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On The Record The Commerce News November 21, 2007 • Page 7A Commerce Police Arrests Urge To Go Results In Trip To Jackson County Jail A 20-year-old Hall County man went to jail last week for urinating in front of several witnesses in a Commerce resi dential area. Police charged Daniel William Moses, 20, of 4760 Shirley Drive, Gainesville, with disorderly con duct after witnesses told police that they were sitting on a front porch when he drove up, got out of his vehicle, fell down, then went to the left front of the vehicle and urinated. One of the witnesses said he then went into the house across the street, turned around, stuck his head out “and was waving and laughing at us.” The incident took place in front of three women, a 3-year-old girl and a 6-month-old infant, the report said. Others arrested during the past week include: • Terry Eugene Gilliam, 44, 435 South Elm Street, Commerce, on a warrant from Franklin County; and Becky Elaine Pierce, 40, of the same address, for obstruc tion of officers. The report said officers got a tip that Gilliam, who had run from a previous encounter that day, was at home. When they attempted to enter the house, one of the officers said Pierce tried to stop them from entering. She then became irate, started cursing and, when she appeared to be going after one of the officers, the other one “took her to the ground,” the report said. •Dennis Wayne Daniell, 43, 530 Duncan Road, Commerce, on a Commerce probation viola tion warrant after an officer saw him walking on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, knew he did not live there and questioned him. The report said the suspect told the officer he was trying to sell a ring he’d found so he could get a ride to Jefferson. •Jonathon Lamar Crain, 19, 458 Hickory Way, Maysville, driv ing under the influence (DUI) of intoxicants and failure to main tain a lane. •Jonathan Lynn Smith, 23, 429 Kathleen Court, Comer, driv ing with a suspended license, speeding, a windshield viola tion and a probation violation warrant from Barrow County. It was also determined that Smith had a felony warrant from Arkansas for possession of a stolen firearm, but Arkansas officials declined to come pick him up due to the distance, the report said. •Jose Efrain Gonzalez, 45, 1245 Hull Road, Athens, driv ing without a license and driv ing with a suspended registra tion. The report said Gonzalez’s Social Security card came back “not on file.” •Madison Nicole Sullens, 18, 404 Heritage Hills Drive, Commerce, battery under the Family Violence Act after she allegedly scratched her boyfriend repeatedly in a domestic dispute over a woman’s phone number she allegedly found in his wallet. •Daniel Scott Ashley, 22, 130 Blacks Creek Church Road, Commerce, driving with a sus pended license. The charge came after the vehicle was stopped because a passenger was not wearing a seat belt. •Tonya Dawn Wade, 37, 2350 Ila Road, Commerce, no insur ance, speeding and driving with an expired tag. The traffic stop came after the officer allegedly clocked her vehicle doing 78 in a 55-mile-per-hour zone on U.S . 441 northbound. Commerce Police Incidents Thieves Hit Ingles Building Site Again Commerce Police Collecting Gifts For Mental Health Patients For the second time in two weeks burglars carried off large amounts of copper from the new Ingles construction site, located at the intersection of Hwy. 334 and U.S . 441 on the south side of Commerce. The Commerce Police Depart ment reports that someone broke into two trailers, a storage con tainer and a freezer and left with “a large amount” of copper pipe. The week before, thieves broke into storage trailers and made off with approximately $40,000 worth of copper wire and tubing. Other incidents investigated by police during the past week include: •theft of a pickup truck and a .380 pistol from the Madison Street Extension residence of a 71-year-old white male. •theft of a motor vehicle from a Preston Court residence. The 18-year-old white male noticed the vehicle gone at 10 a.m. and thought it might be a prank, the report said. But after calling friends and going to work, he reported it missing some 8.5 hours later. The vehicle was recovered in Dekalb County three days later when its driver was arrested on a drug charge. • forgery at Ray’s Corner Station, Jefferson Road, where the owner said he cashed a $500 traveler’s check for a 37-year-old white female, only to have the bank return it as counterfeit. The store has a copy of the suspect’s driver’s license. •criminal trespass reported at a State Street location where a 37-year-old white female said a former employee of her husband has been threatening her. The vic tim said the man, hired to drive a truck on a trial basis, quit after two days and neither came in to work nor called. On one day last week, he came twice to her house demanding money, and told his former employer’s wife that he would kill her, kill the rest of the family and burn the house down if he were not paid. Commerce will do its part to make the Christmas season spe cial for residents of the state’s mental health and retardation hospital. For 49 years, cities across Georgia have helped patients at Georgia’s seven regional mental health and retardation hospitals enjoy the holidays through the Mayors’ Christmas Motorcade. The program, begun by the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) in cooperation with Gov. Ernest Vandiver, relies on citizens in each city to donate gifts for the patients, many of whom would not receive gifts or be recognized without the Mayors’ Christmas Motorcade. According to hospital staff, many of the patients have lived there most of their lives and have little, if any, support or contact with friends and family. Donated items from Commerce will be delivered to the Georgia Regional Hospital Dec. 5. Civic organizations, busi nesses, churches, schools, scout troops and individual citizens are asked to donate gifts for the event. For more information, contact Lt. 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