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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2010
Crime
reports on crimes, wrecks, fires & courts
RECEIVES CERTIFICATION
The Jefferson Police Department received a plaque recognizing the state certifica
tion the department has received. Suwanee police chief Michael Jones, who is the
immediate past president of the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, presented
the plaque to Jefferson police chief Joe Wirthman at the Jefferson City Council
meeting. Several members of the department, as well as former staff member Gus
Backelant who was part of the initial certification process, were on hand at the meet
ing.
Jefferson Police Dept, receives certification
THE JEFFERSON Police Department
received a plaque Monday night recogniz
ing the state certification the department has
received.
Suwanee police chief Michael Jones, who
is the immediate past president of the Georgia
Association of Chiefs of Police, presented the
plaque to Jefferson police chief Joe Wirthman
at the Jefferson City Council meeting. Several
members of the department, as well as former
staff member Gus Backelant who was part of
the initial certification process, were on hand
at the meeting.
The department had to meet 118 stan
dards in order to receive the certification.
Of the 700 police departments in the state of
Georgia, only 100 have received this certifi
cation.
“I’m here to congratulate the department,”
Jones said. “It is something to be proud of.
The department and the chief have done an
outstanding job.”
A certification of appreciation was also
given to officer James Arwood, who served
as the certification manager.
Also at the council meeting, the American
Legion recognized officers James McNatt
and Chris Foster for forming a police honor
guard and participating in the recent memo
rial program.
Superior Court results listed for Jackson Co.
Woman attacked while walking in Maysville
COURT results from a
recent session of Superior
Court in Jackson County
included the following who
were sentenced:
•Jovan V. Cooper Dollard,
possession of marijuana,
$2,000 fine, five years pro
bation and waive fourth
amendment rights. Charges
of possession of marijuana
with intent to distribute and
forgery were dismissed.
•Shiteria L. Nesmith, pos
session of marijuana, $1,000
fine, three years probation
and waive fourth amendment
rights. Charges of possession
of marijuana with intent to
distribute and forgery were
dismissed.
•Melissa Shawn Walls, theft
by shoplifting, $500 fine, res
titution and four years proba
tion.
•Chad Keith Cleveland,
electronic solicitation of a
child, $1,000 fine, 10 years
probation and register as a
sex offender.
•Scottland Tyrone Burns,
possession of marijuana,
$500 fine, 12 months proba
tion and waive fourth amend
ment rights.
•Jerry Crow, statutory rape,
two years in jail, eight years
probation, $1,000 fine, regis
ter as a sex offender and have
no contact with the victim or
her family.
•Charles David Pearson,
possession of methamphet-
amine, $1,500 fine, five years
probation and waive fourth
amendment rights.
•Dale Robin Almond, forg
ery, two years in jail, eight
years probation, $1,000 fine
and waive fourth amendment
rights.
•Jerry Doyal Landress, pos
session of methamphetamine,
$1,000 fine, drug evaluation
and treatment, as needed, five
years probation and waive
fourth amendment rights.
•Dreco Emanuel Hamm,
theft by shoplifting and sus
pended license, $1,000 fine
and 12 months probation.
•Virgilio Negron, posses
sion of marijuana with intent
to distribute, 12 months in
jail and four years probation.
•Julius Sewell, statutory
rape, one year in jail, nine
years probation, $2,000 fine,
register as a sex offender, no
contact with a child under
age 16, $300 restitution and
no contact with the victim or
her family.
•Charles T. Bramblett, theft
by receiving, $250 fine and
12 months probation.
•Darion Nehemiah
Lawrence, driving while a
habitual violator, DUI and
giving false information to
a law enforcement officer,
$1,750 fine, five years proba
tion, 24 hours in jail and Risk
Reduction Program.
•Dawn Pittman Mobley,
battery, $250 fine, 12 months
probation and mental health
evaluation and treatment.
•Melody Gennell Murphy,
identity fraud, three years in
jail, seven years probation,
$1,000 fine and restitution.
DISMISSED
The following cases were
dismissed:
•Robert Battles, possession
of methamphetamine and
obstruction of an officer.
•Nikie Marie Simmons,
possession of methamphet
amine.
•Zaine Lee Haley, burglary
and theft by taking.
•Benjamin Thomas
Lesniak, burglary and theft
by taking.
•Walter M. Kimbrough,
forgery.
A WOMAN said she was
walking on Red Oak Road
in Maysville when a woman
she didn't know stopped her
and got into an argument with
her. She said the woman then
attacked her.
The victim was treated at
BJC Medical Center.
Other incidents reported to
the sheriff’s office last week
included:
•vehicle stolen from a Spud
Palmer Road, Nicholson,
location. The homeowner said
she had a green 1995 Ford
Escort at the residence and
just noticed that it is missing.
•identity theft against a
Hickory Way, Maysville, man
who said he received a $392
bill on an account that he had
not opened.
•several items taken from
a vacant home on sawdust
Trail, Nicholson.
•theft by deception during
a dispute between two people
over a truck. A woman said
she paid the man for fixing
the truck and he would not
return it to her.
•air condition unit taken
from a vacant home at a
Midland Road, Talmo,
address.
•vandalism at a Mitchell
Road, Commerce, residence
where a trash can was over
turned and garbage tossed
around the yard.
•copper wire and parts of
the air condition unit taken
from a vacant home at an Old
Hwy. 82, Jefferson, location.
•dispute between two men
at the East Jackson recreation
park in Nicholson.
•a man said a woman came
to his Williams Road, Athens,
residence and demanded
money that she said he owed
her husband.
•a Hampton Creek Road,
Athens, man said someone
came into a home that he
owns and urinated in the floor
and tracked mud through the
house.
•a man said he left his
truck at a Bill Wright Road,
Jefferson, residence and when
he returned one of the win
dows had been broken.
•a Lords Mill Road,
Commerce, woman said her
neighbor’s cows have been
coming into her yard and eat
ing apples from her tree.
•a Lords Mill Road,
Commerce, woman said she
came home and found the
front door standing open.
Nothing was taken.
•simple battery during a
dispute between two men at
an Edwin Reynolds Road,
Maysville, residence,
•domestic dispute at a
Boone Road, Maysville, resi
dence, where a man said he
broke up with his girlfriend
and she refused to return his
mother’s jewelry box.
•verbal dispute between a
married couple at a Wilson
Cemetery Road, Nicholson,
residence.
•property line dispute at
a New Kings Bridge Road,
Nicholson, address.
•verbal dispute between a
married couple at a Hwy. 441,
Nicholson, location.
•theft at a Davenport Road,
Braselton, address, where a
man said he noticed a num
ber of items missing from his
shed. The man said he had
been in recent weeks recover
ing from surgery and had not
been to the shed. The stolen
items included a hedge clip
per, weedeaters, tools, a pres
sure washer and a blow torch
and tanks. The items were
valued at $2,400.
•damage to property at a
Pine Cove Court, Hoschton,
address, where a man said a
truck passed his residence,
turned around and drove back
at a high rate of speed. The
truck drove through the man’s
yard and continued driving
down the roadway. The truck’s
tires went though mulch and
grass in the man’s yard.
•theft at a Garner Road,
Braselton, address, where a
woman said they while in the
process of moving, she inten
tionally left three firearms in
the care of a relative. At some
point, the guns were taken
from the residence, possibly
by people who know the rela
tive.
•verbal dispute at a Fields
Road, Jefferson, address,
where a woman accused her
sister of stealing her watch.
The sisters started arguing
and one of the them left the
residence.
•burglary at a Skelton Road,
Hoschton, address, where a
woman moving out of a house
said her items were vandal
ized. The woman said she
packed her belongings at the
house and when she returned
the next morning, she found
the damaged items. Someone
dumped her belongings out of
boxes, cut the cords of several
appliances, and removed the
metal frames of her couch and
chairs. Her stove, computer,
three cable boxes and a satel
lite box were also missing.
A neighbor reported seeing a
black Dodge Durango with a
trailer at the house. The wom
an’s sister-in-law later admit
ted that she and her husband
took the items to a junkyard in
Auburn, the woman said.
•burglary at a Hwy. 332,
Hoschton, address, where
a man checking on another
man’s house while he was out
of town noticed that a window
was broken. The man called
the homeowner, who asked
him to check for certain items.
The man said two flat screen
TVs and a stereo were miss
ing. The man said he talked to
neighbors, who said they saw
a big truck with weed eaters
on it in the morning.
•gas drive off at P&G
Superette on Ga. Hwy. 53,
Hoschton, where an employee
said a green Ford F-150 pick
up truck with three men in
it pumped $6 of gas into the
vehicle and didn’t pay for it.
•theft at a Jackson Trail
Road, Hoschton, address,
where a man said someone
stole paving equipment at a
residence that included three,
20-pound propane tanks,
three torches and a battery for
a truck.
•theft at a Lewis Roberts
Road, Jefferson, address,
where a man said someone
stole an estimated $100 in
copper wiring from his barn.
•burglary at a Ward Road,
Hoschton, address, where a
man said he noticed a suspi
cious man outside a residence.
The man confronted the sus
pect, who said he was looking
for another man. That man no
longer lived at the residence.
The first man told the suspect
to stay at the scene while he
called the current resident.
The suspect got into a vehicle
and sped away, while the other
man followed him in another
vehicle. The suspect got away
and the homeowner arrived at
the house to check his prop
erty. The homeowner said a
gun was stolen. Also, a lap
top computer, carton of ciga
rettes, two bottles of alcohol
and a prybar were wrapped
in a blanket and found in the
homeowner’s bedroom.
•theft at a Marshall Clark
Road address, where a deputy
noticed a suspicious vehicle
at a residence and an open
window in the garage. After
clearing the garage, the owner
was contacted. A deputy said
two air conditioning units that
were outside the residence
when he responded to a suspi
cious vehicle call at the house
a few days ago were missing.
The owner said the vehicle at
the house belonged to some
one who is trying to purchase
the residence. There was wall
damage in the upstairs of the
garage. Later, a deputy found
the air conditioning units
under a tarp at the end of the
road.
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