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On The Record
The
Commerce News
November 28, 2007 • Page 7A
Drugs Play Roles In Three
Arrests During Past Week
The Commerce Police only
arrested one person on drug
charges last week, but drugs
played a role in two other arrests
as well.
An officer charged Timmy
Wayne Lee, 36, of 300 Winter
Creek Way, Commerce, with
possession of crack cocaine
and possession of tools for the
commission of a crime after Lee
appeared “very nervous” and
walked rapidly away when the
officer approached.
The incident began at about 1:33
p.m. when the officer reported
seeing Lee walking away from
two others in a location known for
drug sales. The officer recognized
one of the two men standing in
the yard from a previous drug
arrest and opted to stop Lee.
The officer’s report indicated
that Lee was very nervous, his
hands were shaking and he could
not give an answer to where he
was heading. The officer talked
Lee into emptying his pockets
on the hood of the police car,
but when he was done, the offi
cer noticed a bulge in one pants
pocket that Lee admitted was
a “stem,” a pipe used to smoke
crack cocaine, the report said.
Lee then surrendered a “rock”
of crack cocaine and told the
officer that he’d bought it from
the two other men, identifying the
one who had possessed the drugs.
When the officer went back to
where the two men had been
standing, that suspect, known to
the officer, had departed.
The report indicated that the
officer also confiscated $166 in
currency from Lee.
Officers charged Steven Corrine
David, 31, of 394 Cedar Drive,
Commerce, with obstruction of
officers and violation of the open
container law, but according to
the incident report, David may
have avoided more serious charg
es by jettisoning illegal drugs as
he fled on foot.
The officer noticed David, who
he said he had observed earlier
completing what appeared to be
a drug transaction, sitting in a
car parked in the Old South BBQ
parking lot, Homer Road, where
the department had been told nar
cotics activities frequently take
place.
As the officer pulled up, the
report said, David exited the car
and ran, throwing things out of
his pockets in the process. The
officer eventually caught David
and had to threaten to douse him
with pepper spray before he gave
up, the officer said. David had
small plastic bags in his pockets
but no drugs on him, but the
officer reported that as the two
came back to the area where the
incident started, approximately
10 people were furiously search
ing the area where the officer said
David had thrown the contents of
his pockets.
Those people “left the scene with
haste,” as the officer returned, he
noted.
The open container violation
was made after the officer noticed
an open can of beer in David’s
locked car. The officer was unable
to enter the locked car because
he could not find the keys, the
report indicated.
Others arrested during the past
week include:
•Dexter Leon Wood, 33, 45
Carruth Road, Commerce, proba
tion violation (from a drug con
viction). The report said Wood
fled into a house as the officer
approached, and a female subject
tried to deny police entry. He was
found hiding inside.
•Tamara Lynn Hollenback, 24,
253 Faye Carey Road, Danielsville,
driving with a suspended license,
no insurance and on an unspeci
fied warrant. The traffic stop
came after an officer ran her tag
because a tag light was out.
•Kristen Lorraine Weatherby,
18, 410 Deer Run, Maysville,
picked up in Banks County on a
probation violation warrant.
•Marinela Romerio Marques,
28, 73 Martin Street, Staughton,
ME, driving under the influence
(DUI) of intoxicants and a brake
light violation.
• Raymond Eugene Henderson,
26, 303 Country Lane, Commerce,
driving with a suspended license
and a windshield violation.
•Gregory F. Scalise, 41, 343
S. Elm Street, Commerce, disor
derly conduct. A witness said he
went off to an AA meeting and
came home intoxicated, so she
locked him out of the house, for
which he was yelling and cursing,
according to the report.
•Britney N. Price, 18, 293 Ross
Rumsey Road, Maysville, driving
with a suspended license.
•James Larry White, 25, 3888
Refuge Road, Center, SC, DUI,
speeding and failure to maintain
a lane.
• Stephon Maurice Faulkner, 21,
724 Jim David Road, Nicholson;
and Brandon Stewart Mason, 20,
116 Pine Avenue, Commerce,
both on disorderly conduct
charges following an incident in
which Mason allegedly shot at
Faulkner in an ongoing dispute
over Faulkner’s relationship with
Mason’s sister.
•April Beatrena Goodrich, 35,
50 Preston Court, Commerce,
possession of a firearm by a con
victed felon. The charge came in
the course of answering a domes
tic call in which Goodrich alleg
edly brandished a pistol.
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Broken Relationships,
Thefts Keep Police Busy
Incidents related to broken
relationships and thefts kept the
Commerce Police Department
busy during the past week.
Of the eight incidents investi
gated, five were the result of
bad blood and four were theft-
related.
The relationship-related cases
include:
•a domestic disturbance in
a Brentwood Estates house
in which a 60-year-old black
female and her 30-year-old
daughter got into a fight over
an incident that occurred 30
years earlier. The older wom
an’s husband said both com
batants were intoxicated.
•a report from a 22-year-
old black male that someone
slashed a rear tire on his car
and a front tire on his girl
friend’s car at a Cedar Drive
Extension address.
•a dispute in the parking
lot of Family Dollar, where a
34-year-old white female told
police that her estranged hus
band tried to run her over with
his truck. The woman said her
husband had talked with her
boyfriend and told him that
“she was playing both of them,”
the report said, after which the
boyfriend got his keys and cell
phone from the woman and
left. When she walked across
the parking lot, she said he
attempted to run her down. The
man denied that accusation
and told police that although
they had not lived together for
a year, he hoped to work things
out with the woman because
they had two kids together.
•harassing calls at Presto’s
convenience store, North
Broad Street, in which a 37-year-
old white female reported that
her husband, against whom she
has a protective order, had got
ten his sister to call her three
times at work over child cus
tody issues.
•simple battery and unruly
juvenile at a Crossing Place
Apartments residence, Steve
Reynolds Industrial Parkway. A
60-year-old black female said
her 15-year-old granddaughter
got angry, threw things around
the house and kicked a stool
that struck a small child. The
report indicated that on the
previous day the child had
thrown a turkey, breaking a
mirror. The child was taken to
the youth detention center and
a hearing is scheduled.
•theft by taking at a
Northview Drive residence
where a woman told police
that her boyfriend appeared to
be stealing tools to finance nar
cotics. The white female said a
weed trimmer, pressure wash
er, edger, two cordless drills, a
rotary saw, reciprocating saw
and chain saw are all missing.
•the theft of a deposit con
taining $1,677 in cash from
Hardee’s, Homer Road. The
shift supervisor told police
he remembered preparing
the deposit, but could not be
sure he locked the deposit
in the safe. It was reportedly
gone when the morning shift
arrived.
•the theft of a Mongoose
BMX bicycle valued at $300
from a front yard on Pine
Street.
•theft by taking at a Spring
Street residence where a
68-year-old white female gave
police the name of a suspect
she believes stole a variety of
items from her. She found the
items at a local pawn shop, the
report indicated.
Police Answer
2,342 Calls
During October
The Commerce Police
Department responded to
2,342 requests for service dur
ing October.
Police Chief John Gaissert
presented the October results
at the Nov. 12 meeting of the
city council.
During October, the depart
ment responded to 2,018 calls
dispatched by 911, 108 walk-in
requests and 216 calls to the
school resource officer.
For the month, the depart
ment issued 216 citations, 110
of which were for speeding,
and reported 34 non-traffic-re
lated arrests, 20 of which were
theft-related.
The department handled
73 animal control reports, 35
accident reports and 100 inci
dent reports during October. It
made 13 drug arrests, of which
five were felonies; and made
four cases for driving under
the influence and 10 for seat
belt or child restraint offenses.
Meanwhile, the Commerce
Fire Department responded
to 26 calls during the month,
including one vehicle fire,
four grass or woods fires and
seven calls related to traffic
accidents.
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Police Department's
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at
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