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PAGE 6A THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 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 Sheriff's office reports 18 arrests Eight receive sentences in Superior Court T he Banks County Sheriff’s Office reported 18 arrests last week, including: •Lynsey Samantha Banister, 19, Scales Creek Road, Homer, posses sion of marijuana and possession of alcohol by a minor. •Anthony Paul Brown, 29, 3291 Hwy. 98 West, Daniesville, laying drags and DUI. •Timothy Michael Chambers, 17, 3436 Old Hwy. 441 North, Alto, possession of marijuana. •Daniel Levi Garrett, 27, 6727 Old Cornelia Hwy., Lula, seat belt viola tion and open container of alcohol. •Richard Manuel Gonzales, 21, 4122 Crossing Place, Commerce, illegal possession of a controlled substance. Accident Reports The Banks County Sheriff’s Office responded to the follow ing vehicle-related accidents in the county in recent weeks: •two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15. •one-vehicle accident on Hwy. 51 South at the intersection of Garrison Shoals Road. •two-vehicle accident on Frontage Road at the intersection of Hwy. 15. •two-vehicle accident on Steven B. Tanger Boulevard at Shane’s Rib Shack. •two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 441 at Wal-Mart. •two-vehicle accident on Scales Creek Road at the intersection of Historic Homer Highway. 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. 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 avail able. 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 information every 90 days and remain on the registry for life. As of July 1, 1999, sexual offend- •Glen Charles Mansur, 20, 151 Trout Lane, Commerce, possession of marijuana and possession of alco hol by a minor. •Chuck Medley, 53, 423 Chambers Road, Commerce, no tag, a no proof of insurance and theft by taking. •Gary Kenneth Moulder, 35, 261 Ridge Lane, Lula, DUI. •Patonya Lois Nation, 32, 121 Roxie Hill Lane, Cornelia, battery. •James Kevin Obrian, 43, 8568 Hollywood Hwy., Clarkesville, no proof of insurance, weaving over road, speeding and DUI. •Othon Delgadio Ramos, 26, 104 Fieldmore Circle, Simpsonville, driving without a license and weav ing over road. •Arthur Joseph Remillard, 49, •one-vehicle accident on West Ridgeway Road. •one-vehicle accident on Apple Pie Ridge Road. •one-vehicle accident on I-85 South. •two-vehicle accident at Homer Post Office. •two-vehicle accident on I-85. •one-vehicle accident on Historic Homer Highway. •two-vehicle accident on Steven B. Tanger Boulevard at the inter section of Hwy. 15 South. •hit-and-run in area of Hwy. 15 and Industrial Park Boulevard. •two-vehicle accident on Steven B. Tanger Boulevard in the Ryan’s parking lot. •two-vehicle accident on Tanger 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 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 addi tion to notifying the sheriff of their previous county of residence. OFFENSES Offenders placed on proba tion, parole or supervised release from prison after July 1, 1996, are required to register for the following offenses: rape, sodomy (against a minor), aggravated sod omy (against a minor or an adult), statutory rape (unless the age of the perpetrator is 18 years of age or younger), child molestation, aggra vated child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes and 4433 Circassian Place, Gainesville, deposit account fraud. •Amy Elisabeth Russell, 26, 340 Ridgeway Road, Braselton, failure to appear. •Gerrardo Sandoval, 24, 137 Faulkner Drive, Commerce, driving without a license and speeding. •Nikia Maria Simmons, 21, 3800 Old State Road, Talmo, theft by shoplifting. •Tobie Doyle Stiwinter, 29, 448 Pleasant Acres Drive, Maysville, probation violation. •James Williamson, 59, Jackson Hill Road, Commerce, failure to appear. •William Joseph Woods, 33, 4426 18th Place, Phoenix, Ariz., window violation and defective tires. Drive at Nova Cinemas. •two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 441 at Taco Bell. •two-vehicle accident on McDonald Circle. •two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 51 South. •two-vehicle accident on Historic Homer Highway at the intersection of Hwy. 15 South. •one-vehicle accident on Hwy. 184. •one-vehicle accident at TA Truckstop. •three-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15. •two-vehicle accident at Sonny’s Barbecue. •assisted GSP with traffic fol lowing accident on Hwy. 198. aggravated sexual battery. Other offenses include: kid napping of a minor (except by a parent), false imprisonment of a minor (except by a parent), crimi nal sexual conduct toward a minor, solicitation of a minor to engage in sexual contact, use of a minor in sexual performance, solicita tion of a minor to practice pros titution, 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 pro duce any visual medium depicting such conduct; creating, publishing, selling or distributing any mate rial depicting a minor engaged in sexually-explicit conduct; trans mitting, making, selling, buying or disseminating by means of a computer any descriptive or iden tifying information regarding a child for the purpose of offering or soliciting sexual conduct of or with a child or the visual depict ing such conduct; and any conduct which, by its nature, is a sexual offense against a minor. Eight people were sentenced in recent Superior Court proceedings in Banks County: •Makisha Angel, theft by shoplift ing, 12 months probation, 40 hours of community service, $250 fine and banished from Wal-Mart. •Jeffery Sparks, possession of cocaine, 10 years in jail. •Michael Shannon Angel, disor- Incidents reported to sheriff's office Incidents reported to the Banks County Sheriff’s Office last week include the following: •a Baldwin woman was driving on Hwy. 105 when she struck a donkey in the road. •a Baldwin woman said her car tag is missing. •burglar alarm at a Rock Springs Road, Baldwin, residence. No one was found at the home and nothing was missing. •a burglar alarm was accidentally set off at a Damascus Road, Homer, residence. •horse in the road at a Hwy. 63 location. •shots fired at a Lakeview Drive, Baldwin, address. •trespassing at a Hwy. 51 South, Lula, location. •a Patton Road, Commerce, woman said she heard someone in her home. When she checked it out, she didn’t find anyone but she heard a car leaving the driveway. •suspicious vehicle at a Hwy. 63 location. •suspicious person at a Hwy. 441 residence. •ATV in roadway on Alexander Road. •stalking at a Hwy. 51 North, Homer, address. •child molestation at a Maysville location. •a man said someone tried to pur chase a vehicle from him with a stolen check. •burglary at a Railroad Avenue residence. •fork lift attachments taken from an Old Hwy. 441, Baldwin, address. •a Dailey Road man said he saw someone strike his son. •child abuse at a Commerce address. •vehicle damaged at a Banks Crossing parking lot. •verbal dispute at a Loggins Road residence. •harassment at a Tanger Drive address. •hit and run accident at a Silver Shoals Road location. •a Gainesville man said he wrecked after hitting a big rock on the side of the road. •threatening phone calls at a Samples Scales Road, Homer, resi dence. •a Tipton Drive, Alto, woman said a bulldog attacked her dog and killed her kitten. Correction In last week’s issue, it was incor rectly reported that Casondra Roberts, who was charged with pos session of methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve three years in jail and given a $1,500 fine. That was an error. It should have read that she was sentenced to serve three years probation and given a $1,500 fine. derly conduct, 12 months probation, no contact with the victim and $500 fine. •Buddy Boyd Shaver, simple battery and criminal trespass, 12 months probation, no violent contact with victim and $250 fine. •Nancy Wilson, theft by taking, 12 months probation, $500 fine and $3,000 restitution. •Jim Tom Atkinson, theft by tak ing, 12 months probation and $250 fine. •Jeffery Scott Watson, criminal trespass, 12 months probation and $500 fine. •Cloris Antonius Wise, possession of marijuana and speeding, sen tenced to 12 months probation and $750 fine. 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