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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2009
THE JACKSON HERALD
PAGE 7A
MICHAEL MILLER
ARRESTED
Miller was arrested by police after turning himself in.
Nicholson man charged in recent shooting
A DISPUTE turned violent
last week in Nicholson with a
man being seriously injured
in a shooting.
Ricky Beatty Jr., 26,
Jefferson, was life-flighted in
critical condition to Grady
Memorial Hospital with mul
tiple gunshot wounds and
underwent emergency sur
gery Wednesday night. May
6. Beatty, who was struck
several times in the chest,
head and back area, remains
in “serious condition.”
The shooting took place
at around 5 p.m. at a 8353
Jefferson Road residence,
about an eighth of a mile west
of Hwy. 441.
Jackson County Sheriff’s
Office Major David Cochran
identified the alleged shoot
er as Michael Grady Miller,
62, of Nicholson. Miller was
charged with aggravated
assault. He has been released
on a $25,000 bond.
“It appears there was
a domestic dispute,” said
Jefferson arrests eleven
THE JEFFERSON Police
Department arrested eleven
people last week, including
the following:
•Pamela Clark Caldwell, 44,
593 Waterboy Road, Fairbum,
speeding and driving while
license suspended.
•Raheen Nelson, 38, 1823
Ontario Street, Philadelphia,
Pa., possession of firearms by
convicted felon.
•Mary Tabitha Allen, 40,
93 Jackson Woods Road,
Maysville, failure to maintain
lane and no insurance.
•Miguel Angel Robles,
33, 140 Rumble Hill Circle,
Athens, driving while unli
censed.
•Amy Jean Welch, 32, 2025
Winterville Road, Athens,
probation violation.
•Ian Christopher Berdanier,
GSP arrested two last week
THE GEORGIA State
Patrol reported the follow
ing arrests last week:
•Robert Douglas Watson,
23, 476 Ralph Garrison
Road, Jefferson, failure to
maintain lane, child safety
seat violation and leaving
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Cochran, who added that the
shooting took place on the
front porch of the gray, vinyl
sided house.
Cochran said the victim,
and a female, were at Miller’s
residence when a dispute
broke out. The victim was
quickly removed from the
front yard of the residence.
After a brief standoff, Miller,
who was also reportedly
injured in the incident, turned
himself over to officers at the
scene.
36, 563 Bailey Drive,
Jefferson, battery, cruelty to
children in the first degree
and cruelty to children in the
second degree.
•Wesley Kendrick Gillespie,
21, Gordon Street, Jefferson,
obstruction of a law enforce
ment officer, criminal tres
pass, theft by shoplifting and
failure to appear.
•Tearra Quanay Jones, 23,
218 Indian Springs Road,
Jefferson, affray.
•Zeiarra Zaphone Jones,
24, 218 Indian Springs Drive,
Jefferson, affray.
•Kristen Denise Little, 24,
152 Park Drive, Jefferson,
affray.
•Keondrus Dramone
McDonald, 21, 496 Gordon
Street, Jefferson, simple bat
tery.
Town PD list recent arrests
ARRESTS MADE by
the Commerce, Maysville,
Pendergrass and Braselton
police departments last week
include the following:
COMMERCE
•Jeffery Lynn Sanders, 32,
2888 Hwy. 98, Maysville,
forgery in the first degree.
•Bobby Lee Wood, 34,1867
Myrtle Drive SW, Atlanta,
driving while license sus
pended and DUI.
•Rachel Michelle Coody, 24,
10118 Hwy. 36, Covington,
failure to appear.
•Doug Christopher
Williams, 24, 2060 Apple
Valley Road, Commerce,
driving while declared habit
ual violator and possession
of marijuana less than one
ounce.
•Jason Crawford Dove, 34,
171 Herring Drive, Comer,
DUI.
•Kenneth Dale lessee,
59, 225 Stark Street lot 2,
Commerce, DUI.
•Jonathan Lynn Smith, 24,
480 Monroe Hwy., Bethlehem,
probation violation.
•Henry Gregg Thomas Jr.,
25, 1780 Neese Commerce
Road, Commerce, burglary
and harassing telephone calls.
•Jason Steven Couch, 35,
3556 Hwy. 29, Colbert, driv
ing while license suspended.
•Victoria Elizabeth
Haggard, 18, 385 Staghorn
Trail, Nicholson, DUI, failure
to stop at stop signs and yield
signs, VGCSA and possession
of tools for the commission of
a crime.
•Michael Elliot Martin,
28, 3013 North Bogan Road,
Buford, DUI less safe drugs
and failure to maintain lane.
•Brandi Christen Miller, 24,
117 Colonial Drive, Toccoa,
driving while license sus
pended or revoked.
•Harry Wayne Brenwald, 20,
27 Carson Street, Commerce,
criminal trespass.
MAYSVILLE
•Steven Russell Moon, 26,
5737 Jot Em Down Road,
Danielsville, no proof of
insurance.
•Scott Matthew Odette, 29,
175 Cotton Road, Commerce,
no proof of insurance.
•Lakeythia Quanteshia
Davis, 24, 110 B Wilson
Road, Commerce, cruelty to
children.
PENDERGRASS
•James Alexander
Cambridge, 21, 3375 Briar
Oak Drive, Duluth, failure to
register vehicle, no insurance
and window tint violation.
•Fidel Antonio Almazan,
22, 5313 Browns Bridge
Road, Gainesville, no license.
•Luis Antonio Lazaro,
20, 815 Harrrison Square,
Gainesville, no license and
improper exhaust system.
•Jose Ariel Lorenzo
Reducindo, 54,2441 Morosgo
Way Northeast, Atlanta,
improperly equipped vehicle
and no license.
BRASELTON
•Ruiz Ramon Barbosa, 30,
210 East Broad Street, Falls
Church, Va., VGCSA, driv
ing while unlicensed, follow
ing too closely and failure to
maintain lane.
•Luis Alberto Orozco, 28,
Breto Drive, Manassas, Va.,
VGCSA.
•Felicia Anita Romero,
47, 8626 Placid Lake Court,
Bristow, Va., VGCSA.
Court results
Recent Superior Court
results for Jackson County
include the following:
•Marin Gonzalez, posses
sion of marijuana, $1,000 fine,
five years probation and waive
fourth amendment right.
•Jeana Lindsey, burglary and
theft by receiving, five years
probation, $1,000 fine and 100
hours community service.
•Fred W. Hunt, burglary,
possession of methamphet-
amine and theft by receiving,
two years in jail, eight years
probation, no contact with the
victim and $2,500 fine.
•Mary Nell Harvey, posses
sion of marijuana, 12 months
probation, $500 fine and waive
fourth amendment rights.
•Sergio Dominguez, finan
cial identity fraud, 11 months
probation and $650 fine.
•Joey Wayne Bishop, pos
session of methamphetamine,
one year in jail, four years pro
bation, $1,000 fine and waive
fourth amendment rights.
•Joseph Paul Neely, posses
sion of a firearm by a con
victed felon, $1,500 fine, five
years probation and waive
fourth amendment rights.
•David Ray Graham, inter
ference with government prop
erty, escape, theft by taking,
loitering or prowling, DUI,
invalid registration and viola
tion of limited permit, $1,000
fine, restitution, 12 months
probation and 40 hours com
munity service.
•Terrell Ray Mahone, bur
glary, attempted robbery, six
years in jail, four years proba
tion, $1,000 fine, no contact
with the victim and banished
from Jackson and surrounding
counties.
the scene of an accident.
•James Michael Jones, 25,
4110 Crab Apple Hollow
Road, Nicholson, speed
ing, no license on person,
DUI drugs and possession
of marijuana less than one
ounce.
FIRE REPORTED
On May 6, units from
Maysville, Commerce and
Jackson County Cl Fire
Departments, responded
to 76 Donahoo Rd. on a
single family residential
fire. Units arrived on the
scene to find fire showing
from the roof area of the
residence. The fire origi
nated on the interior and
spread to the attic. One
person was home at the
time of the fire with no inju
ries reported. Commerce’s
assistant chief, Kevin
Dean, is shown.
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The Jefferson Fire Department recently
participated in the “Give Burns the Boot”
fundraising drive. The statewide program
is designed to assist burn victims in their
treatment and recovery efforts. The activ
ities undertaken by the organization are
targeted specifically toward children and
they operate a summer camp designed
especially for these young burn victims,
to allow them as near a normal sum
mer camp experience as possible. The
Jefferson Fire Department thanked those
who stopped and contributed to support
the program by helping to fill the firefight
er’s boots used for the collection.
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