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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2021
Public Safety
Man charged in string of entering-auto incidents in Winder neighborhood
The following incidents Oct. 7-12 were
among those that the Winder Police De
partment responded to.
•A Winder man was arrested in connec
tion with several entering-auto incidents
at half a dozen residences along Embassy
Walk in the overnight hours between Oct.
10-11. The man was detained by police
after being found lying down in the woods
behind one of the residences. One resident
reported that gaming equipment, a back
pack, shoes, headphones and five credit/
debit cards had been stolen from his vehi
cle. Those items were found by a nearby
transformer. There were no items reported
missing from any of the other vehicles.
The suspect was charged with felony theft
by taking and several counts of entering
an automobile with the intent to commit
theft.
•A police officer on Oct. 12 noticed that
someone had spray-painted initials, as
sociated with local gang activity, on the
back of the stop sign at the intersection of
Pine Street and Capitol Avenue.
•Two suspects, a man and woman, re
portedly worked in conjunction to shoplift
a Yeti cooler from Hill’s Ace Hardware on
West Athens Street on Oct. 12. An em
ployee stopped the woman and retrieved
the cooler as she was trying to exit the
store before the woman proceeded toward
a truck and left the store with the man.
An identity was not immediately avail
able on the female suspect, while the man
matched the description of an Athens man
whom the truck was registered to, accord
ing to the incident report.
•A woman reported her lost debit card
had been used fraudulently to purchase
nearly $600 worth of items.
•A Winder man was arrested for driving
under the influence of drugs and posses
sion of drug-related objects around 6 p.m.
Oct. 9 after he was observed by a police
officer stopping his vehicle on the railroad
tracks on East Athens Street while traffic
was stopped and then taking a right turn
onto East May Street and accelerating
rapidly. During the traffic stop, the re
sponding officer noticed the odor of mar
ijuana and conducted a probable-cause
search of the vehicle, which turned up a
digital scale. The man admitted he had
smoked a joint and was a “regular” mar
ijuana smoker. Before being taken to the
Barrow County Detention Center, he was
transported to a local hospital after com
plaining of dizziness and briefly lying on
the ground without responding to officers.
•Arrest warrants for simple assault and
criminal trespass were issued Oct. 9 for
a Winder woman after a domestic distur
bance between her and her boyfriend in
which she ripped his shirt and followed
him to different locations in the city, at
one point pulling her car in front of him
while he was trying to get away from her.
•An employee at a cell phone store on
Exchange Boulevard reported Oct. 9 that
a homeless man had become irate after
being told that a family member terminat
ed his phone from their account and was
pulling on the door to the store “aggres
sively.” The man was not on scene when
police arrived.
•A Winder man was cited for posses
sion of drug-related objects at City Pond
Park on Oct. 7 after an officer patrolling
the area of the park around 8 p.m. noticed
two vehicles parked on opposite ends of
the lot. After conducting a stop on both
vehicles, the officer found a glass pipe in
one of the vehicles.
•A Winder man was arrested for crimi
nal trespass Oct. 7 after he was reported to
be at a Village Court residence that he had
been previously barred from by police.
•A man reported Oct. 7 that several of
his items, including a lawnmower. had
been stolen from his mother’s house on
West New Street on an unknown date.
Sheriff’s office, police departments report arrests around county
The following arrests
were made Oct. 11-17 by
law enforcement agencies
around Barrow County.
BCSO
•Pamela Diane Beck, 50,
Winder — second-degree
homicide by vehicle and
failure to yield while turn
ing left.
•Deanna M. Bettis. 39,
Winder — possession of
methamphetamine.
•Jonathan Wesley Bowen,
35, Auburn — misdemeanor
theft by shoplifting.
•Adam Scott Britt, 40,
Auburn — felony exploita
tion and intimidation of
disabled adults, elderly per
sons and residents: financial
transaction card fraud; and
two counts of felony proba
tion violation.
•Jason Lamar Brooks, 43,
Winder — false imprison
ment and simple assault.
•Nicolas Alejandro Di-
az-Rivera, 18, Dacula —
driving without a valid li
cense and speeding.
•James Ethan Dutton, 17,
Watkinsville — theft by tak
ing.
•Anthony Brion Gonza
lez, 46, Winder — misde
meanor failure to appear.
•Christopher Edwin
Haney, 25, Winder — pos
session of a Schedule I
controlled substance and
crossing the guard lines of
a correctional facility with
weapons, intoxicants or
drugs.
•Michael Muajkoob Herr,
26, Winder — driving un
der the influence of alcohol,
drugs or other intoxicating
substances and improper
lane change/failure to main
tain a lane.
•Stanley Ledonovaces
Hill, 54, Statham — two
counts of felony probation
violation.
•Kayla Brianna Isaacs,
27, Atlanta — driving un
der the influence of alcohol
- less safe, improper lane
change/failure to maintain a
lane and no insurance.
•Tommy Lee Knight, 19,
Winder — felony probation
violation.
•Jalon Dwain Lowe, 22,
Athens — driving under
the influence of drugs, reck
less driving, expired license
plate and driving without li
cense on person.
•Raul Gomez Marroquin,
32, Tucker — driving under
the influence of alcohol -
less safe, consumption/open
container of alcoholic bev
erage in passenger area, im
proper lane change/failure
to maintain a lane and driv
ing without a valid license.
•Jessica Lynn Moon, 33,
Auburn — possession of a
Schedule I controlled sub
stance and possession of
methamphetamine.
•William James Moon,
55, Bethlehem — battery,
obstructing or hindering
persons making emergency
phone calls, and criminal
trespass - damage of $500
or less.
•Charles Morrison, 35,
Atlanta — driving with a
suspended or revoked li
cense and following too
closely.
•Patrick O’Neal Morton,
28, Winder — armed rob
bery; aggravated assault;
first-degree home invasion
with a firearm; receipt, pos
session or transfer of a fire
arm by a convicted felon or
felony first offender; and
possession of a firearm or
knife during the commis
sion of or attempt to commit
certain felonies.
•Daniale Kayla Nixon,
26, Hull — possession of
methamphetamine.
•Terrio Tavarus Pass, 22,
Winder — misdemeanor
failure to appear.
•John Ryan Pate, 38,
Winder — simple battery
and simple assault.
•Keith Lee Patrick, 38,
Statham — possession of
methamphetamine.
•Damarcus Byshon
Rhodes, 35, Winder — felo
ny probation violation.
•Luke Sommers Robi
nette, 33, Bethlehem — fel
ony probation violation.
•Miquel Rodriquez, 30,
Flowery Branch — battery,
simple assault and criminal
trespass.
•Darrell Robert Rowland
Jr.. 29, Winder — felony
probation violation and two
counts of misdemeanor pro
bation violation.
•Cheyenne N. Shannon,
23. Winder — possession
of a Schedule I controlled
substance.
•Holly Suzette Shedd, 37.
Winder — possession of a
Schedule I controlled sub
stance and possession and
use of drug-related objects.
•Leinienh Smarte, 33,
Lawrenceville — aggravat
ed assault, battery and crim
inal trespass - damage of
$500 or less.
•Chantho Keo Sok. 57,
Winder — driving with a
suspended or revoked li
cense and headlight viola
tion.
•Nathaniel James Sorrell,
32. Cumming — possession
of methamphetamine.
•Destiny L. Steed, 27,
Statham — obstructing or
hindering persons making
emergency phone calls.
•James Leonard Stokes
Jr., 40. Auburn — pos
session of a Schedule I
controlled substance, one
felony count and one mis
demeanor count of willful
obstruction of law enforce
ment officers, two counts of
felony probation violation
and battery.
•Roy Frank Stovall, 25,
Auburn — four felony
counts of first-degree forg
ery; identity theft fraud
when using/possessing
identifying information
concerning a person; three
counts of crossing the guard
lines of a correctional fa
cility with weapons, intox
icants or drugs; two counts
of possession of metham
phetamine; possession of
cocaine; possession of a
Schedule I controlled sub
stance; possession and use
of drug-related objects; and
giving a false name, address
or birthdate to a law en
forcement officer.
•James Roland Ward, 56,
Winder — felony probation
violation.
•Zachary Elijah Wilbur,
30, Winder — driving with
a suspended or revoked li
cense and knowingly driv
ing a motor vehicle on sus
pended. canceled or revoked
registration.
•David Lee Willoughby,
60, Athens — driving under
the influence of alcohol -
less safe and open-container
violation.
AUBURN
•Eric F. Ayala, 19, Auburn
— misdemeanor failure to
appear.
BRASELTON
•Elias Nathan Lowe, 17,
Buford — possession of a
Schedule I controlled sub
stance and misdemeanor
marijuana possession.
STATHAM
•Amanda L. Alers, 31,
Hull — misdemeanor fail
ure to appear.
•Ronald Dillon Brown.
22, Bethlehem — robbery.
•Bradley F. Clark, 54.
Statham — driving under
the influence of alcohol,
drugs or other intoxicating
substances and driving with
a suspended or revoked li
cense.
•Michael Bonzo Huff, 31.
Nicholson — possess/trans
port/receive explosives/
destructive devices with
intent to kill/injure/destroy
building; manufacture, dis
tribute, possess with intent
to distribute, offer to dis
tribute an explosive device;
felony terroristic threats and
acts; possession of a firearm
or knife during the commis
sion of or attempt to commit
certain felonies; six counts
of felony criminal damage
to property; possession of
methamphetamine; two
counts of injuring, tearing
down or destruction of mail
boxes and injuring, defacing
or destroy mail; nine counts
of reckless conduct; four
counts of criminal trespass;
and possession and use of
drug-related objects.
•Yolanda Christine Lem-
ke, 45. Auburn — theft by
taking.
•Isaac Michael Merola,
22, Winder — driving un
der the influence of alcohol
- less safe, reckless driving
and improper stopping on
roadway.
•Jordan Anthony Price,
35, Athens — driving under
the influence of alcohol -
less safe and improper lane
change/failure to maintain
a lane.
•Jerrison Richardson,
24, Athens — possession
of cocaine; possession
of cocaine with intent to
distribute; two counts of
purchase, possess, manu
facture. distribute or sale
of marijuana; possession
and use of drug-related
objects; consumption/open
container of alcoholic bev
erage in passenger area;
driving with a suspended
or revoked license; and im
proper lane change/failure
to maintain a lane.
•Hannah Roger Walters,
21, Athens — driving with
a suspended or revoked li
cense.
See Arrests, page 7A
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