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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010
Crime
reports on crimes, wrecks, fires & courts
Wirthman named in ‘top 10’
44 charged by Jackson County Sheriff’s Office
JEFFERSON Police Chief
Joe Wirthman was named in
the “top 10” in the Georgia
Police Chief of the Year rec
ognition program.
Qualifications for Georgia
Police Chief of the Year are
based on service to the com
munity, service to the associa
tion and accomplishments as
a law enforcement adminis
trator.
There were over 40 nomi
nations which were reviewed
by the executive board of the
Georgia Chiefs Association.
The nominations were nar
rowed down to ten and
Wirthman was selected as one
of the finalists.
The chief of the year was
selected at the annual Georgia
WIRTHMAN
Chiefs summer conference in
Savannah. Chief Dan Flynn of
Marietta was selected as the
Georgia Chief of the Year.
“I was very honored just to
have been selected as one of
the top ten,” Wirthman said.
Thirty-eight sentenced
THIRTY-EIGHT people
were sentenced in recent State
Court proceedings in Jackson
County, including the follow
ing:
•Joseph Russell Angel, theft
by conversion, $500 fine, pro
bation and restitution.
•Rodney Aaron Black,
pedestrian under the influence
of intoxicants, $200 fine and
probation.
•Gordon Fee Burnett, stop
sign violation, $143 fine.
•Gidget Funa Canup, crimi
nal trespass, simple assault
and disorderly conduct,
$1,000 fine and 12 months
probation.
•William Joshua Cartledge,
deposit account fraud, $50
fine and restitution.
•Danny Damons, no proof
of insurance and driving a
motor vehicle on a suspended
registration, $400 fine and
probation.
•Amy Michelle Doster, no
proof of insurance, $400 fine
and probation.
•Cye Feance Frasier, speed
ing and driving without a
license, $853 fine and 12
months probation. A charge
of suspended license was dis
missed.
•John Corey Gordon, bat
tery, $300 fine and probation.
•Austin Fee Hanley, pedes
trian under the influence of
intoxicants, $500 fine and 12
months probation.
•Kenneth Henry Howard,
obstruction, $500 fine and
probation.
•Larry Edgar Johnson,
pedestrian under the influence
of intoxicants, $273 fine.
•German Lopez, DUI and
driving without a license,
$1,303 fine, 12 months proba
tion, 40 hours community ser
vice, alcohol and drug evalu
ation and Risk Reduction
Program. Charges of sus
pended license, following too
closely, failure to maintain
lane and open container viola
tion were dismissed.
•Brenda S. Caccorkindale,
failure to maintain lane, $143
fine.
•Lisa McElroy, speeding,
$122 fine.
•Timothy Ray Metcalf, bat
tery and criminal trespass,
$300 fine, 12 months proba
tion and restitution.
•Michael Grady Miller,
DUI, $600 fine, 12 months
probation, 40 hours commu
nity service, drug and alcohol
evaluation and Risk Reduction
Program. Charges of failure
to maintain lane and open
container violation were dis
missed.
•Olicia S. Miralrio, driving
without a license, $703 fine.
•Pedro Cipriano Orozco,
obstructing a person making
a 911 call, $400 fine and pro
bation.
•Stacy Marie Powell, DUI,
suspended license and giv
ing a false name to a law
enforcement officer, $2,100
fine, 40 hours community ser
vice, Risk Reduction Program
and probation. Charges of
stop sign violation and open
container violation were dis
missed.
•John Roy Skinner, DUI,
$1,000 fine, 40 hours commu
nity service, Risk Reduction
Program, alcohol and drug
evaluation and 12 months pro
bation. Charges of obstruction
were dismissed.
•Fernando Telles, driving
without a license and no proof
of insurance, $1,266 fine. A
charge of operation of a vehi
cle without a current license
plate was dismissed.
•Abby Nicole Toney, depos
it account fraud, $158 fine
and restitution.
•George Thomas Waddell,
DUI, $600 fine, 40 hours
community service, Risk
Reduction Program and alco
hol evaluation.
•Christopher D. Walker,
driving without a license and
failure to maintain lane, $846
fine and 12 months proba
tion.
•Michael Lee Watson, driv
ing while license suspended
or revoked, $2,000 fine and
probation.
•Jeffery Walker, possession
of alcohol, $1,300 fine, 12
months probation and alcohol
and drug evaluation.
•Kenneth Howard, obstruc
tion, $500 fine and probation.
•Donald Richardson, bat
tery, 12 months probation and
$300 fine.
•Michael Watson, suspend
ed license, $2,000 fine and
probation.
•Helen Warzniack, battery,
$500 fine and 12 months pro
bation.
•Elaine Duke, simple bat
tery, $300 fine and probation.
•Stacey Powell, DUI, sus
pended license and giving a
false name to a law enforce
ment officer, $1,500 fine, 12
months probation, 40 hours
community service, Risk
Reduction Program and alco
hol and drug evaluation.
•Tristen Jones, hit and run,
$500 fine, restitution and pro
bation.
•Joseph Angel, theft, $500
fine and restitution.
•Charles Patten, disorderly
conduct, $500 fine and proba
tion.
•Alan Fletcher, possession
of drugs, $500 fine and pro
bation.
•John Stephens, no proof
of insurance, $400 fine and
probation.
DISMISSED
The following cases were
dismissed:
•Felisa Bailey, battery and
expired tag.
•Dawn Marie Cofield, driv
ing without a license and safe
ty belt violation.
•Charlie Joe Gillespie, use
of fighting words.
•Alisha Ann Rucker, viola
tion of limited driving permit.
•Joshua Morgan Smith, rac
ing.
•Bryan Anthony Williams,
suspended license and opera
tion of a vehicle without a
current license plate.
THE JACKSON County Sheriff’s
Office arrested 44 people during the past
week, including the following:
•Lizzerio Rakim Browner, 19, 736
Ivey Creek Drive, Nicholson, burglary.
•Milthon Carlos Fermin-Calleja, 28,
40 Pleasant Hill Circle, Talmo, forgery,
ice hold and manufacturing or possess
ing fraudulent documents.
•Brandon Alexander Garrett, 18, 41
Maple Street, Nicholson, burglary.
•Kirby Lynn Kesler, 40, 42 Kings
Street, Commerce, battery and cruelty
to children.
•Autumn Brooke Wilbanks, 19, 5649
Waterworks Road, Nicholson, burglary.
•Salmeron Moses Garcia, 39, 1991
Oak Grove Road, Athens, driving while
unlicensed.
•John Terry Heard, 51, 198 Hammond
Road, Jefferson, simple assault.
•Leo Lia Yang, 17, 521 Riverchase,
Hoschton, theft by receiving.
•Jody Wayne Fouts, 35, 3218 Truelove
Road, Gainesville, violation of parole.
•Charles Paul Vanname IV, 28, 1869
White Hall Court, Lawrenceville,
obstruction or hindering of law enforce
ment officer and public drunkenness.
•Dennis Glenn Woodruff, 35, 3756
Plainview Road, Flowery Branch, viola
tion of probation.
•Angel Santos Alvarado, 32, 351
Mattie Byrd Lane, Clinton, N.C., tag
light violation and no license.
•Phillip Raymond Palmer, 51, 28
Hunters Ridge Road, Nicholson, driving
while license suspended.
•Jerry Lee Neese, 39, 1610 New Hope
Road, Lawrenceville, two counts of vio
lation of probation.
•Darshan Teaurean Woodyard, 25,
673 Sandhill Road, Apartment K-l,
Asheville, N.C., failure to appear.
•Amanda Morgan Buice, 37, 317
South Jackson nu
Haggard Drive, Danielsville, theft by
taking.
•Gordon Frank Cox Jr., 25, 23
Groaning Rock Road, Commerce, tag
light required and driving while license
suspended.
•Jeremiah Lee Gordon, 27, 1182
Neal Road, Commerce, issuance of bad
checks.
•Lonnie Ray Guyton, 55, 355 Bravo
Drive, Pendergrass, giving false name
and date of birth.
•Michael John Palla, 52, 2045 Robert
Hardamand Road, Wintervile, driving
while license suspended.
•Larry Joe Allen, 45, 179 Harry Street,
Commerce, loitering or prowling.
•Phillip Richard Beasley, 29, 243
Nichols Road, Pendergrass, simple bat
tery and DUI alcohol.
•Dennie Lamar Dennison, 55, 5445
Sycamore Road, Sugarhill, theft by tak
ing.
•Kyle Stephen Edwards, 18, 3340
Highway 98, Commerce, cruelty to ani
mals.
•Chanette Verlaine Hampton, 30, 2871
Marco Drive, Atlanta, theft by shoplift
ing, theft by receiving and making false
statements.
•Mario Antoine Rodgers, 24, 446
MLK Avenue, Jefferson, violation of
probation.
•Christopher Scott Thomas, 37, 1020
Sour Wood Court, Athens, violation of
probation.
•Anthony Marvin Worrell, 42, 126
Elm Wood Road, Hoschton, violation
of probation and violation of Georgia’s
Controlled Substance Act.
•Anna Maria Bullock, 41, 84 Cedar
Drive, Watkinsville, failure to appear.
•Robin Alice Emura, 57,4282 Pillsbury
Road, Gainesville, driving with no valid
insurance.
n burned in recent
A SOUTH Jackson man reportedly set himself on fire with
flammable liquids after being involved in a domestic dispute.
On Thursday, units from South Jackson Fire/Rescue and
Jackson County EMS were called to a Wits End Road, Athens,
location on a reported person injured in a domestic dispute.
Upon arrival they found a male victim with a stab wound to his
•Anthony Justin Finch, 22, 1435 Jones
Road, Winder, criminal attempt to com
mit a burglary and criminal trespass.
•Rhonda McElreath Fowler, 49, 730
Fred McElreath Road, Danielsville,
issuance of bad checks.
•James Robert Haygood, 42, 1161
Halls Lane, Madison, suspended
license.
•Angel Arrellano Mondragon, 19,
1765 Highway 29, North, Ila, passing
in a no-passing zone and driving while
unlicensed.
•Robert Mitchell O’Shields, 52, 8606
Holly Springs Road, Maysville, disor
derly conduct.
•McNeal Allen Prater, 22, 4404 Allen
Camp Drive, Killeen, Texas, obstruction
of law enforcement officer.
•Christopher Noel Sax, 23, 1946
Cooper Farm Road, Nicholson, wrong
side of roadway, driving unregistered
vehicle and DUI alcohol.
•Angelo Gaines Stuart, 48, 8610 Holly
Springs Road, Maysville, disorderly
conduct.
•Stacie Leanne Bennett, 36, 254 Peach
Hill Drive, Jefferson, two counts of vio
lation of probation.
•Kenneth Eldon Bryson, 26, 3669
Highway 59, Commerce, violation of
probation.
•Vasco Ernesto Orellana, 43, 886 Old
Harden Orchard Road, Commerce, sex
ual battery, aggravated sexual battery
and child molestation.
•Angela Marleen Scruggs, 41, 361
Tanglewood Road, Auburn, violation of
probation.
•James Kevin Sweat, 47,945 Ednaville
Road, Braselton, child support arrest
orders.
•James Edward Tarpkins, 53, 1166
W.L. Williams Road, Commerce, viola
tion of probation.
domestic dispute
leg along with 50 percent burns to his body. It was reported he
set himself on fire with flammable liquids.
The patient was stabilized by EMS and transported by heli
copter to Grady’s burn unit in Atlanta and listed in critical con
dition. No other injuries were reported and the Jackson County
Sheriffs Office is investigating this incident.
Man found in reservoir believed to have accidentally drowned
A MAN found in the Bear Creek Reservoir Sunday afternoon
is believed to have accidentally drowned.
At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, a body was discov
ered floating in a cove that flows into the Bear Creek Reservoir,
located on Providence Road, by neighbors.
The body was recovered and transported to the State Crime
Lab for an autopsy. He has been identified as Alexander
Christopher Matthew Adams, age 23, of Athens.
“It appears that the victim drowned and no foul play is sus
pected at this time and we are continuing our investigation to
positively identify the body,” reports David Cochran of the
Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. “We believe the body to be
that of a black male that had been reported missing from Clarke
County on Friday, but are awaiting autopsy results.”
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