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Commerce News
January 23,2008 • Page 7A
Commerce Police Department Arrests
JCSO Incidents
Cold Week = Fewer People Arrested
Cold weather is apparently
keeping Commerce’s miscreants
out of trouble.
The coldest week of the year
produced only four arrests for the
Commerce Police Department,
and warrants issued against a
fifth person.
Not surprisingly half of the
arrests were the result of a
domestic dispute at a Cole Court
residence where a couple took
their argument outside and did
battle in the yard.
The couple, a 24-year-old-white
female and a 31-year-old Latino
male, agreed on very little except
that they’d both been drinking
and got into an argument, the
report indicated.
The woman said the man tried
to hit her but she had done not
ing to warrant it; the man said the
woman had tried to hit him and
he’d done nothing to cause such
a reaction. They argued in front
of the officer about who started
the argument.
The report said she had a red
mark on her arm, but because
the two took the fight into the
yard, the officer charged them
both with disorderly conduct.
They were identified as Shelly
Cardin, 24, and Nelson Gomez,
31, of 45 Cole Court. The report
said Cardin complained of short
ness of breath and was taken by
BJC Medical Center for evalua
tion before being transported to
the Jackson County Jail.
Others arrested last week
include:
•Curtis Jordy Simmons, 21,
241 Storey Lane, Jefferson, pos
session of a stolen vehicle. The
arrest was made by a Commerce
officer who saw a white Chrysler
Concord traveling north on U.S.
441 that matched the descrip
tion of a vehicle reported stolen
in Pendergrass. He also noted
that the vehicle had a Pruitt and
Gee drive-out tag. When the
officer pulled the vehicle over,
the report said that Simmons
claimed he was “test driving the
vehicle overnight.’’
•Hendry Ledara Watson, 31,
2059 Hwy. 441 North, Homer, on
a pair of warrants. The arrest was
made as an officer questioned
two men in a car improperly
parked at the tennis courts at
Veterans Memorial Park. Watson,
a passenger, turned out to have
an outstanding warrant from
Jackson County for probation
violation and one from Lumpkin
County for a controlled sub
stance abuse charge.
Warrants Issued
An officer also issued a war
rant for the arrest of James
Rodrigues Harris, no age or
address available, on charges of
obstruction, child abandonment
and giving false information to
police.
Those charges came about
as officers came to a Heritage
Hills apartment to follow-up on a
domestic dispute from the previ
ous day. The person they wanted
to talk to was not there, but
Harris and two minor children
were in the apartment.
The officers got a name
from the man later identified
as Harris, the report said, and
he went inside the apartment
while they waited outside for
their subject to return. When she
returned, the subject gave police
his real name, and they found
out he had a probation violation
warrant outstanding from Hall
County. When they entered the
apartment to arrest him, he was
gone.
The child abandonment charge
is based on the allegation that
when he fled, Harris left two
minor children unattended.
Commerce Police Incidents
Disputes Account For Half Of Incidents
If the cold weather kept people
from committing crimes, it didn’t
necessarily help them get along
with one another. Of the seven
incidents to which police were
called last week, four were domes
tic disputes.
One of them occurred at
Willoughby Homes, Waterworks
Road, where a woman and her
niece became engaged in an argu
ment over dishes in the sink. In
the course of the argument, a
22-year-old white female allegedly
grabbed and broke the necklace
worn by her 43-year-old aunt,
although there was disagreement
among those involved as to wheth
er it was done intentionally or by
accident.
Other incidents requiring police
action last week include:
• a dispute in the parking lot of
Fred’s, South Elm Street, where a
53-year-old white male said he was
crossing a lane when a 47-year-old
white male swerved at him in his
Jeep, nearly striking the pedes
trian. The man said the incident
is the result of an “ongoing issue’’
between the brother of the victim
and the passenger of the man driv
ing the Jeep.
• a domestic dispute at a Victoria
Street residence in which dispatch
advised that a man and woman
could be heard arguing in the back
ground. When the officer arrived,
a 20-year-old white female said
that she and the 21-year-old white
male were arguing, that she want
ed to leave and he was prevent
ing her from doing so. The man
said they were arguing because he
thought she was cheating on him,
and he admitted preventing her
from leaving because he wanted
to talk with her. There was no
physical violence, the report said,
although the man had a small
scratch wound.
• a domestic dispute at a Baugh
Street location where an officer
said he arrived to hear a 26-year-
old Latino male and a 19-year-old
white female “yelling and cursing’’
at each other. The man said the
argument started over her mov
ing out — and taking his laptop
computer with her. Both agreed
that she pushed him, and she said
it was because he was laughing
at her. The officer warned the
woman that she could not put
her hands on him without risking
arrest, and the report indicated
that the man did not wish to press
charges.
•leaving the scene of an acci
dent at the Homer Road location
of Tiger Town Pharmacy, where
a vehicle knocked a utility pole
down onto the store and left the
scene.
•theft by taking at a rental
house on Hillcrest Street where a
48-year-old white male told police
someone had pulled the heat
pump away from the vacant house
and pulled the copper tubing out
from under the house.
• damage to property at Quality
Foods, Maysville Road, where
a 37-year-old white female told
police that someone had slashed
one of the tires on her vehicle.
She gave the police the name of
someone who “had been giving
her hell’’ and told the officer that
“if he didn’t do it, he put someone
up to it.’’ She gave the officer the
name of that “someone’’ as well.
Banks County Sheriff's Office Reports Arrests
HOMER - The Banks County
Sheriff’s Office reported 16 arrests
during the past week including the
following:
•Terry Carlton Angel, 30, 358
Riverbend Road, Commerce, fail
ure to appear for trial.
•Brandon Talmidge Bellew, 45,
907 Duncan Road, Commerce,
weaving, DUI (drugs) and failure
to appear for trial.
•Roger Anthony Boswell, 21,
237 Mitchell Street, Maysville,
DUI (alcohol), driving too fast for
conditions and weaving.
•Douglas Ray Brammer, 45,
1001 Shackleford Road, Royston,
driving with a suspended license,
tag light violation, driving without
a tag, DUI (alcohol) and open
container violation.
•Kela Michelle Daniels, 48, 340
Rice Street, Alto, probation viola
tion.
•Jamie William Holcombe, 27,
292 Wildwood Trail, Lula, DUI
(drugs).
•Shawna Lynn Lance, 18, 592
Henderson Road, Gillsville, pos
session of controlled substance
and loitering.
•Kevin Boyd Madaris, 43,
294 Old Harris Orchard Road,
Commerce, driving with a sus-
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Woman Surprises Burglar
But He Gets Guns, Cash
JEFFERSON - A Jefferson
woman arrived home and spot
ted a man standing in her yard.
The suspect fled upon seeing
the homeowner approach, and
when the victim checked her
residence, she discovered the
back door was open.
Upon a further search of the
residence, the woman reported
several items missing including
a gun safe, several firearms, a
large assortment of jewelry and
approximately $20,000.
According to the incident
report, the victim told police that
she suspected a former employ
ee might have committed the
burglary in revenge for his dis
missal several months ago. The
victim’s husband suggested his
son may have been responsible
for the break-in. There were no
signs of forced entry. The case
is under investigation.
Other Incidents
Other incidents reported to
the Jackson County Sheriff’s
Department this week include:
•A Nicholson man reported
several items missing from his
vehicle. The items were taken
while the man was at an appoint
ment on Wilson Cemetery
Road. Items taken included an
iPod, gloves and CDs.
•Three five-ton heat pumps
were reported stolen from a
Groaning Rock Road resi
dence.
•A possible burglary was
reported at a Brassie Falls Lane
address. The victim reported
hearing an intruder in the resi
dence. No items were missing.
•A tag was stolen off a vehicle
located at a Hwy. 60 residence.
The tag number is WI73JA.
•Several items were stolen
from a Barrow County job site.
The complainant witnessed the
theft and followed the suspects
until a deputy arrived. The
suspects were turned over to
Barrow County authorities for
prosecution.
•A window was smashed and
a toolbox taken from a Hwy.
124 residence.
•A purse and cigarettes were
stolen from a vehicle parked at
a Shady Lane Court address.
•A Commerce car dealership
reported the theft of four 17-inch
chrome wheel covers. The value
was estimated at $1,100.
•A vehicle trailer was stolen
from a contracting business on
Hwy. 332 in Hoschton.
•The new Publix on Hwy. 124
was reported burglarized. No
items were reported missing.
•Mail was removed from a
mailbox on Jefferson River
Road. The suspect is a for
mer resident of the location.
The incident is under investi
gation.
•A Jefferson man reported
that his pickup had possibly
been exchanged for drugs.
The pickup was recovered. No
charges were filed.
•Two flags were stolen from a
Stoneview Court address.
•A man reported an aban
doned vehicle in his Maysville
Road parking lot. The vehicle
had been reported as stolen in
South Carolina.
•An Athens man witnessed
a bicycle being stolen from
a sales area at the J&J Flea
Market. Three suspects were
seen on videotape removing the
bicycle.
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