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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2008
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Crime/Fires/Wrecks
Arrests
Incidents
Sheriff's office reports 29 arrests
T he Banks County Sheriff’s
Office made 29 arrests
during the past week
including the following:
•Halisha Devona Beasley, 21,
1078 Hwy. 59, Commerce, cruelty
to children (second degree).
•Cedric Lamar Cheeks, 38, 239
Hwy. 441 North, Homer, driving
with a suspended license.
•Daniel Thomas Davis, 18, 2828
Yonah Homer Road, Homer, pos
session of a controlled substance.
•Vincent Severiana Garcia, 23,
148 Lewallen Road, Commerce,
DUI (alcohol).
•Sonia Iliana Guerra-Juarez, 31,
609 Crestwood Lane, Cornelia,
driving without a license and
excessive speeding.
•Rachel Elizabeth Hoffman, 22,
1851 Rock Springs Road, Alto,
DUI (alcohol), driving on wrong
side of roadway, hit-and-run, fail
ure to stop and render aid and
weaving.
•William Horace Hogsed, 55,
290 Habersham Terace, Cornelia,
driving with a suspended license,
no proof of insurance and conceal
ing identity of vehicle.
•Robert Orin Ledford, 19, 1586
Hwy. 164, Commerce, walk in.
•Juan De La Cruz Mata-Mendez,
41, 5504 Sanddle Club Drive,
Gainesville, excessive speeding,
driving without a license and win
dow violation.
•Duane Leslie Mills, 41, 159
Wood Circle, Homer, forgery (first
degree).
•Bobby Joe Money, 36, 2018
Hwy. 106, Danielsville, probation
violation.
•Paul Zachary Myers, 25, 188
Riverbend Road, Commerce, pos
session of marijuana (less than one
ounce) and failure to appear.
•Dianna Elizabeth Ortiz, 44, 149
Andrews Road, Commerce, proba
tion violation.
•Moraima Paz, 36, 2948
Commerce Road, Jefferson, theft
by shoplifting.
•Geoffrey Craig Pickens, 38,
5647 Pinedale Circle, Sugarhill,
failure to appear.
•Ralph William Poole, 68, 142
Hickory Flat Drive, Gillsville,
DUI (alcohol).
•Manuel Morales Ramerez, 25,
359-B Nix Road, Alto, possession
of a controlled substance.
•Carlos Cortez Rangel, 27, driv
ing without a license and window
tint violation.
•Rick Robert Rowan, 43,
818 Old Andersonville Road,
Andersonville, shoplifting.
•Frank Lee Sewell, 21, 76
Jennings Lane, Nicholson, failure
to appear.
•Cintavious Markey Smith,
32, 2365 Hickory Circle Road,
Hartwell, cruelty to children in
first degree.
•Rene Avellaneda Torres, 30, 126
Deer Creek Drive, Athens, driving
without a license.
•Robert William Townley, 37,
1829 Dooley Town Road, Winder,
receiving untitled benefits.
•David Jonathan Tull, 37, disor
derly conduct.
•Melanie Marie Webb, 48, 7673
Pool Circle, Alto, weaving and
DUI (drugs).
•Susan Renea Williams, 19, 325
South Trotters Way, Jefferson,
theft by shoplifting.
•Michael Christopher Worley, 21,
489 Henderson Road, Gillsville,
reckless driving.
•Kenneth Scott Wright, 44, 626
Russ Rumsey Road, Homer, open
container violation.
•Patricia Parson Wright, 43, 626
Russ Rumsey Road, 43, DUI (alco
hol) and failure to maintain lane.
Accident Reports
Accidents in county responded to by sheriff's office
The Banks County Sheriff’s
Office responded to the follow
ing vehicle-related accidents in the
county during the past two weeks:
•one-vehicle accident on Hwy.
15 at the intersection of Hollow
Drive.
•one-vehicle accident at
Commerce Watershed Lake.
•two-vehicle accident in TA
Truck Stop parking lot.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
15.
•two-vehicle accident on Historic
Homer Highway at the intersection
of Evans Street.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
15.
•two-vehicle accident on Steven
B. Tanger Boulevard.
•three-vehicle accident on
Historic Homer Highway at the
intersection of Hwy. 98.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
441.
•two-vehicle accident on Historic
Homer Highway at the intersection
of Hwy. 98.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
98.
•one-vehicle accident on I-85
South at mile marker 151.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
198.
•two-vehicle accident at Old
Navy in Tanger Town Center park
ing lot.
•one-vehicle accident on Hwy.
51 South.
•two-vehicle accident on
Faulkner Road.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
441 at Wal-Mart.
•one-vehicle accident on
Hembree Road.
•one-vehicle accident on Hwy.
198.
•two-vehicle accident on Historic
Homer Highway at the intersection
of Hwy. 15 South.
•two-vehicle accident on North
Mangum Bridge Road.
•one-vehicle accident at Wal-
Mart.
•one-vehicle accident on Historic
Homer Highway.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
15.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
441 at Chick-Fil-A.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy.
441 at Wal-Mart.
•one-vehicle accident on
Chambers Street.
•hit-and-run on Hwy. 441 at TA
Truck Stop.
•accident involving two Banks
County school buses on Otis
Brown Road in which no injuries
were reported. The Georgia State
Patrol assisted with the accident
scene.
•one-vehicle accident involving a
deer on Historic Homer Street near
Athens Street.
Domestic
11 domestic-related incidents responded to last week
The Banks County Sheriff’s
Office responded to the following
domestic-related incidents during
the past week:
•dispute at a Lord Road,
Commerce, residence.
•battery at an Otis Brown Road,
Baldwin, residence.
•verbal dispute at a Hwy. 63,
Homer, residence.
•harassment at a Historic Homer
Highway address.
•harassment at a Greasy Creek
Street address.
•phone harassment at a Homer
Street, Maysville, residence.
•assisted a woman in picking
up her belongings from a Water
Plant Road residence as she is the
process of getting a divorce from
her husband. The locks had been
changed on the doors.
•dispute at a Ferguson Road,
Baldwin, residence.
•custody dispute at a Historic
Homer Highway residence.
•dispute at a Faulkner Road,
Commerce, residence.
•dispute at a Chatham Road,
Homer, residence.
Stray chicken complaint reported
A Historic Homer Highway resi
dent contacted the Banks County
Sheriff’s Office Saturday about a
stray chicken.
The resident said the chicken
was from a chicken truck which
passed by.
The stray chicken was running
around in her yard and preventing
her child and dog from playing
outside.
The BCSO also responded to
the following calls during the past
week:
•theft of a woman’s purse at Wal-
Mart.
•theft at a Hwy. 441 South gas
station.
•theft of a dirt bike from a Patton
Road, Commerce, residence.
•alarm at an East Ridgeway
Road, Commerce, business which
proved to be false.
•livestock in roadway on Hwy.
63.
•alarm at a Tanger Drive busi
ness which proved to be false.
•livestock in roadway on Rattle
Trap Road.
•counterfeit money used at Catos
on Tanger Drive.
•suspicious activity involving
mail on Jennifer Lane, Alto.
•animal complaint at a Damascus
Road, Homer, address.
•livestock in roadway on
Damascus Road.
•911 hang-up at a Dalton Road,
Baldwin, residence which appeared
to be a false call.
•alarm at a Hwy. 51 South resi
dence which proved to be false.
•livestock in roadway on Charity
Road.
•theft of six guns from a Hwy.
441, Homer, residence.
•stolen vehicle from an Otis
Brown Road, Baldwin, residence.
•animal complaint at a Hickory
Flat Road, Gillsville, residence.
•ATV in roadway on Barefoot
Circle.
•road hazard on Hwy. 51 South
as a couch was in roadway.
•reckless driving on Otis Brown
Road in Baldwin.
•entering auto at a Hwy. 164,
Commerce, residence.
•loitering at a Hwy. 441,
Commerce, business.
Statewide List
Sex offenders list now available on GBI website
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation
maintains a list of registered sex
offenders on its website (www.ganet.
org/gbi).
The GBI is the central repository
for Georgia’s Violent Sexual Offender
Registry. The registry contains infor
mation about sex offenders who have
been released from prison, placed
on probation, parole or supervised
released after July 1, 1996. The web
site contains a search form where
offenders may be located based on
name, city, zip code or county.
For each offender, the website
details the offender’s address, physi
cal description, age, date of convic
tion 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 private
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 attending 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 informa-
tion every 90 days and remain on the
registry for life.
As of July 1, 1999, sexual offenders
who have more than one prior con
viction for an offense listed by state
law - or who have been convicted
of an aggravated offense, such as
aggravated child molestation - will
remain on the registry for life and
will receive a verification form each
year on the anniversary of their initial
registration.
If the offender is enrolled, employed
or carries on a vocation at an institu
tion 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 agency 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 addition to
notifying the sheriff of their previous
county of residence.
OFFENSES
Offenders placed on probation,
parole or supervised release from
prison after July 1, 1996, are required
to register for the following offens-
es: rape, sodomy (against a minor),
aggravated sodomy (against a minor
or an adult), statutory rape (unless
the age of the perpetrator is 18 years
of age or younger), child molestation,
aggravated child molestation, entic
ing a child for indecent purposes and
aggravated sexual battery.
Other offenses include: kidnapping
of a minor (except by a parent), false
imprisonment of a minor (except
by a parent), criminal sexual con
duct toward a minor, solicitation of
a minor to engage in sexual contact,
use of a minor in sexual performance,
solicitation of a minor to practice
prostitution, any conviction resulting
from an underlying sexual offense
against a victim who is a minor, use
of a minor to engage in any sexually-
explicit conduct to produce any visual
medium depicting such conduct; cre
ating, publishing, selling or distribut
ing any material depicting a minor
engaged in sexually-explicit conduct;
transmitting, making, selling, buy
ing or disseminating by means of a
computer any descriptive or identify
ing information regarding a child for
the purpose of offering or soliciting
sexual conduct of or with a child or
the visual depicting such conduct;
and any conduct which, by its nature,
is a sexual offense against a minor.
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