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The True Citizen, Wednesday, December 30, 2020 — Page 7 A
® FOR THE RECORD
High speed chase leads to multiple charges
ROY F. CHALKER
rchalker@bellsouth.net
An attempt to outrun a Burke
County deputy resulted in mul
tiple charges for a Lawson Hall
Drive resident this week.
On Saturday, Dec. 26, at
about 11 a.m. deputy Dakota
Clark was parked on the shoul
der of Highway 56 North near
its intersection with Saxon
Road and observed a white
2004 Dodge Durango travel
ling north. A check of the
vehicle’s registration through
GCIC showed that it was can
celled. As he caught up to the
vehicle, it made a quick left
turn on Ponderosa Road.
When he initiated a traffic
stop, it immediately turned
into the private driveway of
143 Ponderosa Road at a high
rate of speed.
The vehicle drove around
the residence, drove through
shrubbery in the backyard
and returned onto Ponderosa
Road. It then travelled back to
Highway 56 North and turned
left continuing northbound at a
high rate of speed and entered
Richmond County. Shortly af
ter entering Richmond County
the driver attempted to miss a
raised median in the road and
lost control.
The vehicle began skid
ding across the south bound
lanes before striking the rear
driver side bumper of a red
Honda Civic that was traveling
southbound in the right through
lane. The Durango continued
traveling into a tree line on the
southbound shoulder before
rolling over onto its driver side.
Clark reported that the driver
attempted to exit out of the
rear window but retreated into
the vehicle when he saw the
officer. The driver then exited
through the rear passenger side
window.
Clark said he gave the driver
several commands and warned
that he would be Tased if he did
not comply. The driver then
fled on the other side of the
vehicle. Clark was able to catch
up, deploy his Taser and detain
the driver, who was identified
as Michael Lowery.
A search located a bag con
taining 1.9 grams of marijuana.
Lowery told Clark he ran
because of an active warrant.
A check through GCIC showed
the he had an active state
court bench warrant in Burke
County.
Lowery was transported to
AUMC emergency room to be
treated for his injuries.
He was charged with felony
fleeing/attempting to elude
police, cancelled registration,
expired license, misdemeanor
possession of marijuana and
misdemeanor-obstruction of
a law enforcement officer.
Lowery was booked into Burke
County Detention Center.
Michael Shane Lowery
BURKE COUNTY JAIL BOOKINGS
DEC. 21-27
Luther
Jones, 64
Ga. Hwy 80 West,
Waynesboro
WPD, Dec. 22
Burglary in the 1st
degree; burglary in
the 2nd degree.
Bentley Joseph
Devore, 20
Morris Callaway
Road, Appling
BCSO, Dec. 22
Probation violation-
felony.
Jacob Lee
Morris, 23
Pinetop Court,
Hephzibah
BCSO, Dec. 26
Simple battery-family
violence.
Timothy Lance
Coleman, 42
Reynolds St.,
Waynesboro
BCSO, Dec. 27
Simple battery-family
violence.
Trinity Dayuana
Cooley, 19
Virginia Ave.,
Waynesboro
WPD, Dec. 24
Theft by deception-
misdemeanor (8
counts)
James Robert
Dempsey, 47
Jaime Drive,
Grovetown
BCSO, Dec 21
Failure to appear-
misdemeanor.
Jeratez Qualon
Dean, 25
Barrow Drive,
Augusta
BCSO, Dec. 22
Failure to appear-
misdemeanor;
marijuana; posses
sion of less than one
ounce.
Steven
Jones, 56
Zack St.,
Waynesboro
GSP Syivania,
Dec. 24
DUI-driving under
the influence (alco
hol); failure to main
tain lane; serious
injury by vehicle.
Leroy
Reese Jr., 35
Young St.,
Wadley
Jefferson County
SO, Dec. 21
Safekeeping for Jef
ferson County SO.
Justin Joseph
Perella, 27
Manderson Circle,
Hephzibah
BCSO, Dec. 25
DUI-alcohol 0.08 gm
or more, 21 or over;
failure to maintain
lane; too fast for con
ditions; hit and run;
duty of driver to stop
at or return to scene
of accident.
Terrance Tremelle
Berrian, 34
McCoy Church
Road, Waynesboro
GSP Syivania,
Dec. 24
Driving white
license suspended
or revoked-misde-
meanor; speeding
in 74/55 MPH zone.
John Marquell
Bunyon, 26
Lee St.,
Waynesboro
BCSO, Dec. 21
Failure to appear-
feiony; burglary
in the 2nd degree
(2 counts); bond
surrender notice
(burglary in the 2nd
degree.)
Keldrick Cornelius
Brown, 31
Herman Lodge Blvd.,
Waynesboro
BCSO, Dec. 26
Tag light required;
possession of
firearm by convicted
felon or first offender;
obstruction of an of
ficer; parole violation.
Michael Shane
Lowery, 49
Lawson Hall Drive,
Waynesboro
Driving without a valid
license-misdemeanor;
suspended registra
tion; marijuana-pos
session of less than
one ounce; fleeing or
attempting to elude
a police officer; ob
structing law enforce
ment officers; bench
warrant-misdemeanor.
Celeste Denise
Adams, 20
Wallace St.,
Waynesboro
BCSO, Dec. 21
Possession of
methamphetamine;
giving false name,
address, or birthday
to law enforcement
officer; safekeep
ing for Effingham
County SO; posses
sion a firearm.
AGENCIES
BCSO: Burke County Sheriff’s Office;
WPD: Waynesboro Police Department;
GSP: Georgia State Patrol;
MPD: Midville Police Department;
SPD: Sardis Police Department;
DOC: Department of Corrections
DNR: Department of Natural Resources
DISCLAIMER NOTICE: ALL ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
IN A COURT OF LAW
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BURKE EMA REPORT
The Burke County Emergency Management Agency
responded to 105 patients’ calls during the week ending
Dec. 27. Of those, 73 resulted in transports, including 41 to
Augusta hospitals and two to other out-of-county hospitals.
Forty three of the transports were determined to be emer
gencies and 30 were non-emergent.
The agency also answered 12 fire calls during the week.
They included one brush/grass fire, one fire/smoke alarm,
three rescues, one motor vehicle accident rescue, two public
service calls and four unspecified calls.
Shad season
opens Jan. 1
Commercial fishermen can
take to the water beginning at
12 a.m. onFriday., Jan. 1,2021
to take advantage of the open
ing day of shad season, accord
ing to the Georgia Department
of Natural Resources’ Wildlife
Resources Division (WRD).
Shad season is scheduled to
run through midnight on March
31,2021.
“We had a good run of Amer
ican shad and hickory shad last
year, and for many of our fish
ermen it proved to be a good
season,” said Jim Page, WRD
Senior Fisheries Biologist.
“We are certainly hopeful and
optimistic that this season will
be a favorable one as well.”
The 2021 shad season in
cludes the following specific
regulations for rivers:
• The Altamaha River down-
stream from the Seaboard
Coastline Railroad Bridge is
open for commercial shad fish
ing Monday-Friday. Waters of
the Altamaha River system up
stream of the Seaboard Coast
line Railroad Bridge and below
the U.S. Highway 1 Bridge
are open Tuesday-Saturday,
including the Ohoopee River
downstream of the U.S. High
way 1 Bridge. All waters of the
Altamaha river system above
the U.S. Highway 1 Bridge,
including the Ocmulgee and
Oconee rivers, are closed to
commercial fishing.
• The Savannah River is
open for commercial shad
fishing downstream from the
1-95 Bridge Tuesday-Friday.
Waters upstream of the 1-95
Bridge and below the U.S.
Highway 301 Bridge are open
Wednesday-Saturday. All wa
ters of the Savannah River
above the U.S. Highway 301
Bridge are closed to commer
cial fishing. Only drift nets
may be used downstream of
a line between the mouth of
Knoxboro Creek and McCoys
Cut at Deadman's Point.
• The Ogeechee, Satilla and
the St. Marys rivers are not
open to commercial shad fish
ing.
Following are some guide
lines to ensure nets used for
commercial shad fishing are
legal:
• The minimum mesh size
for legal set or drift shad nets
is 4 Vi inches stretched.
• Set nets must be placed at
least 600 feet apart and should
be limited to 100 feet in length.
• Set nets must clearly dis
play the owners name and com
mercial fishing license number.
• Drift nets shall not be fished
closer than 300 feet apart and
are limited to a maximum of
1,000 feet in length in salt
water.
• Set nets and drift nets must
be situated so as to allow one-
half the stream width to be
open and free for the passage
of fish.
• All set nets must have one
end secured to the stream bank
and must be buoyed at the outer
(seaward) end so they will be
clearly visible to other boaters.
• Sturgeon, game fish other
than American shad or hickory
shad, and all species of catfish
taken in set or drift nets must be
released unharmed into the wa
ters where they were captured.
Commercial shad fishermen
must have a valid Georgia
commercial fishing license and
are required to have purchased
a commercial fishing endorse
ment for shad. Applications
for commercial licenses and
endorsements are available
at http://georgiawildlife.com/
licenses-permits-passes or at
http://coastalgadnr.org/Com-
mercialFishing. Commercial
licenses and endorsements may
be obtained at the CRD office
in Brunswick.
Vessels must be registered
for use on Georgia waters. Ves
sel registration information is
available at http://georgiawild-
life .com/boating/registration.
Boats used below the saltwater
demarcation line for commer
cial fishing need additional
registration. Visit http://coast-
alg adnr. org/C ommerc i alFi sh -
ing for information.
Georgia’s commercial fish
ing regulations require that
fishermen must report the
harvest of all American shad,
regardless if they are sold or
kept for personal consumption,
to the CRD via Trip Tickets.
Fishermen can obtain Trip
Tickets by contacting CRD’s
Julie Califf at 912-264-7218.
For a complete set of com
mercial fishing regulations,
visit http://coastalgadnr.org/
CommercialFishing or contact
any of the following WRD law
enforcement offices: Bruns
wick (912) 264-7237; Thom
son (706) 595-4211 or Metter
(912) 685-2145.