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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2008
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Crime/Fires/Wrecks
BCSO Arrests
Sheriff's office reports 16 arrests
Banks County Sheriff’s Office
More than 50,000 calls received in 2007
The Banks County Sheriff’s Office received a total
of 54,629 calls during the past year, sheriff Charles
Chapman said this week.
Among the calls, 1,377 were booked in the Banks
County Jail and 1,120 cases were opened for investiga
tion.
There were also 640 traffic accidents investigated by
the BCSO and 1,674 traffic citations issues.
The BCSO also served 1,458 civil papers during 2007.
In addition, 468 subpoenas were served.
The BCSO also reported 28 mental transports during
the past year.
Mother son argue at Springdell Road residence
T he Banks County Sheriff’s
Office reported 16 arrests
during the past week
including the following:
•Terry Carlton Angel, 30, 358
Riverbend Road, Commerce, fail
ure to appear for trial.
•Brandon Talmidge Bellew, 45,
907 Duncan Road, Commerce,
weaving, DUI (drugs) and failure
to appear for trial.
•Roger Anthony Boswell, 21, 237
Mitchell Street, Maysville, DUI
(alcohol), driving too fast for con
ditions and weaving.
•Douglas Ray Brammer, 45, 1001
Shackleford Road, Royston, driving
with a suspended license, tag light
violation, driving without a tag,
DUI (alcohol) and open container
violation.
•Kela Michelle Daniels, 48, 340
Rice Street, Alto, probation viola
tion.
•Alonzo Oscar Garcia, 35, 247
Magnolia Drive, Jefferson, driv
ing without proper classification of
license.
•Rutilio Gomez, 24, 4230 Mable
Street, Hattiesburg, Miss., driving
without a license and windshield
violation.
•Luis Herrera, 23, 2805 Wade
Hampton Boulevard, Taylor, S.C.,
driving without a license and win
dow tint violation.
•Jamie William Holcombe, 27,
292 Wildwood Trail, Lula, DUI
(drugs).
•Shawna Lynn Lance, 18, 592
Henderson Road, Gillsville, pos
session of controlled substance and
loitering.
•Kevin Boyd Madaris, 43, 294 Old
Harris Orchard Road, Commerce,
driving with a suspended license
and failure to obey posted traffic
signs.
•Jon Ross McIntire, 23, 456 Main
Street, Clermont, driving with a
suspended license, driving without
a tag, no proof of insurance and
headlight violation.
•Charles Edward Miller, 52, 168
Doc Lawrence Drive, Alto, illegal
possession of controlled substance.
•Kenneth Kyle Moore, 23, 4338
Trotters Lane, Auburn, giving false
name to an officer.
•Ryan William Orlovsky, 19, 447
Elkwood Drive, Moon Twp, PA,
DUI (alcohol) and excessive speed
ing.
•David Michael Waldrep, 30, 311
Borders Drive, Homer, DUI (alco
hol) and excessive speeding.
The Banks County Sheriff’s Office
responded to a domestic dispute call
on Springdell Road Jan. 17 involv
ing an argument between a mother
and her son.
According to the BCSO report, the
mother said she and her son were
arguing when he said he was “going
to call the cops and tell them that she
had went next door and got a gun to
kill him with.”
The mother said this was not true
and wanted to make an official report
about her son’s threat.
The BCSO also responded to the
following domestic disputes:
•dispute at a Cauthen Lakeside
Drive, Alto, residence.
•phone harassment at a Hwy. 98
residence.
•harassment at a Boling Road
address.
•harassment at a Hwy. 15 address.
•dispute at a Lewallen Road,
Commerce, residence.
•battery at a Cauthen Lakeside
Drive, Alto, residence.
•welfare check at a Historic Homer
Highway residence.
•phone harassment at a Hwy. 51
North, Homer, address.
•harassment against a Wynn
Caudell Road resident.
•welfare check at a Mt. Sinai Road
residence.
•custody exchange at Race Trac.
•dispute at a Historic Homer
Highway residence.
•dispute at a Dusty Creek Lane
residence.
•dispute at a West Ridgeway Road
residence.
Baldwin Arrests
Student reportedly injured while exiting school bus
Seven face charges from Baldwin Police Dept.
Seven people were arrested in
Baldwin last week, including the
following:
•Tony D. Nicely, 38, 45 Liberty
Lane, Cleveland, DUI, suspended
license, speeding, open container
violation and fleeing and attempting
to elude a law enforcement officer.
•Dexter Thomas, 56, 662 Smokey
Road, Alto, DUI.
•Osman Lara Perez, 23, 222
Dilmus Street, Baldwin, no license
and stop sign violation.
•Whitley Gayla Galloway, 18, 160
Willow Tree Avenue, Baldwin, dis-
orderly conduct.
•Tracy Smith, 46, 212 Stonecypher
Street, Cornelia, DUI and failure to
maintain lane.
•Beverly Faith Maravilla, 38, 322
Teakwood Drive, Alto, DUI, fail
ure to maintain lane and headlight
violation.
•Jose Aguilar-Martinez, 31, 109
McConnell Drive, Gainesville, driv
ing on a suspended license and fail
ure to show proof of insurance.
INCIDENTS
Incidents reported to the police
department last week include the
following:
•reports of sexual abuse against a
child.
•tires slashed on a vehicle parked
at a Willingham Avenue address.
•cell phone damaged by a man
during an argument with his girl
friend at a Church Street residence.
•bank fraud against a Baldwin
woman.
A Banks County Middle School student was injured
while she was exiting the school bus on Jan. 14.
The 13-year-old was transported to Northeast Georgia
Medical Center after complaining of neck and back
injuries, according to the Banks County Sheriff’s Office
incident report, which was filed by the bus driver.
The BCSO also responded to the following incidents
during the past week:
•livestock in roadway on Damascus Road near Hwy.
184.
•suspicious vehicle on Historic Homer Highway.
•deer in roadway on McCoy Bridge Road.
•alarm at Dress Barn on Tanger Drive.
•911 hang-up from pay phone at Wal-Mart.
•alarm at Wendy’s.
•burglary at a Cotton Road, Homer, residence.
•911 hang-up at a Hwy. 59, Commerce, residence
which proved to be children playing on the phone.
•dog bite at a Hwy. 98 residence involving a juvenile.
•alarm at a Hwy. 51 South residence.
•livestock in roadway on Brown Bridge Road.
•trailer inspection on Grove Level Road, Maysville.
•gas drive off a Hwy. 441 station.
•suspicious vehicle at TA Truckstop.
Banks Fire/EMS calls reported
Emergency responses made by the Banks County Fire and EMS for the
week of Jan. 13-19 are as follows:
Motor Vehicle Accidents 3
Medical Calls 29
Structure Fires 2
False Alarms 1
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