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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
THE JACKSON HERALD
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Commerce PD
Commerce business burglarized twice in two weeks
Thieves hit Commerce
business twice in a two-week
period.
On Friday, September 11,
Commerce Police Depart
ment officers responded to
Tractor Supply on Homer Rd.
to the reported theft of sever
al kayaks. The first theft was
reported on August 29.
On September 11 the man
ager arrived around 6 a.m.
and found the lock had been
cut on the area where five
kayaks had been strapped to
the fence at the front of the
store.
Two of the missing kayaks
were found in the grass be
tween Tractor Supply and the
back of Dollar General.
The stolen kayaks are val
ued at approximately $1,000.
In the area near Dollar Gen
eral where the two kayaks
were found it appeared some
one drove through the grass.
A paint transfer was seen on
the fence that looked as if it
had been struck by some
thing, but it was unknown if
that was from this incident or
a prior incident.
OTHER INCIDENTS
•too fast for conditions and
possession of marijuana on
Hwy. 441, Commerce, where
a traffic stop was conducted.
•warrant served at Fast and
Friendly, Ila Rd., Commerce,
where a suspicious person
was reported. An employee
reported a female had been
“passed out” in her vehicle
for over three hours and when
they tried to wake her to in
form her she needed to leave
the property she would only
look at them and laugh.
•purchase, possession,
manufacture, distribution,
etc. of marijuana and imped
ing the flow of traffic by driv
ing side-by-side on Hwy. 15,
Commerce, where a traffic
stop was conducted.
•damage to property and hit
and run, duty of the driver to
stop at or return to the scene
of an accident on Huntington
Ln., Commerce, where a man
reported he heard a crash and
found his mailbox had been
destroyed by the driver of a
Chevrolet Camaro.
•information report at Her
itage Crossing Apartments,
Commerce, where a woman
reported someone was bang
ing on her back door in what
she believes was an attempt to
break in.
•affray at the Commerce
Civic Center, State St., Com
merce, where several adults
were involved in a fight re
portedly over a misunder
standing between two chil
dren.
•information report on
Hannah Way, Commerce,
where a man reported his
wife, whom he has a Tempo
rary Protective Order (TPO)
against, was driving around
his road.
•theft by taking at Quality
Foods, Maysville Rd., Com
merce, where a woman re
ported her purse, with $300
in cash, her cell phone, car
keys and her sister's EBT
card inside, had been stolen.
•financial transaction card
fraud reported to the Com
merce Police Department,
Elm St., Commerce,
a woman reported
South
where
over $2,250 in fraudulent
charges on her bank debit
card.
•entering an automobile
of other motor vehicle with
the intent to commit a theft
at Auto Gallery Dodge, Ho
mer Rd., Commerce, where
a man reported $1,600 had
been stolen from inside the
console of his truck while it
was at this location.
•theft by taking on Cedar
Dr. Ext., Commerce, where
a man reported a female he
knew stole $300 from inside
the sunglass compartment of
his car.
•suspicious incident at the
General Electric Appliance
Distribution Center, Steve
Reynolds Industrial Pkwy.,
Commerce, where a man re
ported the license plate had
been stolen off his trailer.
•domestic dispute be
tween a woman and her
ex-boyfriend at a Crossing
PI., Commerce, residence.
State Court of Jackson County
Recent proceedings in state court
The following were re
cently sentenced in State
Court proceedings in Jackson
County:
•Lucas Keith Carpenter,
simple battery and terror
istic threats, $100 fine, 12
months probation, mental
health evaluation, no alcohol,
screens and no contact with
victims.
•Valdon Monroe Cooper,
violation of a Family Vio
lence Order, $500 fine, 12
months probation and no vio
lent contact with victim.
•Kenneth James Eder, fur
nishing alcohol to a minor,
$300 fine and 12 months pro
bation.
•Cory Eugene Gaddis, ter
roristic threats, $500 fine, 12
months probation, 12 anger
management classes and no
contact with victim.
•Timothy Jason Harper,
criminal trespass and simple
assault - Family Violence
Act (FVA), $1,000 fine, 12
months probation, 12 anger
management classes, drug/
alcohol evaluation, no alco
hol/drugs, screens and no vi
olent contact with victims. A
charge of disorderly conduct
was dismissed.
•Bryant Darrell Watkins,
possession of marijuana and
improper use of a vehicle,
$800 fine and 12 months pro
bation. Charges of tampering
with evidence and expired
tag were dismissed.
•Suyein Maryling Zapata,
Driving Under the Influence
(DUI) - alcohol and fail
ure to maintain lane, $1,300
fine, 12 months probation, 48
hours confinement with cred
it for time served, 40 hours
of community service, drug/
alcohol evaluation. Risk Re
duction Program (RRP) and
screens.
•Elizabeth Ann Bogue,
DUI - alcohol under age 21,
$600 fine, 12 months proba
tion, 24 hours confinement
with credit for time served,
40 hours of community ser
vice, drug/alcohol evalua
tion, RRP, no alcohol and
screens.
•Otis Bernard Wither
spoon, DUI - alcohol and
speeding 59/45, $800 fine, 12
months probation, 24 hours
confinement with credit for
time served, 40 hours of com
munity service, drug/alcohol
evaluation, RRP, no alcohol
and screens. An open contain
er charge was dismissed.
•Iris Yaneth Silva-Asencio,
disorderly conduct and driv
ing without a valid driver’s li
cense, $1,250 fine, 11 months
and 19 days probation, par
enting classes and 48 hours
confinement with credit for
time served.
•David James Recker, theft
by taking and criminal tres
pass, six months confinement
with credit for time served.
•Gregory Evans Lawrence,
disorderly conduct, improper
use of a vehicle and public
drunkenness, $3,000 fine, 12
months probation, 40 hours
of community service, drug/
alcohol evaluation, RRP, no
alcohol and screens.
•Regina Lynn Parker, theft
by taking, $500 fine, 12
months probation, MRT pro
gram, $190 in restitution to
Circle K and do not return to
Circle K.
•William Harold Griffin,
disorderly conduct, $500 fine,
12 months probation, no con
tact with victims and confis
cated firearms to be returned.
•Tabatha Gail Chinn, bat
tery - FVA and cruelty to
children, $1,500 fine, 12
months probation, 24 Family
Violence Intervention Pro
gram (FVIP) classes, drug/al-
cohol evaluation, no alcohol/
drugs, screens and no violent
contact with victim. Charges
of battery - FVA and sim
ple battery - FVA were dis
missed.
Arcade continued from 6A
of pain to her chest and she
had superficial cuts to her
hands.
She was transported to
Piedmont Athens Regional
Medical Center for treat
ment.
The accident was handled
by the Georgia State Patrol.
OTHER INCIDENTS
Other incidents recent
ly reported to the APD in
clude:
•assist motorist with a flat
tire on the Major Damon
Gause Bypass at Arcade
Park St.
•assist motorist with a
disabled truck on the Ma
jor Damon Gause Bypass at
Ethridge Rd.
•assist motorist with a flat
tire on Hwy. 129 North at B.
Whitfield Rd.
•assist motorist with a flat
tire on Hwy. 129 North at
Athens Hwy.
•theft by taking on Ath
ens Hwy.. where a woman
reported someone stole a
“Trump” sign from her front
yard.
•civil matter on Athens
Hwy., where one man owes
another $72 for pine straw.
•operating an unregistered
vehicle and no insurance on
Hwy. 129 South at Anglin
Rd.. where a traffic stop was
conducted.
•no insurance and sus
pended registration on Hwy.
129 North at Rick Forge
Rd.. where a traffic stop was
conducted.
•verbal dispute between a
woman and her boyfriend at
a Melvin Phillips Rd. resi
dence.
•suspicious incident on
Athens Hwy., where a man
found a keyring with keys
and a medical tag for a pet
or animal hospital.
•suspicious incident on
Swann Rd., where the com
plainant reported a man and
woman her fighting at this
residence.
•no insurance and expired
registration on Hwy. 129
South at Terry Farm Rd.,
where a traffic stop was
conducted.
•assist motorist with a dis
abled vehicle on the Major
Damon Gause Bypass at
Athens Hwy.
•civil matter on White
Oak Trl., where a dispute
involving Jackson County
Water and Sewerage Au
thority (JCWSA) personnel
was reported.
•civil matter on Brook
shire St., dispute over a tow
ing bill for a car involved in
a wreck in Gwinnett County
that had been towed to the
Arcade location.
•terroristic threats and
acts at an Athens Hwy. res
idence. where a man report
ed being threatened by two
individuals he had allowed
to move in with him.
•use of a license plate
with the intent to conceal
the identity of a vehicle and
operating an unregistered
vehicle on Hwy. 129 South,
where a traffic stop was
conducted.
•driving unsafe/improp
erly equipped vehicle on
Rock Forge Ln., where the
complainant reported a man
was riding a go-cart in and
racing up and down the
roadway.
•animal complaint on
Hickory Trl.. where a wom
an reported her boyfriend
had shot and killed her
neighbor's dog when it was
running loose and came into
their yard and was acting
aggressively towards their
cats.
•criminal trespass on Val
ley Dr., where a man was
reportedly walking a dog,
“hollering and cursing” and
hitting himself about his
head.
•custody dispute reported
to the Arcade Police Depart
ment, Athens Hwy.
•suspicious incident on
North Trotters Way, where
a woman reported a sus
picious male had been
hanging out in front of her
mother’s residence and she
believed he was in posses
sion of a gun.
•suspicious incident on
Athens Hwy., where a man
was reportedly walking on
the side of the roadway in
the rain wearing dark cloth
ing and it was hard to see
him.
•battery - Family Vio
lence Act (FVA) at a Na
thaniel Dr. residence, where
a physical domestic dispute
was reported.
•suspicious incident at
Clipper’s On The Run,
Winder Hwy., where a fe
male, who appeared to be
stranded, was standing on
the front sidewalk with sev
eral clothing containers.
•verbal dispute at Dollar
General, Hwy. 82 South,
where the manager reported
being verbally attacked by a
male upset because the store
was not yet open.
•animal complaint on
Hwy. 129 South at Rock
Forge Rd., where a dog was
reportedly wandering in the
roadway.
•simple battery - FVA on
Rock Forge Rd. at Stone
Rd., where a dispute was
reported between two men.
•abandoned vehicle towed
from Hightower Trl.
•assist Jefferson Police
Department officers with a
domestic dispute on Duke
St.. Jefferson.
•verbal dispute on Rock
Forge Ln.
•suspicious incident at
Harper’s Towing, Rock
Forge Rd.. where an aban
doned vehicle was located
in the parking area.
•suspicious incident on
Hightower Trl., where two
men were reportedly walk
ing and watching houses.
•abandoned vehicle on
Hwy. 129 South at Business
Hwy. 129.
Jefferson PD
Illegal dumping at
Jefferson business
Illegal dumping reported at Jefferson business recently.
On Sunday, September 12, Jefferson Police Department
officers responded to Norcross Tag on Galilee Church Rd.
where the complainant reported within the past two or three
weeks someone had unlawfully dumped between 15 and
twenty tires on the ground behind the building.
There was no video footage of the incident and no way to
identify where the tires came from.
OTHER INCIDENTS
Other incidents recently reported to the JPD were:
•simple battery at Speedway, Speedway Dr., Jefferson,
where two employees had reportedly gotten into a verbal ar
gument and one had pushed the other.
•information at the Jefferson Police Department, Washing
ton St., Jefferson, where a man requested to have his name
removed from the title to a vehicle that he had loaned to an
ex-employee back in 2017. He said he had been unable to get
in touch with the ex-employee.
•theft by deception on Azalea Way, Jefferson, where a wom
an reported being scammed out of $7,000 by a man claiming
to be helping her grandson get out of jail in Ohio.
•no insurance and operating a vehicle with a suspended/
cancelled/revoked registration on Winder Hwy., Jefferson,
where a traffic stop was conducted.
•theft by taking at the Pendergrass Flea Market, Hwy. 129,
Pendergrass, where a vendor reported the theft of a backpack
from his booth.
•theft by taking on Spinner Dr., Jefferson, where a man re
ported a car tag had been stolen.
•financial identity fraud on Institute St., Jefferson, where a
man reported over $1,000 in fraudulent charges on his debit
card.
•simple assault and child custody dispute on Winder Hwy.,
Jefferson, where a custody exchange was taking place at the
old Jackson County Comprehensive High School football
field.
•information report at the Jefferson Police Department,
Washington St., Jefferson, where a woman reported an argu
ment with her aunt after her aunt cut the complainant’s daugh
ter’s hair without permission.
•information report on South Holland Dr., Pendergrass,
where a female reported being assaulted by a male she works
with. She said the male shuck her with his hard hat knocking
her to the ground.
•criminal trespass on Mahaffey St., Jefferson, where a cou
ple was observed inside a home and going through items that
had been placed on the front lawn during an eviction.
•criminal trespass on Jett Robert Rd., Jefferson, where a
woman reported a man was living in a shed behind her de
ceased father’s home and he didn't have permission to be
there.
•simple assault and terroristic threats and acts at a Dixie
Red Ave., Jefferson, residence, where a woman reported her
daughter's boyfriend had threatened to kill her and her daugh
ter.
•hit and run, failure to stop and render aid at Evans Funeral
Home, Winder Hwy., Jefferson, where the driver of a truck
backed over the buildings air conditioning unit, knocked it off
the base and then left the scene.
•theft by taking on McClure Dr. at Jett Roberts Rd., Jeffer
son, where a truck was seen at a fire hydrant, possibly stealing
water.
•theft by taking at Anything on Wheels, Washington St.,
Jefferson, where the complainant reported someone had sto
len a catalytic converter off a Ford truck, but left it sitting un
derneath another vehicle on the lot.
•criminal trespass on Jefferson Blvd., Jefferson, where a
man reported a suspicious person outside his residence.
•theft by deception on Hwy. 330, Statham, where a woman
reported paying $325 by Venmo for a deposit on a Maltese
puppy that was for sale and then receiving a call that the mon
ey had not been paid and she needed to send another $325
deposit through a different app. She researched and found out
the phone number is registered to a female in California.
•theft of lost/mislaid property at Lavaquita Flea Market,
Hwy. 129 North, Pendergrass, where a man reported his wal
let had been stolen.
•harassment by telecommunications on Oak Ave., Jeffer
son, where a woman reported harassing texts and threats from
a man she had an extra marital affair with.
•aggravated assault on Pine St., Jefferson, where a fight was
reported.
•information report on Heritage Ave., Jefferson, where a
man reported the theft of a gold ring with diamonds from his
chest-of-drawers.
•information report on Blue Bird Ln., Jefferson, where a
woman received a call from a man advising her to send him
$500 or he was going to kill her.
•domestic dispute between a woman and her husband on
Elberta Dr., Jefferson.
•criminal trespass on Bailey Park Ct., Jefferson, where a
dispute was reported between a man and his son.
PUBLIC NOTICE
SPLOST 6 Citizen
Oversight Committee
On September 14, 2021, the Water and Sewerage Oversight
Committee heard a presentation from the City of Commerce
regarding proposed projects to be funded by SPLOST 6. The
Committee determined:
“The purchase of two (2) dump trucks, one (1) utility service
truck, and miscellaneous water and sewer system upgrades
presented by the City of Commerce is a project that complies
with the project list the City included on the SPLOST ballot.”
The Committee also recommended that the project move for
ward. For additional information, please contact the Jackson
County Manager’s Office at 706-367-6314.
www.jacksoncountygov.com