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PAGE 8A - THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS. WEDNESDAY. TANUARY 16. 2008
City Police Investigate
Pair Of Theft Cases
Officers of the Commerce Po
lice Department investigated a
pair of theft cases during the
past week.
One occurred at BJC Nurs
ing Home, where a 36-year-old
white female told police that
she cashed her paycheck and
left the money in her purse, in a
locker with a combination lock
on the door. Later, she found
all of her money missing.
The woman gave police the
name of a person who also had
the combination to the locker,
the report indicated.
Other incidents requiring
police attention last week in
clude:
•shoplifting at the Kanga
roo convenience store, South
Broad Street, where a clerk told
police that two black males, ac
companied by a black female,
pocketed an unknown quan
tity of cigarette packs before
the clerk confronted them and
they fled.
• a forgery reported by a cus
tomer of Regions Bank, who
told police that she suspected
her ex-husband of signing the
two forged checks.
•a hit-and-run vehicle ac
cident on South Elm Street at
College Avenue where a white
female reported that a white
truck passing her changed
lanes, striking the front left
fender of her car. The driver
did not stop. The officer re
ported “slight damage" to the
fender.
•a question of child abuse
raised by a 35-year-old white
male who told police that when
he picked up his 5-year-old
daughter for visitation she told
him his ex-wife’s live-in boy
friend had hurt her by throwing
her into a bed where her head
struck a flashlight. The officer
said the mother told him that
the girl was prone to tantrums
and that the man had her per
mission to discipline the child.
The report said the man told
the officer he placed her in the
bed during a tantrum. The of
ficer said he could see no evi
dence the child had been hurt.
• criminal trespass at a Ridge
way Road residence where a
21-year-old white female said
someone threw something
through her kitchen window
while she was asleep. When she
investigated it, she suffered a
cut from the broken glass.
•drug abuse reported at the
emergency room at BJC Hospi
tal when three friends dropped
off a 15-year-old Jefferson girl
who tested positive for mari
juana and Xanax. She was
turned over to her mother.
•stalking reported by a 29-
year-old Preston Court woman
who complained that when she
returned from visiting a man
in Roswell and spending the
night in a hotel, her estranged
husband called to let her know
he’d followed her. The man
was able to describe her attire
and the man she met. She also
said that her husband drives
by her residence frequently.
•damage to property re
ported in the Ingles Market
parking lot, South Elm Street,
where a 38-year-old white fe
male complained that a 68-
year-old white female dam
aged her vehicle when the
older woman opened the door
of her car, striking that of the
younger woman. The officer
observed that there was a nick
in the victim’s door.
— Commerce Police Arrests
Cont. from Page 7A
other men “had nothing to do
with it."
•Tony Jason Holmes, 28, 1510
Anderson Road, Montgomery,
AL, criminal damage to property,
driving with a suspended license,
driving with an expired tag and a
windshield violation. The charges
came after police made a second
visit to a Preston Court address.
The first time, they mediated an
argument between Holmes and
his 27-year-old girlfriend, with
whom he was living. They’d had
an argument over his not working
and she’d ordered him to leave.
Before police left, however, she’d
agreed to drive him to the Flying
J so he could await someone to
pick him up. He could not drive
because his tag was expired and
his license suspended, the report
said. A little later, police were
called back to the scene. The
woman reported that as she was
taking him to the truck stop in
her vehicle, he wanted to smoke
a cigarette and she told him he
could not, at which point he
became angry. The report said
she stopped the car, ordered him
to get out, but before he did, he
grabbed her keys and struck the
windshield with his fist, break
ing it. He then went to his truck,
which was being driven by the
woman’s brother, got in and drove
off. The officer found him at the
Flying J and arrested him.
•Elijah Royce Jones, 54, 55
Baxter Road, Commerce, picked
up in Clarke County on a proba
tion violation warrant.
•Tommy Lee Morris, 44, P.O.
Box 992, Lawrenceville, arrested
at a traffic stop on a warrant from
Jackson County for insufficient
funds.
•William T. Lucas, 43, 189
Robert Drive, Braselton, picked
up from Banks County on a local
warrant and held until he paid
his fine.
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Sheriff's Office Reports 38 Arrests
JEFFERSON - The Jackson
County Sheriff’s Office charged
38 people last week, including
the following:
•Randall Walter Cown, 53,
2153 Hwy. 129 North, Jefferson,
parole violation.
•Kevin Roy Crosby, 34, 388
Lamar Lane, Hoschton, bad
check and theft by deception.
• Labarron Tyrone Gaither,
29, 76 Musket Court, Nichol
son, violation of the Georgia
Controlled Substances Act and
windshield violation.
• Michael Wayne Mullinax, 52,
4496 Edwards Street, Doraville,
probation violation.
•Genoveva Aburto Sanchez,
27, 225 Robert Drive, Braselton,
driving while unlicensed.
• David Edward Seagraves, 30,
237 Steeple Chase Drive, Nich
olson, sexual offender violation
and probation violation.
•Jason Scott Stinchcomb, 33,
85 Cedar Rock Drive, Hoschton,
failure to appear.
•Brian James Evans, 24, 232
Tal Phillips Road, Commerce,
possession of tools for the com
mission of a crime, possession
of marijuana, pills not in original
container, driving too fast for
conditions, failure to maintain a
lane, DUI and obstruction.
•Robert Harvey Moore, 34,
120 Brother Road, Pendergrass,
violation of compulsory school
attendance law.
•Odis Mitchell Sims, 41, 54
Winding Vine Lane, Nicholson,
possession of firearms by a con
victed felon.
•Amy Marie Smith, 29, 736
Ivy Creek Drive, Nicholson,
possession of tools for the com
mission of a crime.
•Aubrey Joe Smith, 44 , 736
Ivy Creek Drive, Nicholson,
possession of tools for the com
mission of a crime.
•Demetrius Depree Tate, 32,
32 Marie Circle, Jefferson, pro
bation violation.
•Jennifer Marie Walker, 32,
158 Nichols Road, Pendergrass,
violation of compulsory school
attendance law.
•James Clifford Williamson,
58, 110 B. Wilson Road, Com
merce, simple battery.
•James Edward Barnett, 38,
1718 Hwy. 330, Bogart, battery
and probation violation.
•James Clayton Brewer, 41,
407 Skelton Road, Hoschton,
simple battery and cruelty to
children.
•William Peter Ciccio, 43,
1421 Hartwell Hwy., Elberton,
driving while license suspended
and speeding.
•Dalton George Clarke, 46,
47 Raintree Court, Jefferson,
suspended license.
•Kristi Myers Ellis, 33, 24 Em
erald Allie, Hoschton, issuance
of bad check.
•Timothy Scott Jett, 46, 410
King Street, Clermont, driving
while license suspended/re
voked .
• Bradley Keith Loden, 28,483
East Walnut, Cornelia, proba
tion violation.
•Jessie Lee Maxwell, 46, 1215
Winterville Road, Winterville,
child support violation.
•Donald Milton Pitts Jr., 46,
1033 South Madison Avenue,
Monroe, probation violation.
•Luis Manuel Ramirez, 24, 8
Lochmoor Road, Athens, iden
tity theft.
•Michael Ryan Rayborn, 26,
1425 Timber Walk Drive, Logan-
ville, issuance of bad check.
•Misty Dianne Reed, 19, 69
Pleasant Hill Drive, Talmo, de
posit account fraud.
•Jonathan Wade Roberts, 20,
782 Old Gainesville Hwy., Pend
ergrass, simple battery.
•Arthur Shannon, 35, 730
Bald Eagle Road, Carnesville,
probation violation.
• Ryan Christopher Smith, 26,
55 Melivy Road, Jefferson, pos
session of controlled substance,
DUI, reckless driving, posses
sion of schedule III narcotic and
open container violation.
• Dennis Wilson Whitlock, 54,
11325 Hwy. 441, Athens, sus
pended license, driving without
license in possession, giving
false name or address and ex
pired tag.
• Steven Wayne Bales, 26, 312
Kesler Road, Nicholson, proba
tion violation.
•Michael Allan Perry, 31, 150
Blackthorne Road, Nicholson,
family violence battery.
•Tonya Marie Smallwood, 30,
604 Tallassee Road, Athens, pos
session of less than one ounce
of marijuana and suspended li
cense.
•Tracey Dale Weldon, 33, 110
B. Wilson Road, Commerce,
safety belt violation, posses
sion of less than one ounce of
marijuana, pills not in original
container and violation of the
Georgia Controlled Substances
Act.
•James Robert Welch, 27, 952
Freeman Street, Maysville, dis
orderly conduct.
•Traci Lynn Avrett, 32, 158
Jefferson Walk Circle, Jefferson,
failure to stop at stop sign and
suspended license.
•Randall Lamar Cash Jr„ 28,
189 West Jefferson Street, Ho
schton, failure to appear.
Detainee Who Tested Positive For
Meth Says He Got It From Police Dept
An I.W. Davis detainee who
tested positive for methamphet-
amine during a random drug test
last week told detention center
personnel he got the drugs from
the Commerce Police Depart
ment.
That allegation led to a full in
ventory of all drug evidence and
drug training materials at the po
lice station.
“He did not get the drugs from
our evidence room or from the
canine training aid," stressed Po
lice Chief John Gaissert.
The inmate had been assigned
to the police station to do cus
todial and yard work under an
agreement between the deten
tion center and the police depart
ment. He has been suspended,
and another detainee now does
that work.
Officials are not sure where the
prisoner, who was not named,
JEFFERSON - A Braselton man
said another motorist slapped
him after they got into a dispute
while driving on New Cut Road
and Hwy. 53 last week.
The man said he pulled out be
hind a car that was moving slow
ly. When both vehicles stopped
at a stop sign, he said the driver
in front of him got out of his ve
hicle and confronted him about
following him so closely. He said
they had a verbal dispute and
then the man slapped him.
believes that the inmate may
have broken into the hazardous
waste container used to dispose
of syringes routinely found or
confiscated.
That box, similar to containers
that can be found in doctors’ of
fices, is about the size of a large
lunch box, the police chief said.
“The needles go in, and you
can’t get them out. As soon as
the box is filled up, we take it
to the hospital and get another
one," the chief said.
The lid appeared to have been
jimmied, but since the syringes
are not kept for evidence, they
are not counted.
“How many were there? We
have no way of knowing," Gais
sert stated.
When warden Gerald Freeman
called to relay the detainee’s
statement, Gaissert said the de
partment, under the direction of
Chad Knight, head of the crimi-
OTHER INCIDENTS
Other incidents reported to the
sheriff’s office last week include
the following:
•trespassing at a Mt. Creek
Church Road, Pendergrass, resi
dence.
•a Forest Lake Road, Pend
ergrass, woman said two dogs
came into her yard and attacked
her dog.
•a Hillside Way, Maysville,
man said that a man he knows
threatened him.
nal investigation division, con
ducted inventories of both the
evidence room and the canine
training materials.
The department also had its
drug dog search the premises in
case the detainee had brought
drugs in from somewhere else
and stashed them at the police
department.
Freeman said the detainee was
“obviously lying" but “is sticking
to his story."
Other than the results of the
drug test, there is no physical
evidence or a means of getting
further physical evidence, Free
man pointed out.
Officials will notify the judge
who sentenced the detainee of
the violation. The judge has the
option of altering the detainee’s
sentence — including removing
him from the detention center
and transferring him to a state
prison.
• a Comer man said someone
struck his vehicle while it was
parked at a Banks Crossing busi
ness.
•a Keri Lane, Athens, man
said someone made a threaten
ing phone call to his residence.
He did not know who it was.
• a Nicholson couple reported
a number of harassing phone
calls at their residence. The hus
band told police that he and his
wife had received dozens of calls
from an unknown person.
Police Activity
Down Slightly,
But Profits Up
Criminal activity took a
dip in Commerce during De
cember, but profits were up,
according to the Commerce
Police Department.
The department handled
2,308 calls for service dur
ing the month, down sub
stantially from its average,
but officers confiscated al
most $300,000 in cash and
a 2004 Oldsmobile off Inter
state 85.
Twenty percent of the cash
will be retained by the fed
eral government, and a sub
stantial portion will be sent
to Lowndes County for its
help with the seizures — as
suming the condemnation
process goes as expected.
The money is believed to be
connected to drug traffick
ing
The department handled
2,059 calls dispatched by
911, 85 walk-ins at the police
department and 164 calls to
the school resource officer.
Also during December, of
ficers filled out 33 accident
reports and 96 incident re
ports and the animal control
officer handled 45 animal
control reports.
The department issued 207
citations during the month,
of which 86 were for speed
ing, 12 were for license vio
lations and nine for drunk
driving. The department also
made 24 theft-related ar
rests, two felony drug cases
and one misdemeanor drug
case.
got the illegal drug, but Gaissert
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