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The True Citizen, Wednesday, May 12, 2021 — Page 7 A
^FOR THE RECORD
Local man arrested for assault
during basketball tournament
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
Waynesboro resident Jerome
Mobley, 52, turned himself in
on charges that he allegedly
assaulted a juvenile during a
youth basketball tournament
May 1.
The incident, caught on cell
phone video, took place at
Riverview Park in North Au
gusta, South Carolina.
According to an official re
port, a witness told an officer of
the North Augusta Department
of Public Safety that a man
walked out of the bleachers
and onto the basketball court,
where he hit the 17-year-old
victim with a closed fist. Af
terward, the man left in a gray
sedan.
A second officer stopped the
gray sedan driven by Mobley.
Mobley confirmed he left
the bleachers in order to assist
his son after a member of the
other team received a penalty
for rough play.
A warrant was issued for
Mobley May 4 and he turned
himself into the Aiken County
Detention Center May 5 on a
charge of assault and battery
in the third degree.
Riverview Park placed Mo
bley on trespass notice.
Jerome Mobley
BURKE COUNTY JAIL BOOKINGS
MAY 3-9
TamiaVonne
Thomas Willie
Gary Deyon
Cecil
Travis Disquail
Cooper, 22
Bates, 38
Johnson, 57
Ahliel, 28
Griffin, 26
Davis Road,
Wallace St.,
Taylor St., Augusta
Walnut St.,
Davis Road,
Waynesboro
Waynesboro
BCSO, May 6
Waynesboro
Waynesboro
WPD, May 5
WPD, May 8
Court production
BCSO, May 3
WPD May 5
Affray
Disorderly conduct
order
Faiiaure to appear-
Affray
felony
Tory Terrell
Jenkins, 41
Shi bar Dr.,
Waynesboro
BCSO, May 6
Probation violation-
felony
Keith Andrew
Kurtz, 50
Susan Court;
Waynesboro
WPD, May 6
Battery-family vio
lence (1st offense)-
misdemeanor
Trisdon Dijon
Manson, 29
Grubbs St.,
Waynesboro
BCSO, May 5
Probation violation-
felony
RoyTalmadge
Merritte, 61
GA Hwy 23 South,
Waynesboro
BCSO, May 5
Bond revoked
Bishop James
Talley, 21
South Hill St., Sardis
SPD, May 6
Theft by taking-fire-
arm-felony; probation
violation for finger-
printable charge-
misdemeanor
Kendrick Douglas
Floyd, 42
GA. Hwy 171 North,
Louisville
WPD, May 7
Driving under the
influence of alcohol-
concentration is
0.08g or more within
3 hours or more;
tag light required;
"housing for WPD**
Howard Edward
Evans, 64
Charles PerryAve.,
Sardis
BCSO, May 9
DUi-driving
under the influence
(drugs); hit and run;
duty of driver to stop
at or return to scene
of accident; failure
to stop at stop/yield
sign; driving unsafe/
improperly equipped
vehicle
Luis Miquel
Castro-Guerra, 25
Mesa Verde,
St. Port Richey, FL
BCSO, May 5
Speeding 101/55
mph zone; reckless
driving; DUi-driving
under the influence
(alcohol)
Thomas Willie
Bates, 38
Wallace St.,
Waynesboro
WPD, May 7
Disorderly conduct-
city ordinance;
public drunk-city
ordinance; "hous
ing for WPD**
Cordaryl NMN
Bates, 33
Wallace St.,
Waynesboro
WPD, May 8
Disorderly conduct;
interference with an
officer; opposing or
striking city officer
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
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BURKE EMA REPORT
The Burke County Emergency Management Agency
responded to 112 patients’ calls during the week ending
May 9. Of those, 79 resulted in transports, including 41
to Augusta hospitals. Thirty seven of the transports were
determined to be emergencies and 42 were non-emergent.
The agency also answered 23 fire calls during the week.
They included three brush/grass fires, one fire/smoke alarm,
three outside trash/waste or dumpster fires, two power lines
down, eight rescues, three vehicle fires, one smoke scare
one public service call and one unspecified call.
Flashing handgun
gets man arrested
ROY F. CHALKER JR.
rchalker@bellsouth.net
Bragging and threatening
didn’t turn out well for a 49
year-old Burke County man.
On Saturday, May 2 Burke
County deputies were called
to the Dyson RV Park at 6439
Ga. Hwy 23 South by two men
who reported getting into a
verbal dispute with George R.
Holmes, a resident of the A&A
RV Park.
The two men said that dur
ing the argument, which was
apparently over Holmes’ ex
girlfriend, Holmes flashed a
handgun and told them he was
a convicted felon and didn’t
mind going back to prison.
When deputies found Hol
mes, he admitted to the con
frontation and allowed them
to search his residence. They
found the weapon, a loaded .22
caliber revolver, in plain view
on a table.
After confirming, through
the Georgia Crime Information
Center (GCIC) that Holmes
had indeed been convicted of
felony assault in Alabama in
2001, he was placed under
arrest.
He is being held in the Burke
County Detention Center,
charged with possession of a
firearm by a convicted felon
and pointing or aiming a gun
or pistol at another.
Sheriff favors
second chances
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
Last year Georgia legisla
tors made it easier for those
convicted of crimes to clean
up their records. New laws
significantly expanded record
expungement by providing
restriction and sealing of cer
tain misdemeanor and felony
convictions, according to the
Georgia Justice Project.
“An individual may peti
tion the court to restrict and
seal up to two misdemeanor
convictions from their record
four years after they have com
pleted their sentence as long as
they have not been convicted
of a new offense in those four
years,” according to the non-
profit’s website. The changes
also allow for the petition to re
strict and seal pardoned felony
offenses, except serious violent
and sexually-oriented offenses.
Protections are provided for
employers who engage in sec
ond chance hiring.
Burke County Sheriff Al-
fonzo Williams said he is in
favor of second chances.
“If you change and you
have a history of proving that
you have changed and you are
rehabilitated, and that you are
ready for society, then I think
we need programs that get
them ready when they get out
of jail or prison,” he said.
Williams said Burke County
is one of the only county jails
in the State of Georgia that
provides a social worker to
assist inmates in obtaining
general education diplomas
and to developing coping skills
that help decrease their chances
of returning.
“We realize that they are ar
rested and incarcerated, their
families are not,” he said. “So
we want to work with fami
lies, we want to help them; we
want to try and mitigate their
circumstances so they don’t
return here.”
If you don’t give inmates
the tools and the resources
they need then it becomes a
revolving door that furthers
the burden on the tax payers.
“I think we need programs,”
he said. “I would embrace any
programs that give people a
second chance.”
Williams also said he be
lieves there is a need for prison
reform. “We need better sen
tencing guidelines,” he said.
“We don’t have that on a state
level, and we need it, so that we
don’t have a judge in Augusta
giving one sentence and in
South Georgia, where there is
a “good ole boy” judge on the
bench, giving a totally differ
ent sentence for the same type
of crime and the same type of
circumstance.”
The juvenile system needs
a complete overhaul in the
sheriff’s opinion. “The entire
juvenile court system is predi
cated on rehabilitation,” he
said, and pointed out that while
some children are in need of
punishment, others in the juve
nile system need parental care
and discipline. “We need to do
more for our children, We need
to hold parents accountable.”
Programs focus on fixing
the children and do not work
enough toward strengthening
parenting skills. “Our system
is broken, severely broken,” he
said “because these politicians
are trying to stay in power in
stead of doing what is right.”
Williams believes legislators
should focus on finding ways
to restore trust, fairness and
making it more equitable for
everybody.
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