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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The Braselton News
Page 5A
Public Safety
Gwinnett County
Funds established for wounded officers
H oschton police said a
woman made numerous
threats against an offi
cer, while she was being arrested
for drug and alcohol violations.
The officer found a truck block
ing a lane on Ga. Hwy. 332 at
Legacy Drive, and found a woman
passed out and slumped over the
steering wheel.
Police later identified the
woman as Ashley N. Maddox, 20,
Hoschton.
Maddox told the officer she was
driving to a friend’s house and
got tired, according to an inci
dent report. The officer noted that
Maddox’s voice was slurred, her
eyes were blood shot and there
was an odor of burnt marijuana
coming from the vehicle.
Police found several pills in
Maddox’s purse, which were
later determined to be a narcotic.
Maddox said she wasn’t aware the
pills were in her purse and some
one else must have put them there,
police said.
Hoschton police said Maddox
stumbled and almost fell during a
field sobriety evaluation. She was
arrested for DUI.
While in a patrol vehicle, the offi
cer said Maddox began screaming
and yelling very loudly, including
threatening the officer with physi
cal violence and death, according
to an incident report. She also
told the officer to “pick up all of
my (expletive) up, pills included,”
police said.
Maddox continued to make death
threats to the officer when she was
taken to the Jackson County Jail,
according to Hoschton police.
Maddox was also charged with
violation of the Georgia controlled
substance act and making terroris
tic threats.
HOSCHTON INCIDENTS
The following incidents were
reported to the Hoschton Police
Department last week:
•theft recovery at a West
Broad Street address, where a
stolen vehicle reported by the
Gainesville Police Department
was located at a wrecker service.
Hoschton police had previously
arrested a driver of the vehi
cle. Hoschton police said they
will help the Gainesville Police
Department with its auto theft
investigation.
•missing person at a Fawn
Court address, where a woman
told police that her 17-year-old
daughter had not been seen in over
24 hours. Police said the teenager
could have been with friends.
The mother said her daughter
has attempted to run away twice
since turning 17, she told police.
The daughter’s physical descrip
tion was posted on a lookout list.
Hoschton police said they had no
other information available at the
time of the report.
The Gwinnett County Police
Department has opened two bank
accounts in the names of the two
officers who were seriously injured
in a recent shooting.
One account will benefit Sgt.
Michael P. McKeithan and the
other will benefit Corporal William
“Bill” M. Hoch. Both accounts are
under the name of the Gwinnett
Police Employee Benevolent Fund
at any Bank of America location.
Donors can designate which offi
cer’s account they wish to donate
to or a donor can opt to make a
donation to both officers, if they
wish.
Both officers were shot while
The Barrow County Community
Emergency Response Team
(CERT) is making preparations for
the spring class, scheduled to begin
on Thursday, March 27.
“The residents of Barrow County
have been very responsive to this
program,” said Bob Richardson,
CERT president. “With the great
group of people that we already
have the team is beginning to mature
as an organization. However, we
still have much to do.”
The CERT training is conducted
every Thursday for nine weeks.
The training is followed by a disas
ter drill, where students have an
opportunity to put to work every
thing they have learned and gain
confidence in their new skills.
The course goes over such class
es as medical operations, fire safe
ty, search and rescue, disaster psy
chology and other related subjects.
Some of the instructors that
teach the CERT program include
Cyndi White of The Tree House,
who teaches disaster psychology.
There are also members of Barrow
County Sheriff’s Office that teach
many areas of the CERT program,
including Chief Deputy Murray
Kogod.
The Barrow County Fire and
Emergency Services personnel
also instruct some classes, includ
ing Battalion Chief Mark Melvin.
Current members of the CERT
team also teach some of the class
es.
“As you can see we have a wide
variety of instructors that bring a
lot of different specialties to the
CERT class,” Richardson said.
Those interested in register
ing for the CERT class may call
770-307-2987 or send an email to
barrow_cert@windstream.net.
The class size is restricted to 25
students, so early registration is
suggested. Those who do not make
the cutoff for the spring class will
have first choice to attend the fall
class.
Hoschton
Woman threatens officer during DUI arrest
Braselton
Police make five DUI arrests during week
The Braselton Police Department arrested sev
eral people for DUI last week, according to incident
reports.
Police reports say most of the offenders were seen
by an officer committing traffic violations, such as
failing to maintain their lane while driving. Two of
the offenders included underage drinkers, according
to police.
Those charged last week by the Braselton Police
Department were:
•Thomas K. Stumpf, 25, 3468 Larch Pine Drive,
Duluth, DUI and failure to maintain lane.
•Jeffery D. Jones, 20, 4520 Union Place, Flowery
Branch, DUI (under the age of 21), failure to maintain
lane, driving without license on person and failure to
signal when turning or changing lanes.
•Matthew A. Borkenhagen, 40, 324 Deerwood
Drive, Suwanee, DUI, speeding and failure to main
tain lane.
•Ronnie N. Sauber, 20, 4163 Ellison Farm Road,
Braselton, DUI (under the age of 21) and failure to
maintain lane.
•Shannon E. Pritchett, 39, 38 Jameston Drive,
Jefferson, DUI and passing traffic within a gore or
median.
BRASELTON INCIDENTS
The following incidents were reported to the
Braselton Police Department last week:
•entering a vehicle with intent to commit theft or
felony at the Publix shopping center parking lot,
where a woman said she went to get a tan at one of the
stores. She left her keys and purse in her vehicle, she
told police. When she returned, her vehicle door was
open, and her purse and a GPS system were missing.
The keys to the vehicle were still in the ignition when
an officer arrived.
•suspicious activity at the Pilot Travel Center,
where an employee told police that someone tried to
use a card that the store had received a lookout for.
When the employee realized it, she called police, but
the male suspect left in a hurry.
•simple assault at an Ammons Fall Court drive,
where a woman told police her husband threatened
her over the phone. She told police she wanted a tem
porary protective order against him.
•dispute at the Shell station on Ga. Hwy. 211, where
a customer told police that he wasn’t satisfied with
the ice he purchased from the store. He demanded
the clerk return his money and slammed the ice bag
on the counter. The clerk then took out some money
and slammed it on the counter, but one of the coins
bounced on the counter and struck the customer in the
eye. Police said there was no swelling to the custom
er’s face or eye and there was no intent to throw the
money at the customer. An officer said police would
not take any action in the incident.
attempting to serve
an arrest warrant at a
Buford address on
Jan. 3. The SWAT was
involved in the incident,
in which the suspect
killed himself.
McKeithan was a
22-year veteran of the
department. He still
remains in the intensive
care unit at Gwinnett
Medical Center, and
is expected to be in the hospital
for an indefinite amount of time,
according to the Gwinnett County
Police Department.
Hoch is a seven-year veteran of
MCKEITHAN
HOCH
the department, but also had previ
ous law enforcement experience
in Pennsylvania before moving to
Georgia. He was released from the
hospital more than a week ago.
Hall County
Sheriffs citizen’s academy accepting applications
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office has announced
the starting date of the sixth biannual session of
the Sheriff’s Office Citizen’s Academy and is now
accepting applications for the program.
The academy — a seven-week, 14-session pro
gram designed to inform residents about the role of
the sheriff’s office in the Hall County community
— is set to begin Tuesday, Feb. 19.
Classes will meet weekly from 6-9 p.m. on
Tuesdays and Thursdays, at the Sheriff’s Office Law
Enforcement Center on Main Street in Gainesville.
The program consists of both classroom and practi
cal exercises with citizen participation welcome.
Upon a citizen’s acceptance into the program,
they can expect informative sessions examining
all the duties of the Hall County Sheriff’s Office,
including the court services division, the detention
center, uniform patrol division and criminal inves
tigations.
For more details or to register, contact Captain
Ramone Gilbert, 770-531-7090; or go online at
www.hallcountysheriff.org.
Barrow County
CERT classes in Barrow Co. to start in spring
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