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Page 6A The Braselton News Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Public Safety Women face forgery charges for fake traveler’s checks Three women from California were charged by Braselton police for forgery, after police found coun terfeit traveler's checks in their vehicle. A Braselton officer stopped the vehicle for a traffic violation on 1-85. He reported smelling the odor of burnt marijuana coming from the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle, Venus Lynn Smith, 36, told the officer the women were on vacation from California and were shopping in South Carolina. Smith offered to have the officer search her vehicle, when he asked if there were drugs in the vehicle, according to police. When one of the passengers exited the vehicle, the officer said he saw something stuffed in the woman's pants. She later pulled out a piece of paper wrapped around traveler’s checks. The woman, who was identified as Rosie Lee Carroll, 42, also had a large amount of cash, traveler's checks and a check book in someone else’s name in her purse, police said. Police said they found five cell phones among the three women, two checkbooks with someone else’s name on them, and coun terfeit licenses from New Jersey and California. Police also found several bags from department stores with brand new clothes in them. American Express later confirmed that the traveler's checks were coun terfeit checks, police said. The women were taken to the Jackson County Jail. BRASELTON ARRESTS The Braselton Police Department made the following arrests last week: •David A. Massey, 26, 862 Georgetown Drive, Winder, DUI and failure to maintain lane. •Brandon Lee Bridges, 22, 179 Henry Street, Braselton, simple bat tery and cruelty to children. •Nicole Renee Tanner, 179 Henry Street, Braselton, simple battery and cruelty to children. •Robert Wright, 39, 1216 Old Monroe/Madison Highway, Monroe, DUI and failure to main tain lane. •David Harris, 27, 240 North Avenue, Atlanta, DUI, reckless driving, failure to maintain lane, no proof of insurance and driving on the wrong side of the road. •Filomena Hernandez, 28, 355 Ednaville Road, Braselton, disor derly conduct. BRASELTON INCIDENTS The following incidents were reported to the Braselton Police Department last week: •theft by taking and damage to property at Chateau Elan, where a loss prevention officer said some one broke into seven soda machines and stole money from them. The soda machines were accessed by someone drilling through a lock on the machines, according to police. •damage to property on 1-85, where a Pendergrass man told police that he was driving behind a truck and he saw several rocks fall from the truck and hit his vehicle. The man's vehicle had six cracks in the windshield. The man told police he called the trucking company listed on the truck, but they were rude to him and said the truck was only carrying sand and couldn't have damaged his vehicle. •theft by conversion at a Spout Springs Road address, where a Braselton officer met with a detec tive with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office. The detective said he was working with a sheriff’s office in Minnesota that was investigating a fraud case in which the suspect has illegal funds sent to a UPS Store mailbox in Braselton. The detec tive said he had no information on the victims, but said they had given the suspect $150,000 in cash and money orders. •financial identity fraud in which a Braselton woman told police that someone used her Social Security number to obtain credit cards and a cell phone. The bills related to the case totaled more than $6,960, according to the victim. •burglary at the Chateau Elan Sports Club, where an employee approached a man that she believed was a suspect in a previous break-in at the sports club. When questioned by the woman, the man told her he entered the sports club by someone else letting him in. The woman called security, who waited with the suspect until police arrived. The suspect later distracted the secu rity guard and ran out of the build ing into a wooded area. Police searched for the man in the woods, but couldn't find him. Man intervenes between fighting dogs in Hoschton, police report A Hoschton man told police that he intervened between his neighbors' dogs, which were fight ing. The man said he saw a large dog dragging a smaller dog last week. When the man tried to break up the fighting dogs, the larger dog became aggressive to him, according to a police report. The man said he threw rocks at the large dog to get it away from him. The man carried the small dog to the end of his driveway and called the dog’s owners, who later arrived to get their dog. A Hoschton officer told the owner of the large dog about vicious dog laws. The large dog's owner said she would secure her dog, police said. Also this week, Hoschton police responded to an incident in the Century Oaks subdivision about harassing telephone calls. A woman told police that someone has been calling her house phone and her daughter's phone and not saying anything, but keeping the line open. The woman provided police with a tele phone number for the caller. The Hoschton Police Department also made one arrest last week. Police charged Jose Santos, 20, of Cornelia, with failure to stop at a stop sign and driving while unlicensed or with an expired license. $4,000 worth of copper wire stolen from construction site Thousands of dollars worth of copper wire was stolen from a con struction site in Hoschton. Some $4,000 worth of copper wire was taken from the construc tion site for Publix, located at Hwy. 124 and Hwy. 332 in Hoschton. Copper wire was also taken from a box at a Woods Creek Road, Jefferson, location, and a home under construction at a Woods Creek Road, Jefferson, address, Other area incidents reported to the sheriff’s office last week included: •two weedeaters, three cases of oil and four chairs taken from a Brooks Road, Pendergrass, address. •generator taken from a hunting site at a New Kings Bridge Road location. •vehicle taken from a Harris Lane, Pendergrass, location. •nine paintings taken from a Brooks Road, Pendergrass, home. •identity fraud against a Braselton woman. •a Jefferson man said his cell phone is missing. •damage to a truck at a Scott Road, Athens, address. •property dispute at a Guy Maddox Road, Braselton, location. •mailbox damaged at a Providence Road, Statham, address. •disorderly conduct at a Main Street, Talmo, location. •fight between a married couple at a Jefferson residence. •violation of a temporary pro tective order at a Pendergrass, address. •custody dispute between a cou ple at a Jefferson residence. Hall County Sheriffs Office finishes moving inmates to new jail The Hall County Sheriff’s Office finished moving all inmates to the new jail on Thursday, sheriff Steve Cronic announced. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office and SWAT Team began the task of relocating just under 500 inmates from the old Hall County Detention Center on Main Street to the new Hall County Jail, located on Barber Road, at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Approximately 100 inmates were moved by bus on Tuesday, followed by approximately 200 on Wednesday. The move was completed Thursday evening, just before 9 p.m., with the move of just under 200 inmates, including all of the maximum-security and high-risk inmates. The transfer of the inmates went smoothly with very few problems, according to the sher iff's office. All jail-related business is now conducted at the new Hall County Jail on Barber Road, according to the sheriff's office State agency offering heating assistance for some people With winter approaching the Department of Human Resources (DHR) will again provide heat ing assistance for low-income Georgians through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or LIHEAP. The $20 million federally fund ed energy assistance program will help low-income families, the elderly and the disabled with heating bills. The homebound and the elderly (ages 65 and older) may now apply for assistance at their local community action agencies. The program will open up to other eligible individuals and families beginning Dec. 1. Payments will be made directly to the home energy supplier for electricity, propane, wood, coal or kerosene. The maximum payment for qualifying applicants is $250. Local community action agencies will accept all applications and administer available funds on a first-come, first-served basis. Applicants may call 800-869-1150 or visit http://gcaa- online.org to locate the nearest community action agency in their area. To qualify for the LIHEAP program, applicants must have a yearly household income less Set Caught Out In the Co(<J! Winter Service * Special* Kerosene Heater Service* Plus Parts itpplicable Sales lay • Opes not iiwinde torpid air heaters Larry’s Easy Pay Downtown Winder * 770-867-4822 than or equal to 150 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. These poverty guidelines are published each year by the US Department of Health and Human Services. For a one-person household, that would be $15,315; for two people, $20,535; for three peo ple, $25,755; for four people, $30,975; for five people, $36,195; for six people, $41,415; for seven people, $46,635; for eight people, $51,855; and for each additional person, add $5,220 in household income. To apply, applicants must pro vide a copy of their most recent heating bill or a statement of service from their heating pro vider. Applicants must also pro vide proof of household income for the last 30 days, such as a pay stub or letter from an employer. Applicants are required to have a valid Social Security number for all household members. UEW AMD USED FU£NirU££, harreesses, dtorti HOUSEHOLD &OOVS, ETC. 335-6084 21 S3 N. Elm St Conuncrtt. GA Your patronage helps provide for these in need. Hoschton Planning Commission to meet next Monday evening The Hoschton Planning Commission will hear two requests when it meets on Monday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m., at city hall. Hilliard Lott is seeking rezoning from C-l to R-l for property located on Pendergrass Road. Also, Gadell, Inc. is seeking rezoning of property on Oak Street from R-l to C-2. The Hoschton City Council will address the recommendations of the plan ning commission during its work session on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m., and during its regular meeting on Monday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. RETAIL — cont’d from page 1A Lensned to reduce a 50 foot buffer along residential properties to 25 feet. Mayor Graham and council mem bers Dudley Ray and Phil Spivey voted to approve the request, while council members Ralph Richardson Jr. and Richard Mayberry voted in opposition. Richardson said he was concerned about the 17 residential lots in The Falls of Braselton next to the project, if the buffer was reduced. On Thursday, Angela LeCroy, a resi dent of The Falls of Braselton, said she is already concerned about erosion issues with her property. ‘Twenty-five feet from my property is not very far from my property when there's a gigantic drop off,” she said. Graham said Monday that the new zoning condition would benefit resi dents in The Falls of Braselton, as it would require that two rows of trees be planted on the top of a steep hill. The existing zoning condition could have allowed the developer to plant the trees at the bottom of the hill and not shield the view of residents, she added. Graham also asked to have the zon ing condition to require that no HVAC units be placed on buildings less than 26 feet high that abut residential prop erty. Graham added that the town council didn't change the site plan it approved in November 2006, which detailed that buildings be no more than 74 feet from the residential property lines. The Braselton Town Council also denied a request by Lensned to change a zoning condition requiring a 40-foot buffer to a five-foot landscaped strip along Hwy. 211. OTHER BUSINESS In the other business, the Braselton Town Council: •approved a request for annexation and rezoning by Harold Fletcher for 22.56 acres on Ga. Hwy. 53 from A-2 in Jackson County to General Commercial (G-C) in Braselton. Fletcher is plan ning to build several buildings totaling 133,875 square feet for a commercial office park. The development will also include two, two-acre parcels along Hwy. 53 for a potential retail store or restaurant. •approved a request for annexation and rezoning from Dunhill Developers, LLC for 3.653 acres on Hwy. 53 from A-2 in Jackson County to G-C in Braselton for a development with three buildings totaling 17,000 square feet. The property is located directly across Hwy. 53 from Fletcher’s property and across Johnson Drive from Cycle Nation. •approved a future land use plan amendment by Anna Properties, Inc. for 61.76 acres on Ga. Hwy. 124 in Barrow County. The applicant is seek ing a change in the future land use plan from light industrial/warehouse to general commercial/business and high density single-family residential. •approved a Planned Unit Development final plat for Covered Bridge at Chateau Elan, phase one, for 39 lots on 48.054 acres. The town council initially approved a preliminary plat for the property in May 2006 under the former name of The Woodlands at Chateau Elan, phase eight. REDISTRICT — cont’d from page 1A ever undertaken. “The process is one in which we want to hear from citizens and par ents,” Roach said. “We were able to make a change that met [Hamilton Mill’s] wishes and also met our goals of balancing enrollment.” While the change will keep all of Hamilton Mill together and keep Puckett's Mill Elementary under capacity initially. Roach said that ongoing growth in the area may cause the school system to reexam ine the boundary lines in the future. Currently, the next major redistrict ing is expected when the upper Mill Creek relief cluster opens in 2013. Roach said further changes may be made to the boundary maps before they are finalized. Citizens may provide additional input to the board of education dur ing a public hearing on Thursday, Nov. 15, from 7-9 p.m., at the Instructional Support Center, 437 Old Peachtree Road, Suwanee. The planning department will con sider any additional input received before making final recommenda tions to the board. The board will vote December 13 on the revised maps. Submit your school or social news from Braselton, Hoschton, Chateau Elan, Mill Creek, South Hall or West Jackson by e-mailing news@mainstreetnews.com, faxing items to 706-387-5421 or calling 706-367-5986. Feature story ideas are also welcomed. 115 Towne Center Parkway • Hoschton, GA 30548 706.824.0380 got glamour? You Can Get It At the Atlanta Bringing Atlanta-quality hair services to the suburbs & beyond