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Tribune & Georgian
Friday, August 30,2013
Tribune & Qeorgian
CRIME REPORT
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The following events were
compiled from incident reports,
warrants or affidavits obtained
from Camden County and state
law enforcement agencies. All
persons listed are considered in
nocent until proven guilty in a
court of law.
DUI
Thomas Lael Butler, 38,
of Ray City was arrested
Aug. 21 and charged with
driving under the influence
of alcohol, open container,
suspended license and too
fast for conditions. (KPD)
Daniel Clay Field, 34, of
St. Marys was arrested Aug.
23 and charged with driving
under the influence of alco
hol, open container and tail-
light requirement. (KPD)
Nestor Campos Mendez,
47, of St. Marys was arrested
Aug. 24 and charged with
driving under the influence
of alcohol, failure to main
tain lane, speeding and open
container. (KPD)
Cody Dwayne Jeans, 28,
of St. Marys was arrested
Aug. 26 and charged with
driving under the influence
of alcohol and failure to
maintain lane. (KPD)
Martina Marie Conley,
47, of Kingsland was ar
rested Aug. 28 and charged
with driving under the influ
ence of drugs. (CCSO)
Daniel Jean Harlacker, 58,
of St. Marys was arrested
Aug. 22 and charged with
driving under the influence
of alcohol and failure to
yield to right of way. (GSP)
Kyle Austin Hopkins, 28,
of Kingsland was arrested
Aug. 24 and charged with
driving under the influence
of alcohol and failure to
maintain lane. (GSP)
Joseph Wesley Rich, 38,
of Kingsland was arrested
Aug. 23 and charged with
driving under the influence
of alcohol, open container,
driving while unlicensed and
failure to maintain lane.
(CCSO)
Robbery
Requis Bernard Battle,
25, ofFolkston was arrested
Aug. 26 and charged with
robbery. (CCSO)
Pedestrian under the
influence
Alfredo Rivera, 43, of
Kingsland was arrested Aug.
24 and charged with pedes
trian under the influence.
(CCSO)
Possession
Justice Moet Williams,
19, of Kingsland was ar
rested Aug. 22 and charged
with underage possession of
alcohol. (SMPD)
Gurry Douglas Grant, 38,
of St. Marys was arrested
Aug. 25 and charged with
possession of drugs that are
legal when in original con
tainer and theft by taking.
(SMPD)
Public intoxication
Fantasia Lynn Barnes,
24, of Kingsland was ar
rested Aug. 24 and charged
with public intoxication.
(KPD)
Bike
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heavy use from pedestrian
and bike traffic. Landreth
said the trail’s popularity is
due to its proximity to so
many different spots.
“Connectivity is huge,” he
said.
Camden County features a
variety of opportunities for
cyclists, joggers, walkers and
even horseback riders. The
abandoned railroad bed in
Woodbine was transformed
into a bike and pedestrian
trail, and its development is
ongoing as interest grows.
Crooked River State Park
offers a variety of trails that
appeal to visitors, and other
trails throughout Kingsland
and St. Marys lead to histor
ical landmarks, city parks and
other attractions. But Lan
dreth said local and visiting
cyclists are looking for more.
“We’re trying to become
what our citizens need,” he
said. “The public is asking
for a safe place to ride bikes.”
First and foremost —
safety
Landreth walks to the
sidewalk outside of his store
in midtown St. Marys, meas
uring it at 42 inches wide.
This is not nearly wide
enough for two cyclists to
ride alongside each other and
is a tight fit for a pedestrian
to pass a cyclist, he said. It’s
important for people to real
ize that a traditional-sized
sidewalk is not a bike trail, he
said.
“No one enjoys walking or
riding on a sidewalk this
close to a highway,” he said
of the sidewalk along Geor
gia Highway 40. The side
walk continues along Charlie
Smith Sr. Highway, by the
base entrances and subdivi
sions adjacent to the base.
Eventually, the trail moves
away from the roadway, cre
ating a grass buffer that sep
arates motorists from cyclists
and pedestrians. The buffer
is crucial, Landreth said,
making drivers, cyclists and
walkers feel safer.
Camden County students
who live within 1.5 miles of
their assigned schools are
not picked up by a school
bus. Instead, they must walk,
have their parents drive
them, or ride their bikes. In
the case of Crooked River
Elementary, Landreth said
it’s obvious by the large
number of bicycles outside
that parents allow their chil
dren to use the bike path be
cause it is a safe route to
school.
But children are not the
only cyclists out and about
in the community. In 2005,
the Georgia Coastal Re
gional Commission esti
mated 1,100 commuters
who ride bicycles in Camden
County. Landreth said he
thinks this number has
grown since then, with many
residents choosing to ride
their bikes to run errands,
get to work or get in shape.
“Bike lanes are becoming
a necessity because more
people are riding,” he said.
The Green Lane Project
is a federal initiative for pro
tected bike lanes on road
ways. The base, Landreth
said, brings many newcom
ers to Camden County from
larger cities, where they see
these types of bike lanes. Be
cause many residents are
seeking more affordable
transportation methods with
the rising prices of gasoline
and are aiming to stay active
in a health-conscious society,
there is even less importance
put on cars, creating oppor
tunities for more connectiv
ity for cyclists.
Earlier this year, Gov.
Nathan Deal signed a “com
plete streets” policy for
Georgia with a goal of in
corporating more bike and
pedestrian facilities into
transportation. This policy
encourages the highest con
sideration for bike lanes
when new roads are being
built. Landreth said he sees
potential for bike lanes on
some of Camden’s highways,
even if it means re-painting.
A combination of more
buffered paths and protected
bike lanes on larger high
ways would ultimately offer
more safety for cyclists and
pedestrians. Almost daily,
Landreth’s customers — vis
itors and local bike riders —
ask him where to ride in
Camden County. This
proves a demand and inter
est in paths and trails,
preferably those that are not
just sidewalks, but where
riders feel safe, he said.
“If you build a safe way to
use a bike, people will use
it,” he said.
Riding ripple effect
Driving toward downtown
St. Marys along Dilworth
Street, the popularity of bi
cycling, walking and running
becomes obvious. Once the
sidewalk meets the city’s
marshwalk, the sidewalk sud
denly expands into a wider
brick and tabby surface that
extends into Howard Gilman
Memorial Park and runs in
front of businesses in the
downtown area. Landreth
points out the parking spots
and street lamps that buffer
the path into the park —
much different than the or
dinary sidewalk.
“This is building to a
higher standard,” he said.
“We need more of this. We
need to distinguish ourselves
as being different.”
Paid for by transportation
enhancement funding, the
sidewalk leads pedestrians
and cyclists into the scenic
park area and eventually into
the downtown hotels, restau
rants, bed and breakfasts and
other retail shops.
“It blends into the park,”
Landreth said. “It leads you
somewhere.”
These types of wider,
buffered bike trails that lead
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smaller communities can in
crease economic develop
ment, promote conservation
and raise awareness about a
city’s attributes.
In north Georgia, the Sil
ver Comet Trail features 99
paved miles of bike paths
that have generated almost
$100 million in revenue per
year in the counties through
which the trail passes in
northwest Georgia, accord
ing to a newsletter from the
PATH Foundation, a non
profit organization with a
goal of building a network of
bike trails throughout the
state of Georgia.
A recent study found that
almost 2 million people visit
the Silver Comet trail each
year, which directly created
750 jobs, supporting 550 ad
ditional ones throughout the
state. This is the type of rel
atively low-cost attraction
Camden County could use
to help generate economic
growth, Landreth said.
“If we give them some
thing more to do, they’re
going to stay here longer,”
he said.
Constructing wider and
safer paths isn’t hard to do
with a little initiative, Lan
dreth believes. Funding is
available from nonprofit or
ganizations like the PATH
Foundation, which helped
fund the riverwalk trail in
Woodbine. After that fund
ing was approved by Wood
bine City Council, the
Department of Natural Re
sources saw that the commu
nity was behind it and re
cently awarded the city
grants for amenities like rest
areas and trail heads.
“It’s just not complicated,”
Landreth said, adding that
trails and paths require little
to no maintenance once
completed.
Google Maps has a new
feature that shows cyclists
how to get from city to city,
town to town, even coast to
coast on their bikes. Lan
dreth said that with a heap of
leadership and a dash of
leverage, it wouldn’t be hard
to put Camden County on
the map in the biking com
munity.
“We have the resources
out there,” he said. “We just
need our leadership to ask
for it.”
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