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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2016
THE COMMERCE NEWS • THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
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lackson County Sheriffs Office incidents
Business loan turns into fraud
2 die in Aug. 10
wreck on 1-85
The Jackson County Sher
iffs Department is investigating
alleged fraud that victimized
an Old Kings Bridge Road
man who thought he was
helping start a business.
The victim told a deputy
that he made a verbal agree
ment with a man to start a
business and gave the man’s
wife $2,000 to start the busi
ness —but it never got started.
The man said that the
woman also charged $3,011
on his Capitol One credit card,
after which he notified the
Capital One credit card fraud
division.
The victim said he got a let
ter in the mail from the woman
in which she threatened to sue
him for $3,750 for her losses,
but he said the documents she
enclosed were fake. He said
the woman notarized some of
the documents and forged his
name on them.
He also said he’d received
several text messages from the
woman harassing him and
told the deputy he wants a
restraining order against the
woman.
Other Incidents
Other incidents occurring
on the east side of Jackson
County during the past week
include:
• theft at an Old Commerce
Road Extension address
where someone entered a
woman’s home while she
was gone and removed her
wallet from her purse. The vic
tim said the door was locked
when she left, but open when
she returned, but there was no
sign of forced entry. The thief
got $55 in cash, four debit or
credit cards and other cards
and IDs. She said her purse
had been stolen before, but
the thief later put it in her mail
box.
•an unruly juvenile at an
Andrew Place, Commerce,
address where a woman
said her daughter got upset
because she would not take
the daughter to the daughter’s
boyfriend’s house. The girl
began yelling, slamming doors
and left the house without per
mission.
•possible fraud reported
by a Hillside Way Maysville,
man who said his brother was
using his personal information
to gain access to accounts. He
said his brother has taken out
credit cards in his name. The
victim could not provide his
brother’s date of birth or cur
rent address. He said when he
tried to contact his bank, they
“hung up on him.”
• a custody dispute at a Sta
pler Drive, Nicholson, location
where a woman complained
that her estranged husband
did not take their son to school
that day. When the deputy
contacted the man, he said
he “did not take the juvenile
to school today because the
juvenile wanted to get his hair
cut and just play video games,”
the incident report advised.
• a report of gunshots in the
area of Plantation Crossing,
Nicholson.
•a domestic dispute at a
Panhandle Circle, Maysville
location, where a woman
parked her car behind a man’s
vehicle so he could not leave.
The man said he was trying
to leave and as he gathered
his items, she pushed him
and tried to grab some of the
items before positioning her
vehicle to prevent his leaving.
The woman said he had tried
to choke her and complained
that he was on crack cocaine.
• a criminal trespass warn
ing issued to a female regard
ing a Chandler Bridge Road,
Nicholson residence where
there was a dispute.
• threats received by a Hwy.
334, Nicholson, woman in the
wake of her mother’s death,
relating to the division of her
mother’s estate. The victim
said the persons sending the
threats live in Commerce and
have a lot of stolen items. She
also said her brother had been
assaulted at a Banks County
motel by the male who was
threatening her.
•a dispute at the J&J
Flea Market, U.S. 441 South,
between a man who bought
a CD player and the merchant
who sold it to him. The cus
tomer alleged that he left the
CD player while he went to
get his vehicle and when he
came back it was gone. The
merchant said the man took it
with him when he left.
•a response to an Apple
Valley Road, Commerce man
who sought help getting public
assistance for his infant child
after the child’s mother left
home. There were no custody
arrangements.
• a dispute at a Hickory Way
Maysville residence between
two men over a property line.
One of the men reportedly
produced a gun. The com
plainant’s wife fell in the road
during the dispute, and the
wife of the other man helped
her up.
•a dispute at a Mt. Olive
Road Commerce, location
where a woman complained
that her boyfriend would not
let her in the house. The man
said he locked her out because
she kept breaking things and
would not open the door until
the police arrived. An officer
stood by while she entered
and retrieved her food stamp
card and some clothing.
•a dispute over an alleged
theft by a Foxfire Drive, Nichol
son, woman who complained
that her boyfriend had a juve
nile over to visit and the boy
left at 5 a.m., supposedly to
go to work. Later, the woman
found a Play Station 4, two
wireless controllers, a wired
controller and six games miss
ing. The officer spoke to the
boyfriend, who blamed the
“friend” for the theft. The offi
cer also spoke to the suspect,
who denied stealing the items.
The theft took place at a Jeffer
son Road address.
•theft reported by a Johns
Way Commerce, woman who
said a roommate moved out,
taking a Coach purse and
other household items. The
victim said the purse con
tained her personal account
information.
•two separate complaints
from a Gold Nugget Way Mays
ville, woman about neighbors
shooting guns and playing
loud music, which kept her
awake. In two visits to the
residence, deputies heard no
gunshots or loud music. The
woman said she was going
to sit in her car and play loud
music.
•harassment of a Rue 21
employee at the Tanger Outlet
center. The female victim said
a female called her names.
• criminal trespass at a
Peach Street, Commerce, resi
dence where the complainant
awakened to find a man he
knows sleeping on his couch.
•an assist to an EMS unit
in reference to an intoxicated
female vomiting and having
stomach pain at a Hale Road,
Maysville Address. EMS took
her to a hospital.
•theft of assorted tools, a
tool box and weed trimmer
from a Red Oak Road, Mays
ville, storage shed. The com
plainant said she thinks her
son stole the items for gas
money. She declined to press
charges.
• simple battery at the Casu
al Male store at Tanger Outlets
in which a female clerk said a
boy in the store with his par
ents pushed her in the back
before leaving. The officer
found the boy who denied
the allegation, and served him
with a criminal trespass warn
ing.
•harassment by a drone
at a Wheeler Cemetery Road,
Maysville, address, where a
man said another man, who
used to work for the Arcade
Police Department, flew a
drone about two feet over the
victim’s head while the victim
was working in his own yard.
The victim said the man did
the same thing to him three
other times and has done the
same thing to another neigh
bor.
• a criminal trespass warn
ing issued at the Tanger Outlet
Center, against a woman who
was driving around the park
ing lot playing loud music. The
woman claimed the security
guard lied to her; the securi
ty guard told the deputy he’d
had trouble with the woman
earlier.
•criminal trespass in the
maintenance shop at the
Tanger Outlet Center where
a white male ran down the
stairs, knocked a security
guard down and fled. It was
not immediately known
whether anything was missing.
•an accidental shooting
reported at a B Wilson Road,
Commerce, address where a
woman summoned officers
when she awakened her hus
band and saw blood on him.
The man said he accidently
shot himself with a .38 caliber
pistol.
• criminal trespass at a U.S.
441, Nicholson, residence
where a man reported that
someone tried to pry open the
rear door of his residence.
•a report of a drug over
dose by a juvenile male at a
Steeplechase Road, Nich
olson, residence. The boy
claimed he had taken an
unspecified amount of Benad
ryl. EMS transported the juve
nile to a hospital.
• criminal trespass at a San
ford Road, Nicholson, location
where a man went into a “stor
age room” and found a white
male sleeping under a blanket.
The resident did not see any
thing missing, and the man,
whose name the victim knew,
had left by the time a deputy
arrived.
•recovery of an unknown
single white pill from a woman
during the investigation of a
dispute at a J.S. Williamson
Court, Nicholson, address.
The offender told a dep
uty she’d come to pick up
her child (at 3:30 a.m.), but
appeared to be under the influ
ence of something. When the
deputy found the pill during a
search, the victim said some
one at “the hill” where she was
hanging out with friends (none
of which she knew names of),
had spontaneously given her
the pill. The deputy confiscat
ed the pill and transported her
to the Barrow County line.
•recovery of a variety of
pills from the backpack of an
East Jackson Comprehensive
High School student who was
being investigated for alleged
harassment and statements
that he had a knife. The boy
admitted to having drugs in
Police ... Cont. from Page 6A
address she gave police did
not check out, and when
they took her to an Athens
hospital, medical person
nel said they found a meth-
amphetamine pipe and an
empty bag in her bra.
•damage to property on
Interstate 85 where a man
reported that a tire on a car
just purchased from Don’s
Auto Sales in Commerce
blew, damaging the front
fender. The spare tire did not
fit the vehicle, and the officer
transported the complainant
and his wife to Walmart so he
could get the tire replaced.
• a suspicious person at an
Andrew Jackson Street loca
tion. A man driving a truck
almost struck the resident,
coming into her driveway
with his vehicle stopping in
the yard. The man ran into
the street and got into anoth
er vehicle, leaving the scene.
The vehicle was inoperable,
so police had the vehicle
towed.
his backpack, which he said
another boy gave him to sell.
A search of the backpack
turned up several clear plastic
bags with different pills, but
not the knife. The report did
not indicate if the student was
charged.
•the theft of an iPhone6
from an East Jackson Compre
hensive High School student,
possibly by boys sitting behind
her in the gymnasium.
•theft of a weed trimmer
from a Maysville Road, Mays
ville, storage building. The vic
tim gave officers the name of a
potential suspect.
•theft of a mattress from
the Round Barn, Jefferson
Road, where the owner said
he was traveling west when
he noticed a red buck travel
ing east with what appeared
to be one of the mattresses.
He called his wife, who told
him she did not release any
mattresses. The owner turned
around and met the truck on
the side of the road just on
the Commerce side of Apple
Valley Road. Two young white
males fled when they saw
him, and the mattress flew out
of the bed of the truck.
•the theft of three state-
owned laptop computers
from a Harmony Church
Road, Gillsville, location. The
victim told the deputy that the
doors could not be locked, but
very few people were aware
of that fact and reported that
someone frequently enters
the residence and takes food.
When the deputy advised her
to fix the door locks, the victim
said her husband would not
buy locks.
• theft of a dirt bike from the
front porch of a Pleasant Acres
Drive, Maysville, residence.
The blue Yamaha 50 has a
front plate that says “Devin.”
Two people were killed in a wreck last week that closed
Interstate 85 South. The single-vehicle accident occurred last
Wednesday morning in Jackson County just south of the U.S.
129 interchange.
The driver, Tonya L. Curtis, 42, of Lincolnton, N.C., was
killed in the accident along with Kyle W. Garver, 20, of Lin
colnton, N.C.
Two others were injured including Jerry C. Curtis, 44, of
Lincolnton, N.C., and Evelyn M. Smith, 19, of Cherryville,
N.C.
A 2004 Ford Excursion driven by Tonya was traveling on
1-85 southbound at the U.S. 129 intersection when it veered
off the roadway. The driver overcorrected, the vehicle over
turned and struck a tree.
The vehicle rolled several times and was upside down
when Jackson County EMS arrived.
Garver was the only person in the vehicle not wearing a
seatbelt. He was the only one ejected from the vehicle.
One was trapped under the vehicle and extricated.
The report is not complete.
DU1 charges filed in
Aug. 4 wreck on 1-85
Two people were cited for driving under the influence
after an Aug. 4 crash in Braselton. Officers with the Braselton
Police Department were called to the 1-85 North accident
and found a white Honda Accord sitting on the side of the
roadway facing the wrong way.
Both the driver and the passenger said they needed med
ical attention.
While they were waiting for EMS, officers spoke with the
man and woman about the accident. Neither of them could
say how it occurred and officers smelled alcohol on them.
They also saw an open container of alcohol on the floor
board that was still cold to the touch.
The male driver told officers he had one or two beers ear
lier that night. Following a field sobriety test, officers issued
him a DUI citation.
“D**n I was not even driving,” the man said.
He told officers he was sleeping in the back seat when the
accident occurred. He said he switched seats with a female
that was in the car.
But the woman said the man was the driver.
Following a field sobriety test, she too was issued a DUI
citation.
The two were separated at the hospital and the woman
later admitted to driving the vehicle. She was issued another
citation for driving without a license.
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