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The
Commerce News
APRIL 1,2009
PAGE 6A
On The R ecord
City Police Charge 2
With Drunk Driving
The Commerce Police
Department charged two
people with driving under
the influence (DUI) of intox
icants during an unusually
quiet past week.
An officer charged Latasha
Ann Small, 22, of 371 Beacon
Drive, Maysville, with DUI
and a headline requirement
after pulling her over at 3:34
a.m. for a headlight viola
tion.
In the other case, an offi
cer pulled Adam Blake Dills,
22, of 328 Spring Street,
Commerce, over after he
crossed out of his lane at the
intersection of U.S. 441 and
Hwy. 334 at 2:55 a.m.
The report said the offi
cer immediately noticed the
odor of alcohol, observed
that Dills had “glazed” eyes
and that his speech was
slurred. He was charged
with DUI, driving within the
gore area and violation of
the open container law.
Other Charges
Others arrested or cited
last week include:
•Dustin Shawn Bonds,
25, 1491 South Elm Street,
Commerce, arrested with
the help of a Jackson County
deputy on an unspecified
local warrant.
• Blanca Delia Ramos-
Fernandez, 28, 148 Willard
Pittman Road, Nicholson,
driving without a license
and disregard of a traffic
control device. She was
pulled over after the officer
saw her turn onto Lakeview
Drive, traveling the wrong
way on a one-way street dur
ing school traffic hours.
•Derek Lamar Bell, 25,
196 Watson Mill Road,
Comer, on three warrants
after he was pulled over for
an equipment violation. He
faces fleeing and attempt
ing to elude charges in
Walton County, failure to
appear charges in Madison
County and probation vio
lation charges related to a
methamphetamine offense
in Oglethorpe County. He
was held and released to
Oglethorpe officials.
• James William Ford, 25,65
Turner Drive, Jefferson, driv
ing with a suspended license
and a taillight violation.
•Mary Louise Greenway,
65, 1459 Mize Road,
Toccoa, arrested on a bad
checks warrant from Banks
County.
BJC Employee Killed In Wreck
A nurse at BJC Medical Center was killed in a one-vehicle
accident in Franklin County Saturday morning.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, Danielle Atha, 35,
died in a wreck on Georgia Highway 145 about two miles
south of Carnesville as she was driving to work.
Atha, a licensed practical nurse (LPN), worked in the
medical/surgical unit, according to Joanna Jones, a human
resources administrative assistant. She had been employed
at BJC since September 2004.
“We found out about it at about 8:30 Saturday,” Jones said.
“She was late for work, and someone called her husband.”
Jones pointed out that it was raining at the time of the
accident, just before 6 a.m.
“It was a very sad weekend around here,” she said Monday.
“We still had people coming in today who didn’t work over
the weekend. We had a lot of tears flowing around here.”
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Commerce Police Department Incidents
After Learning Identity Of Thief
Burglary Victim Declines To Prosecute
A Williford Street woman
declined to press charges
after she found out who
stole and pawned two air-
powered nailing devices.
According to the
Commerce Police
Department incident
report, the 66-year-old
white female reported that
a nailer and compressor kit
and a second nailer were
taken. She later came to
the police department and
said she had matched the
serial number of one of the
pieces of equipment to one
at a local pawn shop.
According to the report,
the owner of the pawn
shop said two young males
had pawned the nailer and
compressor one day, and
another nailer earlier.
“After learning who had
pawned her nailers and
compressor (the victim)
advised she did not want
to press charges,” the offi
cer wrote.
•a report of an unruly
juvenile at a Williford
Street address. The boy
was described as an
“unruly juvenile,” in part
because his mother could
not control him and report
edly just “drops him out
in Commerce.” The child
threatened to fight his
father and police, and was
taken to the police sta
tion. Officers called the
Department of Juvenile
Justice, which advised
police to turn the child
over to his mother.
•simple battery report
ed at Hardee’s in which a
43-year-old black male said
he met a 22-year-old white
female to retrieve $20 she
owed him. He told police
that she rolled her car win
dow down just a few inch
es and when he reached
in to get the money, she
rolled up the window on
his hand. The woman told
police he grabbed her by
the hair and hit her two or
three times in the mouth.
• theft of a vehicle at
a Pine Street address. A
41-year-old white male who
said he gave a 25-year-old
white male 24 hours three
weeks ago to return items,
including a 1999 Pontiac.
Police said the victim
recovered a flat-bed trailer,
but the suspect produced
a title to the Pontiac that
had both his name and the
victim’s name on it.
•a suicide threat at a
Williford Street address in
which a 58-year-old white
male allegedly threatened
to step in front of traffic. He
was taken to BJC Medical
Center for evaluation.
• credit card fraud report
ed at Emergency Billing,
State Street, in which a
48-year-old white male
reported discovering
$8,000 in unauthorized
charges on his credit card,
including a charge for a
computer that was shipped
to his address.
• entering an auto report
ed at the Fast & Friendly
convenience store, Hwy.
98. A 49-year-old white
female said that while she
was in the store someone
stole her purse from her
vehicle. She lost $22 in
cash, her Social Security
card, driver’s license and
a credit card. She said the
vehicle was not locked.
• simple battery reported
at a Ridgeway Road loca
tion in which two groups of
black females reportedly
got into a fight that involved
being hit with a stick, bites
to a wrist and arm and
reported other blows that
left one of the participants
seeking medical assistance
at BJC Hospital. Police
were unable to get a clear
understanding of who pre
cipitated the violence, so
they made no arrests.
•a report of an unruly
juvenile at Heritage Court
Apartments. A 69-year-old
white female told police
that her grandson, who lives
with her, was suspended
from school for grabbing a
12-year-old girl on a school
bus. The woman said she
went to the school, talked
with officials there, and
when she told her grand
son the results, “he went
out of control.” The woman
said the boy threatened to
disrupt all of his classes
upon return to school and
was not afraid of being
arrested. The officer filed
a juvenile complaint and
sent it to the Department
of Juvenile Justice.
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