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The Braselton News
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Crime
Teenagers caught in unoccupied house
Two teenagers caught in an
unoccupied house in The Falls of
Braselton avoided a visit to jail,
according to an incident report.
A neighbor reported seeing two
people enter an occupied house
on Madrid Falls Court last week.
When a Braselton officer
arrived, he entered through an
open door and found a pair of
sneakers in the middle of the liv
ing room floor. The officer then
announced “police department.”
The officer said no one
responded, but he heard move
ment upstairs. Another officer
was called to the scene.
While waiting for the second
officer, an 18-year-old man ran
down the stairs. The officer told
the man to stop, but he refused.
The man finally laid face down
for the officer, while a second
teenager, a female, came down
the stairs.
The female was taken to her
mother’s house, while police took
the male to the police department.
The male was later turned over to
the custody of his parents.
Police didn’t file charges for
either suspect.
BRASELTON ARRESTS
The Braselton Police
Department made the following
arrests last week:
•Colby J. Blake, 22, 50
Richmond Way, Commerce, DUI,
failure to maintain lane, driv
ing while license suspended or
revoked and driving in violation
of conditions of limited permit.
•Randy Ramos, 33, 1303
Loowit Falls Way, Braselton,
wanted person apprehended.
•Alec Landis Freeman, 21, 125
Shamus Way, Jefferson, wanted
person apprehended for a war
rant issued by the Arcade Police
Department and window tint vio
lation.
•Alejandro Sandoval, 24,
4541 Spring Valley Circle SW,
Albuquerque, N.M., wanted per
son apprehended for a warrant
issued by a federal agency.
BRASELTON INCIDENTS
The following incidents were
reported to the Braselton Police
Department last week:
•domestic dispute at a White
Spruce Avenue address, where
a teenager told police that her
mother struck her with a belt
across her face and arm, when
her mother learned that she was
sending text messages to a boy
that she didn’t approve of. Police
interviewed both mother and
daughter and told them their case
didn’t constitute abuse. Police
advised the daughter to stay with
a grandparent to allow the parties
involved to calm down.
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Hoschton police nab man wanted on drug charges
Hoschton police arrested the
husband whose wife was arrested
last week, after police found sev
eral narcotics and guns in their
West Jefferson Street home.
Hoschton arrested Robert
Steven Tuggle, 46, during a traf
fic stop on Sunday. Police said
Tuggle had a suspended license
and the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s
Office had a felony warrant for his
arrest.
When stopped by Hoschton
police, Tuggle said his driver’s
license was taken by Auburn
police when he received his last
DUI arrest. Hoschton police said
Tuggle lied about his name and
date birth. He also had the strong
odor of alcohol on him, police
said.
During a search of his vehicle,
police found an open beer can, a
small amount of marijuana and a
glass pipe with methamphetamine
inside.
Police charged Tuggle with pos
session of methamphetamine, DUI
(second offense), possession of
tools for the commission of a
crime, driving while license sus
pended or revoked, open contain
er violation, giving false name,
address or date of birth to an offi
cer and possession of less than an
ounce of marijuana.
Tuggle’s wife, Melanie G. Jordan
Tuggle, was arrested on drug and
weapon possession charges last
week after Hoschton police found
narcotics and several guns in her
house. A friend of Mrs. Tuggle,
Ellen S. Bolen, Hoschton, was
also charged with possession of
marijuana during the incident.
HOSCHTON ARRESTS
The Hoschton Police Department
made the following arrests last
week:
•Jacob Hugh Nash, 17,175 West
Jefferson Street, Hoschton, con
tributing to the delinquency of a
minor, and purchasing or having
possession of alcohol under the
age of 21.
•James Deon Korfhage, 29, 6
Hillcrest Drive, Winder, posses
sion of less than an ounce of
marijuana, loitering and warrant
service for a warrant issued in
Barrow County.
•Esteban Sanchez-Gallegos, 19,
305 Park Crossing, Lilbum, giv
ing a false name, address or date
of birth to an officer, driving while
unlicensed or with an expired
license, driving too fast for condi
tions and following too closely.
•Heu Poa Moua, 32, 3513
Bailey Street, Morganton, N.C.,
contributing to the delinquency
of a minor, driving while license
suspended or revoked, failure to
meet tag light requirements and
improper exhaust system.
•Jimie Moua, 27, contributing
to the delinquency of a minor and
public drunkenness.
HOSCHTON INCIDENTS
The following incidents were
reported to the Hoschton Police
Department last week:
•suspicious activity at a Panther
Court address, where a man told
police that someone damaged the
key hole area on two of his vehi
cles. The man said he wanted
police to be aware of possible
vandals in the neighborhood.
•theft by taking at the Brook
Glen subdivision, where a cable
television technician told police
that someone stole equipment val
ued at $2,300 from cable boxes
in the neighborhood. A resident
reported that her cable was out
around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
Dec. 12.
•traffic stop on Ga. Hwy. 53,
where an officer said a female
driver had a warrant issued by
Cobb County. The woman showed
the officer paperwork proving that
the warrant was recently settled.
A Cobb County official advised
Hoschton police that the warrant
was withdrawn.
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TRUCK OVERTURNS ON ENTRANCE RAMP
A tractor-trailer truck overturned on the 1-85 southbound entrance ramp at exit 129 (Ga. Hwy. 53) on
Wednesday, Dec. 12. Braselton police said the truck’s driver, Johnny R. Franklin of Cincinnati, Ohio,
was driving too fast as it turned onto the entrance ramp, causing the truck to flip on its side.The West
Jackson Fire Department said there were injuries or entrapment, and the most important issue was
containing leaking oil and radiator fluid. Braselton police charged Franklin with driving too fast for
conditions. Photo provided by the West Jackson Fire Department.
Dacula woman charged with husband’s murder
A Dacula woman has been
charged with murder after Gwinnett
police say her husband was stabbed
to death in their Apalachee Farms
home, located near Ga. Hwy. 324
(Auburn Road).
Gwinnett police responded to
a medical call on Saturday, Dec.
8, at the home located at 2890
The Terraces Way. Laurie Louise
Alexander called 911 to say she
found her husband, Ronald Kent
Alexander, 44, dead on the floor in
their home.
Mrs. Alexander told investiga
tors she had an argument with her
husband the prior evening. She
told police she told Mr. Alexander
to sleep in another room. Mrs.
Alexander said she went to bed and
when she awoke the next morning,
she found her husband dead on the
floor near the kitchen.
Crime scene investigators were
called to the home. Initially, police
didn’t determine if Mr. Alexander’s
death was a homicide or a suicide,
according to a press statement.
On Wednesday, Dec. 12,
Gwinnett police charged Mrs.
Alexander with murder and pos
session of a knife during the com
mission of a crime.
Mrs. Alexander was arrested at
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her home without incident, police
said. She was taken to the Gwinnett
County Detention Center and held
without bond.
Recycle Your Christmas Tree!
bring one rou the chipper
Beginning Wednesday, December 26, 2007, you can drop off your
Christmas Trees for recycling.
On Saturday, January 5, 2008, Saplings will be available
(while they last) at the
Jefferson, Commerce, Talmo and Transfer Station locations only.
Recycle your Christmas Tree at the following locations:
Arcade- Center
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - Saturday, January 5, 2008
New Kings Bridge Road Compactor Site
Commerce
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - Saturday, January 5, 2008
Designated area at the Commerce Shopping Center on S.
Elm Street
Commerce-Maysville
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - Saturday, January 5, 2008
Yarbrough Crossing Compactor Site
Hoschton
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - Saturday, January 5, 2008
First Baptist Church
Jackson County Transfer Station
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - Saturday, January 5, 2008
Jefferson
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - Saturday, January 5, 2008
Drop off at the Civic Center
For Additional Information, Call
Keep Jackson County Beautiful at
706-708-7198.
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