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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 THE COMMERCE NEWS • THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS PAGE 7A Commerce Police Department incidents Jackson County courts Police turn underage drinkers over to parents without charges State court delivers sentences Eleven high school stu dents caught drinking alco holic beverages at a party on Overlook Trace got off lightly, according to a Com merce Police Department incident report. Police went to the res idence early Sunday morning in response to a party in progress and found multiple vehicles along the curb and in the driveway. As the first officer approached the residence, he reported hearing loud music coming from the garage. He knocked on the door inside the garage, and the young male who answered the door, upon seeing it was an officer, yelled into the house for someone to turn down the music. The officer entered and found multiple teenagers, a single container of beer and, eventually, a cooler of beer. The officer made the kids dump the beer outside and gathered all of the subjects together, col lected their identification and asked dispatch to run the information, then fax it to the police department. After speaking with a sergeant, the officers decided to contact all of the kids’ parents and have them come to the loca tion. The report indicated that 10 of the youths were Commerce High School students and the other one a Jefferson High School student. One student advised that the house belonged to his mother, who was out of town. The officer had the boy call his mother, who said she could not come to the residence at the time and told the officer that it was his father’s weekend to have the boy. The officer told the boy to call his father, who cursed at the officer, but reluctantly agreed to come to the house. Two of the people in the house told police they had not had any alcoholic bev erages and tested negative for alcohol on the alco- sensor. All of the others admitted drinking. Police released all of the kids to their parents. The incident report did not indicate any arrests. Still Seeking Robbery Suspect Officers of the Com merce Police Department continue to seek a black male who held up the Cody Fuels convenience store on Maysville Road at Interstate 85. The man entered the store on Monday, July 25, at about 4:45 p.m. and pointed a black handgun at store clerks, told them to get on the floor, took a lottery bag containing the clerks’ wallets, credit cards and driver’s licens es and left. Police were able to view photos of the event from the company’s security system, but were unable to locate a suspect in spite of deploying the depart ment’s tracking dog. Other Incidents Other matters requiring police attention during the past week include: •battery at a Louise Drive residence where a man and his wife argued. The woman was not pres ent when police arrived, but the man reported that his wife told him she wished he would die. He said he approached her with a soft drink in his hand, some of which spilled on her face. Dis patch said the man told them he threw Coke in his wife’s face and she “went upside his head.” He said she hit him, breaking his glasses. Police were unable to make contact with the woman to hear her side of the story. •battery at an Andrew Jackson Street address where police encountered a white male who said he drank a gallon of whiskey and cut himself due to “life issues” while visiting his sister. The sister had blood on her shirt. She told police she and her brother argued and she got mad and punched the window out of the porch door. She said he grabbed her by the throat and threw her into a grill on the porch. The officer, having determined that the man was the aggres sor, took a warrant for his arrest. Banks County Sheriffs Office incidents McDonald's customer who pulls gun is is gone by the time deputies arrive A caller to Banks County 911 reported that someone pulled a gun on a man at McDonald’s at Banks Cross ing. The deputy interviewed two men reportedly involved in the incident but neither had a gun. The other people involved in the incident had already left the area. Other incidents reported to the Banks County Sher iff’s Office last week include the following: •shoplifting at a Banks Crossing business when two women put clothes in a shopping cart and tried to leave through the garden center without paying. •a dispute between two people at a U.S. 441, Com merce, address, with a man hitting the vehicle and breaking the headlight. The man told a deputy that he was attempting to correct the angle of the headlight when the lens broke. •a custody dispute at a Windmill Farm Road, Homer, address, when a man said he had legal authority to get his child for visitation and his wife would not allow it. • shoplifting when a man walked through a Banks Crossing business and picked up items and then took them to the register and tried to return them for cash. • a wreck with injuries at a Hwy. 63 address. • a civil dispute in which a man said his wife took files from his file cabinet that don’t belong to her. •property damage at a U.S. 441 business in which a box came loose from a vehicle and struck another vehicle. •simple battery when a man said three men he knows attacked him at a Hummingbird Pie Drive, Lula, address. Recent State Court results from proceedings held in Jackson County include the following: •Marilyn Adriana Aramburo, driving with no license — $1,001 fine. • Jarrod Patrick Arnold, possession of marijuana — $1,000 fine, 12 months probation and Risk Reduction Program. • Maria Luisa Avelar, driving without a license — $1,500 fine. •Gilberto Brena-Tovar, no license, $1,318 fine. A charge of failure to maintain a lane was dismissed. • Thomas Joshua Brown, with a suspended license—$1,000 fine, 12 months probation and 16 days in jail. A brake light vio lation was dismissed. • Hanna Zipporah Callaway giving a false name and date of birth to a law enforcement officer — $500 fine and 12 months probation. Charges of possession of marijuana, failure to main tain a lane, driving without a license and driving a vehicle with an expired tag were dismissed. • Kolakanh Chanthaboune, criminal trespass and reckless conduct — $500 fine and 12 months probation. •Genaro Anaastacio Figueroa-Estrada, driving without a license, — $1,001 fine. A charge of speeding was dismissed. • Brandon Corry Jackson, driving without a license — $1,001 fine and 12 months probation. A charge of driving with a sus pended license was dismissed. • Shana Rene Kerr, driving without a license and no insur ance —12 months probation and $1,500 fine. • Monica Fox, giving a false name to a law enforcement offi cer — $500 fine and 12 months probation. A charge of loitering was dismissed. • Charity Campbell, obstruction — 30 days in jail. • Brian Parker, public drunkenness —15 days in jail. •Shawn Ledford, simple battery, criminal trespass and obstruction — 20 days in jail and $1,500 fine. • Phillip Johnson, battery and criminal trespass—six months to serve to be suspended upon entering Project Adam. • Javier Zarco, driving without a license — $2,583 fine. • Rosalio Rosales-Corona, driving without a license — $1,001 fine. A seatbelt violation was dismissed. • Ivan Lynn Oliver, driving without a license — $750 fine and 12 months probation. Case Dismissed The following case was dismissed: • Debora Kay Holbrook, deposit account fraud. State offers arson hotline Insurance and fire commissioner Ralph Hudgens wants to remind Georgians that the state has a toll-free arson hotline, 1-800282-5804, sponsored by his office and the Georgia Arson Control Program. Callers to the hotline will be eligible for rewards of up to $10,000 if they provide information leading to the arrest and conviction of an arsonist. According to Hudgens, callers and reward recipients may choose to remain anonymous. “We want to remind Georgians of this incentive to report any information they may have about a suspicious fire,” said Hud gens. “In many cases, investigators rely on evidence provided by witnesses to convict an arsonist.” Since its inception in 1979, the Georgia Arson Control Board has approved 560 rewards totaling $1,617,850. The average reward paid is $2,889. GSP makes 4 arrests last week in Jackson County Arrests made in Jackson County last week by the Georgia State Patrol include the following: • Justin Robert Cervantes, 28, 139 Short Cut Road, Nichol son, probation violation. • Timothy Seth Hunter, 58, 151 J.S. Williamson Court, Nich olson, driving while license suspended or revoked. •Courtney Dawson Chesser, 25, 1135 Fort Lamar Road, Commerce drugs not in original container, following too closely and possession of Schedule II Acetaminophen. •Michael Ramont Holloway, 18, 823 Fourth Street, Fair mont, W.V., driving while license suspended or revoked and speeding. Arrests ... Cont. from 6A stances Act and possession of methamphetamine. •Steve Edwin Martin, 57, 259 Courtney Drive, Easley, S.C., driving with a suspended license and improper turn or lane change. •Amy Jo Ramirez, 33, 379 Apple Valley Road, Commerce, possession of methamphetamine. • Michael James Waller, 45, 379 Apple Valley Road, Com merce, violation of Georgia Controlled Substances Act. •Charles James Denton, 55, 923 Old Homer Highway, Homer, battery. • Ivan Espinoza, 32,2134 Crossing Place, Commerce, driving without a valid license, DUI and an open container violation. •Tremaine Pierre Johnson, 22, 104 Cypress Lane, Spartan burg, S.C., theft by bringing stolen property into the state. • Jonathan Arthur Myers, 20,104 Hunters Wood Drive, Sum merville, S.C., possession of marijuana. • Michael Wayne Veal, 52, theft by deception. •Gwen Michelle Whitehead, 50, 2090 Hwy. 441, Homer, probation violation. • Michael Wynn, 33, 4132 Crossing Place, Commerce, driv ing with a suspended license and making a false statement. 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