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On The R ecord The Commerce News January 16,2008 • Page 7A Two Commerce officers look on as Jackson County EMS provides oxygen for Detective Chad Knight and officers Cameron Boswell and Billy Shane Harrison. The three were treated for smoke inhalation after they entered a burning mobile home in search of a wheelchair-bound resident. The resident had escaped the fire, but the officers pulled two dogs from the blaze. Photo by Mark Beardsley Commerce Police Department Arrests Tag Problem Leads To 3 Arrests An obscured tag on a vehicle resulted in three arrests after a Commerce Police Department officer pulled it over on South Broad Street. The officer ran a check on the driver, Jason Edward Smith, 22, 3943 Blacks Creek Church Road, Commerce, and found that he was driving with a suspended license, so he cited Smith for that violation and for having an obscured tag. Meanwhile, a passenger, Jimmy Stoy Anthony, 28, of the same address, was arrested on a felony warrant from Madison County for possession of a fire arm by a convicted felon. The other passenger, Michael Lynn Murphy, 31, 182 Victoria Way, Commerce, was taken into cus tody on a Franklin County war rant for probation violation. Others arrested during the past week and the charges against them include: •Antonio Hill, 22, 3313 West Weaver Road, Hampton, VA, driving with a suspended license. The officer reported finding small amounts of marijuana in the vehicle, but not enough to make a charge. •Marcus Earl Agar, 49, 402 Noble Oaks Drive, Savannah, driv ing with a suspended license fol lowing a traffic stop on Interstate 85 for a window tint violation. •James Michael Brewer, 34, 151 Pine Street, Commerce, pub lic intoxication, after he alleg edly solicited for money at Ray’s Corner Station, Jefferson Road. The report indicated that Brewer had no identification on him at the time and admitted to drink ing alcohol at dinner and taking Xanax and Lortab. •Nacole Buffington Sanders, 23, 784 Borders Road, Commerce, two counts of steal ing gasoline. She was picked up by a Commerce officer after officials at Flying J travel plaza provided the tag number and vehicle description. They said she’d done the same thing on an earlier occasion. •James Lamar King, 28, and Linda Gail King, 28, both of 205 Brookwood Avenue, Commerce, disorderly conduct. Police first arrested J. King when his wife told police that as they were drinking margaritas he became angry, nailed the back door of the house shut and beat holes in the wall. When she told him to leave, the report said, he went outside and “began to take the car apart.’’ When police arrested him, the report said, his wife became upset and argumenta tive to the point that she was also charged with disorderly conduct. •Jeremy Adam Langford, 27, 121 Heritage Ave., Jefferson, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a suspend ed license, driving too fast for conditions and failure to main tain a lane. According to the incident report, Langford had just picked up two other men, at least one of whom was intoxi cated, but was so intoxicated himself that he was driving the opposite direction of where his passengers wished to go. The report said he was traveling on Mt. Olive Road, lost control in the curve and crashed through a fence into the property of Roper Pump Company. The report said Langford told police that the Please Turn to Page 8A 3 Officers Treated For Smoke Inhalation At Stark Street Fire Three Commerce police offi cers were treated by EMS per sonnel for smoke inhalation Thursday afternoon after they entered a burning mobile home to find a man believed to be trapped inside. The occupant, Jimmy Chatham, had managed to escape out the back of his Stark Street resi dence on his motorized scooter, but family and neighbors were unaware of that when the officers arrived. “She was screaming, 'He’s in there! He’s in there”' said Captain Chad Knight. Knight, Sgt. Billy Shane Har rison and Cpl. Cameron Boswell arrived at the scene before the Commerce Fire Department and entered the back door seeking Chatham. “It was fully engulfed when we got here,’’ Knight said. “The smoke was bad. You couldn’t see nothing,’’ Harrison added. Boswell said the men had to feel their way out of the smoke- filled residence. He also rescued a small dog, which rewarded him by biting him on the hand, break ing the skin before he could hand it back to another officer. “What made it interesting was when some ammunition he had in there started going off,’’ Knight said. “You could hear it popping.’’ The officers rescued two dogs, one of which was taken to Commerce Veterinary Hospital for treatment for smoke inhala tion. The other, a small dog, was beneath the smoke and did not appear to be affected, the offi cers said. EMS personnel on the scene treated Knight, Harrison and Boswell with oxygen for several minutes. Chatham said the fire started when he accidentally turned over a propane heater, which set some cardboard boxes on fire. When he realized he could not extinguish the blaze, Chatham said he “drove out’’ of the resi dence with his scooter. Fund Started For Victims A fund has been established at the Commerce branch of Regions Bank to assist the cou ple whose home was destroyed by fire last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Chatham lost their mobile home and all their possessions when a pro pane gas heater fell over and caught their Stark Street mobile home on fire last Thursday. Chatham was treated for burns to his hands and legs but did not require hospitalization. The family had no insurance on the structure and very little on the contents, a family member said. Persons wishing to assist the Chatham Family Account may do so at any Region’s Bank branch. Honored For Saving Life Officer Jeff Rogers, left, receives the Commerce Police Department’s Life Saving Award for performing the Heimlich Maneuver Oct. 16, saving the life of a man who was choking at Hardee’s Restaurant. Police Chief John Gaissert, right, presented the medal at Monday night’s city council meeting. 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Please join us as we CELEBRATE our survivors, REMEMBER those we’ve lost to cancer and FIGHT BACK against the disease. Come learn about how to get involved in the 2008 Relay For Life. We encourage you to register your team now online at: http ://events. cancer.org/rflj acksonga $100 registers 10 members. Enjoy food, fun and meeting the great folks involved in Relay For Life! Your RSVP is appreciated. Please call Gail Banks at 706-367-9721 or Victoria at the ACS office: 706-549-4893 or email: victoria.patrick @cancer.org by Tuesday, January 22, 2008. Holly Rogers Tax & Accounting X ■ m \ 11\ \ 1 Commerce, GA (706) 336-5980 Tax Return Preparation Free Electronic Filing Full Service Accounting Payroll Services QuickBooks Counsulting Entity Filing AUTHORIZED <2ZZZ> PROVIDER