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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Public Safety
Jackson County Jail
Hull man charged after fleeing from police
A Hull man faces a slew of charges after
he fled from police last week.
Adarien Bernard Wright, 35, of Hull,
faces charges of driving while license is
suspended or revoked; driving under the
influence (DUI)-alcohol; duty of driver
of vehicle meeting or overtaking a school
bus; fleeing or attempting to elude a police
officer; following too closely; hit and run;
violation of obedience to traffic control de
vices; reckless driving; and stop/yield sign
violation.
According to the Georgia State Patrol,
Wright fled from the Arcade Police Depart
ment in a Kia Forte on SR 15 Alt. on Sept.
16.
During the pursuit. Wright reportedly
followed a Hyundai Elantra too closely and
he struck the Elantra twice, causing the ve
hicle to travel down an embankment and
strike two trees. The driver of the Elantra,
a 25-year-old Nicholson woman, was not
injured.
Wright fled after striking the vehicle.
Authorities were able to track Wright by
following pieces of vehicle debris that fell
off his vehicle.
OTHER ARRESTS
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office
(JCSO) and other agencies reported the fol
lowing arrests in the county:
JCSO
•Jason Carl Cline, 48, 255 Shamus Way,
Jefferson, simple battery - Family Violence
Act (FVA).
•Jennifer Lynn Garcia. 43, 4316 Hwy.
124, Hoschton, simple battery against po
lice officer/law enforcement officer/dog/
corrections or detention officer and willful
obstruction of law enforcement officers by
use of threats or violence.
•Melissa Avery Hirschlein. 40, 393 W.O.
Smith Rd., Jefferson, possession of a Sched
ule IV Controlled Substance (alprazolam),
possession of a Schedule IV Controlled
Substance (Xanax), driver to exercise due
care, drugs not in original container. Driv
ing Under the Influence (DUI) of drugs and
following too closely.
•Gary James Javors. 31, 27 Wood St.,
Commerce, simple battery - FVA.
•Terrance Deshane Jordan, 31, 5223 Lin
da PL. Forest Park, hold for another agency.
•Keisha Marie Seawood, 29, 2085 Sum-
merglen Trl., Braselton, aggravated assault
- FVA, cruelty to children - FVA, driving
on roadways laned for traffic, no expired
Georgia intrastate motor carrier registration
and reckless driving.
•Michael Jayce Sutton, 32, 1033 Rose
Dr., Watkinsville, driving on roadways
laned for traffic and DUI - alcohol.
•Carla Marie Evans. 52. 7047 Smokey
Rd., Athens, possession and use of drug-re
lated objects and public indecency.
•Hannah Shayne Maynard, 24. 352 Mc
Donald Cir., Commerce, theft by shoplift
ing.
•Silvia Alexandra Molina-Torrento. 19,
5317 Jack Pine Dr.. Montgomery. Ala.,
driving on roadways laned for traffic and
driving without a valid driver’s license.
•Amy Michelle Stillwell. 35, 132 Sentry
Ct.. Winder, hold for another agency.
•Brandon Lamar Yearby, 32, 170 Viking
Ct.. Athens, driving without a valid driver’s
license and windshields and windshield
wipers violation.
•Destyn Rashad Alexander, 31, 2109
Yvette Way, Braselton, simple battery -
FVA.
•Daniel Gil, 37, 1132 Reese Dr.,
Hoschton. parole violation.
•Melissa Ann Leach, 38, 48 Wildflower
Rd., Braselton. hold for another agency and
probation violation.
•Christopher Wayne Keith, 30, 180 Ham
way Ln., Winder, failure to appear.
•Glendia Deloris Cowart, 63, homeless,
criminal trespass.
•Derek Dewayne Gray, 42,3246 Hillcrest
Ave., Macon, failure to appear.
•Jayeshkumar Babubhai Patel, 57, 157
Duke St., Jefferson, furnishing/purchasing/
possession of alcohol underage.
•Greg William Owens, 49, 190 Isiah Dr.,
Jefferson, failure to register as a sex offend
er/failure to comply with requirements/pro
vided.
•Robert Franklin Terry, 61, 3930 Willow -
meade Dr.. Snellville, driving on roadways
laned for traffic, driving while driver’s li
cense is suspended, DUI - alcohol and no
proof of insurance.
•David Samuel Hugill, 56, 397 Main St.,
Talmo, driving without a valid driver’s li
cense. DUI - alcohol, operating a low speed
vehicle and vehicles approaching or enter
ing an intersection.
•Julie Lynn Sanders, 31, 36 Banks Rd.,
Jefferson, possession of a Schedule II Con
trolled Substance, possession of a Schedule
III Controlled Substance, probation viola
tion and willful obstruction of law enforce
ment officers.
•Lisa Dine Allen, 41. 140 Pikes Peak,
Fairplay. S.C., probation violations.
•Michael Del Larry Bryant. 35, 3613
Baker Rd., Gainesville, probation violation.
•Maximiliano Espino, 27, homeless,
driving on roadways laned for traffic, driv
ing while driver’s license is suspended or
revoked, DUI - drugs and possession of
meth amphetamine.
•Jordan Emmanual Gonzalez, 29, 5567
Pennybrook Ct.. Stone Mountain, hold for
another agency and probation violation.
•John Lawrence Martin, 38, 4033 C.
Rogers Rd., Gainesville, failure to appear.
•Billy Christopher Stancil, 48, 188 Ram
bler Inn Rd., Jefferson, probation violation.
•Dylan Tyler Duke. 24, 397 Village Dr.,
Jefferson, driving while driver’s license is
suspended or revoked and following too
closely.
•Levi Taylor Long, 17, 277 Magnolia PL,
Commerce, criminal damage to property
and obstructing or hindering persons mak
ing an emergency telephone call.
•Biana Madison Lord, 18. 214 Cedar Dr.,
Commerce, theft by shoplifting.
COMMERCE PD
•Demarco Maurice Hardy, 19, 2007 Kirk
land Cir. #2007, Statham, impeding traffic
flow, possession of marijuana and purchase,
possession, manufacture, distribution or
sale of marijuana.
•Robert Allen McDaniel, 34, 1771 Gal
ilee Church Rd., Jefferson, driving while
driver’s license is suspended or revoked,
habitual violator, possession and use of
drug-related objects, possession of meth-
amphetamine and probation violations.
•William Seth Pennington, 41,
212 Gates Mill Dr., Lawrenceville,
probation violation.
•Jessica Lauren Melear, 30, 2245 Cedar
Ridge Dr., Commerce. DUI - drugs.
JEFFERSON PD
•Desmon Xavian Rakestraw, 18, 47 Ma
ria Cir., Jefferson, aggravated assault.
•Antonio Jermiah McCluster. 44, 6005
Chattahoochee St., Lula, home invasion,
possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
and possession of a firearm during the com
mission of a crime,
•Jarod Xavier Chatham, 20, 948 South
Railroad Ave.. Carlton, hold for another
agency.
•Jeremy Lee Christopher Elrod, 24, 335
Old Harden Orchard Rd., Commerce, crim
inal trespass.
•Sarah Mae Jordan, 20. 320 Mahaffey St.,
Jefferson, criminal trespass.
•Richard Scott Kitchens, 44. 185 Storey
Ln„ Jefferson, criminal trespass.
MAYSVILLE PD
•James Bryan Griffin, 42, 1680 Hwy. 82,
Winder, public drunkenness and possession
of marijuana.
•Brandon Shawn Lawson, 35, 514 Sears
Dr., Mays ville, burglary, criminal damage
to property and failure to appear.
GEORGIA STATE PATROL
•Jon-Michael Jolley. 36, 737 Shelby
Hwy.. Gaffney, S.C., possession and use of
drug-related objects and trafficking in co
caine, illegal drugs, marijuana or metham-
phetamine.
•Nicholas Scott Matson. 26, 4826
Chesney Hwy., Spartanburg, S.C., driving
on roadways laned for traffic and traffick
ing in cocaine, illegal drugs, marijuana or
meth amphetamine.
•Jose Dejesus Rodriguez-Cruz, 41, 93
Kerby Cir., Braselton, driving without a
valid driver’s license.
•Patricio Jauer Ramos, 29, 635-B Wash
ington St., Gainesville, driving while unli
censed and failure to maintain lane.
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT
OF NATURAL RESOURCES
•Robert James Cooper, 27, 449 Forest
Lake Rd., Pendergrass, possession and use
of drug-related objects and violation of
Georgia Controlled Substances Act (VGC-
SA).
JCSO - Incidents
Jefferson man treated for accidental gunshot wound
JCSO
Juvenile makes
social media post
about school theft
as nation-wide
trend continues
A Jackson County High School assistant principal
told the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office that he had
video evidence of a juvenile on Snap Chat holding up
one of the school’s sink handles at his home.
The alleged incident comes as the U.S. is seeing a
viral trend of students damaging bathrooms and post
ing the crimes on social media site, TikTok. Accord
ing to a recent media reports nation-wide, adminis
trators and law enforcement officials say the hashtags
#deviouslick” or #deviouslicks” accompany these
TikTok posts.
Multiple media outlets are reporting stolen soap
dispensers, damaged sinks and clogged toilets as part
of the trend.
Arcade PD
Train strikes car at
Arcade RR crossing
A Jefferson man was re
cently treated for an acci
dental self-inflicted gunshot
wound.
On Sunday, September
12, around 9:30 p.m. a Jack-
son County Sheriff’s Office
deputy responded to North
east Georgia Medical Center
Braselton where the man was
being treated for a gunshot
wound to his left hand.
The man said he had just
gotten home from the gun
range and was cleaning his
Taurus Gen 2 9 mm hand
gun when it accidentally dis
charged. He said there must
have been a hollow point
round left in the chamber.
He said the round went in
his left palm and came out the
side of his hand, but didn’t hit
any bones, just flesh.
The man was treated for his
injuries and released from the
hospital.
JEFFERSON
Other incidents reported to
the JCSO in Jefferson were:
•suspicious activity on Sto
rey Meadows Dr., Jefferson,
where a man reported his
wife told him two men were
standing at the end of his
driveway taking pictures of
his residence.
•identity fraud on Emma-
line Ln., Jefferson, where a
man reported someone had
used his information to open
and incorporate a business.
•information at West Jack-
son Middle School, Gum
Springs Church Rd., Jeffer
son, where a custody dispute
was reported.
•assist Jefferson Police
Department officers on Pine
St., Jefferson, where multiple
people were fighting.
•theft by taking on Molly
Dr., Jefferson, where a man
reported someone had stolen
a 10-gallon gas tank from the
back bed of his pickup truck
parked in his driveway.
•dispute between a custom
er and an employee at Mc
Donald’s, Hwy. 129 South,
Jefferson, where a man re
ported his drive-thru order
was messed up and the female
employee refused to give him
his money back. The female
employee stated the male
customer was being very rude
and she gave him back more
money than his order costs as
well as a free drink.
•driving without a valid
driver’s license and failure
to maintain lane on Interstate
85 North, Jefferson, where a
single-vehicle accident was
reported.
•accident with a deer on
County Farm Rd., Jefferson.
•terroristic threats and acts
at a Lake Vista Dr., Jeffer
son, residence, where a man
reported terroristic threats
had been made against his
life by another man who had
been released from the Elbert
County Jail after shooting at
the complainant. The com
plainant said the man boasted
about getting released from
jail and stated he “was going
to finish the job and bash his
(complainant’s) head in.”
•custody dispute at a Mead-
owland Dr., Jefferson, resi
dence.
•transport a person under
arrest by a Georgia Depart
ment of Natural Resources
(DNR) game warden from a
Bill Wright Rd., Jefferson, lo
cation to the Jackson County
Jail.
•simple battery - Fami
ly Violence Act (FVA) at a
Shamus Way, Jefferson, resi
dence, where a domestic dis
pute between a woman and
NOTICE OF 2nd
DUI CONVICTION
within five years
Driving Under
The Influence
Pursuant to O.C.G.A.
Code Section 40-6-391 (j)
NAME: Michael Wayne Lewis
CITY: Talmo, GA, 30575
COUNTY: Jackson
ARREST DATE: September 17,2020
ARRESTTIME: 08:12 P.M.
ARREST LOCATION: 985 South & Mile Post 14
DISPOSITION: Guilty
COURT: Hall County Superior &
State Court, Gainesville
her husband was reported.
•suspicious activity on Val
entine Industrial Pkwy., Jef
ferson, where a man reported
a man who no longer worked
at the facility was in the park
ing lot and was not supposed
to have access to the parking
lot.
•assist Georgia State Patrol
trooper with a traffic accident
on Interstate 85 North, Jeffer
son.
•assist medical unit with a
female who had taken multi
ple pills and warrant service
on Hillside Dr., Jefferson.
•damage to a vehicle on
Gum Springs Church Rd.
at Winder Hwy., Jefferson,
where a driver ran into a
ditch.
•noise complaint on Hwy.
82 North, Jefferson, where a
woman reported her neigh
bors were shooting guns.
•dispute between two
women at a Mauldin Rd., Jef
ferson, residence.
•simple battery against a
law officer/detention officer
and obstruction of law en
forcement officers on Hwy.
124 West, Jefferson, where a
man reported a woman from
across the street was walking
in the roadway screaming and
yelling.
•cruelty to children report
ed to the Jackson County
Sheriff’s Office, Stan Evans
Dr., Jefferson.
•information on Curry
Crossing, Jefferson, where a
woman voiced concern with
the well-being of a 21-year-
old male.
•deposit account fraud at
Jackson Electric Membership
Corporation, Commerce Rd.,
Jefferson, where a fraudulent
check was reported.
•assist Georgia State Pa
trol trooper on Lavender Rd.
at Hwy. 82 South, Jefferson,
where a vehicle accident in
volving a school bus was re
ported.
•suspicious activity on
Hwy. 82 North, Jefferson,
where a tractor-trailer was
parked on the side of the
roadway blocking the view of
the roadway.
•suspicious activity on
Hwy. 82 North, Jefferson,
where tractor-trailers were
causing a traffic hazard.
•suspicious activity on
Sanctuary Dr., Jefferson,
where a suspicious vehicle
was reported in an area where
there were no homes.
•assist road service em
ployee on Interstate 85 South,
Jefferson, where a trac
tor-trailer had two flat tires.
•suspicious activity on
Brockton Rd., Jefferson,
where a suspicious vehicle
was a man asleep inside was
reported.
•suspicious activity on
Jackson Trail Rd., Jefferson,
where a woman reported she
saw two females with back
packs walk into the woods
across the street from her
house.
•abandoned vehicle on
Jackson Trail Rd. at Whitney
Rd., Jefferson.
See JCSO, page 8A
A female was injured
on Wednesday, Septem
ber 8, when her car was
struck by a train in Ar
cade.
Arcade Police Depart
ment officers responded
to the railroad crossing
at Wyatt St. where the fe
male driver of a Chrysler
300 had crossed the rail
road tracks in front of a
CSX train that was trav
eling southbound. The
train struck the driver’s
side of the car and pushed
it about 100 yards south
of the Wyatt St. crossing
before coming to a stop.
The female complained
See Arcade, page 7A
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Braselton-West Jackson Friends of the
Library annual board meeting will be held
on Thursday, November 4, 2021, at 5 pm
in the Community Room of the Braselton-
West Jackson Library. If you have questions,
please contact Judy Sanford Brooks, Member
at Large/Membership, at (404) 405-7113.
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