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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2008
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Crimes/Court/Wrecks
Domestic
Couple argue over computer, firearm
Arrests
Sheriff's office reports 24 arrests
The Banks County Sheriff’s
Office reported 24 arrests during
the past week including the fol
lowing:
•John Cameron Bostick, 48, 191
Lewis Circle, Commerce, criminal
trespassing and concealing iden
tity of a vehicle.
•Ronny Edward Broome, 37, 752
John Morris Road, Maysville, bat
tery (Family Violence Act) and
cruelty to children in the third
degree.
•Timothy Chad Brown, 33, 3167
Damascus Road, Baldwin, driving
with a suspended license.
•Charles Lyn Cox, 35, 280
Hickory Flat Road, Gillsville, DUI
(alcohol), endangering child under
age of 14 years, open container
violation and child restraint not
properly used.
•Nathaniel Craddick, 56, 246
Arch Street, Athens, failure to
appear.
•Ricky Dodd, 46, Norton Payne
Road, Alto, probation violation.
•Ricky Reeves Flanagan, 50,
1792 South Fumpkin, Athens, pro
bation violation.
•Vincente Severiano Garcia, 23,
148 Fewallen Road, Homer, sim
ple battery (Family Violence Act)
and cruelty to children in third
degree.
•April Reidling Goodrich, 36, 50
Preston Court, Commerce, theft by
shoplifting.
•Victor D. Hernandez, 22, 2425
Hideaway Drive, Gainesville, no
proof of insurance, weaving and
driving without a license.
•Kenneth Jason Hooper, 26, 960
Hwy. 326, Commerce, DUI (alco
hol).
•Kale Bruce Irwin, 26, 136
Chandler Drive, Alto, driving
without a license and excessive
speeding.
•Sheena Richelle Fee, 24, 992
Brewer Road, Fula, DUI (alcohol)
and weaving.
•Emanuel Serrano Fesdema, 25,
554 Ogelthorpe Drive, Athens,
driving without a license and win
dow tint violation.
•Brak Sebastian Fewis, 21, 3042
Oak Vista Way, Fawrenceville,
burglary.
•Michael Anthony Fewis,
51, 6213 Mulberry Park Drive,
Braselton, battery.
•John Wofford McCoy, 52, 187
Sweet Water Way, Fula, obstruc
tion of a law enforcement officer.
•Samantha Renee McWhorter,
26,5764 Toombs Street, Fula, DUI
(alcohol), headlight violations and
open container violation.
•Trista Fynn Rider, 18, 126 East
Kimball Street, Winder, theft by
shoplifting.
•Teresa Ann Shedd, 34 175 Tipton
Drive, Alto, failure to appear.
•Roseann Helen Turner, 56, 139
Currahee Road, Homer, burglary.
•Ross Peter Joshua Turner, 22,
147 Currahee Drive, Homer, bur
glary.
•Stanley Nelson Tyler Jr., 23,
193 Willow Tree, Baldwin, failure
to appear.
•Jessica Celeste Williams, 28,
143 Russ Rumsey Road, Maysville,
DUI (alcohol), failure to report
traffic accident with injury and
weaving.
A man and his wife argued over
several items including a computer,
shotgun and medicine at a Borders
Road residence July 23.
According to a report from the
Banks County Sheriff's Office, the
married couple was in a dispute over
a missing computer and shotgun
when a responding officer arrived
at the scene. The woman said her
husband held her down on the bed
which the husband denied.
The husband countered that his
wife had stolen some of his medi
cine. The responding officer said
the wife “did display some actions
of someone under the influence of a
controlled substance” although she
Someone made off with some
copper wiring from two homes
under construction on Brookside
Drive in Fula, according to a report
from the Banks County Sheriff’s
Office.
The theft was discovered by
the contractor who contacted the
BCSO on July 23.
OTHER INCIDENTS
The BCSO also responded to the
following incidents during the past
week:
•dispute over bill payment at TA
Truck Stop.
•e-mail fraud at a Sims Bridge
Road residence.
•items taken from a storage build
ing at a Faulkner Drive address.
•burglary at a Foggins Road resi
dence.
denied it and said her brother was
coming to get her.
OTHER INCIDENTS
The BCSO also responded to the
following domestic-related inci
dents:
•dispute at an Antioch Road resi
dence.
•dispute at a Windmill Farm Road
address.
•harassment at a Neal Road,
Commerce, residence.
•dispute and battery at a Lewallen
Road, Homer, residence.
•harassment at a Queen Road,
Gillsville, residence.
•dispute at a McClure Road resi
dence.
•suspicious activity at a residence
under construction at a Gordon
Road residence.
•alarm at a Hwy. 441 business
which proved to be false.
•alarm at a Tanger Drive busi
ness which proved to be false.
•prowler at a Hwy. 164 resi
dence.
•vandalism to road signs on
Scales Creek Road.
•alarm at a Hwy. 441 bank which
proved to be false.
•abandoned vehicle on Tanger
Drive.
•entering an auto complaint at a
Hampton Court business.
•reckless driving on Hwy. 441.
•trespassing at a Hwy. 441 South
address.
•trespassing at a Borders Road
•assisted a woman in picking up
her belongings from a Borders Road
residence.
•harassing text messages sent to a
Scales Creek Road residence.
•custody dispute at a Granite Road
residence.
•harassment at a Railroad Avenue,
Lula, residence.
•dispute at a Damascus Road resi
dence.
•phone harassment and violation
of a temporary protection order at a
Historic Homer Highway residence.
•dispute at a Harmony Church
Road residence.
•suicide threats at a Damascus
Road residence.
residence.
•livestock in roadway on Hwy.
51 South.
•theft from vehicle at a Millstone
Road residence.
•alarm at a Spring Road,
Baldwin, residence which proved
to be false.
•abandoned vehicle on Wilson
Bridge Road.
•trespassing on Rattle Trap
Road.
•damage to property on Granite
Road a result of two trees being
cut down.
•burglary at a Duncan Road resi
dence.
•gas drive-of from a Hwy. 441
station.
• ATV in roadway in area of Hwy.
59 and Brown Bridge Road.
Accident Reports
Sheriff's office responds to accidents 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 in the Motel 6 parking lot on
Frontage Road.
•two-vehicle accident in Murphy USA parking lot
on Hwy. 441.
•two-vehicle accident on 1-85 North.
•two-vehicle accident in Krystal parking lot.
•one-vehicle accident on Rice Street at the inter
section of McDaniel Street.
•two-vehicle accident in parking lot of the Banks
County Courthouse.
•one-vehicle accident on Historic Homer
Highway.
•hit-and-run in Krystal parking lot.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 15.
•two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 441.
•one-vehicle accident on Historic Homer
Highway.
Copper wire taken from residence under construction
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