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PAGE 6A THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2008 Questions about an item on this page? Contact Chris Bridges at 706-367-2745 or e-mail him at chris@mainstreetnews.com 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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