper
lines were cut from a property
his manages.
•criminal damage to prop
erty on Mount Moriah Road,
Auburn. A landlord called the
sheriff's office to report that
while a couple he rented a resi
dence to were in jail, one of
the windows to the house was
broken and damage was done
to a wall stereo and a furnace.
The man could not think of any
possible suspects.
•a civil matter on Arnold
Road, Statham. A deputy was
called to settle a dispute between
a landlord and her lease regard
ing locks to the doors.
•found property on Perkins
Road, Winder. A man contact
ed the sheriff's office to report
three children’s bicycles lying in
the woods beside his property.
One is red, one is pink and one
is a red and blue Spiderman tri
cycle. A deputy left the bicycles
on scene in case the owner's
returned.
•theft by taking on Harmony
Grove Road, Auburn. A man
reported a white male approxi
mately 5’11 and 160 pounds
wearing a dark colored plaid
shirt and driving a burnt orange
90's model Ford Explorer
stole a heap of aluminum that
belonged to his daughter from a
property next to his home. The
man estimated the value of the
aluminum to be about $30.
•complaint on Highway 211,
Statham. A deputy responded
to a pasture to meet with a man
who called 911 to report that
someone had shot one of his
cows in its rear end. However,
the complainant and his brother
determined before the deputy
arrived that the cow had actually
died from a fatal cattle disease
known as black leg that causes
an afflicted animal to die within
12-48 hours.
•harassment on Junction
court. Winder. A woman called
to report she has been receiv
ing continuous harassing mes
sages on Facebook from a sus
pect who lives in Albany. The
woman provided a phone num
ber for the suspect, but a deputy
reported that phone number had
been disconnected.
•911 hang up on Melinda
Drive, Winder. A woman said
her two grandchildren were
playing with the cordless phone
and called 911. A deputy talked
to the children and they said
they dialed the number by acci
dent.
•aggressive driving on Athens
Street, Winder. A 44-year-old
man was charged with a DUI
and traffic violations after a
deputy witnessed his vehicle
approach him while speed
ing and saw him swerve into
oncoming traffic.
•warrant service on Cash
Road, Statham. A deputy on
patrol conducted a traffic stop
on a black 1992 Honda Accord
it observed with an inoperable
headlight. The passenger had
an active warrant for his arrest
from Barrow County for viola
tion of probation.
•harassing phone calls on
Covenant Street, Bethlehem. A
woman reported receiving sever
al calls from a person who hung
up before she could answer the
phone within a 20-minute peri
od. The complainant said she is
concerned the calls are coming
from somebody she suspects of
hacking her email account and a
social network website page.
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