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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2008
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
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Crime/Fires/Wrecks
BCSO Arrests
Domestic incidents
Sheriff's office reports 28 arrests Man, girlfriend argue over money, car repair
The Banks County Sheriff’s Office
made 28 arrests during the past
week including the following:
•David Wayne Anglin, 44, 668
Glowchester Place, Norcross, theft.
•Ryan Lucas Bland, 22, 701
Plain View Road, Camesvihe, DUI
(drugs).
•William Travis Bryant, 47, 353
Rattle Trap Road, Commerce, theft.
•Justin O’Neal Chapman, 20, 106
Arrowhead Lane, Danielsville, pro
bation violation.
•Dupree Junior Crawford, 69, 550
Poole Road, Homer, State sentence.
•Buddy Jerome Cromer, 27, 1379
Harden Bridge Road, Homer, proba
tion violation.
•Jason Oliver Dalrimple, 28, 4708
Spring Creek Lane, Sandy Springs,
driving with a suspended license.
•Charles Raymond Evans, 45, 4235
Damascus Road, Toccoa, improper
lane change, improper U-turn, driv
ing while declared a habitual viola
tor and DUI (alcohol).
•Mario Witron Flores, 38, 170
Faulkner Drive, Commerce, driv
ing without a license and window
violation.
•Kevin Daniel Gardiner, 21, 483
Greasy Creek Road, Homer, theft.
•Blanca Guitierez, 20, unknown
address, theft.
•Jamie Lynn Hansley, 3012 W.S.
Cain Road, Gainesville, DUI (alco
hol) and open container violation.
•Richard Timothy Hansley, 49,
3012 W.S. Cain Road, Gainesville,
open container violation.
•Bringas Arteao Jecsan-Roberto,
25, 1230 Carolina Avenue, Raleigh,
N.C., driving without a license and
following too closely.
•Kenny Steven Land, 31, 360
Palmer Lane, Marble, N.C., public
drunkenness and disorderly con
duct.
•Marla Jauvonne Lewis, 34, 306
Palmetto Circle, Greer, S.C., theft.
•Janice Lorraine, 57, unknown
address, DUI (drugs), excessive
speeding.
•John David Meeler, 23, 1472
Mathis Road, Danielsville, theft.
•Tierra Samariam Pittman, 27, 648
Ridgeway Road, Commerce, pos
session of marijuana (less than one
ounce).
•Victor Manuel Ramos-Garcia, 32,
347 Shoal Circle, Lawrenceville,
driving without a license and failure
to maintain proper lane.
•Brittney Tyronda Rollins, 23, 67
Manor Court, Commerce, theft.
•Frank Lee Sewell, 21, 76 Jennings
Lane, Nicholson, theft.
•Danny Eugene Smith, 39, 170
Marlboro Road, Spartanburg, S.C.,
driving without a license and exces
sive speeding.
•Quincy Deborocker Strickland,
31, 87 Duncan Road, Commerce,
possession of marijuana (less than
one ounce).
•William Andrew Towe, 28, 3830
South Barnett Shoals Road, Athens,
excessive speeding and driving with
a suspended license.
•Fredy Umana, 28, Beaky Point
Lot #9, Danielsville, driving with
out a license and headlight/taillight
violation.
•Cecilio Comacho Vazquez, 39,
547 Duncan Road, Commerce, driv
ing without a license and brake
light/turn signal violation.
•Charles Richard White, 25, 155
Hickory Flat Road, Homer, battery
and criminal trespass.
A Hummingbird Lane, Lula, man
and his girlfriend allegedly got into
an argument over money this past
weekend.
The man told the Banks County
Sheriff’s Office deputy, who
responded to the scene after being
contacted by his girlfriend, that the
two were arguing over finances and
about getting their vehicle fixed.
The man said his girlfriend left the
residence to stay with her mother
for the night.
After his girlfriend left, the man
said he “got mad and threw a wrench
A two-vehicle accident on Steven
B. Tanger Boulevard at the inter
section of East Ridgeway Road was
one of several accidents the Banks
County Sheriff’s Office responded
and hit the hood of the car.” The
wrench then bounced off the car’s
hood and broke the windshield.
The BCSO also responded to the
following domestic-related incidents
during the past week:
•custody dispute at a Sims Harris
Road, Gillsville, residence.
•dispute at a Hickory Flat Road,
Gillsville, residence.
•threats at a Hwy. 441 location.
•phone harassment at a Rock
Springs Road, Alto, residence.
•custody dispute at a Hwy. 441
address.
to during the past week. Other acci
dents included:
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
15 North at the intersection of
Eisenhower Drive.
•threat at a Chase Lane, Homer,
residence.
•harassing phone calls and text
messages to a Hwy. 59, Commerce,
resident.
•phone harassment at a Caudell
Road, Homer, residence.
•terroristic threats at a Hwy. 441
residence.
•harassing phone calls at a Greasy
Creek Road, Homer, residence.
•juvenile problem at a Hebron
Road, Commerce, residence.
•disputes at a Barrett Road, Alto,
residence.
•two-vehicle accident at the entran
ce to Wal-Mart.
•one-vehicle accident on Yonah-
Homer Road.
•hit-and-run on I-85 South.
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Accidents responded to in county during past week
Man reports receiving threat via e-mail
A Damascus Road resident said
he was threatened by an e-mail
message last week.
The man said the message said
if he did not provide the e-mail
sender money he would “kill him.”
The complainant said he didn’t
have a printer to print the e-mail
but he would save it.
The BCSO also responded to the
following incidents during the past
week:
•removal of a man from a
Stephens Road, Commerce, resi
dence.
•suspicious person at a Wynn
Lake Road address.
•alarm at Banks County High
School which proved to be false.
•vehicle fire on I-85 at mile
marker 155.
•suspicious person in area of
Yonah-Homer Road.
•suspicious person in area of
Hwy. 15 at English Road.
•alarm at a residence on Hwy. 51
South, Gillsville.
•911 hang-up from a payphone
on Tanger Drive.
•recovery of a stolen vehicle at a
Hwy. 320, Carnesville, address.
•livestock in roadway on Hwy.
198.
•alarm at First Georgia Bank on
Historic Homer Highway which
appeared to be false.
•assisted motorist whose vehicle
had stopped operating on I-85 in
area of mile marker 152.
•suspicious vehicle on Woodland
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