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The True Citizen, Wednesday, December 2, 2009 — Page 9
Keysville burglary thwarted by alarm
By Elizabeth Billips
lizbillips@yahoo.com
An alarm system helped stop
an attempted burglary at a
Keysville farm.
According to a report filed at
the Burke County Sheriff’s Of
fice. the landowners called for
deputies around 3:30 a.m. last
Wednesday when the alarm at
their farm headquarters was ac
tivated.
When they arrived they found
an SUV with a trailer behind it
parked outside. Inside the trailer
were 10 heavy equipment bat
teries that had been removed
from their farm equipment.
Though no one was found on
the property, the keys were still
in the SUV’s ignition and the
driver’s side window was down.
The sheriff’s office im
pounded the vehicle and trailer
and are asking the public for
information on the case.
Over the past week, deputies
were also called to burglaries on
Cheatham Street in Keysville,
Highway 56 South, Southfield
Road, Perkins Mill Road in
Blythe and at C&J Convenience
Store on River Road.
A witness called deputies to
C&J just before 2 a.m. Monday
when he saw a broken glass and
$5 bills scattered about. Accord
ing to the report, the safe was
open with the key still inside it.
Among the items stolen from
the residences were two fire
arms, video consoles and
games, a flat screen television
and several bottles of liquor.
While Waynesboro police
didn’t report any burglaries this
week, a Cherokee Drive family
discovered the screen to a bed
room window was cut and re
moved but entry into the home
wasn’t made.
Approximately 425 burglar
ies have been reported in Burke
County since January and
around 80 arrests have been
made in conjunction with them.
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By Anne Marie Kyzer
annemariek@thetruecitizen.com
A man convicted of sexual
battery in Burke County nearly
seven years ago was sent to
prison Monday.
Patrick Coker, 30, had been on
probation since his conviction in
2003 but was arrested earlier this
year because he had not com
plied with the requirements of
the sex offender registry.
According to assistant district
attorney Hank Syms, Coker has
appeared in court several times
for registry violations. In previ
ous hearings, he was placed
back on probation. In December
2008, Coker was sentenced to
five years probation for his sec
ond charge of failure to comply.
“This is his third time,’’ Syms
told Superior Court Judge
Sheryl B. Jolly. “There has to be
some penalty for it.”
Coker told Judge Jolly that he
Waynesboro trainees to
By Anne Marie Kyzer
annemariek@thetruecitizen.com
Four students from
Waynesboro will be among those
sworn in as peace officers dur
ing a special ceremony next
week at Augusta Technical Col
lege.
The college began a pilot pro
gram in January of last year to
allow students to receive their
training in two quarters. The sec
ond class to complete the pro
gram will be sworn in by Supe
rior Court Judge Carl C. Brown
next Tuesday and will include
Seth Brookins, Christopher
Flakes, Matthew Petrea and Tho
mas Reid, all of Waynesboro.
Many of the courses the stu
dents took were taught by Burke
County native Alfonzo Williams,
who has been an instructor in the
program since its inception.
Williams previously spent
years as an officer, investigator
and then as director of the re
gional training center and said he
thinks the college’s program will
give officers an advantage in the
job market, which has weakened
along with the economy. Offic
ers trained at Augusta Tech will
have almost double the training
hours as those who attend state
academies.
Instructor Alfonzo Williams, from left, is pictured with Thomas
Reid, Seth Brookins, Augusta Tech peace officer training direc
tor Kenneth W. Jones, Christopher Flakes and Matthew Petrea.
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had not complied because he warning,
didn’t fully understand the re- “He basically decided he was
quirements. going to do what he wanted to
But probation officer Mike do,” Walraven said. “It was ex-
Walraven said Coker was told plained to Mr. Coker by me what
specifically what he needed to he needed to do to stay out of
do and did not heed the advice, jail.”
Walraven said Coker contacted Judge Jolly revoked 12
him earlier in the year to report months of Coker’s probation,
a change of address, but the new and he must have an approved
address did not qualify because residence when he is released
it was too close to a school, from jail.
Walraven said Coker ignored his
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“When an agency hires our
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hope that in a competitive hir
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folks an advantage.”
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Georgia Peace Officers Stan
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(POST), and director Ken Vance
will be the speaker at next week’s
ceremony.
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program and are sworn in, they
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