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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
Crime
reports on crimes, wrecks, fires & courts
29 charged by sheriff’s office Commerce man on trial for drug trafficking
A COMMERCE man is on trial this week in U.S. District
Court in Texas after authorities found more than 100 kilograms
of cocaine in the tractor-trailer he was driving.
James Pittman was arrested July 23, along with another man,
after Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) officials
found some 91 packages of cocaine in the sleeper compartment
of the Volvo tractor Pittman was driving at the Sarita, Texas,
Border Patrol checkpoint, according to Nancy Herrera, execu
tive assistant U.S. Attorney in Houston. Sarita is located off
U.S. 77 between Brownsville and Corpus Christi.
The other suspect was listed as Major White III. Ages and
addresses of the two were not available.
If convicted, the two could face from 10 years to life in
prison, Herrera said.
Pittman, who is being held without bond, was indicted Aug.
20 on charges of conspiracy to distribute narcotics and selling,
distributing or dispensing narcotics.
According to an affidavit filed with the United States
Lightning causes two fires
THE JACKSON County
Sheriff's Office arrested 29
people during the past week,
including the following:
•Soraida Gonzalez, 39, 190
Pamela Drive, Athens, driv
ing while license suspended or
revoked and giving false name
or address to law enforcement
officer.
•Billy Ray Lomax Jr.,
41, 197 Addington Street,
Clermont, possession of arms
by convicted felon and aggra
vated assault.
•Adarien Bernard Wright,
23, 456 Thurmond Circle,
Statham, violation of proba
tion.
•Jeremy Lee Peck, 30, 15
Brumbalow Road, Pendergrass,
driving while license suspend
ed.
•Edward Roger Allen,
26, 5607 Stephens Road,
Oakwood, violation of proba
tion.
•Ethel Lunette Marsingill,
42, 273 Vaughn Morrison
Road, Royston, child support
arrest orders.
•William Robert Roy, 18,
1467 Academy Church Road,
Jefferson, theft by taking and
six counts of failure to appear.
•Christopher Columbus
Rutledge, 25, 4658 Old
Pendergrass Road, Jefferson,
violation of probation.
•Lori Ann Hutchins, 46, 61
Billie Dean Drive, Jefferson,
DUI-drugs and failure to
maintain lane.
•Jimmy Dale Bennett,
54, 431 Elizabeth Street,
Commerce, three counts of
violation of probation.
•Christopher Scott Garza,
21, 638 Swann Road,
Jefferson, violation of proba
tion.
•Kenneth Thurmond
Hembree, 37,1849 Ed Bennett
Road, Nicholson, cruelty to
children and child molesta
tion.
•Rebecca Carole McDonald,
31, 152 Bone Road, Homer,
two counts of violation of pro
bation.
•Thomas Elroy Ramsey,
46, 1343 Yarbrough Road,
Maysville, violation of proba-
A 30-YEAR-OLD man who
was cutting trees from a yard
on Spring Street in Commerce
on Sept. 16 was trapped/
wedged in by a tree.
The man was cutting the
top out of a tree when the tree
snapped and pinned him in
the top.
Units from Commerce Fire
tion.
•Tracey Allen Satterfield,
43, 1805 Brooks Road,
Pendergrass, theft by taking
and violation of probation.
•Melissa Page Shelton, 41,
482 Sanford Drive, Nicholson,
driving on wrong side of road
way, DUI less safe-drugs,
attempting to obtain a forged
prescription.
•Brittany Erin White, 23,
2184 Highway 81, Oxford,
violation of probation.
•Michael Kevin White, 40,
173 Hunter Road, Jefferson,
three counts of violation of
probation.
•Dujuan Monte Williams,
27, 250 Williamson Lane,
Commerce, violation of pro
bation and failure to appear.
•Hagen Robert Zillman, 29,
500 Greenfield Drive, Statham,
violation of probation.
•Cody Marcus Myers Jr.,
22, 112 Platte, Winder, DUI-
alcohol, two counts of obstruc
tion of law enforcement offi
cers, battery and interference
with government property.
•Juan Elox Sanchez, 20, 366
Sanders Circle, Winder, no
license.
•Jimmy Dwight Love,
48, 2375 Old State Road,
Pendergrass, violation
of Georgia's Controlled
Substance Act.
•Joshua Lee Nix, 23, 130
Rambler Hill Drive, Athens,
three counts of child support
arrest orders.
•Jeremy Lee Peck, 30, 2473
Old State Road, Pendergrass,
violation of Georgia's
Controlled Substance Act.
•James Allen Shepherd, 28,
867 Swann Drive, Jefferson,
child support arrest orders.
•Christopher Ray
Summers, 33, 312 Barbara
Road, Commerce, viola
tion of Georgia’s Controlled
Substance Act.
•Dustin Evan Wroe, 20, 274
Sagefield Circle, Maysville,
violation of probation and fail
ure to appear.
•Weldon Leeshon Richie,
32, 161 Double Branch Road,
Danielsville, suspended regis
tration and no insurance.
and Commerce utilities uti
lized a ladder truck and city
bucket truck to remove the
man. The patient was trans
ported to Athens Regional
Medical Center in stable con
dition.
It took approximately 30
minutes to extricate the vic
tim.
TWO RESIDENTIAL fires
were reported in Jackson
County during the past week.
On September 9, units from
North Jackson, West Jackson
and the Jackson County
Correctional Institute fire
departments responded to a
reported structure fire at 27
Margie Court. The residence
was vacant at the time of the
fire.
Upon arrival, units found
a single story residence with
fire showing through the
roof. The fire was quickly
contained with most damage
confined to the attic area.
The entire structure sus
tained smoke and water dam
age. Area residents reported
the house was struck by light
ening. There was a thunder-
A COMMERCIAL fire at
Universial Forest Products
on MLK Avenue in Jefferson
around 7:30 a.m. Saturday
morning brought out a large
number of county fire depart
ments in response.
Units from Jefferson,
Arcade, Harrisburg and the
Jackson County Correctional
Institute fire departments
responded to the fire. Upon
arrival, they found a commer
cial building of approximate
ly 300,000 square feet with
heavy smoke showing.
THE MAYSVILLE
Police Department made
one DUI arrest during the
past week.
storm in the area at the time
of the fire.
The North Jackson Fire
Department is investigating.
Shortly after this dispatch,
a second call was received to
2075 Jackson Trail Road to a
reported residential fire.
Jackson Trail, Jefferson,
and the Jackson County Cl
fire departments responded.
Upon arrival, units found
a 10X10 out building fully
involved.
This fire also was reported
as a lightning strike. The fire
is under investigation by the
Jackson Trail Fire Department
and the structure was a total
loss.
No injuries were reported,
the owner was at home during
the fire.
The fire appeared to have
originated in the shop area.
The fire was contained to the
area of origin with water and
smoke damage throughout.
The structure received moder
ate to heavy damage.
No injuries were reported
and no one was present at the
time of the fire.
The cause and origin is
under investigation by the
State Fire Marshalls Office.
UFP makes trusses for
large building projects in the
Southeast.
Yoni Deminguez, 32, 336
Cemetery Street, Maysville,
was also charged with no
license.
Man trapped while cutting tree
Fire reported Saturday at
Universal Forest Products
Maysville reports DUI arrest
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Magistrate Judge, a U.S. Border Patrol narcotics dog alerted on
the vehicle at the Sarita checkpoint, leading to a search. The 91
bundles of cocaine weighing approximately 100.15 kilograms
were concealed behind the top bunk in the sleeper, the report
said. That’s more than 220 pounds. A Glock .22 pistol with 14
hollow-point rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber
was also recovered, along with two bundles of U.S. currency
totaling $4,343, the affidavit said.
According to the document, Pittman told investigators that
while he was at a gas station in Kingsville, Texas, a Hispanic
male approached and asked if he wanted to make some extra
money. Pittman said he would. Before they reached Brownsville,
Pittman received a call to confirm the arrangement, and the fol
lowing day, Pittman and the two drove to an unidentified garage
“while two unidentified Hispanic males were waiting to load
the vehicle with the bundles of cocaine,” the report said.
Pittman told officials he was supposed to transport the drugs
to Houston.
Town PD list recent arrests
ARRESTS MADE by the
Pendergrass, Commerce,
Jefferson, Hoschton and
Arcade police departments
last week include the fol
lowing:
PENDERGRASS
•Felecia Shonte Shanks, 37,
2980 Delmar Lane, Atlanta,
violation of probation.
COMMERCE
•Dejon Marshay Brown,
20, 115 Sautee Street,
Toccoa, violation of proba
tion.
•Ronald NMN Dunlap, 45,
3261 Glenco Drive, Decatur,
violation of probation.
•LisaGlennWright.43,217
Clayton Street, Commerce,
violation of Georgia’s
Controlled Substance Act,
no proof of insurance, no tag
and driving on suspended
license.
•Juan Rivera Martinez,
48, 644 Ridgeway Road,
Commerce, driving while
unlicensed.
•Benjamin Gillespie, 50,25
Bennett Street, Commerce,
violation of probation.
JEFFERSON
•Buddy Lark Jr., 30, 218
South Force Circle, Marietta,
S.C., possession of cocaine.
•Steven Daniel Pruitt, 35,
517 Dacuesville Highway,
Greenville, S.C., possession
of cocaine.
•Vivian Gosnell Crawford,
45, 306 White Oak Way,
Marietta, S.C., possession of
crack cocaine and drugs not
in original container.
•Shiteriea Latric Nesmith,
19, 1433 Cleveland Street,
Greenville, S.C., two counts
of violation of Georgia’s
Controlled Substance Act.
•Condelaria Juan Zeno
Martinez, 29, 2581 Garland
Way, Duluth, license
required, speeding and head
lights violation.
•Javon Vancliffe Dollard,
20, 303 North McAlister
Street, Hemingway, S.C.,
possession of marijuana with
intent to distribute, viola
tion of Georgia’s Controlled
Substance Act and forgery.
•Joseph Lee Wilson, 29,
323 Indian Trail, Salem,
S.C., violation of Georgia's
Controlled Substance Act.
•Lisa Dine Allen, 29, 362
Dixie Red Avenue, Jefferson,
battery.
•Gary Michael Vansloun II,
19, 954 Holder Siding Road,
Jefferson, theft by taking.
HOSCHTON
•Robert Edwin Gartrell,
65, 455 East Jefferson Street,
Hoschton, reckless conduct,
simple assault, discharge of
firearm while intoxicated and
firearm within city limits.
•Bobby Lee McGee, 36,
Wades Trail Park, Winder,
giving false name or address
to law enforcement officer.
ARCADE
•Michael Dwight Emmett,
17, 147 Old Barn Trail,
Jefferson, disorderly con
duct.
•Alfredo Cruz-Lopez, 19,
1465 Highway 29, Northeast,
Athens, underage consump
tion of alcohol, underage
possession of alcohol and
open container.
•Bertin Perez-Carbajal,
25, 940 Midtown Way,
Gainesville, DUI-alcohol,
contributing to the delin
quency of a minor, open con
tainer, driving while unli
censed and failure to main
tain lane.
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