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Commerce News
FEBRUARY 13,2008 • Page 7A
Commerce Police Arrests
Traffic Stops Lead To Four Drug Arrests
The Commerce Police Depart
ment charged four people with
misdemeanor possession of mar
ijuana last week in two traffic
stops on Interstate 85.
Three were charged in one inci
dent where the vehicle was pulled
over for doing 86 miles per hour
on 1-85. The officer immediately
noted the strong odor of air fresh
ener, commonly used to mask
the smell of drugs or alcohol.
A front-seat passenger, who
“could not find" any identifi
cation, gave the officer a false
name, but his stuttering immedi
ately made the officer suspicious,
the report indicated. Two other
occupants told the officer that
the man’s name was Eric, which
is what he’d told the officer, but
admitted that they knew him as
“Chris.’’
Eventually, the passenger was
identified as Chris Zachary
Glover, 35, of 1106 Park Street,
Charlottesville, YA. The attempt
ed deception earned him a charge
of giving false information to an
officer.
The officer said a search of the
vehicle turned up a small amount
of marijuana in a plastic bag and
a bowl containing two burned
marijuana cigarettes. Since
none of the occupants claimed
knowledge of the drugs, all were
charged with misdemeanor pos
session.
The others arrested were the
driver, Carolyn Sue Stiltner, 24,
313 Applewood Lane, Palmyra,
VA, also charged with speeding;
and Richard Alexander Waller
IV, 21, 14876 Ashland Drive,
Charlottesville, YA.
In the other case, an officer
pulled a car over for failure to
maintain a lane on 1-85 and
immediately noticed the odor of
burned marijuana.
A search turned up a small
amount of marijuana hidden in
the sock of Jamall Weah Langley,
26, 11802 Breton Court, 12B,
Reston, VA, who was charged
with misdemeanor possession of
marijuana.
The driver, Decontee Smith,
23, 1177 Cypress Tree Place,
Herndon, YA, was charged with
driving with a suspended license,
failure to maintain a lane and
driving without a license. Another
passenger was charged with vio
lation of the open container law
after the officer found an open
bottle of vodka in the vehicle.
Other Arrests
Others arrested or cited during
the week include:
•Ronald Dunlap, 43, 5261
Glenco Drive, Decatur, picked
up in Dekalb County on a proba
tion violation warrant.
•Rome Jefferson Manus, 60,
1262 Marlow Drive, Gainesville,
arrested on a Hall County war
rant for probation violation by an
officer who spotted him walking
on South Broad Street and knew
there was an outstanding war
rant.
•Thomas Emory Doster, 52, 78
Smokey Ridge Road, Crawford,
driving with a suspended license,
driving without insurance and
violation of the open container
law. He was pulled over after an
officer noted that the drive-out
tag on his vehicle had duct tape
on which an “expiration date’’
was written.
•Nick Andrew Scoggins, 29,
369 Lewis Circle, Commerce,
arrested on two unspecified war
rants after the vehicle in which he
was a passenger was pulled over
because the driver was not wear
ing a seat belt.
•Weyman Howell, 50, 212
Harmony Street, Commerce,
burglary. According to the inci
dent report, police found Howell
hiding in a closet in an aban
doned house when responding
to a “suspicious person’’ report.
The report said police found
a 12-pack of beer and a glass
device containing trace amounts
of crack cocaine in the closet,
and a witness said that the owner
had reported a number of items
stolen recently.
•Norvin Castellon, 24, 3011
NW 14th Street, Miami, FL, driv
ing without a license and imped
ing traffic. The man was pulled
over for doing 56 miles per hour
on 1-85.
• Charles Trevor Hester, 28,835
South Main Street, Apt. A101,
Greenwood, SC, following too
closely and driving with a sus
pended license.
•William Benjamin Pruett,
23, 4476 Sasser Road, Flowery
Branch, picked up from Banks
County on a failure to appear
warrant after he did not show up
in court in December for a city
speeding ticket.
•Paul Thomas Barrett, 33, 88
Elizabeth Street, Commerce,
driving with an expired license
and with an expired vehicle reg
istration.
•Randall Amory Martin, 38,
636 Hembree Road, Maysville,
no insurance and driving with a
suspended registration. He alleg
edly told the officer the vehicle
was his mother’s and that he’d
been stopped by Banks County
officials for the same reason two
weeks earlier. The officer said he
called the number on the back of
the insurance card Martin sub
mitted and was told the policy
had been cancelled.
12-Year-Old
Arrested On
Threat Charge
A 12-year-old was arrested
for writing a threatening note
last week, while another teen
ager was charged with fight
ing.
The 12-year-old Jefferson
girl was charged with ter
roristic threats and acts and
disruption of a public school.
She was arrested after alleg
edly writing a threatening
note while at East Jackson
Middle School. The note
reportedly stated, “Kill all
people, especially teachers,
coaches and administrators.’’
In the other arrests, a
17-year-old female was
arrested at East Jackson
Comprehensive High School
after getting into a fight. She
was charged with battery
and disruption of a public
school. The teenager report
edly got into a fight in the
hallway with a 15-year-old
girl. The victim had a bust
ed lip and a “large amount
of her hair’’ was pulled out,
according to law enforce
ment officers.
Commerce Police Incidents
Thieves Grab ATM Card, Tools, Gasoline, Cash In Commerce
Hold onto your ATM card,
watch out for people stealing
gasoline, keep a close eye on
your rental and commercial
property and don’t let strangers
into your house.
The Commerce Police
Department reported six cases
of theft last week ranging from
a multi-thousand-dollar burglary
at a warehouse down to $40
worth of gasoline.
The largest loss was reported
by Grizzle Construction, locat
ed in the former Mt. Vernon
Mills property on South Elm
Street. Someone entered a num
ber of locations on the property
by cutting locks and made off
with more than $5,000 worth of
tools and materials.
Among the missing items were
copper radiator coils valued at
$800, a welder worth $ 1,200, four
200-volt electrical panels priced
at $500, an impact wrench val
ued at $500, a band saw worth
$850, a nail gun valued at $400,
a drill worth $300 and a hammer
drill priced at $750.
According to the incident
report, company officials were
not sure exactly what was taken,
so the loss could be greater.
However, they did give police
the name of a possible suspect.
Other Incidents
Other incidents requiring
attention by city police last
week include:
•theft of 264 pallets valued
at $924 from Doug Samples
Shavings, Maysville Road.
According to the incident report,
a man loaded the pallets on his
truck and told employees he
would unload the truck and be
back in an hour for more pallets,
at which time he would pay for
them. He never returned.
•theft of $40 worth of gaso
line from the Flying J, Maysville
Road. The clerk could provide
no information on a suspect or
the vehicle. Police are waiting to
see the security video recorded
at the time.
•theft of medications, cash
and a ring at a Roosevelt
Boulevard residence. A couple
let a 22-year-old white male into
their house to make a phone
call and while they were not
looking he apparently grabbed
Methadone and Oxycodone
pills, $30 in cash and a child’s
ring valued at $75 from a draw
er near the phone.
•another theft of gasoline at
(706)387-0606
Orthodontics for children and adults
www.howellortho. com
2614 Hwy 129 North Jefferson, GA
the Flying J, Maysville Road.
The company was unable to
provide any information on the
suspect or the vehicle. A clerk
said store officials are awaiting
“pictures’’ from the corporate
office.
•the theft of an ATM card
reported by a 36-year-old black
female. She said the father of
her baby was visiting and took
the card from her pocketbook,
then withdrew $200 from her
account. The report said she
confronted the man, threaten
ing to have him arrested if he
did not give the card back. The
report said he gave the card
back and promised to repay the
money.
• recovery of a license tag sto
len in Madison County by an
officer investigating a break-in
on South Broad Street.
•criminal damage to proper
ty at Enterprise Rental, South
Broad Street, in which someone
“cut’’ two A’s into the lid of a
vehicle’s trunk.
•stalking, reported by a
37-year-old white female at
Commerce High School. The
victim told police that there is
a “long history of stalking’’ by a
man she dated for 14 years that
began when she broke up three
years ago. She said the suspect,
who has been convicted of
stalking in Banks County, has
been seen around her home,
has inquired about her employ
ment, has followed her from
CVS Pharmacy to Commerce
High School, has on several
occasions driven through the
high school parking lot, has
confronted her and her hus
band at Ingles, has been seen
by neighbors around her house
and has inquired about her new
baby.
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