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WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2016
THE COMMERCE NEWS • THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
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Commerce Police Department incidents
Baldwin Police Department
Police investigating allegations
of molestation of 13-year-old
The Commerce Police
Department is investigating
a situation in which a 13-year-
old girl had a relationship
with an 18-year-old-man that
included oral sex.
The victim’s mother
told police she’d found
her daughter’s diary which
alleged that the girl and the
suspect had engaged in oral
sex and that the man tried
to engage her in sexual rela
tions. She said her daugh
ter had sneked out of their
residence and gone to the
man’s residence during the
night. The mother told police
she’d warned the man multi
ple times to stay away from
her daughter.
While the daughter said
they did not ever have sex,
the mother said that her
daughter was completely
nude at one time with the
man. She also indicated that
the daughter was troubled
and had talked about harm
ing herself.
Other Incidents
Other matters requiring
police intervention over the
past week include:
• Theft by taking and
exploitation of an elder
ly or disabled person at
Northridge Medical Center’s
nursing home. The wife
of a resident of the facility
complained that seven polo
shirts she’d given him as
gifts disappeared from his
room in the nursing home
and that she suspects the
thief to be an employee. The
woman said she does all of
her husband’s laundry, so
there is no need for any
one to do anything with his
clothing.
•burglary and criminal
trespass at a Spring Street
rental house where the
owner reported a number
of tools missing, including a
leaf blower valued at $100.
The report indicated that the
doorframe had been pried
apart.
• theft by taking at a Baugh
Street address where a man
reported that his weed trim
mer was missing. He told
police he let a father and
son stay on the property
so police would not bother
them about sleeping in their
vehicle, and when they left
after about two weeks, the
weed trimmer was gone.
• simple battery report
ed at a South Broad Street
residence where the female
victim said she and her live-
in boyfriend got into an argu
ment that turned physical.
The argument apparently
stemmed from him thinking
she had been gone from the
residence too long, and she
told police he cursed at her
and punched her in the jaw.
A male witness, who had
called 911, told police the sus
pect had a pair of guns, had
threatened to kill the woman
and her daughter, along with
the witness and “intended
to use the guns offensively
against anyone who may try
to take him back to jail.” The
suspect is on active proba
tion.
•a domestic dispute at
an Ash Street address that
involved loud words but
no physical confrontation
between an estranged cou
ple as the man came to the
residence to pick up his
belongings.
• harassing calls at a Laura
Lane residence in which a
woman said her ex-husband
had been calling and texting
her, threatening to make her
sorry for breaking up with
him. The victim said the two
got into a physical altercation
in February and said she had
a gun and would use it if she
needed to. The report indi
cated that the officer advised
her to “use the weapon if
she and her daughter were
in grave danger” and told
her how to get a temporary
protective order.
• theft by taking at a Mays-
ville Highway self-storage
location where a man com
plained that a safe contain
ing $500 worth of currency
and antique coins was miss
ing from a storage bin he
shared with his estranged
wife. The officer advised
him that since the two are
still married and both have
access to the storage facility,
it was a civil matter. The
man said he believes his
wife is responsible for the
items being missing.
• criminal damage to
property at Heritage Hills
Apartments where someone
deliberately scratched the
trunk of a vehicle. The victim
gave police the name of a
suspect.
• a domestic dispute in the
parking lot across the street
from the Commerce Civic
Center between two women
from out of town.
•burglary at WC Smith
Pulpwood, Maysville
Road, in which an employ
ee attempted to pawn a
tool box owned by the
company at the Home
& You Pawn and Thrift,
Maysville Road. A compa
ny employee was in the
store, recognized the tool
box and identified it as
stolen. Police have issued
a warrant for a suspect.
Banks County Sheriffs Office incidents
Damage to property reported in Homer
The following incidents
were recently reported to
the Banks County Sheriff’s
Office:
•damage to property at
a Woodland Street, Homer,
residence, where a domes
tic dispute was reported. A
BCSO officer reported the
driver of a silver Chevrolet
passenger car backed into
the push bumper on the
front of his 2015 Dodge Char
ger patrol vehicle.
• an information report at
the Banks County Sheriff’s
Office, Windmill Farm Road,
Homer. A man reported he
was renting a building from
“a guy” and a compressor
burned up at this location
and he was told by the land
lord to put the compressor
out back of the building.
The man said that was 30-45
days ago and now the com
pressor is missing and the
landlord is asking about it.
The complainant said he
wanted a report filed stating
he didn’t steal or sell the
compressor.
•a mental health trans
port from a Highway 164,
Commerce, residence,
where a domestic dispute
was reported.
•a false hold-up alarm
at the Banks County Court
house, Yonah-Homer Road,
Homer. It was determined
the alarm was accidentally
activated by court personnel.
•a civil issue at a Banks
Crossing Drive, Commerce,
location. An employee
of Aarons Rental reported
a man leased a Samsung
washer and dryer on April
22, 2016, and had not made
any payments as of this date.
•use of force - shot dog
and dispute at an Elm Street,
Lula, residence, where a
domestic dispute occurred.
An officer with the Banks
County Sheriff’s Office
reported he shot a dog at
this location when the dog
charged at him with his teeth
showing and growling.
• use of force - dog shot at
a Wilson Bridge Road, Com
merce, location, where an
injured dog was found. The
responding officer stated the
dog, which appeared to be
suffering with a broken back,
started growling at him and
he used his duty weapon to
shoot the dog.
•a lost motorcycle tag at
an unknown location.
• obstructing or hindering
a law enforcement officer
on Moss Farm Road at Old
Highway 441, Alto, during a
traffic stop initiated on the
driver of a 1998 Jeep Chero
kee pulled over for failure to
maintain a lane.
• burglary alarm at Bojan-
gles, U.S. 441, Commerce,
where the manager report
ed a box must have hit the
alarm button in the freezer.
• a phone scam at a Christ
mas Tree Road, Homer,
residence, where a female
reported receiving a phone
call from an unknown per
son claiming to be an Inter
nal Revenue Service agent
calling in reference to a case
stating she owed $5,896 in
back taxes.
Man dies after allegedly taking part in
assault in Madison County store parking lot
Madison County Sheriff’s
Investigator Jimmy Patton
said he expects charges to
be forthcoming in the assault
of a Banks County man in
the parking lot of the Food
Mart on Hwy. 98 last week.
One of the man’s alleged
assailant’s reportedly died of
a heart attack following the
assault.
Charles Randall Haggard
suffered a medical emer
gency after he, his son Clay
Haggard, and another as yet
unidentified man, left the
scene. Haggard was pro
nounced dead at Northridge
Medical Center in Com
merce a short time later.
According to the incident
report, on July 5, Lt. Klint
Segars was dispatched to the
Food Mart regarding a fight
in progress. While en route,
Segars was informed by dis
patch that the assailants had
left in a black and silver Ford
F-150.
Segars found two men
standing in front of the
store. Ryan Bowles told
Segars he was the victim
and had been jumped on
by three guys. He named
the Haggards, father and
son, who he said live on
Sammy Haggard Road, but
said he didn’t know the
other man. He also said
he had not seen the Hag
gards in two years and had
no idea why they would
assault him.
He went on to say that they
had “stomped him in the
face and attempted to put his
face in a mud puddle in an
attempt to drown him.”
Bowles told Segars he
was choked to the point
of passing out stating “he
about did kill me” and said
he (Bowles) “could see his
(deceased) mother.”
Bowles said he fought
back and that he may have
bitten part of the C. Hag
gard’s thumb or finger.
A witness, Jeffery Caudle,
who happened to be in the
store at the time, said he
didn’t know any of the men
but came to assist Bowles
when they jumped on him,
according to sheriff’s investi
gator Jimmy Patton.
According to the incident
report, Caudle told Segars
that C. Haggard began chas
ing him, punched him twice,
and told him if he called 9-1-1
he would kill him.
Cpl. Shawn Rhoades was
able to record the video from
the store’s surveillance cam
era that corroborated the vic
tims’ statements as to who
the aggressors were, accord
ing to Patton.
While still on scene, dis
patch told Lt. Segars that
Madison County EMS was
out on a call on Bonds Lake
Road with one of the men
from the fight and that he
was having a heart attack.
Patton said EMS was
called to the scene where
they assisted Randy Hag
gard, who was still in the
Ford F-150. After he was
transported to North Ridge
Medical Center in Com
merce, officers learned that
he had died.
After Haggard was pro
nounced dead at the hospi
tal, Commerce police officer
Eric Vance was dispatched
to North Ridge regarding dis
ruptive family members at
the scene. Vance reported
that the found a white male
(Clay Haggard) dressed in a
bloody tee shirt in the room
yelling that he was going to
kill someone.
Haggard told Vance that
he and his father had been
in a fight with another man
in Madison County. He said
his father collapsed after the
altercation and he knew that
he was dead. Vance was able
to calm him down, accord
ing to the report, and escort
ed him to the hospital chapel
where he met with Madison
County Investigators when
they arrived.
Patton said the incident
remains under investigation
as of press time.
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Monday prior to publication.
Domestic dispute
leads to charges
The Baldwin Police Department recently responded to a
domestic violence call at the Baldwin Court Apartments and
arrested Darryl Joe Stewart, 41,309 Baldwin Court Apartments,
on charges of obstructing law enforcement officers, battery
and criminal trespass.
Other Arrests
Other recent arrests reported by the Baldwin PD included:
• Kenny Todd Jones, 42, P.O. Box 167, Alto, battery. Jones
was arrested at a King Street residence where a dispute was
reported.
•Lucas Scott Vandiver, 25, 310 Oakland Drive, Gainesville,
possession of a synthetic narcotic. Vandiver was arrested at
a B.C. Grant Road residence when officers responded to the
report of a man down.
• Octavio Tiscareno-Saucedo, 32,176 Chattahoochee Street,
Cornelia, driving with a suspended driver’s license. Tiscare
no-Saucedo was arrested at a checkpoint being conducted on
Duncan Bridge Road.
•Christopher M. Burnette, 36, 850 Sunset Drive, Apt. 8,
Athens, outstanding warrant. Burnette was arrested when his
vehicle was stopped for speeding on U.S. 441.
•Jesus Moreno Alvarado, 45, 193 King Street, Baldwin,
driving while unlicensed or on an expired driver’s license.
Alvarado was arrested during a traffic stop.
• Cecily Ann Cothran, 26,35 South Jackson Street, Winder,
outstanding warrant.
Incidents
The following incidents were recently reported by Baldwin
PD:
• stalking at a Ridge Circle residence.
• a lost wallet at a Baldwin Court Apartments residence. A
man reported he had lost his wallet than contained his Georgia
driver’s license, debit card, credit card, and Social Security
card.
•an assist to the Banks County Sheriff’s Office at a Broiler
Boulevard location, where a warrant was served.
• threats by phone at a Willow Tree Lane residence.
• burglary and criminal trespass at a Grado Lane residence.
• a suspicious person on West Airport Road, where a male,
in an attempt to commit suicide, was found sitting on the dou
ble yellow line in the roadway.
• an assist to the Georgia State Patrol with a traffic accident
on Duncan Bridge Road.
• a lost wallet at a Yonah View residence. A man reported
someone “broke into his house and took his wallet.” The
wallet contained his Georgia Identification, a credit card and
a Medicaid card.
•an assist to the Alto Police Department with a domestic
violence call at an Alto location.
• criminal trespass at a Ridge Circle residence.
•possession of marijuana on Highway 365 northbound,
where a traffic stop was initiated on the driver of a 1996 Acura
Integra.
• criminal trespass at a Chandler Heights Circle residence.
• driving without insurance on Highway 365, where a traffic
stop was initiated on the driver of a 2009 Kia Sorento.
• an assist to the Alto Police Department at an Alto location.
Jackson Superior Court
hands down sentences
Sentences handed down in recent Superior Court proceed
ings in Jackson County include the following:
•Nancy Degollado, possession of methamphetamine —
two years in jail (to be suspended upon six months in rehab),
six years probation, $1,000 fine.
•Charlie Mell Esco, trafficking methamphetamine — 10
years in jail, 10 years probation,$200,000 fine. Charges of pos
session of tools for the commission of a crime, obstruction of a
law enforcement officer and possession of methamphetamine
with intent to distribute were dismissed.
•Jeremy May theft by receiving stolen property — 12
months probation, eight days in jail, restitution, $500 fine.
Charges of burglary and theft by taking were dismissed.
•Brian Keith Mayfield, kidnapping, battery and terroristic
threats — six months in jail, 19 and a half years probation,
$1,000 fine.
• David Lynn Royals, battery — six months in jail, four and a
half years probation, $1,000 fine.
• Kelsey Marie Mahoney, possession of methamphetamine
and giving a false name to a law enforcement officer — two
years in jail (to be suspended upon testifying truthfully against
codefendant).
•David Brian Sanders, possession of methamphetamine
and possession of methadone — $2,000 fine, three years pro
bation and 180 days in jail.
• Nathaniel Scott Wilson, criminal trespass — 12 months
probation, $1,000 fine.
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