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4A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, October 10,2018
Arrest Reports
Oct 1
David Emory
Castleberry, 35, Cumming:
Bench warrant/failure to
appear in court.
Jonathan Andrew Forest,
20, Cumming: Possession
of marijuana less than one
ounce.
Kimberly Rose Gentry,
50, Clarkesville: Theft by
shoplifting.
Jessica Sadie Johnson,
21, Gainesville: Probation
violation/misdemeanor.
Oct. 2
Joyanne Marie Adams,
31, Dawsonville: Serving
county sentence.
Jerry Eugene Akins Jr.,
36, Cumming: Criminal
attempt, criminal trespass.
Christopher Michael
Manning, 38, Cumming:
Here for court.
Christopher Kyle
McBrayer, 36, Cleveland:
Driving while license sus
pended/revoked.
Cesare Dominique
Olejnik, 34, Dawsonville:
Bench warrant/failure to
appear in court, theft by
taking.
Oct. 3
Barry Stewart Crocker,
48, Dawsonville: Serving
county sentence.
Benjamin Lee Eller, 36,
Dawsonville: Bench war
rant/failure to appear in
court.
Joseph David Fink, 32,
Dawsonville: Serving
county sentence.
Logan James Hurst, 20,
Cumming: Probation viola
tion/misdemeanor.
Ronald Dale Jarrard, 57,
Dahlonega: Probation vio
lation/felony.
Detrius Martez Winston,
30, LaGrange: Here for
court.
Oct 4
Darak Dallon Brown, 51,
Dawsonville: Here for
court.
Wesley Leroy Carter, 24,
Atlanta: Probation viola
tion/felony.
Christopher Phillip
Chesnut, 29, Dahlonega:
Probation violation/misde
meanor, failure to comply.
Amanda P. Cureton, 36,
Dawsonville: Battery/fami
ly violence, third degree
cruelty to children.
Gary Chase Garrett, 20,
Dahlonega: Probation vio
lation/misdemeanor.
Ethan Cole Hurst, 19,
Cumming: Probation viola
tion/misdemeanor.
Samuel D. Lymore Jr.,
38, Country Club Hill, Ill.:
Theft by taldng, first degree
forgery.
Justin Blake York, 21:
Serving county sentence.
Oct. 5
Nathan Douglas Davis,
19, Lula: Probation viola
tion/misdemeanor.
James Russell Odom, 36,
Gainesville: Serving coun
ty sentence.
Matthew Robert
Robinson, 29, Gainesville:
Possession of a controlled
substance, theft by shoplift
ing.
Shiraz Saleem, 36,
Marietta: Serving county
sentence.
Alexander Nathan West,
18, Dawsonville:
Possession of marijuana
less than one ounce, drug
related objects.
Oct 6
Houston Todd Abbott,
26, Dawsonville: Simple
battery/family violence,
aggravated assault/family
violence, battery/family
violence.
Oct 7
Heather Louise Chester,
37, Dahlonega: Charges
pending.
Rochelle Denise
Reynolds, 41, Dawsonville:
Charges pending.
Dianne Verwiebe, 53,
Dawsonville: Charges
pending.
FROM 1A
Board
“These would be uni
formed officers on the
streets,” Johnson said.
“That’s where our greatest
need is right now so that’s
where we fully intend to
place these positions should
they be approved.”
Johnson also thanked the
board for the effort that had
been put into the proposed
budget, calling it a step in
the right direction.
“Looking at the other line
items we feel confident that
we can remain in budget
with it,” Johnson said.
Also speaking during the
public hearing was Tim
Satterfield, who will take
the seat of District 3
Commissioner Jimmy
Hamby in January.
Satterfield said he would
like the county to seek out
more grants in the future as
well as consider lease-pur
chases for some of the tech
nology and capital items
that go out of date fairly
regularly. Having retired
from the Dawson County
emergency services depart
ment in December after a
lengthy career in public
safety, his main point was
that the commission needed
to look harder at salary and
benefits for the emergency
services personnel.
“The counties and cities
around us are paying a lot
more and these young peo
ple are leaving,” Satterfield
said. “They like it here but
they’re leaving for higher
salaries.”
County Manager David
Headley said he had met
with Emergency Services
Chief Danny Thompson
and Chief Danny Speaks
and that the department is
working to put information
together about how
Dawson compares to other
counties. The sheriff’s
office is also compiling
similar information.
Two more public hear
ings will be held before the
commission can vote to
approve the budget.
The second will be held
at 4 p.m. Oct. 11 and the
third at 6 p.m. Oct. 18. All
hearings are open to the
public and will be held in
the second floor assembly
room at the Dawson
County Government
Center.
DA receives grant to
aid crime victims
For the second year in a
row Dawson County was
awarded a grant that will
help victims of crime in the
county get compensation
through the court system or
otherwise.
The Dawson County
District Attorney’s Office
was awarded a $74,088.84
no-match grant to cover the
salary and benefits of Katie
Strayhom, a Crime Victims
Compensation Advocate in
the DA’s office.
Individuals in Georgia
who have been impacted by
violent crimes are entitled
to special services to help
them take steps toward res
toration. Advocates like
Strayhorn ensure people
who have been affected by
crime know what resources
are available to them and
help them understand what
to expect at different stages
of the criminal justice pro
cess. They also coordinate
witnesses for trials and
attend all court proceedings
with victims.
Assistant District
Attorney Conley Greer pre
sented the grant to the
board.
“It’s something that
we’ve been hoping for for a
long time. This is yet anoth
er way that we might be
able to assist our citizens
that medical bills don’t’ get
paid, things of that nature,”
Greer said. “(Strayhom) is
one of the most important
human beings that I know.
This grant has changed the
way that we operate. It’s
changed the game.”
The funding for the grant
comes from the Prosecuting
Attorneys Council of
Georgia and the Criminal
Justice Coordinating
Council.
The board voted unani
mously to accept the grant.
Parks and Rec seeks
to replace pier
Parks and Recreation
Director Matt Payne pre
sented a request to the
board Sept. 27 for the
department to apply for a
Land and Water
Conservation Fund Grant
from the Georgia
Department of Natural
Resources to replace the
pier at War Hill Park.
“The pier is in kind of
foul shape, it’s’ a wooden
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pier that is in the weather
and in the water and it has
served a good purpose but it
is time for us to really look
at it,” Payne said.
On a 2008 inventory list
from when the park was
leased to the county by the
Army Corps of Engineers,
the pier already was listed
as in poor condition, Payne
said. The parks and recre
ation department and facili
ties department have been
keeping the pier up, but
Payne said that no further
repair can be done.
“The pier is still very
safe, it is out there and the
public uses it a lot,” Payne
said. “But when the next
wave of boards need to be
replaced or the next wave
of railing needs to be done,
there is just very little struc
turally you can do to repair
it anymore.”
Payne said a good cost
estimate for dismantling
and removing the old pier
as well as designing and
installing a new pier would
be around $115,000 to
$120,000.
The grant has a 50 per
cent county match and the
minimum award amount is
$25,000.
The board voted unani
mously to apply for the
grant.
Legal assistant
position approved
The board voted unani
mously to approve a new
position to help County
Attorney Lynn Frey with
administrative tasks.
The request was for
$6,965.20 for the remainder
of the year, with the annual
salary of $30,547.
The county began adver
tising for the position in
today’s paper.
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