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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS • THE COMMERCE NEWS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Tackson County Sheriffs Office incidents
Deputy to child: It's not a
good time to wear clown mask
A Jackson County Sheriffs Office deputy
warned a child against wearing a clown mask
last week.
On Sunday Oct. 23, the deputy responded to
the area of East Jackson Comprehensive High
School (EJCHS) to a report of someone wear
ing a clown mask. Sightings of “scary clowns”
have been reported across the country—includ
ing Jackson County — in recent months to the
extent that the McDonald’s Restaurant chain
has curtailed the activities of Ronald McDonald.
Upon responding, the deputy saw a child
wearing a clown mask in the yard of a resi
dence. As soon as he pulled into the driveway
the child froze, “as if he were a statue,” the dep
uty reported. When the deputy exited the patrol
car, the child removed the mask and threw it to
the ground.
An older male juvenile approached the child,
saying, “I told you to stop.”
The deputy spoke to the mother of the kids,
explaining that “due to all the recent clown
activity nationwide, that they didn’t need to be
wearing the mask by the road.”
Other incidents reported recently in the JCSO
east and southern zones include:
Commerce Area
• road rage reported on Ila Road where a
woman said a buck stopped in front of her and
the driver exited, walked back to her vehicle and
yelled and screamed at her, causing her to feel
threatened.
•harassing phone calls at the Dress Barn
at Tanger Outlets where an employee said an
ex-boyfriend sends texts to her cell phone and
calls repeatedly in spite of her requests that he
cease. He has also appeared at the store while
she was at work.
• entering an auto at a Millstone Drive loca
tion where someone broke out the passen
ger-side front window of a buck and stole a .25
caliber handgun and three magazines from the
center console.
•stalking at the Lids store at Tanger Outlets
where a clerk said a black male known as
“Tom” pretended to be interested in making a
purchase but really wanted to be with her.
• theft by taking at a Fincher Drive location of
a 9 mm. Smith & Wesson pistol bom a buck at
a job site.
• a domestic dispute at a King Road address
where a man said he heard a female screaming
next door and observed a man and a woman
fussing and throwing stuff in the yard. He said
he saw no physical altercation, but he did see
the woman fall from inside the home onto the
porch, after which both parties saw the witness
and walked away in different directions.
• a report of people in two vehicles spotlight
ing for deer on Old Harden Orchard Road.
• aggravated assault at the enhance for EJCHS
when a boy attacked his ex-girlfriend after he
saw her new boyfriend touch her. Surveillance
video showed the girl trying to get away from the
offender to get to the bont office. Her new boy
friend tried to stop the ex, who punched him in
the face and began choking him. A witness and
a staff member broke up the incident. The new
boyfriend had a busted lip, an abrasion on his
cheek and red marks on his neck.
•possible probation violation on Hoods Mill
Road at Ridge Mill Manor where a deputy
searched a vehicle after a baffle stop and found
20 unidentified capsules, which he confiscated.
•theft by taking bom a B. Wilson Road
address where a man said UPS delivered four
door hinges in a package that was stolen aber
being left at his garage door.
•a suspicious vehicle at a Poplar Sheet
address where a woman said she saw a buck
pull behind a neighbor’s house and a man exit
and walk into the field behind the house. The
deputy checked the residence, found it secured,
and located the buck. The complainant said
she would contact the property owner to get the
vehicle towed.
•possible child abandonment on Blacks
Creek Church Road where the complainant
said he let his former girlfriend come back
because she reported having cancer. He left for
work, leaving the woman and her juvenile son at
the residence, and when he returned he found
a number of items missing, including clothing,
keys to his buck and motorcycle, two cell
phones, a heating pad and an electric blanket.
• confiscation of drugs reported by a deputy
who pulled a vehicle over on U.S. 441 at Homer
Road, having seen the vehicle leave the Scottish
Inn, which the deputy called a “high crime and
drug area.” He noted that the female bont-seat
passenger seemed very nervous and all the
passengers were from Commerce. The officer
saw a pill bottle protruding from the passenger’s
pants pocket and asked what it was. She said
it was her medication and handed it to the
deputy. The bottle had no label and contained
12 alprazolam. The passenger said she had a
prescription, but did not have it with her. The
deputy took the pills to “give her an opportunity
to bring a prescription in to retrieve them.”
•theft of a purse from Rack Room Shoes at
the Tanger Outlets.
Maysville Area
• criminal bespass on Hale Road where an
electrical box and the door were missing in
front of Pleasant Acres Church. The door to the
Comcast box appeared to have been pried off
and the locks were broken. The deputy report
ed calling Comcast and the woman he talked
to had difficulty comprehending the situation,
repeatedly asking for an account number.
• a welfare check regarding a woman report
ed by Norfolk Southern workers to be stumbling
on the backs. The deputy found a woman cov
ered with dirt and grease standing on the backs.
She would not talk to the deputy but eventually
said she had “done bad things” or “done illegal
things.”
•a civil dispute in which a deputy stood
by while a woman retrieved her belongings.
When the woman saw the man at the scene,
she began crying and cursing until the deputy
warned her to shut up or risk being arrested. She
calmed down and completed her task.
• disorderly conduct on Shady Lane where
the resident said a man was throwing things
in the house and might be on drugs. The com
plainant said the offender and a woman at the
house were legally married, but were having
problems since the woman was in a relationship
with another woman. When the man came
home, the two began arguing, with the man
becoming upset and throwing hamburger meat
on the floor. The woman told him to leave. The
victim and the victim’s girlfriend confirmed the
events. The deputy advised the victim to get a
divorce if she was having another relationship,
that it was obvious why the man was upset and
was not a healthy situation for the kids.
•a civil matter at a Hickory Way residence
where a woman wanted her brother-in-law evict
ed bom an apartment because she thinks he’s
involved with illegal drugs.
•a civil dispute on Silver Dollar Road where
a woman complained that her esbanged hus
band texted her about money she owes him
and about property he says belongs to him.
•an unruly juvenile on Pleasant Acres Court
where the complainant said his juvenile son has
been disrespectful, cursing at him (the father)
and his grandmother. When the officer tried
to talk to the boy, he began yelling about being
beated unfairly then ran outside. The boy even
tually calmed down and went to bed.
•baud at a Maywood Court address where
a man reported five unauthorized withdrawals
from his checking account amounting to almost
$500 in total.
Nicholson Area
•a suspicious person on New Kings Bridge
Road where a complainant said that she was
walking a dog and saw someone running across
the sheet and away from her residence. JCSO
personnel could not find anyone.
•theft by taking at a U.S. 441 South address
where a man said his former girlfriend stole his
cell phone.
• a dog complaint on Kesler Road where the
complainant said a neighbor’s dog attacked his
dog as it sat on his front porch He said every
time the dog gets off its chain, it comes to his
residence and picks a fight with his dogs. The
owner of the offending dog said someone
opened the door, allowing the dog to run out,
and that her son ran after the dog but was
unable to catch it before it attacked the neigh
bor’s dog. She said she would keep a closer eye
on the dog.
• a custody dispute on Lakeview Drive where
a man said he and his girlfriend argued because
she wanted to leave the residence with their son.
The deputy read over court documents and
explained what they said. Both parties agreed to
abide by the court order.
•a verbal dispute on Old Kings Bridge Road
where the female complainant said people with
whom she shared a driveway were mowing the
grass and would not let her continue down the
driveway to her residence. She blew the horn, a
man became upset and an argument ensued.
The man showed the deputy where he’d been
cutting grass, and it was 30 feet off the driveway.
A witness confirmed that, and the deputy told
the woman that the man did not have to cease
cutting grass as she drove by.
•a lost or stolen credit card reported by
a woman who said the clerk at D’s Chevron
had not returned it to her after she bought gas.
Store management told the deputy that the
same woman had made an identical claim the
day before, that the woman had paid for gas
with cash on the day in question, and showed
him a video bom that day confirming that the
incident did not happen as described by the
complainant.
•Theft by taking reported at an Ivy Creek
Drive address where someone stole a Honda
four-wheeler. The victim said he believed his
son or the son’s friends “had something to do
with it.”
• shoplifting at the Dollar General Store where
security footage showed two females, one of
who put two tubes of mascara in her purse while
the other disbacted employees.
•an open door discovered during a security
check at the Berea Baptist Community Center.
• a verbal dispute at a Cabin Creek Drive loca
tion where a woman wanted her step-brother
removed from the property. She thinks he’s on
drugs, always causes a scene, never pays for
anything and will not get a job.
•suspicious activity at a Pace Drive address
where the complainant said he saw a light com
ing through a window, went outside and saw a
white male who shined a light in his eyes and
ran through the woods.
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