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WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2010
THE JACKSON HERALD
PAGE 7A
Vehicle placed on bricks
after theft in Braselton
WHOEVER TOOK the
pricey wheels and rims from
a Braselton man’s car, left
the vehicle resting on bricks,
according to police.
A man told Braselton police
that sometime during the
night of Wednesday, April 26,
someone stole the four wheels
and rims from his Infiniti
M35, according to an incident
report. The wheels and rims
were valued at $8,000.
The man said he didn’t hear
his dogs bark during the eve
ning at his Grand Hickory Way
residence. In the morning, the
vehicle was found placed on
bricks, with the wheels and
rims missing.
BRASELTON INCIDENTS
Other incidents report
ed to the Braselton Police
Department last week includ
ed:
•agency assist at a Silk
Tree Pointe address, where
a Hall County deputy said
he drove into deep water
from Monday’s heavy rains.
The deputy’s patrol vehicle
stopped working and a pass
erby in a large SUV helped
push out the vehicle from the
water. The patrol vehicle was
then towed away.
•runaway juvenile at a
Riverview Way address, where
a mother said her daughter left
the residence in the middle of
the night after an argument.
A note from the daughter was
found in the residence. An
officer tried calling the daugh
ter’s best friend and boyfriend.
The girl’s father said he called
the boyfriend, who gave her
location a couple of blocks
from her house. The mother
took the daughter home.
•theft by taking at a Piedmont
Street address, where a man
said someone took two boat
batteries. The man reviewed
security video at his resi
dence, which showed a green
Honda Civic pulling into the
driveway. A woman from the
vehicle rang the residence’s
doorbell, while a man from
the vehicle took the batteries.
•terroritsic threats at a
Legends Club Circle address,
where a man said a long-time
friend had sent him several
threatening text messages dur
ing a three-day period. The
man said the friend is capable
of harming him and his fam
ily, and he was in fear of his
life, according to an incident
report.
Drug dog demonstrates talent
By Mark Beardsley
THE COMMERCE
Kiwanis Club got a first
hand look at its investment
last Thursday and it didn’t
come back to bite them.
In a program provided by
police chief John Gaissert,
Lt. Ken Harmon, command
er of the Commerce Police
Department’s Criminal
Investigative Division and
officer William Thomas,
the department’s K9 officer,
showcased “Roscoe,” the
city’s newest drug and track
ing dog.
And while Roscoe uncov
ered a couple of stashes of
marijuana in the meeting
room, it should be noted that
none of the drugs were on or
belonged to Kiwanis mem
bers.
A couple of years ago, the
Kiwanis Club donated $3,000
to the city police department
towards the purchase of a
drug dog. When the depart
ment had to retire Cosmo, it
used that donation to help buy
Roscoe, a Belgian Malinois/
German shepherd cross.
“The dogs provide a criti
cal function for us,” Harmon
told the club. “We need these
dogs.”
A dual-purpose dog,
Roscoe is trained both for
narcotics detection and for
tracking.
What the dog provides,
essentially, is probable cause
for police to search a person or
a vehicle. Harmon explained
that federal courts have ruled
that the use of one’s senses
- smell in the case of the
dog - does not constitute a
“search” as defined by the
Fourth Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution, which pro
hibits warrant-less searches.
“If the dog is smelling
something where he has a
legal right to be. that consti
tutes probable cause,” said
Harmon.
And Roscoe, with 200
million sensors in that long
snout, is 40 times more sensi
tive to smells than a human.
Not only that, the dog can
differentiate between smells
in cases where people attempt
to mask the scent of drugs
with other smells.
He proved his worth early,
alerting on $71,180 in cash
in a vehicle stopped in the
southbound lane of Interstate
85. That’s money the Drug
Enforcement Administration
confiscated with 80 percent
returned to the police depart
ment. Since then, Thomas
noted, Roscoe has enabled
the police to recover tens of
thousands of more dollars
in drug-related cash, various
quantities of drugs and has
tracked down numerous peo
ple who fled police. In one
case, he tracked a burglary
suspect from the scene of the
crime to the burglar’s near
by house, enabling police to
solve a dozen burglaries.
Even in cases where police
have a warrant, having a drug
dog improves the efficiency
of the search of a house or
vehicle if drugs are involved,
Harmon said.
Thomas and Harmon both
pointed out that Roscoe
seems to particularly enjoy
tracking. To track an indi
vidual, Harmon said, Roscoe
takes advantage of the “pri
mary scent,” a result of
humans shedding 40,000 skin
cells per minute; “reinforc
ing scents,” which include
odors from clothing, shoes,
cologne, etc.; “ecological
scents,” - such as disturbed
earth, broken vegetation or
vegetation on the individual;
and “air scenting,” in which
it detects scents not naturally
in the location.
Roscoe was born in
Holland and received his first
training there, after which
he and Thomas were trained
together. His useful working
expectancy is six to seven
years, Harmon said.
During the presentation,
Roscoe found a couple of
stashes of marijuana “hid
den” in the meeting room
prior to the meeting.
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THE JACKSON County Sheriff’s Office arrested 40 people
during the past week, including the following:
•Cory Lee Gray, 21, 147 Peach Hill Drive, Jefferson, viola
tion of probation.
•James Hoyte Harvey, 37, 1072 Ford Road, Jefferson, crimi
nal damage to property.
•Trandum Leroy Howington, 33, 270 Hudson River Church
Road, Danielsville, violation of probation and child support
arrest orders.
•Gerardo Medina, 34, 2390 Carlesly Cove Drive,
Lawrenceville, violation of Georgia’s Controlled Substance
Act.
•Joshua David Cape, 31, 104 Reisling Drive, Braselton, vio
lation of limited permit and issuance of bad checks.
•Jody Lee Black, 32, 415 Sanford Creek, Lawrenceville,
violation of probation.
•John Randall Carter, 24, 149 Lost Trail Road, Jefferson,
violation of probation.
•Quillard T. Collins, 55,893 W.L. Williams Road, Commerce,
failure to appear.
•Douglas Eugene Eller, 30, 4011 Stock Road, Monroe, vio
lation of probation.
•Darryl Bernard Fitch, 49, 504 Underwood Road, Jefferson,
violation of probation and issuance of bad checks.
•Elizabeth Rose Graham, 49, 2340 Sailors Lane, Suwanee,
battery and obstruction or hindering of law enforcement offi
cers.
•Brendon Fraser Hagen, 38, 162 Deer Run, Canton, driving
while license canceled and violation of Georgia’s Controlled
Substance Act.
•Jimmy Ray Hall, 44, 460 Horseshoe Bend, Maysville, vio
lation of probation.
•Catherine Loretta King, 41, 2335 Ridgeway Church Road,
Commerce, obstruction or hindering of law enforcement offi
cer, disorderly conduct, criminal trespass and tampering with
evidence.
•Dennis Keith McElroy, 51, 234 North Burson Avenue,
Bogart, failure to appear.
•David Keith White, 30, 290 School Street, Gillsville, viola
tion of Georgia’s Controlled Substance Act and DUI drugs.
•Joshua Eugene Bradshaw, 25, 184 Parks Mill Road,
Auburn, theft by taking.
•Rachel Rene Casteen, 33, 819 Apple Valley Road,
Commerce, disorderly conduct and disruption of public
school.
•David Mitchel Goller, 26, 224 Millstone Trail, Jefferson,
reckless driving and DUI alcohol.
•Sherekia Monique Hardy, 20, 321 Ivy Wood Drive, Hull,
forgery in the first degree.
•Zachery Ray Hix, 28, 173 Baugh Street, Commerce,
deposit account fraud.
•Muhammad Shams Lassiter, 27, 103 Madinah Road,
Commerce, suspended license.
•Sara Ann Lucas, 62, 3800 Old State Road, Lot 2,
Pendergrass, bad check felony.
•Tanya Renee Puckett, 37, 11509 Highway 334, Nicholson,
mandatory education for children.
•Thomas Lee Underwood, 23, 411 Rockforge Court,
Jefferson, sale of marijuana.
•Antonio Nathaniel Walker, 33, 141 Buckeye Trail,
Commerce, two counts of distribution of cocaine.
•Christopher David Williamson, 21,818 Cabin Creek Drive,
Nicholson, DUI alcohol and failure to maintain lane.
•Courtney Rayann Wright, 19, 382 Wise Court, Apartment
19, Statham, driving while unlicensed or expired.
•Noel Courtney Biondi, 18, 360 Thornhill Drive, Braselton,
underage possession of alcohol and simple battery.
•Richard Neree Gault, 17, 326 Loop Street, Greenville, S.C.,
speeding and driving while license suspended or revoked.
•Mac Arthur Hardman, 47, Commerce, violation of proba
tion.
•Valorie NMN Chalmers, 45360 Thornhill Drive, Braselton,
disorderly conduct.
•Jack Lamar Benson, 61, 4938 Shelley Lane, Sugar Hill,
theft by receiving stolen property, theft by deception and forg
ery in the first degree.
•Robert Ramone Fletcher, 28, 286 Nunn Street, Commerce,
obstruction or hindering of law enforcement officers, failure
to appear, child support arrest orders and two counts of viola
tion of probation.
•Torzina Arviance Hancock, 34, 122 Silverwood Drive,
Gillsville, disorderly conduct and two counts of terroristic
threats or acts.
•Shayla Renee Kane, 18, 1043 Holiday Cemetery Road,
Jefferson, obstruction.
•Roy Walter Kurowski, 39, 386 Prestwick Drive, Hoschton,
aggravated stalking.
•Eric Junior Maxwell, 26, 1043 Holiday Cemetery Road,
Jefferson, giving false name, simple battery and three counts
of violation of probation.
•Kenneth Boyd Sledge, 45,2023 Winder Highway, Jefferson,
violation of probation.
•Schenell Nicole Pittman, 32, 124 Landen Trail, Winterville,
interference with custody.
Video shoplifter caught at Commerce business last week
All in all, it was an unsuccessful shop
lifting attempt.
Not only did the shoplifter attract the
attention of Video Warehouse store per
sonnel as he walked about the store, and
not only did he cause the security alarm
to go off when he attempted to exit, but
the DVD boxes he stole were empty.
According to the Commerce Police
Department, the white male drove away
in a silver Hyundai when store personnel
who had confronted him said they were
calling the police.
The store manager told police that
when the alarm went off store personnel
confronted the suspect and demanded
that he empty his pockets. They found
two DVD movie boxes, which the sus
pect claimed were his.
They were empty.
OTHER INCIDENTS
Other incidents requiring a police
response during the past week include:
•harassing calls reported by a 40-year-
old white female who said a 42-year-old
white male has threatened her friend after
police came to the friend’s house follow
ing a report of the odor of marijuana. The
complainant said the man told the woman
he would get a copy of the 911 call and
“whoever he heard would pay for calling
police on his children.” The woman said
he threatened to plant drugs on them and
call the police.
•harassment at Willoughby Homes in
which a 47-year-old white female alleged
that a 42-year-old white female had vio
lated a temporary protective order by
approaching the complainant’s child.
CERT offering CPR classes to local groups, citizens
THE JACKSON County CERT (Community Emergency
Response Team) is offering a CPR class for residents, civic
clubs and businesses.
The cost is $25 per student with all proceeds benefiting the
Jackson County CERT program.
Instructors will come to the location requested by interested
groups. The classes are available during an on-going basis.
For more information, contact Dwayne Keith, Jackson
County CERT coordinator, at 706-654-2500, dkeith@westjack-
sonfd.com or visit www.jacksoncert.org.
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