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Sheriffs Office Announces 26 Arrests
THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS. WEDNESDAY. TULY 30. 2008 - PAGE 7 A
JEFFERSON - The Jackson
County Sheriff’s Office arrested
26 people during the past week,
including the following:
•Jimmie Kevin Allred, 44, 294
Clarksboro Drive, Athens, failure
to appear.
•Tiffany Diane Baker, 25, 705
Spring Valley Road, Athens, child
endangerment, speeding, sus
pended license and attempting
to elude a police officer.
•Teresa Christine Burns, 48,
2515 Fawful Road, Jefferson, issu
ance of bad checks.
•Jason Hugh Carter, 29, 176
Rockforge Fane, Jefferson, child
support arrest orders.
•Marcon Theodore Cole Jr„
37, 2657 Fennox Road, Atlanta,
probation violation.
•Ophelia Carol Fecke, 48, 405
Graystone Drive, Winder, simple
battery and criminal trespass.
•Cynthia Sue Fayton, 42, 1669
Salem Road, Royston, issuance
of bad checks.
•Virglio Forenzo Sanchez, 25,
2351 Maddox Road, Hoschton,
speeding and driving while unli
censed.
•Thomas Joe Stevenson, no
age given, 4603 Countryside
Drive, Flowery Branch, harassing
phone calls.
•Sara Elizabeth Bryson, 24,
195 Hail Road, Maysville, deposit
account fraud.
•William Marshall Ellis, 34,
4541 Benifield Road, Gainesville,
failure to appear.
•Tonya Elaine Fester, 36, 8185
Hwy. 334, Nicholson, probation
violation.
•Harold Phillip Pierson, 53,
2800 South Clark, East Point,
probation violation.
• Christopher Eugene Sampson,
25, 395 Pleasant Acres Drive,
Maysville, probation violation.
•Willie Junior Smith, 46,
Willoughby Homes, Commerce,
failure to appear and violation of
probation.
•Ignacio Ciriaco Barrera, 23,
1498 Northcliff Valley Road,
Atlanta, driving while unli
censed.
•Donald Ray Bingham, 54, 73
Parkview Drive, Athens, failure
to appear.
•Roger Eugene Bray Jr„ 28,
629 Jim David Road, Nicholson,
schedule IV, suspended license,
no insurance and affixing tag to
misrepresent.
•Amanda Nicole Colbert, 30,
2385 Hwy. 52 West, Dahlonega,
failure to appear.
• Christopher Gholston, 38,
23350 Hwy. 59, Carnesville, child
support arrest orders.
•Juanita Fynn McDaniel, 44,
1301 Winder Jefferson Hwy.,
Winder, issuance of bad checks.
•Ricardo NMN Tello, 29, 705
Spring Valley Road, Athens, div
ing while unlicensed, no insur
ance and no tag.
•Joy Broome Tucker, 48, 2690
Falcon Ridge Drive, Grayson,
probation violation.
•Gilberto NMN Brena-Tavor,
24, 75 Woodpecker Fane,
Nicholson, driving while unli
censed and windshield require
ments.
•Darlene Fouise Butterworth,
47, 5176 Pass Court, Sugar Hill,
open container.
•Ricky Reeves Flanagen, 49,
542 Chandler Bridge Road,
Nicholson, operation of vehicle
without current plate and obstruc
tion or hindering law enforce
ment officer.
Dwayne Keith
(left) and Bruce
Davis (right)
speak to the first
group of Jackson
County’s CERT
volunteers during
a training ses
sion at the West
Jackson Fire
Department.
Photo by Kerri
Testement
Jackson Starting Citizens'
Emergency Response Program
Tackson County Crime
Thieves Grab $10,000 Worth Of
Copper From Maysville Mobile Home
JEFFERSON - Burglars broke
into a Horseshoe Bend, Maysville,
trailer and stole $10,000 worth of
copper from the walls, according
to the Jackson County Sheriff’s
Office.
Other incidents reported last
week included:
• a dog complaint at an
Ednaville Road, Braselton,
address, where a woman said
four stray dogs killed her roost
er and at least four rabbits.
The rooster was valued at $10
and the rabbits at $5 each. A
deputy later found the dogs.
Two men told the deputy the
dogs belonged to a previous
resident on Ednaville Road, but
the dogs were abandoned when
their owners moved. Jackson
County Animal Control told the
deputy that the dogs couldn’t
be picked up until a later date
because there was no space for
holding the dogs. The deputy
said animal control would later
contact the woman.
•fraud at a Jackson Trail
Road, Hoschton, address, where
a woman said she cashed a
bogus check from a company
that posted an ad in a newspa
per. The woman said the com
pany sent her an information
packet, which also contained a
check for $2,500. The woman
cashed the check at her bank,
and was told to take the money
to a money wiring company.
She sent $2,140 to the company.
The $2,500 check was bogus
and the woman’s bank account
was charged for the check she
wrote.
•cameras and clothes taken
from a vehicle parked at an
October Woods Drive, Athens,
residence.
•A Jefferson man said some
one broke into a rental home
he owns on Commerce Road
by breaking a window. Nothing
was taken.
— Commerce Police Department Incidents
Cont. from Page 6A
broken-down vehicle and found
someone stealing the CD play
er. He got a tag number that
returned to a Madison County
man, but Madison County offi
cials could not find the CD
player.
•theft by taking at Doug’s
Quick Tube, Maysville Road,
where someone borrowed a
vehicle and failed to return it.
•theft by taking on Chestnut
Street where a 53-year-old white
female came outside to find
her van up on blocks and the
passenger side wheels and tires
missing.
•theft by taking at a Sunny
Fane address where a 25-year-
old white male said his brother,
27, came by the house when
he was not there and stole his
daughter’s change from a bed
room. A neighbor reportedly
saw the suspect.
•criminal trespass at an Old
Maysville Road residence where
an 87-year-old white male saw
someone standing in his door
way during the night. The sus
pect fled; nothing was reported
missing.
• a burglary at Snider Tire, Old
Maysville Road, where someone
cut a chain to gain entry and
stole nine tires.
• criminal trespass at a Martin
Futher King Drive address
where a 48-year-old black male
told police that a 31-year-old
black male “freaked out and
began jumping and beating on
his truck.’’
•a fight at a Duncan Circle
location by a group of men
and women numbering 35 to 40
people. Officers said each group
accused the other of starting the
incident.
•a fight at Heritage Hills
Apartments in which a 26-year-
old white female said a black
female said something to her
and hit her in the face. A 21-year-
old white female rushed to her
aid, and two other girls jumped
on her. The alleged perpetrators
had a different story. A 28-year-
old black female claimed the
26-year-old female started curs
ing her, the two argued and the
woman tried to hit her. The
21-year-old white female later
reported that someone “keyed’’
her car on both sides.
• simple battery at a Woodbine
Street residence where an
18-year-old black female said
her father drove up and ordered
her into the vehicle. The report
said she refused because he was
intoxicated, and he attempted
to force her into the vehicle. The
man finally left.
By Kerri Testement
What would happen if a disaster
struck Jackson County — and
emergency personnel needed
help from citizens?
That’s one reason Jackson
County is starting its own
Community Emergency Response
Team, or CERT.
The national program trains
citizen volunteers to learn the
basics of emergency prepared
ness — including extinguishing
small fires, assisting in search and
rescue operations, and medical
care in a disaster.
CERT is a nine-week program
that includes classroom instruc
tion and hands-on training. A
disaster drill Sept. 13 will mark
the completion of the training for
volunteers. The Jackson County
program recently held its first
class at the West Jackson Fire
Department.
“This is a very new program
for us,’’ said Dwayne Keith,
who is coordinating the CERT
program for Jackson County.
Keith has worked at the Jackson
County Sheriff’s Office since
1990 and has 20 years of experi
ence with the West Jackson Fire
Department.
Keith asked the initial volunteers
for the CERT program to spread
the word about the training to
their neighbors, friends and co
workers.
CERT volunteers are citizens
who are trained to assist emer
gency personnel in the event of a
disaster. The intent is to efficiently
train volunteers, without placing
them in unnecessary danger.
For Jackson County, that may
include CERT volunteers helping
with major incidents on Interstate
85, searching for a missing patient
with Alzheimer’s disease or assist
ing after a major storm.
CERT volunteers could have
helped with traffic control during
a bomb threat at Jackson County
Comprehensive High School in
2007, Keith said. Students were
taken to the Jefferson Civic
Center during the incident.
Barrow County’s CERT volun
teers were recently asked to help
find a man with Alzheimer’s and
dementia who was missing from a
personal care home. The man was
later found in Clarke County.
CERT volunteers don’t need
a background in medicine, law
enforcement or firefighting. The
majority of the first group of volun
teers in Jackson County includes
amateur radio operators.
“We’re looking for anybody
interested in trying to learn,’’
Keith said.
Judy Gex, Commerce, was one
of the first citizens to volunteer
for Jackson County’s CERT.
She has family and friends that
live in New Orleans and South
Mississippi, which were devas
tated by Hurricane Katrina.
“I thought this would be a good
idea and a way to get involved in
the community,’’ she said.
And in the event of a major
disaster, such as a tornado, CERT
volunteers can use their training
to first help their own families and
neighbors.
“If you can take care of your
selves and your neighbors, that
frees up the firefighters, police
and deputies,’’ Keith said.
Bruce Davis — an instructor
for Jackson County’s CERT —
said the program started in 1985
in Los Angeles. The Federal
Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) later adopted the L.A.
model to establish CERTs around
the country.
Jackson County’s CERT will
be managed by Jackson County
Emergency Management Agency,
which will contact volunteers
when they’re needed. YearOne,
Braselton, provided funds and
books to kick-start the local pro
gram.
“We hope to see it as a county
wide program soon,’’ said Steve
Nichols, Jackson County emer
gency services director.
Eventually, classes may be held
in Jefferson or Commerce, Keith
said.
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