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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016
THE COMMERCE NEWS • THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
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Commerce Police Department incidents
Police called 4 times to Williford St.
Four incidents on Williford
Street — two at each of two
addresses — kept Commerce
police officers busy last week.
All four were connected.
Officers responded to the
first location at 6:18 on Tues
day Nov. 1, to a report of a
stolen bicycle.
They returned the following
night at 9:32 when the same
complainant reported that
another bicycle was stolen.
The victim gave police the
name of a suspect who he
said lived nearby.
The officer went to that
address, but the suspect did
not live there anymore. The
occupant said he let the man
stay there one night, but that
the man left that morning.
The other two incidents
took place at the second res
idence.
The first was at 1:45 p.m. on
Wednesday Nov. 2, where a
woman said she saw a man of
Latino descent trying to break
into her neighbor’s residence.
The woman gave the officer
a photo of the man trying to
break in and speculated that
the suspect waits for the resi
dents to leave and tries to enter
the empty building.
When the suspect was
made aware that the neighbor
was calling police, he fled on
foot while appearing to be call
ing someone.
Police returned to that
residence the same night at
10:58 in reference to a dispute.
Police detained Aoun Khalil
Khashan, 19, for whom police
had no other address than
where he spent a single night.
Khashan was intoxicated.
He told police he’d had half
a beer. However, the resident
where Khashan had spent
one night said that Khashan
broke into his house through a
bathroom window and drank
five beers. The two argued in
the back yard, which led to
the 911 call.
Khashan was trying to leave
with the man’s bicycle when
two police officers arrived.
Police cited him for crimi
nal trespass, pedestrian under
the influence of alcohol and
underage consumption of
alcohol.
The report did not indicate
that Khashan was charged
with theft in connection with
the missing bicycles.
Other Incidents
Other matters responded to
by police during the past week
include:
•theft by taking at an
apartment on Jefferson Street
where a woman said some
one stole a car battery from
the back porch but left an
alternator that was beside it.
The woman gave police the
name of a suspect, who she
speculated traded the battery
to a drug dealer in Pleasant
Acres. Some time later, the
complainant called the officer
and said she received a call
indicating that the suspects
had the battery. The caller said
he drove the man to the drug
dealer’s house to get rid of it.
•sexual battery reported
at Northridge Medical Center
where a woman in the emer
gency room was assaulted by
her boyfriend. The victim was
unresponsive in a hospital bed
when the incident occurred.
The officer turned the case
over to the Criminal Investiga
tive Division.
•a domestic dispute that
occurred at a Hospital Road
address between a man and
his son when the man would
not let the boy go to his girl
friend’s residence. The boy
tried to escape out a window,
the father stopped him, the
boy began swinging and hit
both parents. The boy told the
officer that his father put him in
a chokehold. The boy ended
up going to stay with his grand
father. There were no charges.
• simple battery reported at
a Baugh Street location where
two neighbors got into a fight,
with one of them saying he
was going to have sex with the
other’s daughter “while you
are gone.”
•criminal damage to prop
erty at a Heritage Hills apart
ment where someone kicked
in a patio door. The complain
ants looked through the blinds
and found a male wearing a
black hoodie and a mask over
his face. The man looked at
them and left toward the play
ground area.
• a deer struck by a vehicle
on Homer Road. The officer
disposed of the deer with a
single shot from the his pisotl.
•an employee theft at
O’Reilly Auto Parts, Homer
Road, where the loss preven
tion manager said an employ
ee had stolen $403 from the
cash register from July 26 to
Oct. 7. The suspect confessed
to the loss control manager
in a written statement, and
police took out a warrant for
his arrest.
•a report from a woman
that she lost her driver’s
license and needed a police
report to get a replacement.
•a death investigation on
Roosevelt Boulevard where an
elderly woman with an exten
sive medical history collapsed
and died.
Banks County Grand Jury indicts 44
A Banks County Grand
Jury recently indicted 44
people, including the follow
ing:
•Curtis Anthony Battle,
aggravated assault on a law
enforcement officer, fleeing
or attempting to elude a law
enforcement officer, theft by
receiving stolen property,
possession of marijuana and
possession of marijuana with
intent to distribute.
• Jerrell Christopher Craw
ford, aggravated assault on a
law enforcement officer, flee
ing or attempting to elude a
law enforcement officer, theft
by receiving stolen property,
possession of marijuana and
possession of marijuana with
intent to distribute.
•Jason William Ricotta,
aggravated assault on a law
enforcement officer, fleeing
or attempting to elude a law
enforcement officer, theft by
receiving stolen property,
possession of marijuana and
possession of marijuana with
intent to distribute.
• Crystal Jean Beau
champ, burglary.
• Debby Ann Bostick, bur
glary and theft by taking.
•Tommy Ray Woodruff,
burglary and theft by taking.
• Mitchell Dale Clark, theft
by taking.
•Ladarrius Tykel Clark,
armed robbery, violation of
street gang terrorism and
prevention act, aggravated
assault and pointing a gun at
someone.
•Kenyada Daquan Nash,
armed robbery, violation of
street gang terrorism and
prevention act, aggravated
assault and pointing a gun at
someone.
•Rodreka Lanae Walker,
armed robbery, violation of
street gang terrorism and
prevention act, aggravated
assault and pointing a gun at
someone.
•Dillion Alonzo Harper,
armed robbery, violation of
street gang terrorism and
prevention act, aggravated
assault and pointing a gun at
someone.
• Ronald Justin Duke,
possession of a controlled
substance with intent to dis
tribute and illegal use of a
communication facility.
•Avalon Monique Lowery,
possession of a controlled
substance with intent to dis
tribute and illegal use of a
communication facility.
•Jose Gonzalez, traffick
ing methamphetamine or
amphetamine, possession
of methamphetamine with
intent to distribute, posses
sion of marijuana, giving
false information to a law
enforcement officer and driv
ing while license suspended.
•Harley Marie Mason, ,
trafficking methamphet
amine or amphetamine,
possession of methamphet
amine with intent to distrib
ute, possession of marijuana,
giving false information to a
law enforcement officer and
driving while license sus
pended.
• Beth Ann Harris, theft by
shoplifting and giving false
information to a law enforce
ment officer.
•Jerry James Joyce, traf
ficking in cocaine and failure
to maintain lane.
• Ashanni Callitis McLean,
trafficking in cocaine and
failure to maintain lane.
•Sharee Rosalee
Lunsford, possession of a
controlled substance, pos
session of marijuana, dis
orderly conduct, burglary,
entering an automobile and
theft by taking.
• Brent Dean Grissom,
theft by receiving stolen
property and operating a
chop shop.
•Nikki Kucharik, theft by
receiving stolen property
and operating a chop shop.
•Jessie Wayne Gee, ter
roristic threats and pointing
a gun at someone.
• Jonathan Anthony
Jaworski, aggravated assault
and battery.
•Bianca Janee Johnson,
possession of marijuana,
DUI, endangering a child
while DUI, improper display
of license plate and improp
er headlights.
• Clifton Denzel Miller,
possession of marijuana,
DUI, endangering a child
while DUI, improper display
of license plate and improp
er headlights.
•Romairo Jamarco Mint-
er, possession of a con
trolled substance with intent
to distribute, possession of a
firearm during the commis
sion of a felony, possession
of marijuana, window tint
violation and failure to main
tain lane.
•Darryl Alan Thomas, ,
possession of a controlled
substance with intent to dis
tribute, possession of a fire
arm during the commission
of a felony, possession of
marijuana, window tint vio
lation and failure to maintain
lane.
•Daniel Clark Neal, traf
ficking methamphetamine or
amphetamine, possession of
a firearm during the commis
sion of a crime, possession
of a controlled substance,
giving false information to a
law enforcement officer and
driving while license sus
pended.
• Jeremy John Onori,
armed robbery, aggravat
ed assault and hijacking a
motor vehicle.
•Sammy Parson, aggra
vated assault and battery.
• Daniel Korey Penny,
obstruction of an officer and
public drunkenness.
• Cortisso Escalara Perne-
all, possession of marijua
na with intent to distribute,
possession of marijuana,
failure to maintain lane, use
of license plate to conceal
identity of vehicle, improper
display of license plate.
•Jartis Markeil Thurman,
possession of marijuana with
intent to distribute, posses
sion of marijuana, failure to
maintain lane, use of license
plate to conceal identity of
vehicle, improper display of
license plate.
• Tyson Deon Person,
obstruction of an officer,
battery, tampering with evi
dence, possession of mari
juana and failure to maintain
lane.
• Zachary Jonathan Proc
tor, possession of marijuana
and possession of metham
phetamine.
•Sergio Antonio Quirino,
possession of methamphet
amine, DUI, failure to main
tain lane and improper tires.
•Robert Timothy Reems,
possession of a controlled
substance, possession of
marijuana and failure to wear
seat belt.
•Daniel Vaughnell Stiles,
battery, terroristic threats and
battery.
•Lee Andrew Waddell,
possession of methamphet
amine.
•Kelly Ian Waldrop, theft
by taking.
•Christian Elijah Walker,
possession of marijuana.
•Tammy Gale Crow, seri
ous injury by vehicle and
DUI.
•Maria Renae Williams,
possession of a controlled
substance, possession of
marijuana and speeding.
• Willis Rodrigus Weir,
fleeing or attempting to elude
a law enforcement officer,
defective windshield and tag
light violation.
Deputy arrests Commerce man on drug charges
A Commerce man was
charged with drug violations
and possession of tools to
commit a crime Oct. 30 after
a report of a dispute.
Cody James Prather, 25, 63
Laura Lane, is charged with
misdemeanor possession of
marijuana, possession of tools
for the commission of a crime
and violation of the Georgia
Controlled Substances Act.
A deputy said a woman on
Cabin Creek Drive in Nichol
son told the deputy her son
was on drugs and was trying
to take his children from her.
She said she had custody of
the children. Prather was the
owner of a white car where
the woman found her son.
The deputy said he saw
illegal drugs in the car. He
searched the car and found
a glass smoking device, a
razor blade and a mirror with
a white substance “smeared
on it.”
In the passenger seat, he
found a mirror with a powdery
substance, a container with a
bag of green leafy substance,
a clear container with a crystal
substance and a working set
of scales.
DFACS sent a representative
who took the juveniles from
the home.
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Male attacks bakery
clerk during robbery
Commerce police are looking for a “big black male
with long hair” who robbed the Faith and Flour Bakery
on North Elm Street late Sunday evening.
An employee entered the business, apparently fol
lowed by someone who struck her in the face before
emptying the cash register and exiting.
The victim told police that someone hit her in the
face as she came out of the bathroom, placed some
thing — possibly a rope — around her neck, ordered
her to open the register and used the rope to lead her
around.
The robber also dumped out her purse.
The victim told police that the man had to have come
in through the back door, which she had left unlocked.
He also exited that way.
There was no mention of whether the man was
armed.
Police deployed their tracking dog to no avail, but
police found shoe prints and tire marks near a dump
ster not far from the location.
Jackson County EMS transported the victim to an
Athens hospital.
Five arrested
in Banks County
The Banks County Sher
iff’s Office reports the arrest
of five people last week,
including the following:
•Johnny Blake McDaniel,
25, 224 Wooded Lake Drive,
Homer, battery.
• Oscar Armando
Ramirez, 56, 129 Faulkner
Drive, Commerce, peeping
Tom.
• Charlotte Antionette
Smith, 28, 49 Hill Street,
Newnan, driving without
a valid license and safety
restraint violation.
•Angela Mae Patrick, 37,
210 Ward Road, Commerce,
probation violation.
•Jorge Procopio Jr., 25,
323 Galloway Street, Cor
nelia, battery.
Incidents
The following incidents
were reported recently to the
sheriffs office:
•burglary at a Hwy. 326,
Commerce, residence when
prescription medication was
stolen.
• damage to proper
ty when someone going
through the drivethru at Zax-
by’s struck the building.
• fight between two people
at a Banks Crossing business.
•property damage when
someone left with the gas
pump still in their car at a
Banks Crossing business.
•shoplifting at a Hwy. 441,
Commerce, address.
Dog attacks Jackson deputy
A pit bull recently attacked a Jackson County deputy try
ing to serve a child support civil paper at a Huff Hill Road,
Commerce, address.
The deputy approached the residence and saw two pit
bull dogs at the front porch of the mobile home — and a
beware-of-dogs sign. The officer spoke to both dogs, who
wagged their tails and acted friendly.
“I did not trust the brown dog, which was the larger and
older of the two,” the officer wrote in the incident narrative.
“I removed my ASP baton and carried it... to the front door.”
That turned out to be a prudent decision.
As the officer knocked on the door, the brown dog
jumped up aggressively toward the deputy’s face.
“I pushed the dog back and from me, it then bites me on
my left leg on the knee cap,” the officer wrote. “I extended
the ASP baton and struck the dog as hard as I could across
its head, knocking the dog to the ground.”
The dog backed off, standing between the deputy and
his car, and the deputy called for Animal Control to take
the dog.
The dog eventually went under the trailer.
“I could tell the dog did not want to have any more to
do with me,” the officer wrote. “Its head was lowered and I
could tell it was in pain from the blow to the head.”
Two other officers arrived. The dog barked at them, but
stayed under the mobile home. A third officer and the ani
mal control officer also arrived.
The deputy went to an Athens medical facility where
he was given a tetanus shot and the wound was cleaned
and bandaged. The deputy said he declined the first rabies
shot of the post-exposure treatment until the dog could be
observed. He filled a prescription for a round of antibiotics.
Officials contacted the owner of the mobile home, who
said that he did not own the dog but provided the name of
a person he said was the owner. The dog was placed under
quarantine.
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