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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. 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Oil Change - $12.95 'Mayne~Neal Hwy. 441 in Commerce 706-335-3196 800-798-7435 www.wayneneal.com SERVICE HOURS: M-F 7:30-6:00 • Sat. 8:00-4:00 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 Road Rage: Man Slapped By Another Driver MARK PATRICK SEMINARS PRESENTS SEMINAR With HYPNOSIS! 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