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♦ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2008
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Drug trafficker gets 30 years
Special to the Journal
According to a release,
Lenorris Butler, 30, of
Tallahassee, Fla., pleaded
guilty in
Houston
Superior
Court on
Monday
to one
count of
Trafficking
in Cocaine
and one
count of
Fleeing
■
Butler
and Attempting to Elude.
Judge Edward D. Lukemire
in turn sentenced Butler
to 40 years, to serve 30 in
prison.
When Butler gets out of
prison, he will be subject
to random drug testing and
warrantless searches while
on probation.
Butler, according to the
release a 10-time convicted
felon, was traveling from
Atlanta to Tallahassee on
Interstate 75 as a passenger.
Cpl. Balli of the Perry Police
Department, observed the
vehicle committing a traf
fic violation as it passed by
his location and pulled the
Car break in results in 5 years without parole
Special to the Journal
According to a release,
Dennis James Barnard, 49
and from Warner Robins,
was con
vic t e d
Tuesday
in the
Superior
Court of
Houston
County of
entering
the auto
mobile of
■
Barnard
an officer. Judge Edward
D. Lukemire sentenced him
to serve the maximum, five
years in prison without
parole.
According to the release,
Barnard’s criminal record
Man gets 12 years with no parole
Special to the Journal
According to a release,
Albert Sanks, 49, of 417
North sth Street, Warner
Robins,
was found
guilty of
Possession
of Cocaine
and sen
tenced to
30 years
to serve 12
years in
prison by
Chief Judge
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Sanks
George F. Nunn, Jr., Oct. 27,
after a bench trial.
Nunn sentenced Sanks
Thursday to prison without
possibility of parole. Also,
when he gets out of prison,
he will be subject to random
drug testing and warrant
less searches while on pro
bation.
According to the release,
Sanks, a four time convicted
felon, was driving around
the Green Street and North
Davis Drive area of Warner
Robins when he was pulled
over for a traffic violation by
Dep. Simons. Simons noticed
the vehicle coming out from
behind some businesses late
at night, pulled in behind
him and noticed that the tag
light was out.
Upon making contact with
Sanks, Simons immediate
ly smelled alcohol. Simons
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car over. Butler stepped out
and talked with Balli about
the offense; however, when
another officer arrived and
made contact with Butler,
Butler jumped into the
driver’s seat and took off at
a high rate of speed.
The officers initiated pur
suit, and followed him as
he tried to leave the inter
state at Exit 134 near the
Agricultural Center. Butler
was unable to negotiate a
high speed left hand turn
off the exit ramp, and his
car fell down the embank
ment next to the on ramp.
The vehicle was amazing
ly able to still move, and
Butler attempted to get it
back on 1-75.
The steering on the
vehicle was damaged dur
ing the fall, however, and
Butler quickly abandoned
the car. Balli was then able
to arrest him as he hurdled
a fence heading west away
from 1-75. When Butler was
taken into custody, officers
found more than 60 grams
of cocaine laying beneath
him.
“Lenorris Butler is a 10
time convicted felon who
decided to continue his life
dated from 1992, with
seven prior felony convic
tions which included bur
glaries. Under Georgia Law,
defendants with three prior
felony convictions can be
sentenced to serve time
without parole.
On Feb. 3, he was spot
ted by the officer inside
his parked vehicle. The
officer confronted Barnard
demanding to know what he
was doing. The officer then
realized he knew Barnard
from a previous encounter
where Barnard provided his
name and number in case
the officer had wanted to
hire him for maintenance
work.
“There are no small felo
nies in Houston County,”
continued his investigation,
and once back up units had
arrived, Sanks was placed
into custody for DUI.
In one of Sanks’ pockets,
however, Simons located
some crack cocaine. Sanks is
currently on parole
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of drug dealing no mat
ter what the costs,” said
Assistant District Attorney
Timothy M. Marlow. “He
was previously convicted of
both Cocaine trafficking and
Possession with Intent to
Distribute Cocaine both in
Florida and west of Atlanta.
Despite this, he continued
to deal drugs, even visiting
his probation officer before
he would pick up a load.
“Well, today, the revolv
ing door has stopped for Mr.
Butler, and he has been put
away for a good long time.
We should all be thankful
that Perry has such a fine
police department. Cpl.
Balli did a great job notic
ing a violation and making
this stop. This stop shows
the danger that these drug
traffickers pose, and we are
all fortunate that no one
was injured other than Mr.
Butler during his flight.
“Thankfully, this is one
trafficker who will not see
the outside of a jail until
2037. One hopes that other
traffickers and drug deal
ers take note of this sen
tence and decide to stay
away from our fine com
munity.”
said District Attorney Kelly
R. Burke. “This verdict
showed juries in Houston
County consider felons
committing crimes in their
neighborhoods a chief con
cern.”
Barnard is currently being
held at the Houston County
Detention Center awaiting
transport by the Georgia
Department of Corrections.
He resided at 204 White
Pond Lane. The offense was
committed on Sage Drive
also in Warner Robins.
Barnard was represented
by Chief Assistant Public
Defender Angie Coggins.
He was prosecuted by
Assistant District Attorney
Duncan Munn from
Burke’s office.
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Base to close Robins Elementary School
Special to the Journal
Robins Air Force Base offi
cials held a press conference
Wednesday, according to a
release, to announce the
projected closing of Robins
Elementary School at the end
of the current school year.
• A press conference will be
held today at 2 p.m. in the
lobby of
the school. Col. Warren
Berry, 78th Air Base Wing
commander, and members
from the Houston County
School System and Domestic
Dependent Elementary
and Secondary Schools will
be taking questions.
“It was a tough decision on
everyone’s part,” said 78th
Air Base Wing Commander
Centerville to register alarm systems
By KRYSTAL RINER
Journal Staff Writer
Centerville residents and
businesses will have to reg
ister their alarm systems
with the city. That was
approved by the Centerville
City County Tuesday.
Each business and or resi
dent will get a permit that
will be valid for one year.
There will be a $25 fee per
year for each permit issued.
The city will create a
database of the alarms,
which will help with the
erroneous alarms that
the police department is
responding.
For response by the police
department to excessive
false alarms, the alarm user
will be subject to charges
for all false alarms after
the first three within the
same alarm permit period
(January 1 through Dec. 31
of each calendar year.) After
the third false alarm, a $25
charge will be charged each
time there is a false alarm.
Registration for the
alarm systems will begin in
January.
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ed. Warren Berry, who spoke
at the press conference. Also
in attendance, according to
the release, were representa
tives of the Houston County
School System and Domestic
Dependent Elementary and
Secondary Schools. “However
our main priority is that our
children continue to receive
the best education,” Berry
said.
Students currently attend
ing Robins Elementary
will be attending Linwood
Elementary School next
year. Linwood, which is now
part of the Houston County
School System, was previ
ously run by DDESS. Rising
sixth-graders will be zoned
to attend Northside Middle
ed Kathy Hart, Executive
Director of HODAC, was
presented with a check for
$1,016. The money was from
the city’s 50th Birthday
Celebration.
“We did a lot of things
at our 50th celebration,
council members along
with city employees were
in a dunk tank, and spent
a lot of time getting this
thing together,” said Mayor
Bubba Edwards.
“I am glad we are able to
give this money to people
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School next year.
According to the release,
enrollment at the school
has dwindled in the last few
years, falling from 448 stu
dents enrolled in 2003 to the
current year’s enrollment of
only 130 students.
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that work so hard for the
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