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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008
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Crime/Fires/Wrecks
Man charged with theft of copper wire
Arrests
Sheriff's office reports 17 arrests
T he Banks County Sheriff’s
Office reported 17 arrests
during the past week
including the following:
•Arturo Sebastiano Belbey, 20, 43
Homer Street, Maysville, forgery,
first degree.
•Carolyn Renee Burdette, 38, 3157
Mt. Olive, Hartwell, theft by shop
lifting, possession of a controlled
substance and simple battery.
•Tony Catson, 50, 630 Smith
Street, Atlanta, excessive speeding
and driving without a license.
•Anthony Andrew Conner, 32, 171
Bone Road, Commerce, disorderly
conduct.
•Siriaco Florencio, 21, 6418 The
Plaza, Apt. F, Charlotte, N.C., driv
ing without a license and excessive
Seven people were arrested by the
Baldwin Police Department during
the past week.The arrests include:
•Nathan Perry Webb, 28,
Hollywood Hill Road, Clarkesville,
aggravated stalking.
•Atari D. Brown, 29, Walker Lane,
Clarkesville, trespass investigation.
•Juan Jose Morales, 18, Nix Road,
Alto, driving without a license.
speeding.
•Royale Remar Goodwin, 21, 121
Jennings Lane, Nicholson, failure to
appear.
•William Shane Hester, 45, 212
Stone Bridge Cove Way, Lavonia,
probation violation.
•Corey Dwight Howington, 20,
594 Payne Road, Homer, probation
violation.
•Robbin Hunt, 52, 4791 Historic
Homer Highway, Alto, pedestrian
under the influence.
•Clarke Spencer Lebouitz, 23, 133
Clocester Ferry road, Greenville,
S.C., possession of a controlled sub
stance.
•Cristin Marie Livingston, 25, 43
Homer Street, Maysville, forgery in
first degree.
•Michal L. Lanham, 44, Wells
Street, Baldwin, theft by taking.
•Ramon Nieves, 36, Hwy. 115
West, Cleveland, traffic violations.
•Misael Martinez Valtierra, 21,
King Street, Baldwin, no driver’s
license.
•Maria Sonia Rodriguez, 30,
Crestwood Lane, Baldwin, traffic
violations.
•Christopher Darrin Lowe, 36,
232 Cooke Street, Alto, aggravated
assault.
•Terry Wayne McGraw, 25, 128
Mahoney Road, Dunlap, Tenn., pro
bation violation.
•Chuck Medley, 53, 423 Chamber
Road, Commerce, no tag, no proof
of insurance, concealing identity of
vehicle and theft by taking.
•James Cleveland Mitchell, 30,
157 Destiny Way, Elijah, failure to
appear.
•Hilda Renee Popelka, 46, 1616
Onslow Drive, Charlotte, N.C., open
container violation and driving with
a suspended license.
•Ashley Thomas Taliaferro, 24,
604 Rocksprings, Lula, terroristic
threats or acts.
OTHER INCIDENTS
The police department also inves
tigated the following incidents:
•a report of theft by taking on Pine
Forest Circle.
•a report of battery against a
resident at Oak Heritage Nursing
Home.
•a report of a dog being shot on
Lenora Lane.
A Gainesville man was caught red
handed while attempting to steal
copper wire from a Maysville con
struction company last week.
James Adam Emmett, 28, 1397
Patterson Drive, Gainesville, faces
several charges including criminal
trespassing, possession of tools for
commission of a crime and theft by
taking following the incident May
27.
Emmett was caught by employ
ees of Griffin Brothers Construction
An Evans Street, Homer, woman
contacted the Banks County
Sheriff’s Office Sunday stating she
had found some suspicious items
which she thought might be illegal
drugs.
A responding deputy discovered
the found items turned out to be
breath mints and not illegal drugs.
In other incidents during the past
week the BCSO responded to:
•loitering at Nova Cinemas.
•alarm at an East Ridgeway Road
business.
•lost or stolen phone at Nova
Cinemas.
•entering an auto at TA
Truckstop.
•damage to vehicle at a Dock
Lawrence Way residence.
•suspicious activity at chicken
houses on Brewer Road.
•911 hang-up on Tanger Drive
which appeared to be false as the
call was traced to a fax machine.
•911 hang-up from a Rattle Trap
Road residence which turned out to
be a medical call.
•unresponsive person at a Dan
Waters Road, Commerce, resi
dence.
•power lines in roadway on Hwy.
198, Baldwin.
•tree in roadway on Hwy. 63, one
mile south of Hwy. 51 North.
•911 open line at a Marion Cape
Company and detained until Banks
County Sheriff’s Office deputies
could arrive. Emmett claimed he
was on the property because he was
lost but authorities were not buying
that explanation.
The investigation discovered
Emmett had previously stolen tools
from a Hall County fire department
location as they were recovered at
his residence. In addition, receipts
showed he had already sold copper
wire to a business in Jefferson.
Drive, Homer, residence, which
turned out to be a false call.
•entering an auto at Atlanta
Dragway.
•alarm at a Scales Creek Road
residence which turned out to be a
false call.
•burglary at an Eagles Nest,
Homer, address.
•burglary alarm at a Sims Bridge
Road, Commerce, residence.
•suspicious vehicle parked on
side of roadway of Duncan Road
several times with “three or four
Hispanic males” inside.
•silent hold-up alarm at Sonny’s
on Hwy. 441 South which proved
to be false.
•alarm at a Sample Scales Road,
Homer, residence, which appeared
to be false.
•suspicious vehicle on Sims
Bridge Road.
•suspicious vehicle on Rattletrap
“He had already stolen several
hundred dollars worth of copper
wire,” Banks County sheriff Charles
Chapman said. “We believe he was
there to steal more wire.”
A female suspect was apprehend
ed along with Emmett but was not
charged since she cooperated with
authorities, the sheriff said.
Emmett posted bond but since his
arrest violated his parole in Hall
County, he remained in the Banks
County jail as of earlier this week.
Road.
•alarm at a Grove Level Road
church which was accidentally set.
•animal complaint at a Hwy. 98,
Homer, residence.
•alarm at Shuler’s Outdoors
which proved to be false.
•ATV in roadway on Spring Lake
Road.
•alarm at Zaxby’s on Hwy. 441
which appeared to be a false call.
•livestock in roadway on Charity
Drive, Homer.
•ATV in roadway on Ferguson
Road.
•theft at a West Ridgeway Church
Road residence.
•burglary at a Grant Mill Road
residence.
•trespassing at a Plass Drive,
Alto, residence.
•shoplifting at Wal-Mart.
•reckless driving on Samples
Scales Road.
Accident Reports
Vehicle-related accidents responded to in county
The Banks County Sheriff’s Office responded to
the following vehicle-related accidents in the county
during the past week:
•two-vehicle accident on Tanger Drive.
•one-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 441 at TA
Truckstop.
•two-vehicle accident on Tanger Drive.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15.
•two-vehicle accident on I-85 South.
•one-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15.
•two-vehicle accident on Tanger Drive.
•two-vehicle accident on Thompson Street.
•one-vehicle accident involving a deer on I-85
South at mile marker 153.
•hit-and-run on Hwy. 15.
•one-vehicle accident on I-85 South.
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