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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2008
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Crime/Fires/Wrecks
BCSO Arrests
Sheriff's office reports 14 arrests
T he Banks County Sheriff’s
Office reported 14 arrests
during the past week
including the following:
•Lisa Diane Abernathy, 30, 5273
Glenn Road, Franklin, burglary.
•Thomas Willbum Abernathy, 34,
5273 Glenn Road, Franklin, bur
glary.
•Darrylress Lamont Alexander,
22, 1267 Polk Street, Charlotte,
N.C., driving with a suspended
license and following too close to
another vehicle.
•Tanisha Conrad Carithers, 34,
180 Kirkwood Drive, Athens, driv-
ing with a suspended license and
excessive speeding.
•Dennis Wayne Daniel, 45, 1380
Park Street, Commerce, failure to
appear for trial.
•Nicholas Scott Gaddis, 28, 7681
Pool Circle, Alto, probation viola
tion.
•Angela Kim Hayes, 42,
Tranquility Forest, Lot 10, Hull,
probation violation.
•Todd Bradley Hill, 34, 4188
Commerce Road, Jefferson, proba
tion violation.
•Steven Lee Jewell, 34, 1724
Yonah-Homer Road, Homer, pro
bation violation.
•Tiffany Marie Lester, 21, 112
Loggins Trail, Commerce, failure
to appear for trial.
•Larkin Joseph Murphy, 30, 810
Patraic Park Way, Rockhill, S.C.,
failure to appear for trial.
•Jennifer Christine Palmer, 50,
failure to appear for trial.
•Nancy Jean Snipes, 36, 819 North
Mangum Bridge Road, Maysville,
probation violation.
•Shaunteil Jade Vannucci, 28, 36
Rocky Patch Lane, Otto, N.C., DUI,
child endangerment and excessive
speeding.
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 Hembree
Road in Maysville.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15
at the intersection of Eisenhower
Drive.
•two-vehicle accident in the park
ing lot at Wendy’s.
•one-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15.
•two-vehicle accident on Browns
Bridge Road.
•one-vehicle accident on Duncan
Road.
•one-vehicle accident on Hwy. 51
North.
•two-vehicle accident at TA
Truckstop on Hwy. 441 South.
•two-vehicle accident in Wal-Mart
parking lot.
•one-vehicle accident on Browns
Bridge Road.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 59.
•hit-and-run on Hwy. 441.
•assisted Georgia State Patrol on
East Ridgeway Road.
•one-vehicle accident on Hwy. 59
at Mt. Bethel Road.
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
ments, drug education and out-patient rehabilitation. www.drugsno.com.
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.
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Man attempts suicide by drinking aftershave
The Banks County Sheriff’s Office
was called to a residence on Moss
Mill Road in Baldwin on Jan. 4 con
cerning a suicide attempt.
Once on the scene the responding
officers discovered a man who had
been “drinking aftershave for about
four days.” The man was in a “high
ly intoxicated manner,” acccording
to the BCSO incident report.
An EMS unit was called to the
scene although the man man refused
treatment.
The man did tell the respond
ing deputies he was trying to hurt
himself and at that point he was
transported to Habersham County
Medical Center.
Domestic incidents investigated by sheriff's office
The Banks County Sheriff’s
Office responded to the following
domestic-related incidents during
the past week:
•phone harassment at a Dalton
Road, Baldwin, residence.
•phone harassment at a Hwy. 441
address.
•phone harassment at a Caudell
Road residence.
•stalking at a Sims Bridge Road
address.
•custody dispute at a Bell Road,
Lula, residence.
•dispute at a Fort Lamar Road,
Commerce, residence.
•custody dispute at a Hwy. 441
address.
•welfare check at a Dalton Road,
Baldwin, residence.
•welfare check at a Hwy. 441
address.
•harassment at a Welborn Road,
Maysville address.
•dispute at an Elm Street, Alto,
residence.
•child custody exchange at a
Barnes Circle, Commerce, resi
dence.
•dispute at a Hwy. 15 address.
•welfare check at a Historic
Homer Highway residence.
•custody dispute at a Barnes
Circle, Commerce, residence.
•harassment at a Carson Segars
Road, Maysville, residence.
•child custody dispute at a Hwy.
441, Alto, residence.
•dispute at an Oscar Rucker Road,
Homer, residence.
•temporary protection order vio
lation at a Hwy. 441, Commerce,
address.
•battery at a Historic Homer
Highway, Alto, residence.
Man reports camper stolen while he was in jail
A Maysville man told the Banks
County Sheriff’s Office that some
one took possession of his camper
and other items while he was incar
cerated from Oct. 12 until Dec. 10.
The man said other items including
his hand trucks, antenna, washing
machine, stove and pots and pans
were also taken during this time.
The man told a responding deputy
he had seen these items in a yard
on North Mangum Bridge Road in
Maysville. The camper, which was
not at the residence, was described
as a 1976 Globe Star model.
In other incidents last week, the
BCSO responded to:
•suspicious vehicle on Roberts
Circle, Homer.
•civil dispute at Cranes Mobile
Home Park in Homer.
•cows in roadway on Hwy. 51
North.
•suspicious activity on Lake Forest
Drive.
•theft at a Hwy. 326 residence.
•burglary at an Apple Pie Ridge
Road residence.
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Next DUI Class begins on January 19, 2008
Next Defensive Driving Class will be held on January 26,2008
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