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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2008
Public Safety
reports on crimes, wrecks, fires & courts
HOME DESTROYED IN FIRE
A fire whipped by gusty winds destroyed a large two-story home on Jefferson
River Road Tuesday, Nov. 25. Several Jackson County fire departments responded
to the blaze, which happened about mid-day. The fire happened at 8825 Jefferson
River Road in South Jackson. The 12,000-square-foot house was listed for sale in
September and was reportedly built in 1976. The home is owned by Lighthouse
Real Estate Solutions, located in Orange, Calif. Photo by Brandon Reed
Municipal arrests
Town police departments list arrests
ARRESTS MADE by the Commerce, Hoschton,
Maysville and Pendergrass police departments last
week, include the following:
COMMERCE
•Mark Donald Brown, 46,317 North Suber Road,
Greer, S.C., DUI and open container violation.
•Kasi Lee Crews-Watkins, 25, 297 Orchard
Circle, Commerce, DUI and weaving over road
way.
•Richard Allen Ozbum, 33, 76 Windmill Lane,
Commerce, possession of methamphetamine,
driving while license suspended, weaving over
roadway, no proof of insurance and giving false
name or address.
•Jacqueline Lee Weigand, 47, 2319 Planter
Gunnell Road, Hull, driving while unlicensed,
DUI, giving false information to officer and affix
ing license plate to conceal identification.
•Kimberly Ann Turpin, 20, 2409 Duley Road,
Dewy Rose, driving while unlicensed, expired
tag, possession of marijuana and tail light viola
tion.
•Barbara Ann Fannin, 27, 274 Sam Brown
Boulevard, Commerce, influencing witness.
•Ashley Renee Wright, 24, 327 Smith Road,
Hull, giving false name or address to law enforce
ment officer.
•Nicholas Orlando Lattimore, 30, 2370 Noble
Road, Carlton, possession of marijuana.
•Jerry Lee McDaniel, 28, 2725 Maysville
Road, Commerce, possession of marijuana, DUI,
criminal damage to property in the first degree,
terroristic threats and acts, possession of schedule
II drug, obstruction and reckless conduct.
•Harvest Linnon Scott, 32, 773 Ila Road lot 12,
Commerce, maintaining a disorderly house.
•James Steve Swetmon, 51, 694 West Main
Street, Bowersville, DUI.
•Joel Reyes Tellez, 18, 1009 Leaphart Street
apartment B, West Columbia, S.C., driving while
unlicensed and brake light violation.
•Kevin Christpher Vandeford, 19, 192 Louise
Drive, Commerce, loitering or prowling.
HOSCHTON
•Patrick Michael Nicho, 23, 342 A Oakland
Road, Lawrenceville, probation violation.
•Pao Thao, 36, 9018 Hwy. 124 West, Braselton,
possession of methamphetamine, possession of
tools for the commission of a crime and possession
of arms by a convicted felon.
•Christopher Elliott Turner, 17,48 Reisling Drive,
Braselton, possession of marijuana.
•Turin Dain Johnson, 30, 138 Fourth Street,
Greenville, S.C., possession of dangerous drugs
with intent to distibute.
•Alejandro Turrubiartes Netro, 33, 654 Bill
Watkins Road, Hoschton, no license.
MAYSVILLE
•Tracy Jacquelyn Boswell, 25,144 Bowden Street
apartment C, Commerce, child support violation.
•David Lynn Bruce, 42,151 West Freeman Street
apartment 28, Maysville, windshield violation, fail
ure to maintain lane, DUI and possession of meth
amphetamine.
PENDERGRASS
•Isael Ponce Arenas, 23, 1825 Lennox Park
Street, Gainesville, no license and window tint
violation.
•Ramon Alvaro Rodriguez, 23, 245 Amethist
Drive, Athens, no license, emission equipment vio
lation and window tint violation.
•John Peace Corry, 35,6027 Walden Pond Road,
Gainesville, DUI, speeding, open container viola
tion, failure to maintain lane, reckless conduct,
obstruction and fleeing or attempting to elude law
enforcement officer.
•Peter Paul Mazzei, 43, 2740 Englewood Drive,
Cumming, suspended license and speeding.
•Victor Jorge Fasola, 55, 7337 Club Crest Drive,
Flowery Branch, failure to appear, open container
violation, no license and window tint violation.
•Ageo Avilla Mancilla, 25, 46 Highland Avenue,
Gainesville, window tint violation and no license.
•Adan Sepulveda, 35, 109 Saluda Street,
Coupens, S,C., window tint violation and giving
false name to law enforcement officer.
Jackson County Sheriff’s Office arrests
44 charged by sheriff’s office
THE JACKSON County
Sheriff’s Office arrested 44 peo
ple during the past week, includ
ing the following:
•Cody William Pittman, 21,
641 Ebenezer Road, Jefferson,
probation violation.
•James Everett Wheelus, 22,
174 Trout Lane, Commerce, fail
ure to appear.
•Brandy Renee Carter, 31,
146 Pine Street apartment B2,
Jefferson, issuance of bad checks.
•Eric Keith Carter, 37,784 Oak
Moss Drive, Lawrenceville, issu
ance of bad checks.
•Benny Paul Crawford Jr., 47,
63 Redbird Drive, Jefferson, child
support violation.
•Dorothy Wright Galloway, 30,
84 Peyton Lane, Auburn, issu
ance of bad checks.
•Barbara Elmore Paul, 47, 665
Welford Avenue, Jefferson, issu
ance of bad checks.
•Escobar Flores Santiago, 27,
260 Winter Drive, Athens, driv
ing while unlicensed and reckless
driving.
•Kendra Rose Scott, 27, 234
Ruby Lane, Commerce, issuance
of bad checks.
•Amy Linette Spurlin, 33, 95
North Ridge Place, Danielsville,
issuance of bad checks.
•Jenny Powers Swindle, 37,310
Northwood Drive, Commerce,
issuance of bad checks.
•Ginger Wilson Wall, 37, 1204
Breckinridge Trail, Winder, issu
ance of bad checks.
•Maxine Walton, 55, 348
Grandview Drive, Jefferson, issu
ance of bad checks.
•Frances Evangela Waters, 39,
123 Threatt Road, Jefferson, bad
check felony and issuance of bad
checks.
•Dolo Jeff Whatley, 34, 1850
Lane Creek Road, Bogart, wind
shield requirements and posses
sion of marijuana.
•Tamela Karol Crowe, 45,5821
Hwy. 106 South, Hull, issuance
of bad checks.
•David Wayne Edwards, 37,
144 Harris Street, Commerce,
obstruction or hindering law
enforcement officers, disorderly
conduct and safety belt violation.
•Paula Michele Pethel, 40, 85
North Bowden Street, Commerce,
issuance of bad checks.
•Hamlin Simmons Jr., 26,1094
Oak Grove Road, Athens, party
to a crime, possession and use of
drug related objects and condi
tional discharge for possession of
controlled substance.
•John Derek Smith, 19, 407
Skelton Road, Hoschton, sus
pended license and tag light
requirements.
•Billy Craig White, 32, 4581
Old Hwy. 138, Loganville, forg
ery in the second degree and giv
ing false name or address to law
enforcement officer.
•Casey Milton Galloway, 18,
156 Wooded Lake Drive, Homer,
burglary.
•George Allen Hicks, 45, 7855
Maysville Road, Maysville, sim
ple battery.
•Timothy Ray Ledford,
32, 5811 Mount Olive Road,
Commerce, insulting a public bus
driver and simple assault.
•Jared Mendela Palmer, 19,304
Woodpecker Lane, Nicholson,
issuance of bad checks.
•Christopher Douglas Saylors,
17,397 Kesler Road, Athens, bur
glary.
•Dillon Craig Veal, 28,32 Hunt
Club Road, Jefferson, probation
violation.
•Anthony James McIntyre, 22,
260 Jimmy Reynolds, Jefferson,
failure to report accident with
damage and reckless driving.
•Teddy Roosevelt Butler, 36,
3413 Hwy. 59, Commerce, fail
ure to appear.
•Tristan Mark Com, 18, 3578
Southchase Drive, Gainesville,
possession of methamphetamine
with intent to distribute.
•Ashraf Abdelsamee
Elkhowala, 31, 213 Kelli Drive,
Athens, suspended registration,
failure to move over and driving
while unlicensed.
•Carla Marie Evans, 39, 1151
McDonald Circle, Commerce
possession of tools for the com
mission of a crime, improper L
turn and driving under the influ
ence of drugs.
•Magan Michaela Free, 18
467 Charlie Cooper Road
Braselton, underage possessior
of alcohol.
•Christy Renee Gibson, 17
1068 Old Miller Road, Maysville
obstruction.
•Sergio Lopez Jr., 18, 3755
Bolding Road, Flowery Branch
hunting big game from public
road, hunting from vehicle anc
hunting deer at night.
•Angelo Cedrick Merritt, 56
5969 Softdeshon Court, Lithonia
public drunkenness and crimina
trespass.
•Sadie Cathleen Parsons, 23
150 Edgewood Drive, Athens
issuance of bad checks.
•Kimberly Michele Paterson
40, 236 Waterplant Road
Commerce, issuance of bac
checks.
•Mathew Dale Robinson, 18
218 McEver Lane. Hoschton
underage consumption.
•Sarah Shannon Seagraves, 44
4505 Lexington Hwy., Athens
probation violation and exploita
tion of elderly person.
•Deborah June Standley, 44
3761 Pratt Reese Road, Talmo
no tag, possession of metham
phetamine, possession of cocaine
and possession of tools for the
commission of a crime.
•Jeffery Paul Stinchcomb, 49
85 Cedar Rock Road, Hoschton
public drunkenness.
•Michael Lacey Tatro Jr., 18
5862 Meadow View, Flower)
Branch, hunting from vehicle
hunting big game from public
road, possession of marijuana less
than one ounce and hunting deei
at night.
•Richard Newell Vondersmith
38, 685 D Williams Road
Commerce, failure to appear.
Georgia State Patrol reports arrests
THE GEORGIA State Patrol
reported four arrests last week
in Jackson County, including
the following.
•Kevin Chad Phillip
Cope, 19, 115 Aiken Way,
Covington, failure to move
over, open container viola
tion, use of tag to misrepre
sent identification of vehicle
and DUI
•Sammie Churon McGinnis,
25, 8311 Parkland Circle,
Charlotte, N.C., VGCSA.
•Jesse Michael Nicotra, 25,
17319 O’Hara Drive, Port
Carlotte, Fla., VGCSA, fail
ure to maintain lane and fol
lowing too closely.
•Rodney Howard Shannon,
22, 235 North Bluff Place,
apartment 235, Athens, DUI,
seatbelt violation, no license,
obstruction and speeding.
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A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY,
FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY
I want to thank everyone for their love and support during my
time of illness. Your love and support has been a blessing to me and
my family.
I want to especially thank Keith Seagraves and family along with
his church for the hard work preparing and helping with my benefit.
Please continue to keep me and my family in your prayers and
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DEFENSIVE DRIVING
1728 North Broad Street, Commerce, State Certified 5010 and 2007
Next DUI Class begins on December 13,2008
Next Defensive Driving Class will be held on December 6,2008
Jackson County
Board of Commissioners
PUBLIC HEARING
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners will hold a
public hearing at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, December 15,
2008, at the Jackson County Courthouse at 5000 Jackson
Parkway, Jefferson, Georgia, to consider the following
matters:
1. Allen Creek Farms subdivision, represented by Dave
Rosselle, is requesting the creation of a Special Tax
District for Street Lighting to provide a mechanism for
the property owners of the subdivision to pay for the
existing street lights within the subdivision. (Tax Map
101A Parcels 001 thru 037).
2. Ridge Mill Manor, Phase 1 and 2, represented by
Michael Melerba, is requesting the creation of a
Special Tax District for Street Lighting to provide a
mechanism for the property owners of the subdivision
to pay for the existing street lights within the
subdivision. (Map 024C Parcels 001 thru 100)
3. Angela Marsingill is requesting approval for a Home
Business to be known as Nature Events in order to
produce products for off site sales out of her home at
47 Belle Springs Road, Athens, GA (Tax Map 044A
Parcel 031)
Applications, maps, and public hearing procedures are
available for review in the Planning Division Office, of the
Department of Public Development during regular office
hours.
All interested persons are invited to attend.
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