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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Braselton News
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Public Safety
Braselton
Women pass counterfeit bills at Waffle House restaurants
Jackson County
Fight, burglary reported at JCCHS
The Jefferson Police Department was called to Jackson County
Comprehensive High School last week when two teenagers got into a
fight.
The fight started when one of the boys allegedly made comments about
a girl the other one plans to take to a dance. The two juveniles were taken
to the police department.
In a separate incident, a theft was reported at the school. Someone
broke into four trailers at the school. A laptop computer and a digital
camera were taken.
Sheriff’s office arrests reported
Two women who tried to pay for
their meals with a fake $100 bill at
a Waffle House in Braselton, later
attempted the same thing at a Waffle
House in Jefferson, police said.
An employee at the Waffle House
on Ga. Hwy. 53 in Braselton told
police that a female tried to pass a
suspected counterfeit $100 bill.
The employee said two women
came into the restaurant and paid
their $13.11 bill with a $100 bill.
The employee said when the woman
paid, the bill didn't look “exactly
right,” but the customers ran to their
car and left.
When a hologram on the bill
appeared suspicious, the employee
took the bill to a neighboring gas
station to use its counterfeit bill
marker. The marker identified the
bill as a fake. The employee then
tore the bill and pulled the identi
fication strip, which showed it was
a $5 bill. Braselton police said a
similar incident occurred at a Waffle
House in Jefferson shortly after the
first incident. Jefferson police wrote
down the information of the two
suspects, according to an incident
report.
Also last week, the Braselton
Police Department made one arrest.
Coy Orville Williard III, 23, 4021
Howell Ferry Road, Duluth, was
charged with DUI.
BRASELTON INCIDENTS
The following incidents were
reported to the Braselton Police
Department last week:
•domestic dispute at a Silk Tree
Pointe address, where a woman told
police that she and her boyfriend
had an argument. The boyfriend
later refused to pay his portion
of the house payment, the woman
said.
•damage to property on 1-85,
where a woman said a SUV lost
control and spun out into the medi
an, flipping rocks that later struck
her vehicle windshield and cracked
it. The woman said the other driver
continued on 1-85 northbound.
•domestic dispute at a Red
Mulberry Lane address, where a
divorced couple had a disagreement
about child support issues. Police
advised the couple to settle the
disputes in a civil matter with their
attorneys.
•damage to property on 1-85,
where a woman told police that
while she was driving northbound, a
box spring from the back of a trailer
fell off right in front of her vehicle.
The woman said she couldn't avoid
hitting the box spring.
•theft by taking at a Reisling Drive
address, where a man told police
that a woman he knew stole an
estimated $1,100 in entertainment
equipment from his residence.
•criminal trespass at a retail
complex on Thompson Mill Road,
where the building's owner said
someone spray painted the building
with what appeared to be names.
Five doors on the building had also
been painted.
•domestic dispute at a Thompson
Mill Road address, where two men
argued about a relative’s vehicle on
the property.
Those charged by the Jackson
County Sheriff's Office last week
include the following:
•Phillip James Ervin, 40, 213 Bell
Road, Lula, probation violation.
•Henry Mitchell Ford, 41, 3800
Old State Road, Lot 5, Talmo, parole
violation and battery.
•Stephen Walter Forrest, 35, 1072
Canter Bend, Watkinsville, bad
check.
•Steven Allen Hollis, 25, 294
Mountain Creek Drive, Maysville,
probation violation.
•Victor M. Martinez-Gonzal, 21,
196 Silver Creek Farm Drive, Lula,
driving while unlicensed.
•Steven Mark McDiffitt, 52, 585
Clovermill Drive, Jefferson, DUI,
failure to maintain lane and open
container violation.
•Tommy Jeffery Miller, 38, 373
Canterberry Trail, Clarkesville, fail
ure to appear.
•Darrell Duane Mitchem, 45,1706
Oakland Road, Forest City, N.C.,
parole violation.
•Jacobo Tomas Perez, 25, 1250
Powder Springs Road, Marietta,
DUI, open container violation, no
license and failure to maintain lane.
•Donnell Powell Jr., 35, 183
Lathan Road, Commerce, aggravat
ed cruelty to animals.
•Steven Andrew Sims, 55, 54
Lois Kinney Road, Statham, DUI,
reckless driving, open container
violation, violation of the Georgia
Controlled Substance Act and fail
ure to stop at a stop sign.
•James Edward Tarpkins, 50,1166
W.L. Williams Road, Commerce,
battery.
•Brandon Scott Tatum, 30, 3120
Swamp Road, Waycross, open con
tainer violation and possession of
marijuana.
•David Franklin Walker, 29, 3403
Mill Grove Terrace, Dacula, failure
to appear.
Hoschton
Eighteen-year-old woman taken to youth detention center as runaway
An 18-year-old woman was taken to a youth
detention center when Hoschton police learned
that she had a warrant for her arrest.
The Commerce woman told police that she had
run away from a group home two weeks before
her 18 th birthday in January. She explained
that she had emancipated herself from the
Department of Family and Children Services,
and had cleared up any issues involving a war
rant. She believed that since she is now 18, the
warrant was invalid.
Gwinnett County officials confirmed that a
warrant was still active and that the woman
should be taken to a regional youth deten
tion center. The Gainesville Youth Detention
Center also confirmed that the woman should be
brought to the facility.
A Hoschton officer took the woman to the
youth detention center, where she was told that
she couldn’t have cigarettes and lighters at the
facility.
The woman was one of three people in a
suspicious vehicle stopped by an officer. The
vehicle was driving through a subdivision under
construction that has been the target of manhole
thefts.
In a separate incident, a local store owner gave
Hoschton police a wallet that was apparently
missing. Police located the owner of the wallet
and a relative retrieved it.
Humane Society seeks foster, adoptive homes for animals
Addiction assistance available
Narconon of Georgia is offering help for drug and alcohol addictions.
Narconon offers referrals, assessments, drug education and out-patient
rehabilitation. Narconon is a non-profit organization.
For more information, call 1-877-413-3073 or visit www.drugsno.com.
Free Legal Services offered
The Humane Society of Jackson
County has received its Department
of Agriculture license, which
enables it to rescue animals.
In 2007, the Humane Society
furthered its rescue efforts by
establishing and implementing a
foster program, which allows res
cued animals to be fostered until
a permanent home is found for
them.
In addition to the new foster
program, the Humane Society of
Jackson County also implement
ed a new adoption program. The
adoption program included numer
ous adoption events, as well as
“Pet of the Week” ads. In 2007,
89 animals were saved from being
euthanized via the new foster and
adoption programs.
In an effort to help keep pet pop
ulation down, the Humane Society
implemented a new spay/neuter
program, and more than 80 pets
were spayed or neutered.
The success in 2007 could not
have been achieved without the
help of the volunteers of Jackson
County, coordinators say, adding
that the continued support of vol
unteers is needed in 2008.
The Humane Society is seeking
new foster homes and has pets still
in foster homes that are looking for
a permanent home.
Established in 1998, the Humane
Society of Jackson County was
the vision of Marjorie Butler.
The organization is a 501 (c)(3)
nonprofit and donations are tax
deductible.
Member meetings are held at
Beef O'Brady's at 7 p.m., with
meeting dates as follows: April 7,
June 2, August 4, October 6 and
November 3. Kroger, Food Lion
and PetSense allow the Humane
Society to leave donation barrels
at their locations.
For more information or to get
involved, call 706-367-1111.
Free legal services are available
to senior citizens and low-income
clients in the area.
Services are based on case type
and financial eligibility. Georgia
Legal Service Program does not
handle criminal cases.
For an appointment, call
1-800-745-5717 or 770-535-5717
between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., M-F.
Heartland Hospice seeking volunteers for offices
Heartland Hospice is seeking volunteers to help at its
Buford office and other areas.
The company is seeking “friendly visitors” who will sit
with a patient to keep them company, read or help them
write letters, or sit with a patient to provide the caregiver
a break. Patients live in nursing homes, assisted living
facilities or in their homes.
Administrative or special project volunteers are also
needed. Duties would include filing and preparing admis
sion packets at the Buford and/or Dunwoody offices.
Special project volunteers are those people who have
a special skill to offer, such as knitting, baking birthday
cakes or making “care packages.”
Training is required and provided.
For more information, call Cheryl Burney at
770-880-7021.
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