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The Braselton News
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Public Safety
Hoschton
Police to begin ‘Clean Sweep’ campaign
T he Hoschton Police
Department has
announced its “Operation
Clean Sweep 08” campaign to
clean up the city.
Partnering with other local
and state agencies as needed, the
Hoschton Police Department’s
goal is the revitalization of prob
lem areas that affect the health,
safety, and welfare of the citizens
of Hoschton and their families.
The police department will
address areas such as abandoned
and unsecured structures, aban
doned and dilapidated vehicles,
illegal dumping, animals running
at large and trash accumulation.
"These areas pose a safety
concern for our citizens, their
children and serve as haven for
feral animals in the community,”
police said in a statement.
Graffiti, illegal signs, door-to-
door solicitors and peddlers, and
trash dumping will be addressed
by enforcing existing local ordi
nances and state law violations.
The Hoschton Police
Department is asking that con
cerns or complaints be sent
directly to police at dhill@cit-
yofhoschton.com.
Customers’ activity appears suspicious
An employee in a Hoschton store told police that the
activity of two customers appeared suspicious.
The employee said a woman and man appeared to be
“diverting” her attention while in the Ga. Hwy. 53 store.
As the man tried to sell the employee cleaning supplies,
the woman looked at merchandise. The employee said
she didn’t see a theft occur, but she believed it was pos
sible that a pair of shoes was stolen.
The employee said the couple left and went to the
adjacent store. The employee told police that she had
seen similar activity involving a white male and two
white females a month ago.
An officer said he didn't see any merchandise in the
suspect’s vehicle. The officer talked to the suspects, who
had suspended licenses.
The officer said another vehicle with a license plate
tag out of Minnesota arrived at the business and picked
up the couple.
HOSCHTON ARRESTS
The Hoschton Police Department made the following
arrests last week:
•Warren Blake Hood, 19, 265 Ryan Road, Winder,
speeding and possession of an alcoholic beverage by a
minor.
•Jeffrey Morgan Wallace, 20, 268 Cora Lou Lane,
Winder, possession of an alcoholic beverage by a
minor.
•Joshua Adoncus Finch, 29,477 West Jefferson Street,
Hoschton, obstructing a law enforcement officer, bench
warrant service from Braselton, and warrant service
from Winder.
•Derrick Lee Ross, 21, 55 Allison Way, Braselton,
possession of less than one ounce of marijuana.
•Michelle Harrell Brennan, 42, 55 Allison Way,
Braselton, possession of less than one ounce of mari
juana.
HOSCHTON INCIDENTS
The following incidents were reported to the Hoschton
Police Department last week:
•dispute at a Hwy. 53 business, where a man told police
that his wife’s boss “jumped out” at him and told him
to leave the property. The boss said the husband yelled
at him over the phone, but didn’t threaten him. The wife
later arrived and said her boss had fired her. She wanted
to remove her items from the business. Police issued
criminal trespass warnings to the Hoschton couple.
•theft by taking at a Legacy Drive address, where
a woman said her father took her vehicle without her
permission.
•theft by taking at a West Jefferson Street address,
where a man told police that he picked up a woman he
knew as “Gail” in Atlanta and took her to his house.
When the man woke up one day, she and his 1982 Buick
Electra were gone, according to an incident report.
•burglar alarm at a Deer Creek Trail address, where
police said an alarm was sounding. A door was appar
ently blown open by the wind.
•burglar alarm at a Meadow Vista Lane address, where
police said an alarm was sounding. All of the doors and
windows appeared closed.
West Jackson Fire Department
Firefighters updating pre-fire plans for businesses
The West Jackson Fire
Department is updating pre-fire
plans of all businesses in the fire
district. The fire plans will assist
firefighters if an incident should
occur at one of the businesses.
The plans also inUuence the ISO
rating for the district, which affects
insurance rates for home and busi
ness owners, according to the fire
department.
This year, the department will
send out a preliminary evaluation
form to help increase the speed and
accuracy of the process. If busi
nesses have not already received a
call requesting contact information
including a valid email address,
someone from the fire department
will be calling area businesses to
get the information.
For more information, call the
West Jackson Fire Department at
706-654-2500.
Barrow County
CERT classes to begin soon in Barrow County
The Barrow County Community Emergency Response
Team (CERT) is making preparations for the spring
class, scheduled to begin on Thursday, March 27.
The CERT training is conducted every Thursday
for nine weeks. The training is followed by a disaster
drill, where students have an opportunity to put to work
everything they have learned and gain confidence in
their new skills.
The course goes over such classes as medical opera
tions, fire safety, search and rescue, disaster psychology
and other related subjects.
Those interested in registering 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.
Jackson County
Volunteers needed for new CERT program
CERT TRAINING
Jackson County recently held its first session to train CERT
(Community Emergency Response Team) instructors in Braselton.
The group is seeking additional volunteers.
Jackson County has started
its own Community Emergency
Response Team (CERT) to train
citizens how to help in the event of
a disaster.
CERT is a training program that
prepares citizens to help themsel
ves, their family, and their neigh
bors in the event of a disaster.
During the incident, emergency
service personnel may not be able
to reach citizens right away. By
getting trained in CERT, citizens
will have the skills to help emer
gency responders save lives and
protect property.
Under the direction of local
emergency responders, CERT
teams help provide critical support
by giving immediate damage
assessment information, and orga
nizing other volunteers at a disaster
site. Volunteers trained in CERT
also offer a potential workforce for
performing duties, such as shelter
support, traffic control and evacua
tion. The role of CERT volunteers
is to help others until trained emer
gency personnel arrive.
The first CERT instructors in
Jackson County were trained on
Feb. 23-24. The event was hos
ted by the West Jackson Fire
Department and was held at the
Braselton Police Department.
Instructors from GEMA/
Department of Homeland Security
taught the two-day, 16-hour course
with topics that included fire safe
ty, search and rescue, and emergen
cy preparedness. Nineteen students
from Jackson, Banks, and Barrow
counties and other counties across
North Georgia attended.
Those in attendance from agen
cies in Jackson County were: Bruce
Davis; Town of Braselton; David
McCoy, Jackson County EMA; and
Lt. David Edge, Capt. Tony Harris
and Asst. Chief Joel Keith, all with
the West Jackson Fire Department;
Capt. Dwayne Keith, WJFD,
Jackson County EMA and CERT
coordinator; and Steve Nichols,
director of Jackson County EMA.
Jackson County will now
begin the process of starting a
Community Emergency Response
Team. The Jackson County CERT
was started by the West Jackson
fire Department, and merged with
the Jackson County Emergency
Management Agency.
In 1985, CERT was started in
Los Angeles, Calif., with the idea
to train volunteers from the com
munity to assist emergency per
sonnel during large natural or
man-made disasters. In 1993, The
Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) decided to make
the concept and program available
nationwide and to make it applica
ble to all hazards. In 2002, CERT
became part of Citizen Corp., a
unifying structure to link a variety
of related volunteer activities to
expand a community’s resources
for crime prevention and emergen
cy response.
The Jackson County EMA will
be meeting with the public in the
near future as the program deve
lops.
For more information, or to
volunteer, contact Capt. Dwayne
Keith, CERT coordinator, Jackson
County EMA, at the West Jackson
Fire Department by calling
706-654-2500 or e-mailing dkei-
th@westjacksonfd.com.
Braselton
Man causes damage to property, leaves scene
Braselton police arrested a man
last week for damaging property in
Chateau Elan.
A witness told police that a man
driving a black Mustang struck a stop
sign and caused damage to property
in Chateau Elan. The driver left the
resort and went to a nearby gas sta
tion, where he had a flat tire.
A Braselton officer asked a man
fixing a flat tire on a Mustang at the
gas station about the incident and he
denied causing any damage, police
said. The officer said the suspect
appeared to have a strong odor of
alcohol coming from him.
The suspect then asked the officer
if he could have his vehicle locked
up, while he rode in the car with a
co-worker. The officer said he told the
suspect he left the scene of an accident
with property damage.
Witnesses at Paddy’s Irish Pub
at Chateau Elan said they saw the
Mustang and a white truck laying
drags in the parking. The employees
also said they saw the suspect and
another man drinking alcohol at the
pub for two hours before leaving.
Police charged James Harris
Kindon, 29, Winder, with driving
without a license on person, failure to
notify owner upon striking a fixture,
hit and ran/leaving the scene of an
accident and DUI.
BRASELTON ARRESTS
The Braselton Police Department
made the following arrests last week:
•Pierce A. Williams, 44, 2215
Pemberton Point, Buford, failure to
maintain lane, DUI and operating an
unregistered vehicle without a current
license plate, decal or county decal.
•Kenneth Scott Shaw, 44, 139
Johnson Drive, Braselton, driving
while license suspended or revoked,
operating a vehicle with a suspended
license, no proof of insurance, failure
to maintain lane, fleeing or attempting
to elude a police officer, DUI, habitual
violator and felony with a vehicle.
•Jeremy K. Ramsey, 29, 2651
Planter Gunnell Road, Hull, failure to
maintain lane and DUI.
BRASELTON INCIDENTS
The following incidents were
reported to the Braselton Police
Department last week:
•lost or mislaid property at Emma’s
Attic on Friendship Road, where
a customer told a manager that he
found four different credit cards
with two different names near the
driveway in the yard of the store.
•suspicious person on Cody Drive,
where a daycare center employee
told police that a white male has
been seen at least eight times com
ing from a wooded area behind the
business to Kroger. The employee
said the man always wears the same
clothing and is seen with groceries
when he walks back into the woods.
An officer followed a trail in the
woods, which led to a creek. A sub
division and a log cabin are near the
creek, police said.
•damage to property at a Broadway
Avenue address, where a Snellville
man said he parked his vehicle at
the location and when he returned
seven hours later, someone had writ
ten “fafag” on his driver’s side door,
according to an incident report.
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Health Education Scholarship
for a year to an eligible high school graduate from Banks or Jackson counties
Applications may be submitted directly to:
Commerce Cardiology Clinic
P. O. Box 359 • Commerce, Georgia 30529
or to your school counselor.
Applications are available through your school counselor
or at our office (706) 335-2000.
Deadline for Applications is March 31, 2008.
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