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Page 8A, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Sheriff’s Department makes
arrests for sexual battery,
fraudulent prescription purchases
On July 4th, the Lee Coun
ty Sheriff’s Office received a
complaint of sexual battery
that occurred at Wal-Mart.
The complaint was
that an unknown
white male had
grabbed a 14 year
old girl by the but
tocks.
On July 10 while
following up on
the case, the Sher
iff’s Investigator
was at Wal-Mart
and they provided
a video copy of the
incident. Wal-Mart
staff identified the
person as a vendor
for Wal-Mart. They said that
he was in the store at that
time. The Sheriff’s Investi
gator made contact with him
and arrested him on the spot.
Christopher Duren, 30, of
Albany, was charged with
sexual battery of a child
under the age of 16. He is a
vendor at Wal-
Mart and is not
employed by Wal-
Mart.
The charge is
a felony because
the person is
under 16 years
of age. He could
receive a sentence
from one to five
years.
Montez
Dawayne Ste
phens, 31, of
Albany, was
arrested Tuesday, July 8 at a
local pharmacy for fraudu
lently obtaining a controlled
substance, Lortab (Hydroco-
done), a Schedule II Con-
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trolled substance. Stephens
had been fraudulently ob
taining controlled
substances for
over a year in Lee
County.
With the as
sistance of local
pharmacies,
Stephens was
apprehended July
8 while attempt
ing to make a
purchase with a
fraudulent pre
scription.
The Lee County
Drug Squad and
sponded quickly when they
received a tip that Stephens
was attempting
to fill another
prescription.
Stephens was
questioned by
drug agents
and admitted
to purchasing
nine different
prescriptions
in the Lee
County area
over the past
year. He is in
the Lee County
being held on a
Montez Dawayne
Stephens
two uniformed deputies re- $100,000 bond
Leesburg Police File
Weekly Report
Leesburg Police Chief
Charles Moore reports that
officers worked several cases
and incidents recently.
Lakota Schell Milner,
of 194 Canal Street, was
arrested July 13 when Capt.
Monterey R. Moody was
dispatched referencing a
runaway. Upon arrival Capt.
Moody was informed of a
warrant for Ms. Milner in
Calhoun County for simple
assault.
Ptl. Jeffery L. Fordham
stopped Henri Zacarias and
4 passengers July 13 after
turning without signaling
and driving North in the
Southbound lane. A request
for liscense was made and
officer smelled strong odor
of alcohol. Mr. Zacarias
produced a Mexican license
and could not comprehend
when asked to do some field
sobriety tests. Mr. Zacarias
was arrested for driving
while unliscensed, driving on
the wrong side of roadway,
open container of alcohol
while operating vehicle, and
failure to signal when turning
or changing lanes.
Francisco Ramirez Es-
calona,, Oglethorpe, GA
was stopped July 12 by Ptl.
Jeffery L. Fordham when
he noticed excessive volume
coming from the vehicle. Mr.
Escalona could only produce
a Mexican license and was
arrested and charged with
driving while unlicensed or
expired license, and excessive
volume from radio within
motor vehicle.
Nicholas Charles Hender
son was arrested July 10 on
Peach Street after Ptl. Marcus
E. Lemacks saw him go into
the ditch and knock down a
city street sign as he re-en
tered the roadway. He was
charged with having an open
container of alcohol while
operating vehicle, driving
while license suspended or
revoked, failure to maintain
lane, failure to notify owner
upon striking fixture, posses
sion of marijuana less than 1
oz., and driving under the in
fluence-refusal (1st offense).
Capt. Chris J. Prokesh
observed a vehicle driving
in the 100 block of Walnut
Street with no headlights
approximately 9:00 pm July
10. The vehicle failed to
yield immediately and finally
stopped at Mayhaw Road and
19. Backup was called and
Ptl. Marcus E. Lemacks also
arrived on the scene. The
driver Quarterrius L. Jackson
was arrested for possession
of marijuana, possession of
drug related objects, DUI and
passenger Elliot M. Clayton
was arrested for possession
of marijuana and possession
of drug related objects. Other
charges include widown
glazing violation and failure
to have headlight on 1/2 after
sunset to 1/2 before sunrise.
Vicky Carole Irwin was ar
rested July 7 by Lt. Gregory
Barrett for failure to main
tain lane, open container
of alcohol while operating
vehicle, driving under the
influence .08 gms. or more
(2nd offense). Ptl. Jeffery L.
Fordham assisted Lt. Barrett.
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Clanton Named Chief
Resident Physician at
University of Tennessee
Special to the Ledger
The University of Ten
nessee Graduate School
of Medicine Office of
the Dean announces that
Colin Clanton, M.D., has
been named chief resident
physician of its nationally
ranked Anesthesiology
Residency Program.
A graduate of Lee
County High School,
Clanton will be a fourth-
year resident physician
on July 1, when his term
as chief resident physi
cian begins. He earned
his medical doctor (MD)
degree from Medical
College of Georgia.
Clanton is the son of Bill
and Reames Clanton of
Albany.
Dr. Clanton will lead
anesthesiology resident
physicians at the LIT
Graduate School of Medi
cine, who recently scored
among the best in the
nation in testing. In 2007,
the anesthesiology resi
dency class, who now are
in their third year, scored
above the 95th percentile
on the American Board
of Anesthesiology (ABA)
exam. This performance
places this group among
the top handful of the 130
anesthesiology residency
programs in the nation.
Additionally, accord
ing to statistics from the
ABA, 94% of the anesthe
siology resident physi
cians who have graduated
from the LIT Graduate
School of Medicine over
the past five years have
passed the ABA tests re
quired to become certified
by the ABA. For the same
time period, the national
average is 70%.
Residency education
programs provide li
censed physicians with
the necessary 3-5 years
of advanced training
to become board-certi
fied in a specialty and
to be able to practice
medicine. Specialties
include anesthesiology,
family medicine, gen
eral dentistry, obstetrics
and gynecology, pathol
ogy, surgery and others.
This residency training
is in addition to the
four years of medi
cal education required
to complete medical
school and four years of
undergraduate studies.
The University of
Tennessee Graduate
School of Medicine in
Knoxville is part of the
University of Tennessee
Health Science Center,
the statewide academic
health system. The
school is home to more
than 200 teaching phy
sicians and researchers;
more than 190 medical
and dental resident phy
sicians in 11 residency
and 11 fellowship pro
grams; and more than
180 volunteer faculty
physicians and dentists.
The school, together
with clinical partner,
University Health
System Inc., forms the
University of Tennes
see Medical Center, the
only academic medical
center in the area.
Colin, his wife Steph
anie and son Hudson
Clanton live in Knox
ville, TN. Colin is the
son of Bill and Reames
Clanton, brother of
Blake Clanton of Lee
County; grandson of
the late Earl ‘Rat’ and
Marion Reames Riley
of Albany; grandson
of Buddy and Betty
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