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The
Commerce News
JANUARY 28, 2009
PAGE 6A
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COMMERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTS
3 Charged With DUI-Drugs
Kids Start Fire That Destroys Utility Building
Commerce fireman Tony Allen prepares to put more water on a fire that
destroyed a utility building on Baxter Road Saturday morning. According
to the Commerce Police Department, two 8-year-old neighborhood boys
admitted breaking into the building. They began burning papers and
“because it was fun” burned other things as well, fleeing when the fire got
out of control. The blaze totally destroyed the two-story storage building.
The case has been turned over to juvenile authorities. Photo by Mark
Police Investigate Two Theft Cases
The Commerce Police
Department charged three
people with driving under
the influence (DUI) of drugs
during the past week.
An officer pulled Rodney
Lane Moralez, 34, 905
Wilson Cemetery Road,
Nicholson, over at 10 p.m.
one night after allegedly
observing him run a stop
sign, fail to signal for a lane
change and seeing tag light
and taillight violations.
The arrest report provided
no details, but Moralez was
charged with DUTdrugs,
two equipment violations,
running a stop sign, failure
to signal a turn, failure to
maintain a lane and a tire
violation.
An officer pulled James
Robert McDaniel, 23, 118
Old Harden Orchard Road,
Commerce, over at about
midnight at the corner of
Ridgeway Street and Homer
Road after noticing his vehi
cle had a paper tag and that
he stopped in the middle of
the road.
TheofficersaidMcDaniel’s
movements were slow, he
appeared uncoordinated
and when asked for a bill of
sale on the vehicle produced
a receipt for a diamond ring.
The report said McDaniel
admitted taking Percocet
and antibiotics earlier.
The officer charged him
with DUI-drugs, operating
an unregistered vehicle,
stopping in the roadway,
and because his tires were
worn down to the steel
belts, failure to meet tire
requirements.
Elizabeth Clark Dorsey,
31,917 Ila Road, Commerce,
was charged with DUI-
drugs, failure to change the
address on her license and
improper backing.
The officer made the traf
fic stop after observing
her backing up the middle
of South Broad Street at
Ila Road at about 8:45 one
morning.
The report said Dorsey
told her she’d failed to cross
the railroad tracks and was
heading into oncoming traf
fic, so she backed up. He
noted her slow speech.
The report said she told
the officer she’d taking an
Oxycontin for back pain
several hours earlier, but
after conducting a field
sobriety test, the officer
charged her. He noted that
when he arrested her, she
became hostile and shouted
obscenities as he was read
ing her Miranda warning —
then fell asleep in the patrol
car on the way to the jail.
Other Charges
Others arrested or cited
during the past week
include:
•Clyde Fletch Hubbard,
43, P.O. Box 668, Commerce,
giving false information,
driving with a suspended
license and obstruction of
officers. He was arrested
when an officer investigat
ed a suspicious vehicle that
pulled into a Washington
Street driveway.
•Arturo Navarroamaya,
37, 1815 Red Rose Lane,
Loganville, speeding and
driving without a license.
He allegedly drove 85 miles
per hour in a 70 mph zone
on Interstate 85.
•Kimber Dawn Wilds, 21,
800 Gunn Road, Centerville,
driving with a suspended
license, violation of the open
container law, speeding and
reckless driving after she
was allegedly clocked doing
95 mph on 1-85.
•Miguel Hernandez
Lopez, 20, 2490 Autumn
Valley Drive, Winston-
Salem, NC, speeding and
driving without a license
after he was clocked at 85
mph on 1-85.
•Jeffery Rome Manus,
61, homeless, theft by tak
ing. He was arrested on a
warrant stemming from a
June incident in which he
allegedly stole several items
from Darnell Memorials.
Some of the items were
recovered.
• Seth Stewart Bolton, 29,
856 Carson Segars Road,
Maysville, simple battery
and cruelty to children. The
charges stemmed from a
fight at a Walnut Street resi
dence, allegedly in the pres
ence of several minor chil
dren. Although Bolton and
his alleged victim, a 52-year-
old white male bleeding
from the nose, both claimed
there had been no fight, two
witnesses told officers that
Bolton attacked the other
man, threw him on a bed,
tried to choke him and hit
him in the face. The officer
reported droplets of blood
in three rooms, smears of
blood on the floor and blood
on clothing. Bolton, accord
ing to the report, claimed to
have been asleep, while the
victim told police he was
sleeping and awakened with
a bloody nose.
•Rebecca Lynn Blevins,
no age given, 443 Webbs
Creek Road, Commerce,
arrested on a probation
violation warrant after the
vehicle in which she was a
passenger was pulled over
for a traffic violation.
•John Clifton Cooper Jr.,
33, 514 Clayton Street, no
insurance and driving with
a suspended license. He
was charged after his vehi
cle was pulled over because
a passenger was not wear
ing a seat belt.
A pair of theft cases
highlighted an otherwise
(relatively) quiet week
for the Commerce Police
Department.
A 29-year-old white male
told police that someone
stole a Suzuki dirt bike
from his Old Harden
Orchard Road residence.
He valued the bike at $80.
Ray’s Corner Station,
Washington Street, called
police to report that a black
male was in the store cash
ing a stolen lottery ticket.
The responding officer
saw a black male walk
ing near the store and
picked him up because he
matched the description
given by the manager, but
when the officer looked at
the surveillance video of
the person cashing in the
ticket, he realized it was
not the suspect.
The store owner told the
officer that a black male
had stolen a $300 roll of
lottery tickets and returned
to cash in a winning ticket.
Other Incidents
Other incidents to which
police responded during
the past week include:
•an allegation of child
molestation by a 28-year-
old black female who told
police that she had just got
ten her 10-year-old daugh
ter back after a year and
the child stated that her
uncle had inappropriately
touched her three years
earlier.
• a report of possible
child abuse and narcotics
abuse at a Baxter Road res
idence. After a complaint
was filed, the Department
of Family and Children
Services conducted an
investigation and found
no evidence to support the
allegations.
•a suicide threat by a
Shankle Road woman who
told the responding officer
she was “tired of her family
and did not want to live
anymore.’’ She was taken
to BJC Medical Center.
•harassing phone calls
reported at a South Broad
Street Extension residence.
The 47-year-old white
male complainant said he
received a hang-up call and
wanted to file a report in
case it was his ex-wife, who
has a temporary restrain
ing order against him.
• criminal trespass at
a Baugh Street location
where a 42-year-old white
female said her van had
been scratched — possibly
while she was at a wed
ding.
Grand Jury To Get Seymour Murder Case Feb. 23
A Jackson County grand
jury will consider the mur
der allegations Monday, Feb.
23, against a Commerce
man who allegedly shot and
killed his wife.
Martin Lewis “Marty’’
Seymour, 31, is charged in
the Dec. 4 slaying of Jamie
Sue Seymour, 29. Police
say Seymour fired four
shots from a .380 caliber
pistol into his wife’s head
as she lay asleep on the
living room couch in their
Arlington Lane home in
Brentwood Estates.
The couple was alleg
edly experiencing mari
tal difficulties, and Mrs.
Seymour was planning to
leave for Indiana the follow
ing day with the couple’s
3-year-old daughter and
Mrs. Seymour’s parents.
According to the Commerce
Police Department, Martin
Seymour had been drinking
and appeared to be intox
icated at the time of the
shooting.
Seymour is being held in
the Jackson County Jail.
Assuming he is indicted,
arraignment day will be
held Monday, March 9, at
which time Seymour would
enter a plea.
“Usually they (defendants)
will have an attorney by
then. That starts the pro
cess,’’ said District Attorney
Brad Smith. “The courts usu
ally give them 10 days to
file motions, then they set
hearings and they are heard
by the judge.’’
Smith said his office will
consolidate the final reports
from the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation, State Crime
Lab and Commerce Police
Department to present to
the grand jury.
2 Charged In Fight On Bus
Three EJCHS students got into a argument on the
school bus and the bus driver placed one of the students
on the front seat of the bus, according to David Cochran
of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. When the bus
stopped, two of the juveniles reportedly assaulted the
one that had been placed on the front seat.
The two 15-year-old juveniles were charged with simple
battery and battery and referred to juvenile court.
Banks-Jackson Risk Reduction
DUI SCHOOL
706-336-6777
DEFENSIVE DRIVING
1728 North Broad Street, Commerce, State Certified 5010 and 2007
Next DUI Class begins on February 7,2009
Next Defensive Driving Class will be held on January 31,2009
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