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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS • THE COMMERCE NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2106
Crime/Public Safety
lackson County arrests
Commerce PD incidents
2 charged with burglary
Two people have been
arrested in the connection
with a burglary at a Gillsville
Road residence.
Kenneth Humphries and
Teresa Humphries are both
charged with second-degree
burglary. A tiller and weed
trimmer that were taken are
still missing.
A third suspect is being
sought in connection with the
case. Anyone with informa
tion is asked to call investigator
Joseph Chastain with the Jack-
son County Sheriffs Office at
706-387-6042.
Others Charged
Others charged last week by
the sheriff’s office include:
•David Charles Bingham,
33, 465 Oynex Court, Law-
renceville, probation violation.
• Edin Alexander Castil-
loGarcia, 24, 3520 High Rock
Road, Efland, N.C., cruelty to
children and child molesta
tion.
• Mary Aileen Coronel, 46,
1881 Davenport Road, Bra-
selton, a turn signal violation,
driving with a suspended driv
er’s license and giving false
information to a law enforce
ment officer.
•Charles Timothy Rucker
Jr., 39, 39 Shady Lane Court,
Maysville, probation violation.
• Kandice Danae Battle, 28,
1411 Westward Drive, Marietta,
giving false information to a
law enforcement officer.
•Alexes Marie Degiovine,
18, 923 Vinnings Drive, Wind
er, giving false information to
a law enforcement officer and
theft by shoplifting.
•Denver Malcolm Gilbert,
20, 265 Fairlane Drive, Athens,
loitering or prowling.
• Stephen Garfield Gray, 23,
265 Fairlane Drive, Athens, loi
tering or prowling.
•Lauren Nicole White, 18,
19 Sims Road, Winder, theft by
shoplifting.
• Celena Diana Wilson,
18, 1459 Dee Kennedy Road,
Hoschton, theft by shoplifting.
•Thomas Joshua Brown,
37, 253 Barber Street, Com
merce, a brake light violation
and driving with a suspended
driver’s license.
•Daye Alexis Casper, 37,
2331 Booth Circle, Winder,
theft by taking.
•Brandon Allen Hicks, 31,
147 Old Barn Trail, Jefferson,
driving with a suspended
driver’s license and failure to
maintain a lane.
•Brandon Allyn Goulden,
24, 104 Jameston Drive, Jeffer
son, terroristic threats and acts.
•Sergio Enrique Guajardo,
31,110 Hanover Place, Athens,
driving without a valid license.
•Deborah Kay Holbrook,
55,1073 W.E. King Road, Com
merce, bad check.
• Boyd Dwayne Walker, 39,
1428 White Oak Trace, Logan-
ville, driving with a suspended
driver’s license.
•Dwight Brandon Wood,
35, 71 Hale Road, Maysville,
violation of the mandatory
education for children law.
• Donovan Shane Edmond,
40, 226 Stapler Drive, Nichol
son, possession of metham-
phetamine and possession of
tools for the commission of
a crime.
• Maximilliano Espino, 22,
198 Merlin Drive, Athens, pro
bation violation.
•Lester Julius Hoyte, 30,
483 Yonah Post Road, Alto,
theft by taking.
•Shauna Lee Pursley 35,
4464 Lone Tree Way Antioch,
failure to appear.
•Samuel Paul Seagraves,
51, 226 Staple Drive, Nichol
son, possession of tools for
the commission of a crime
and possession of metham-
phetamine.
•Danny Ray Bartlett, 23,
failure to appear.
• Brittany Karol Barnett, 26,
607 Antioch Church Road,
Nicholson, failure to appear.
• Jeffery Alan Embrick,
51, 1132 Blacks Creek Church
Road, Commerce, probation
violation.
• Justin Michael Taylor,
21, 254 Pleasant Acres Drive,
Maysville, criminal trespass.
• Jerrame Allen Barrett,
36, possession of metham-
phetamine and possession of
methamphetamine with intent
to distribute.
•Dusty Ray Dockery 35,
269 Waterworks Road, Com
merce, failure to appear.
• Nathaniel Elihue Dun
can, 30, 60 Belview Road,
Springville, Tenn., theft by tak
ing and failure to appear.
•Scott Kevin Erickson, 53,
268 Janice Drive, Athens, viola
tion of a family violence order.
•Jeremy David Mitchell,
30,87 Red Hawk Lane, Pelzer,
S.C., failure to appear.
•Patrick Todd Streetman,
32, 60 Femwood Court, Com
merce, driving with a suspend
ed driver’s license.
Banks County arrests
Two arrested on drug charges
The Banks County Sher
iffs Office recently charged
two people with drug
charges.
Those arrested and their
charges were:
• Jonathan Woodrow Lilly,
30, 125 Cotton Street, Com
merce, possession of mari
juana, driving under the influ
ence (DUI) of drugs, a tag
light violation and tampering
with evidence.
•Kimberly Faith Pierce,
43, 245 Arlo Todd Road, Toc-
coa, possession of a Sched
ule IV controlled substance,
criminal trespass, crossing
guard lines with contraband.
Other Charges
Other recent arrests by the
BCSO included:
•Michael Todd Cooper,
46, 245 Arlo Todd Road, Toc-
coa, criminal trespass.
•Renee Grogan Gosnell,
29, 102-B Bertha Gragg Road,
Lula, battery and cruelty to
children.
• Gabrielle Angelique
Johnson, 20,116 Burch Street,
Royston, theft by shoplifting.
• Melanie Hooper Wilson,
35,253 Rattletrap Road, Com
merce, reckless conduct.
•Brittany Denise Balleng-
er, 26, 112 Heritage Gardens
Apt. A., Cornelia, violation of
the mandatory education for
children law.
• Kendal Ramone Daniels,
26, 117 Ashmore Drive, Ath
ens, probation violation.
•John Derrick Lewis, 35,
47 Academy, Cleveland, pro
bation violation.
•Bobby Ray Peppers, 62,
3822 Chase Drive, Gaines
ville, theft by shoplifting.
• Corey Lee Rowland, 22,
232 Azero Valley Lane, Bald
win, criminal trespass.
Commerce Police Department arrests
Traffic stop leads to drug charges
Officers of the Commerce
Police Department made four
arrests last week, all of them
stemming from traffic offens
es.
Arrests made after Friday
afternoon are not included
due to the Memorial Day hol
iday. They will be published
in the Jan. 8 edition of The
Commerce News.
Not all of the charges were
traffic offenses, however.
Police charged Trent Renord
Bonds, 47,51 River Mist Circle,
Jefferson, and Michelle Lynne
Underhile, 38,160 Old Harden
Orchard Road, Commerce,
with possession of metham
phetamine.
An officer on patrol at about
1:35 a.m. spotted a vehicle sit
ting in the middle of Homer
Road and a male walking out
from the side of the road get
ting into the vehicle. The offi
cer followed the vehicle until
it “came to a better area for a
traffic stop,” the officer’s writ
ten narrative said, and pulled
it over.
He made contact with
Underhile, the driver, and
Bonds, the passenger and
asked her for her driver’s
license and him for his identi
fication. Both said they did not
have driver’s licenses on them
but would provide names and
dates of birth.
As dispatch ran that infor
mation, a second officer
arrived. Underhile, dispatch
said, had a suspended driv
er’s license, while Bonds had
no license. Dispatch also said
Underhile had a possible war
rant out of Commerce and
Jackson County.
After getting consent to
search the vehicle, the officers
reported finding a glass pipe
containing suspected meth
amphetamine wrapped in a
sock. Both Bonds and Under
hile denied ownership of the
device.
The search also turned up
Underhile’s wallet and license.
The wallet contained $1,987
in cash. Meanwhile, a search
of Bonds’ person turned up
$1,700 in $100 bills.
In addition to the felony
drug charge, the police cited
Underhile for driving with a
suspended driver’s license.
Other Charges
Others arrested or cited by
Commerce police include:
• James Luke Boutwell,
27, 1362 College Drive, Baton
Rouge, LA, speeding and driv
ing with a suspended driver’s
license. An officer pulled him
over on U.S. 441 at 9:36 a.m.
for driving 77 miles per hour
in a 55-mph speed zone. Dis
patch reported that his driver’s
license was suspended.
•Alexis Diaz, 29, 1047 Old
Airport Road, Commerce, run
ning a stop sign and driving
without a license. An officer
saw Diaz run a stop sign at
the corner of Carson Street
and Orchard Drive. When
the officer asked for his driv
er’s license, Diaz produced
his insurance card, passport
and two international driver’s
licenses, both expired.
Rent money
leads to dispute
between roomies
A dispute over rent money — or the lack thereof — led to
injuries to two women, but no arrests, according to a Com
merce Police Department incident report.
Police were called to a Hillcrest Drive residence where a
woman told police she and a roommate got into a dispute
over rent money she said the roommate owed. The room
mate retreated to her room, the other woman followed her
to continue arguing, at which time the roommate allegedly
struck the complainant in the eye and on the back of her
head.
Police observed a red mark under her left eye.
Another roommate, a male, told police that the com
plainant was “all up in her face” with the roommate, provok
ing the roommate into striking the complainant.
The complainant’s boyfriend also spoke to police. He
told them that the complainant was concerned about her
financial position because he (the boyfriend) had violated
the conditions of his probation and would be going to jail.
He said the complainant told the roommate that the rent
would have to be paid on time and that the house needed
to be cleaned. The boyfriend said the roommate’s response
was to threaten the complainant, resulting in the altercation
becoming physical.
The roommate was not at the scene. Police tried calling
her, to no avail, but eventually received a call in which the
roommate claimed she was the victim of an assault and was
injured. The officer told her to come to the police station to
tell her side of the story and have her injury documented. She
told the officer she was “on her way,” the report said, but she
did not arrive for several hours.
The report indicated that she did come in eventually and
was interviewed. The content of that discussion was not
included in the incident report.
Other Incidents
Other matters to which police responded up through early
Friday afternoon (subsequent incidents will be reported in
the June 8 issue of The Commerce News) include:
• a burglary at an apartment on South Elm Street where
the victim told police that someone stole all of his pots, pans
and food while he was in class at Lanier Technical College.
He estimated the value of the pots and pans at $200 and the
food at $100.
•possession of tools for the commission of a crime at
East Cordes Place and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. An offi
cer encountered a man and, noticing a bulge in the man’s
pocket, asked to pat him down for officer safety. The officer
detected what appeared to be a pipe, and the man conceded
that it was a pipe used to smoke marijuana, turned it over to
the officer and admitted that he’d come to the area to buy
marijuana. The officer took him to the police department to
be interviewed by a detective.
• recovery of stolen property at Fred’s, South Elm Street,
where the officer found an open briefcase with multiple docu
ments around it. An employee told police she found the brief
case, which contained multiple money orders and checks, in
the dumpster. An officer contacted the owner, who said the
briefcase had been taken from him the prior night. When he
picked it up at the police station, he told police that a firearm
and $5,000 in cash were missing. The Jackson County Sher
iff’s Office is also investigating the case.
• an agency assist on Blacks Creek Church Road where
Commerce police helped Banks County and other law
enforcement agencies apprehend a suspect in a double
shooting in Banks County.
•threats reported at Crestwood Mobile Home Park, Mays
ville Road. A woman said a neighbor came out of her resi
dence calling the complainant’s husband a bully. She said the
woman took pictures of her property, but never came onto
the property. The complainant said she called the woman
names and yelled back at her, but made no threats. The
perpetrator told police that she called the woman’s husband
a bully but that was all. She also said she thinks mobile home
park management is biased against her because she has filed
several complaints about the complainant’s husband, to no
avail. The officer advised both parties to avoid contact with
each other.
• a sick or injured deer at a Baxter Road residence. The
officer killed it with a shot to the head.
•a missing person at Northridge Medical Center. Police
responded to a call of a “suspicious” person only to find
that the man had walked away from the emergency room
See “Police” on Page 7A
State Court of Jackson County hands down sentences
Recent results in State
Court proceedings in Jack-
son County include the fol
lowing:
•Timothy Scott Thomas,
improper use of a vehicle —
$200 fine.
•Johnny Leon Flanigan,
driving under the influ
ence (DUI) — $1,502 fine,
12 months probation, drug
and alcohol evaluation, Risk
Reduction Program and 80
hours community service.
•Nathaniel Emmett Riley
reckless driving — $750 fine,
12 months probation and drug
and alcohol evaluation. A
charge of DUI was dismissed.
• Anquesha Nicole Mil-
sap, theft by taking — $500
fine, 12 months probation
and take values classes.
•Luis Olivares, theft by
shoplifting, $750 fine and 12
months probation.
•Jason Andrew Bobee,
DUI — $600 fine, 12 months
probation, 24 hours in jail,
drug and alcohol evaluation,
Risk Reduction Program and
40 hours community ser
vice.
•Hunter James Chalke,
operating a vehicle with
defective equipment — $800
fine.
•Vincenzo Michael Orio-
lo, possession of marijuana
-$1,128 fine.
•Christopher Mac Robin
son, obstruction — $750 fine
and 12 months probation. A
charge of loitering was dis
missed.
• Heather Lynette Pitt
man, criminal trespass — 12
months probation and 60
hours community service.
• Benjamin Seth Gabbard,
unlawful conduct during a
911 call — 12 months proba
tion and $500 fine.
•Gregory David Swatzen-
druber, DUI - $1,223 fine, 12
months probation, 40 hours
community service and drug
and alcohol evaluation. A
charge of failure to maintain
a lane was dismissed.
• Crystal Lee Sosebee, bat
tery — $500 fine, 12 months
probation, drug and alcohol
classes and no violent con
tact with the victim.
•Dewey Holmes, public
intoxication — 18 days in jail.
• Christopher Deaton,
obstruction and fleeing or
trying to elude a law enforce
ment officer — 45 days in
jail. A charge of possession
of dangerous drugs was dis
missed.
• Randall Sanders, simple
assault — 17 days in jail, 12
months probation and $500
fine.
•Adam Evans, battery, 12
months probation — $500
fine and drug and alcohol
classes.
•Christina Morales, sim
ple battery — 17 days in jail,
12 months probation and
$500 fine.
• Kenneth Everett, sim
ple assault — 60 days in jail,
12 months probation and
$1,000 fine.
•Janson Gunter, criminal
trespass, 14 days in jail, 12
months probation and $500
fine.
• Dylan Galloway, no
proof of insurance — 16 days
in jail, 12 months probation
and $750 fine.
•Christopher Jackson,
criminal trespass — 30 days
in jail, 12 months probation
and $500 fine.
• Crista Keheley, reck
less driving — 60 days in
jail. A charge of failure to
yield was dismissed.
•Esther Orozco, simple
battery — 30 days in jail, 12
months probation and $500
fine.
• Courtney Davis, escape,
giving a false name to a law
enforcement officer and
obstmction —120 days in jail.
• Patsy Ann Savage,
deposit account fraud — 12
months probation and $500
fine.
Cases Dismissed
The court dismissed the
following cases:
• Curtis Shane Prochnow,
simple battery.
•Michael Keith Callahan,
battery and criminal tres
pass.
