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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2008
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Crime/Fires/Wrecks
BCSO Arrests
Sheriff's office reports 21 arrests
T he Banks County Sheriff’s
Office reported 21 arrests
during the past week inclu
ding the following:
•Roy Howard Bowden, 43, 108
Creek Way, Homer, DUI (alcohol),
driving with a suspended license,
weaving and open container viola
tion.
•Brian Evan Brewton, 69, 123
Ridgeway Court, Maysville, driving
with a suspended license, tail light
requirement violation and open con
tainer violation.
•Nicky Cannon, 35, 336 Pine
Street, Pendergrass, probation viola
tion on original charge of possession
of methamphetamine.
•Reynaldo Rodriguez Castillo, 30,
314 Richmar Road, Athens, defective
tires, weaving and driving without
a license.
•Michael Scott Chambers, 28,
20034 Hwy. 441 South, Homer,
open container violation.
•Brian William Craig, 33, 1883
Yonah-Homer Road, Homer, driving
without a license and operating a
vehicle without a tag.
•Michael Joshua Dorsey, 32, 437
Queen Road, Gillsville, probation
violation.
•Linda Sue Elias, 49, 464 Beacon
Drive, Maysville, public drunken
ness and obstructing a law enforce
ment officer.
•Tommy Faulkner, 46, 124 Candler
Street, Homer, possession of a con
trolled substance, weaving, DUI and
child support payment violation.
•Brian Douglas Kennedy, 34, 135
Lake Forest Drive, Commerce, dri
ving with a suspended license and
tag light violation.
•Jesse Daniel Major, 20, 382
Beaver Creek Drive, Commerce,
possession of alcohol by a minor
and failure to obey stop sign.
•Jorge Ivan Montelegre, 27, 5020
Arbor View, Alpharetta, DUI (alco
hol) and excessive speeding.
•George William Nation, 51, 1289
Silver Shoals Road, Lula, DUI
(alcohol), weaving and driving with
a suspended license.
•Robert Arthur Palmer, 46, public
drunkenness.
•Matthew Wayne Parr, 28, 141
Ellison Street, Maysville, obstruc
tion of a law enforcement officer.
•Samuel Domingo Poros, 25,
1908 Devon Drive, Marietta, dri
ving without a license and excessive
speeding.
•Steven Daniel Richie, 20, 214
Water Plant Road, Commerce, pos
session of a controlled substance and
possession of alcohol by a minor.
•Sandra Lynn Robertson, 33, 2109
Hwy. 145, Carnesville, possession
of a controlled substance, posses
sion of dangerous drugs and DUI
(drugs).
•Doyle Bradley Simmons, 37,
3915 Petes Drive, Gainesville, failu
re to appear.
•Roy Gene Taylor, 39, 392 Galhad
Road, Dahlonega, open container
violation and allowing unlicensed
person to drive.
•Luis Anthony Vasquez, 30, 107
Stapleton Drive, Clarkesville, dri
ving with a suspended license and
tag light violation.
BPD Arrests
Baldwin police report six arrests
Six arrests were made recently
by the Baldwin Police Department.
They include the following:
•Anthony Faulkner, 48, 5885 Pea
Ridge Road, Cornelia, public intoxi
cation.
•David Abernathy Nathan, 19,
Garland-White Road, Alto, failure
to appear and seatbelt violation.
•James T. Mitchell, 57, 148 Beaver
Creek Drive, Commerce, DUI.
•Jose Antonio Alvarado, 18, 337
Camp Creek Circle, Cornelia, no
license.
•Charles Carter Daniel, 61, 257
Ridgewood Circle, Cornelia, driving
while license suspended or revoked.
•Barbara Ann Jones, 44, 113
Diagonal Street, Toccoa, operating
vehicle with a suspended or revoked
license.
INCIDENTS
The following incidents were
reported last week:
•verbal dispute between a couple
at a Willow Tree Apartments resi
dence.
•theft of money from a Hwy. 365
business.
•theft by deception against a
Duncan Bridge Road man.
•theft of money from a Baldwin
woman’s bank account. She said
only one person had the personal
identification number necessary to
get the money.
•damage to a residence at Baldwin
Court Apartments.
•criminal trespassing at Baldwin
Court Apartments.
•a Baldwin man said he found a
gun on the grounds of his business.
•assault against a Baldwin woman
at a Midnight Street location.
•counterfeit bill passed at a Hwy.
365 business.
•tag missing from a vehicle driven
by a Baldwin man.
Sheriff's office responds to accidents in county
The Banks County Sheriff’s Office
responded to the following vehicle
accidents in the county during the
past week:
•two-vehicle accident on Yonah-
Homer Road at the intersection of
Old Jail Street.
•one-vehicle accident on Hwy.
15.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
198 at the intersection of Hwy. 63.
•three-vehicle accident at Wal-
Mart.
•one-vehicle accident on Hwy.
105.
•two-vehicle accident at Wal-
Mart.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
441 South.
•one-vehicle accident on Damascus
Road.
•two-vehicle accident on I-85
South.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
441 South.
•two-vehicle accident in Chic-
Fil-A parking lot.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
15.
•one-vehicle accident on Hwy.
59.
•one-vehicle accident on Hwy.
98.
•two-vehicle accident on I-85.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
15.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
15.
•one-vehicle accident on Louden
Ridge Road at the intersection of
Yonah-Homer Road.
•two-vehicle accident on I-85
North.
•two-vehicle accident in Krystal
parking lot.
•one-vehicle accident involving a
deer on Thompson Street.
•one-vehicle accident on Russ
Rumsey Road.
•one-vehicle accident on Carson-
Segars Road.
•one-vehicle accident on Hwy.
63.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
15.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15
at the intersection of Free Drive.
•one-vehicle accident involving a
collision with a deer on Union Hill
Road.
Piedmont CASA training scheduled Jan. 15
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.”
Banks Fire,
EMS answer
calls Dec. 9-15
The following is a list of emer
gency responses made by the Banks
County Fire and EMS for the week
of Dec. 9-15, according to chief
Gary Pollard:
•Motor vehicle accidents 3
•Medical calls 16
•Woods fire 4
•False alarms 3
•Commercial fire 1
•911 hang up 1
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Volunteer fireman charged with theft
Uses county credit card to buy gas for personal vehicle
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
A Banks County volunteer firearm
was forced to turn in his axe after it
was discovered he had been alleg
edly filling his personal vehicle with
gas for approximately a year on
county funds.
Howard Lee Kitchens, 30, of 1485
Hwy. 441, Baldwin, has been relieved
of his duties as a firearm and faces
charges of theft by taking after an
investigation revealed he allegedly
took approximately $7,000 worth of
gas using a department credit card
issued by the county.
The end of Kitchens’ free gas
ride came when a citizen reported
him filling his personal vehicle and
using a county credit card to pay
for it. The citizen contacted the
Baldwin Police Department who in
turn informed the Banks County
Sheriff’s Department.
An investigation began immedi
ately and gas records were pulled
for the card, which was slated to
have already been destroyed, for the
past year.
Initially, the card was to be used
to purchase diesel fuel, but Kitchens
was using it for regular gas for his
personal vehicle.
Banks County sheriff Charles
Chapman said Monday Kitchens
confessed to using the credit card
for personal gain.
Kitchens has been released on
bond and is awaiting an appearance
in Banks County Superior Court.
There is no word on how the card
was continued to be used for a year
after it was slated to be destroyed.
Kitchens has turned in all of his
equipment related to his fireman
duties.
Woman requests help in leaving boyfriend
A woman contacted the Banks
County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 1
as she was attempting to pack her
belongings to leave her boyfriend’s
residence on Millstone Drive.
The woman said her boyfriend’s
mother was harassing her and that
she wanted someone from the BCSO
to be on hand. Once an officer
responded to the scene, all parties
agreed to leave one another alone.
The BCSO also responded to the
following domestic incidents during
the past week:
•dispute between a man and his
girlfriend at a Carson Segars Road
residence.
•dispute between a woman and her
granddaughter at a Historic Homer
Highway residence.
•phone harassment at a Crowe
Road residence.
•custody exchange at a Hwy. 441
address.
•request for assistance in picking
up belongings at a Barefoot Circle
residence.
•dispute at a Carson Segars Road
residence.
•custody dispute at a Wooded Lake
Court residence.
•dispute between a woman and
her husband at an Echols Road resi
dence.
•request for assistance in picking
up belongings at a Caudell Road
residence.
•fight at a Chambers Road resi
dence.
•dispute at a Hwy. 441 residence.
•disturbance at a Millstone Drive
residence.
•suicide threats at a Lewallen Road
residence.
•phone harassment at an Otis
Brown Road address.
•harassment at a Pottery Factory
Drive address.
•juvenile problem at a Hwy. 51
South residence.
•dispute at Hampton Inn between
man and his step-father.
•suicide threats at a Sol Drive
residence.
Free Georgia Legal Services available to seniors
Free legal services are available
to senior citizens and low-income
clients in the area.
Services are based on case type
and financial eligibility.
Georgia Legal Service Program
does not handle criminal cases.
Those wishing to sched-
ule an appointment, should call
1-800-745-5717 or 770-535-5717
between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.,
Mondays through Fridays.
Narconon offers assistance with drug, alcohol addictions
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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