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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2008
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Crime/Fires/Wrecks
Domestic-related incidents investigated
BCSO Arrests
Sheriff's office reports 5 arrests
The Banks County Sheriff’s Office
reported five arrested during the past
week including the following:
•Gerardo Sebaston Gurrero, 29,
281 Middleton Road, Robinsville,
N.C., driving with a suspended
license, excessive speeding and driv-
Free legal services are available
to senior citizens and low-income
clients in the area.
Services are based on case type
ing without a tag.
•Michael James King, 44, loitering
and public drunkenness.
•Dillon Lee Harrington, 19, 6895
Faith Road, Salisbury, N.C., dis
orderly conduct, possession of a
controlled substance and criminal
damage to property in the second
degree.
•Doyle Bradley Simmons, 36,
3915 Petes Drives, Gainesville, fail
ure to appear.
•Sergio Rendon Garcia, 37, 2244
Smallwood Road, Gainesville, theft.
The Banks County Sheriff’s
Office responded to the following
domestic-related incidents during
the past week:
•juvenile problem at a Gardiner
Road residence.
•battery at a Boling Road resi
dence.
•dispute at a Historic Homer
Highway residence.
•dispute at a Boling Road resi
dence.
•harassment at a Bennett Road
address.
•dispute at a Freedom Lane,
Commerce, residence.
•battery at a Hwy. 59, Commerce,
residence.
•phone harassment at an Evans
Street, Homer, residence.
•welfare check at an Alice Moss
Lane, Alto, residence.
•physical dispute at a Hwy. 59
residence.
•verbal dispute at a Cotton Road
residence.
•runaway juvenile at a Springdale
Road, Homer, residence.
•dispute at a Hwy. 59 residence.
•dispute at a Hwy. 441 address.
•dispute at a Riverbend Road
residence.
•alleged child abuse at a
Riverbend Lane residence.
•child custody issue at a Hwy.
98, Maysville, residence.
•custody dispute at a McDonald
Drive, Homer, residence.
•phone harassment at a Daily
Road, Homer, residence.
•dispute at a Hwy. 441 address.
•custody dispute at a Hobbs
Creek Road residence.
•welfare check at a Dalton Road
residence.
•dispute at a Tony Drive, Homer,
residence.
•temporary protection order
violation at a Hwy. 51 North,
Carnesville, residence.
•dispute at an Elm Street resi
dence.
•assisted a man in picking up
his belongings from a Lake Forest
Drive residence.
•aggravated assault (Family
Violence Act) at a Candler Street
residence.
•phone harassment at an
Eisenhower Drive, Commerce,
address.
•juvenile problem at a Hwy. 198,
Baldwin, residence.
•dispute at a Damascus Road
residence.
•phone harassment at a Lake
Forest Drive residence.
•dispute reported at a Hwy. 441
address.
Sheriff's office responds to accidents in county
Piedmont CASA training scheduled Jan. 15
The Banks County Sheriff’s Office responded to the
following accidents during the past week:
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 441.
•two-vehicle accidents at Zaxby’s on Hwy. 441.
•two-vehicle accident at McDonald’s on Hwy. 441.
•one-vehicle accident on Hwy. 63.
•two-vehicle accident on I-85 South.
•two-vehicle accident on Historic Homer Highway.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 441 at the intersection
of Frontage Road.
•two-vehicle accident at Cracker Barrel at 138
Eisenhower Drive.
•two-vehicle accident on I-85 South.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15 South.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15 South at the inter
section of Frontage Road.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15 at the intersection
of I-85 South.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15.
•one-vehicle accident involving a deer on West
Ridgeway Road.
•one-vehicle accident involving a deer on Historic
Homer Highway near Harmony Church Road.
Piedmont CASA (Court Appointed Special
Advocates) will have a training class for volunteers
beginning Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 6 p.m., at the Braselton
Community Center.
Call 706-387-6375 to sign up.
“You can speak for a child who is in foster care
and discover how satisfying it is to help a child who
needs you,” organizers said. “Children come to be in
foster care through no fault of their own, but because
their parents are unable or unwilling to take care of
them. You can make a huge difference in their lives
by speaking for their best interests in court and at
school, with their families and others who interact
with them.”
Free Georgia Legal Services available to seniors
and financial eligibility. ule an appointment, should call
Georgia Legal Service Program 1-800-745-5717 or 770-535-5717
does not handle criminal cases. between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.,
Those wishing to sched- Mondays through Fridays.
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Narconon of Georgia is offering help for drug and Narconon is a non-profit organization.
alcohol addictions. Narconon offers referrals, assess- For more information, call 1-877-413-3073 or visit
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Sex offender's list available on GBI, BCSO websites
The Georgia Bureau of
Investigation maintains a list of
registered sex offenders on its
website (www.ganet.org/gbi).
The GBI is the central reposi
tory for Georgia’s Violent Sexual
Offender Registry. The registry
contains information about sex
offenders who have been released
from prison, placed on probation,
parole or supervised released after
July 1, 1996.
The website contains a search
form where offenders may be
located based on name, city, zip
code or county.
The list can also be viewed on
the Banks County Sheriff’s Office
website.
For each offender, the website
details the offender’s address,
physical description, age, date of
conviction and crime.
Most of the offenders
also have photos available.
By state law, a sex offender will be
notified by the Georgia Department
of Corrections, the Georgia Board
of Pardons & Paroles, and/or pri
vate probation agencies that they
must register as a sex offender
with a sheriff and their county of
residence, county of employment
and county where they are attend
ing school.
Sexual offenders will remain on
the registry for a period of 10 years
and will receive a verification form
each year on the anniversary of
their initial registration.
Sexual predators are required to
verify their information every 90
days and remain on the registry
for life.
As of July 1, 1999, sexual offend
ers who have more than one prior
conviction for an offense listed by
state law — or who have been con-
victed of an aggravated offense,
such as aggravated child molesta
tion — will remain on the registry
for life and will receive a verifica
tion form each year on the anniver
sary of their initial registration.
If the offender is enrolled,
employed or carries on a vocation
at an institution of higher education
in Georgia, they are required to
provide the name, school address
or enrollment status.
Offenders who move to another
state are required to report to the
sheriff’s office where they last
registered with in the state, and to
designate a law enforcement agen
cy in their new state of residence.
Offenders who move to another
county in Georgia, are required
to register with the sheriff of their
new county of residence in addi
tion to notifying the sheriff of their
previous county of residence.
BCSO responds
to suspicious
vehicle report
The Banks County Sheriff’s Office
responded to a suspicious vehicle
report on Dec. 26.
The caller said a vehicle was found
on his hunting property and that he
had tried to reach the Department of
Natural Resources but was unable to
get in contact with anyone.
The BCSO also responded to
the following calls during the past
week:
•theft of mail order prescrip
tion medicine from a mailbox at a
Marion Cape Road residence.
•suspicious persons at a Scales
Creek Road residence.
•alarm at Banks County Head
Start building which proved to be a
false alarm.
•loitering at Sonic.
•burglary at a Fort Lamar Road,
Commerce, residence.
•theft of two pistols from a
Freedom Lane Road residence.
•theft at Burger King.
•damage to vehicle belonging to
a School Street, Gillsville, resident
when someone put something in the
gas tank.
•911 hang-up at an Elk Drive,
Lula, residence which appeared to
be a false call.
•alarm at Boots, Etc.
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