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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS • THE COMMERCE NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016
lackson County Sheriffs Office incidents
'Suspicious persons' turn out
to be Pokemon Go enthusiasts
Banks County
deputies investigate
property damage
Reports of suspicious vehi
cles in three locations last
week ended up being people
playing the new “Pokemon
Go” game.
The incidents include the
following:
•A Jeep was spotted in
the Arcade Police Depart
ment parking lot after regu
lar business hours. A deputy
questioned the two women
in the vehicle who said they
were playing Pokemon.
• A black tmck was driving
around the Oconee Baptist
Church parking lot. A deputy
questioned a juvenile in the
tmck who said he was driv
ing around the parking lot
“looking for Pokemon.”
• Two men were standing
by a vehicle in the parking
lot of Nicholson City Hall
late at night. A deputy ques
tioned them and they said
they were playing Pokemon.
Other Incidents
Other incidents reported
to the sheriff’s office last
week includes the following:
• a vehicle damaged
while parked at a Hwy. 53,
Hoschton, address.
•suspicious activity at a
Wages Bridge Road, Athens,
residence when a man saw
two men with flashlights
near his home. Later, he
saw someone at his chicken
house that has been convert
ed into a shop.
•trespassing at a Timber
Ridge Drive, Athens, address
when a woman found a win
dow on her home had been
broken.
•A Hale Road, Maysville,
woman said she has been
receiving harassing text mes
sages from a man.
• a vehicle damaged while
parked at a Banks Crossing
business.
•a mailbox damaged at
an Upland Drive, Maysville,
location.
•panhandling at a Com
merce Road, Athens, busi
ness.
•A Barber Road, Com
merce, woman said she has
been receiving harassing text
messages from a woman she
knows.
•A Commerce woman
said her juvenile daughter
has been receiving harassing
text messages. She also said
her daughter told her that
she was raped a few weeks
ago at a birthday party she
went to with her father.
•disorderly conduct by
a man at Hurricane Shoals
Park.
•A dog bit a nine-month-
old child in the face at a
Jefferson River Road, Athens,
location.
• a dog complaint at a Pen
dergrass Farm Road, Pender
grass, address.
•Two men caused a dis
turbance at a Hwy. 124 West,
Hoschton, location.
• attempted telephone
fraud against a Walnut Street,
Hoschton, address.
• a possible Facebook
scam reported by an Edwin
Reynolds Road, Commerce,
resident.
•gunshots fired at a Jim
David Road, Nicholson, loca
tion.
•A Hillside Way, Maysville,
woman said she heard voic
es outside her home and her
dogs were barking.
•trespassing at a Ward
Road, Hoschton, residence.
• harassing phone calls at
a Jim David Road, Nichol
son, address.
•A Golden Nuggett Way,
Maysville, man said some
one put salt in his gas tank.
•a fraudulent telephone
solicitation at a Thaxton
Road, Nicholson, location.
•a dispute between two
women at a Hwy. 330, Boga
rt, business.
•A Sanford Road, Jeffer
son, man said goats attacked
his dog.
• a suspicious person at a
Lake Vista Drive, Jefferson,
location.
•an Old Airport Road,
Commerce, woman said she
arrived home and found her
front door open.
•fraudulent phone calls
at a Marshall Clark Road,
Hoschton, address.
•a mailbox damaged at
a Durham Road, Hoschton,
location.
•A Talmo woman said
several people made threats
toward her on Facebook.
•A Brockton Loop, Jef
ferson, man said a couple
came to his home and made
threatening remarks toward
him.
•A Hwy. 60, Hoschton,
resident said someone
called and claimed to be
from the IRS and said she
owed $6,000 but would take
a payment of $2,000.
•vandalism at the for
mer West Jackson Primary
School facility when juve
niles reportedly went into the
building through an unse
cured door and sprayed fire
extinguishers.
•A Jefferson woman said
her mother is sending her
harassing messages.
•A Cotton Gin Row, Jeffer
son, woman said her husband
was pouring gas on the house
and threatening to set it on fire.
•custody dispute at an
Ivy Creek Drive, Nicholson,
address.
• a dispute over a vehicle
between family members at
an Old State Road, Pender
grass, address.
• a verbal dispute between
a couple who are in the pro
cess of getting a divorce at
a Fayte Baxter Road, Com
merce, address.
•a custody dispute at a
Jims Lane, Nicholson, loca
tion.
• A Legendary Drive,
Hoschton, woman said
her ex-husband sent her a
harassing text message.
•a custody dispute at a
Joshua Way, Hoschton,
address.
•a custody dispute at a
Clover Bridge Road, Jeffer
son, location.
•dispute between a mar
ried couple at a Joshua Way,
Hoschton, address.
•A Hwy. 332, Hoschton,
man said his ex-wife sent
him harassing text messages.
• a verbal dispute between
a couple at an Anniston
Drive, Athens, location.
•A Red Oak Drive, Mays
ville, woman said her brother
took her cell phone.
• a dispute between a cou
ple at a Mount Olive Road,
Commerce, address.
• a dispute between a
mother and daughter at a
Tuxedo Drive, Commerce,
residence.
•a juvenile complaint at
a Sosebee Road, Talmo, res
idence.
•a custody dispute at a
Cabin Creek Road, Com
merce, location.
•a verbal dispute at a
Deadwyler Road, Maysville,
address.
• a verbal dispute between
a couple at an Ednaville
Road, Braselton, location.
•a verbal dispute at a
Reynolds Road, Nicholson,
address.
• a dispute between a man
and his mother at a Jims
Lane, Nicholson, location.
•A Windy Hill Road, Jef
ferson, man said his ex-girl-
friend’s mother has been
harassing him.
• a verbal dispute between
a woman and her boyfriend
at an Old Hoods Mill Road,
Commerce, address.
•A Blacks Creek Church
Road, Commerce, woman
said her husband locked her
inside their home after an
argument. She showed the
deputy the deadbolt lock that
he used to lock her inside.
•A Unity Church Circle,
Maysville, woman said her
husband has been making
threats toward her.
• a verbal dispute between
a married couple at an Ath
ens Highway, Jefferson, loca
tion.
•A Jackson Trail fireman
reported that someone used
the department’s credit card
information to make three
charges to an Illinois busi
ness. Someone also contact
ed the bank and attempted
to change the address for the
account to a Winston, Ga.,
location.
•a vehicle taken without
permission from a Thurston
Williams Road, Maysville,
address.
•a vehicle battery taken
from a Hwy. 334, Commerce,
location.
•a vehicle taken from
a Ward Road, Hoschton,
address.
•a laptop taken from a
vehicle parked at a Maddox
Hill Road, Jefferson, resi
dence.
• 14 watches stolen from a
Banks Crossing business.
•a shirt stolen from a
Banks Crossing business.
•an air conditioning unit
stolen from an Old Airport
Road, Commerce, business.
• five old motorcycles
taken from a chicken house
on Lebanon Church Road,
Jefferson.
• tools and gas cans taken
from a Pearl Industrial Ave
nue, Hoschton, address.
•a truck stolen from a
Pearl Industrial Avenue,
Hoschton, location.
• a camera stolen from a
River Bluff, Hoschton, resi
dence.
•a vehicle stolen from
a Main Street, Talmo, resi
dence.
•identity fraud against a
Hillside Way, Maysville, res
ident.
•financial identity fraud
against a Meadow Vista
Lane, Hoschton, resident.
Jackson state court issues sentences
The State Court of Jack-
son County recently handed
down the following sentenc
es:
•Jeqavis Jefferson Thom
as, driving under the influ
ence (DUI) — $700 fine, 80
hours community service, 12
months probation, 24 hours
in jail, drug and alcohol eval
uation and Risk Reduction
Program.
• Judy Elaine Franks,
DUI — $1,782 fine (suspend
ed upon 180 days home
confinement) — 12 months
probation, 100 hours com
munity service, six months
house arrest and six months
probation. A charge of stop
sign violation was dismissed.
• Tyler James Cmmp, driv
ing with a suspended license
— $1,001 fine.
•Marilyn Diane Jacquin,
failure to maintain a lane
(reduced to reckless driving)
— $100 fine, 12 months pro
bation and send a letter of
apology to trooper within 30
days. Charges of DUI and fail
ure to signal a lane change
were dismissed.
• Daniel Thomas Stryz-
inski, DUI — $600 fine, 12
months probation, 24 hours
in jail, 40 hours communi
ty service, dmg and alcohol
evaluation and Risk Reduc
tion Program.
•Antonio Lee Mitchell,
giving a false name and date
of birth to a law enforcement
officer — 120 days in jail. A
charge of safety belt violation
was dismissed.
•Kevin Scott Burt, theft
of services — 12 months
probation, $500 fine and
restitution. Charges of bat
tery and striking an unat
tended vehicle were dis
missed.
•Steve Ragsdale, driving
without a license —11 days in
jail, 12 months probation and
$750 fine. Charges of driv
ing with a suspended license
and operation of a vehicle
without a current plate were
dismissed.
• James White, simple
battery — 12 days in jail, 12
months probation violation.
Cases Dismissed
The following cases were
dismissed:
• Chassidy Ann Brenwald,
simple battery and criminal
trepass.
• Elizabeth Lee Huskey,
battery.
•Wesley D. Worley, driv
ing with a suspended license
and fleeing and attempting
to elude a law enforcement
officer.
•Tina Louise Giddeons,
simple battery.
•Sidney Lamarcus Lee,
simple battery.
• Kia Simone Woods,
party to the crime of theft of
services.
GBI: child exploitation cases on the rise
The number of arrests
resulting from investigations
conducted by the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation’s
Child Exploitation and Com
puter Crimes Unit (CEACC)
and the Georgia Internet
Crimes Against Children
(ICAC) Task Force has
steadily risen over the past
three years. The following
lists the number of arrests
made between fiscal years
2014 and 2016:
Arrests FY 2014 = 189
Arrests FY 2015 = 201
Arrests FY 2016 = 275
This increase is a result of
the added number of active
new affiliates who partner
with the GBI to conduct
more proactive investiga
tions. These increased pro
active efforts produce tangi
ble results.
The Georgia ICAC Task
Force comprises 200+
local, state, and federal law
enforcement agencies, other
agencies and prosecutor’s
offices. The mission of the
ICAC Task Force is to assist
local law enforcement agen
cies in developing an effec
tive response to cyber entice
ment and child pornography
cases. The program was
developed in response to the
increasing number of chil
dren and teenagers using the
Internet, the proliferation of
child pornography, and the
heightened online activity by
predators. By helping state
and local law enforcement
agencies respond to online
child victimization and
child pornography, the ICAC
program delivers national
resources at the local level.
The Georgia ICAC Task
Force received almost 3,000
tips from the National Cen
ter for Missing and Exploited
Children (NCMEC) in 2015
and worked 3,872 investiga
tions related to child exploita
tion. The GA ICAC TF also
conducted 391 Internet safe
ty presentations.
The Banks County Sheriff’s Office responded to the fol
lowing incidents recently:
•damage to property at an Old Highway 51 North,
Homer, residence, where a female reportedly kicked a door
in after the residents locked her out of the house due to
ongoing problems with her and her boyfriend.
• theft by deception at The Home Depot at Banks Cross
ing, where a female reportedly used an old receipt to make
a fraudulent return of some merchandise to receive $45.
• shoplifting at Walmart, Banks Crossing, where a male
reportedly selected a car stereo, attempted to remove the
security wrapping, went to the clothing area and removed
the device from the packaging, placed the stereo in a
Walmart bag and exited the store without paying.
•warrant service at a Zays Lane, Commerce, residence,
where a female offender was located hiding under a blanket
in a bedroom.
• a civil dispute at a Highway 184 East, Toccoa, residence,
where a female reported her husband, who is divorcing
her, had taken some items from their residence and money
out of their joint checking account.
•warrant service at a Zays Lane, Commerce, residence,
where a male offender was picked up on a warrant out of
Hall County.
• an animal problem at a Rattle Trap Road, Commerce,
residence, where a man reported six dogs “came at him in
an aggressive manner” and attacked his vehicle.
•warrant service at Blacks Creek Church, Commerce,
where a male was picked up from a deputy with the Madi
son County Sheriff’s Office.
•lost property reported to the Banks County Sheriff’s
Office on Windmill Farm Road. A female reported she lost
her concealed carry permit at an unknown location.
•warrant service at the Stephens County Detention
Center in Toccoa, where a male was picked up on an out
standing warrant.
•obstmcting or hindering a law enforcement officer,
parole violation and use of force on Highway 51 South
at Hill Street in Homer, where a suspicious vehicle was
reported.
• theft by shoplifting at The Home Depot, Banks Cross
ing, where a female reportedly took a generator and exited
the store without paying.
• a custody dispute at a Moccasin Gap Road, Lula, resi
dence.
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orphotographs to this newspaper is
noon on the Monday
prior to publication.
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