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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2008
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
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Sheriff's office reports 28 arrests
The Banks County Sheriff’s
Office reported the following
arrests during the past week:
•Tony Lamar Allen, 42,
30934 Hwy. 441, Commerce,
DUI (alcohol).
•Cassandra Ann Carey, 24,
205 Double H, Commerce,
possession of a controlled sub
stance.
•Stacey Greg Carthem, 36,
278 Kerdeen Way, Maysville,
failure to maintain proper lane,
possession of a controlled sub
stance and probation violation.
•Richard Dale Collins, 53,
1207 Gold Street, Kings Moun
tain, N.C., public drunkenness.
•Catherine Ann Cook, 46,
1431 Ila Road, Commerce,
driving without a license.
•Alejandro Leon Cruz, 28,
153 Northview Park Road,
Weaverville, N.C., driving
without a license and improper
vehicle tags.
•Raye Allen Farqhar Jr., 41,
437 Evans Street, Apt. 5, Hom
er, contempt of court.
•John Hillyer Fincher, 34,
113 Galary Drive, Homer, DUI
(alcohol) and weaving.
•Rocendo Delgado Hernan
dez, 43, 805 Meadowcreek
Circle, Cornelia, obscured li
cense plate and driving without
a license.
•Kevin Wayne Hoose, 46,
355 Old Orchard Drive, Bald
win, probation violation.
•John Douglas Labar, 28,
1040 Hardeman Farm Road,
Camesville, theft by shoplift
ing.
•Wendy Renay Kenning-
ton, 20, 278 Kerdzen Way,
Maysville, possession of a con
trolled substance and posses
sion of drag-related objects.
•Octavious Demetreus Lang,
40, 1210 Club Drive, Duluth,
driving with a suspended li
cense.
•Joshua Cain Lyons, 28, 195
Baugh, Commerce, probation
violation and failure to appear.
•Jennifer Ann Malock, 25,
2798 Ridgeway Church Road,
Commerce, possession of a
controlled substance.
•Victor Manuel Martinez-
Gonzalez, 22, 196 Silver Farm
Road, Lula, driving without a
license and failure to maintain
proper lane.
•Charles Christopher Massey,
60, 199 Daily Road, Alto, open
container violation, weaving
and DUI (alcohol).
•James Randall Norman, 24,
250 Stevens Road, Commerce,
obstruction of a law enforce
ment officer and pedestrian un
der the influence of alcohol or
drags.
•Julia Cesar Plata, 32, 41 Di
xie Circle, Apt. 3, Greenville,
S.C., weaving, driving without
a license and DUI (alcohol).
•Octavio Perez Ruiz, 37, 233
Trout Lane, Commerce, driving
without a license.
•Shonda Lee Shipman, 41,
223 Nix Road, Alto, failure to
pay child support.
•Jesse Ernest Smith, 47,1431
Ila Road, Commerce, disorderly
conduct.
•Amy Lorraine Triguero, 31,
314 Village Drive, Jefferson,
prescription forgery.
•Miguel Alvarez Vazquez,
33, 126 Garden Gate, Corne
lia, window violation, reckless
driving and driving without a
license.
•Sissy Lynn Walker, 27,1222
Grove Level Road, Maysville,
possession of a controlled sub
stance.
•Tonya Kathryn Washam, 18,
548 Grey Hill School Road,
West Point, theft by shoplifting.
•Martha Dell Willoughby, 54,
Sir Scott Road, Athens, improp
er passing of a vehicle and driv
ing with a suspended license.
•Francisco Zapatero, 37,
2665 Marlette Road, Gaines
ville, weaving and driving with
a suspended license.
Father, son get into dispute, son leaves
A Lula man contacted the Banks County Sher
iff Office’s on Sept. 10 concerning a brief alterca
tion he had with his son.
The father said his son has pushed him at his
residence. The father told the responding deputy
said that he was not injured but wanted to make a
report. The son was loading his personal property
into his vehicle and was preparing to leave his fa
ther's house.
In other domestic-related incidents during the
past week, the BCSO responded to:
•phone harassment at a Mt. Sinai Road resi
dence.
•welfare check at a Lula Farm Road residence.
•attempted suicide at a Daily Road, Alto, resi
dence.
•threats at a Hwy. 441 address.
•dispute at an English Road, Homer, resi
dence.
•custody dispute made by a Chestnut Street,
Commerce, resident.
•dispute at a Westbrook Road, Commerce, resi
dence.
•welfare check at a Mt. Sinai Road, Lula, resi
dence.
•dispute at a Hwy. 441 address.
Sheriff s office responds to vehicle accidents
The Banks County Sheriff’s
Office responded to the follow
ing vehicle-related accidents in
the county:
•two-vehicle accident on 1-85
South at the Hwy. 441 exit.
•two-vehicle accident on
Hwy. 441 at TA Trackstop.
•two-vehicle accident on
Hwy. 15 South.
•two-vehicle accident on
Hwy. 51 at the intersection of
Parson Circle.
•two-vehicle accident on
Hwy. 59.
•two-vehicle accident on
Hwy. 59 at the intersection of
1-85 South.
•two-vehicle accident on His
toric Homer Highway at the in
tersection of Hwy. 98.
•one-vehicle accident at the
intersection of Moss Farm
Road.
•two-vehicle accident on Os
prey Roost Drive, Lula.
•two-vehicle accident on
Hwy. 15.
•hit-and-run on 1-85 South
exit 149 off ramp.
•one-vehicle accident involv
ing a deer on 1-85 North at mile
marker 150.
•hit-and-run on Hwy. 441
South, Commerce.
•two-vehicle accident on Ste
ven B. Tanger Boulevard.
•two-vehicle accident on Mc
Donald’s parking lot.
•one-vehicle accident on Car-
son Road.
•two-vehicle accident on 1-85
South.
•one-vehicle accident involv
ing a deer on Harden Bridge
Road.
•one-vehicle accident involv
ing a deer on Hwy. 15.
Warrants taken after DUI incident
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
Warrants have been issued by
the Georgia State Patrol for the
arrest of Howard Casey Jones
following a one-vehicle acci
dent in Banks County Monday.
Jones was reportedly the driv
er of a 1996 Honda Civic which
was traveling North on Brewer
Road which left the roadway
and struck a tree. Jones was
cited for driving under the influ
ence of alcohol, driving with a
suspended license, open con
tainer violation and failure to
maintain proper lane. The acci
dent scene was handled by the
GSP.
Two other passengers were
also in the vehicle. All three
suffered injuries and were trans
ported to Northeast Georgia
Medical Center.
Banks County Sheriff Charles
Chapman said the injuries were
not believed to be life threaten
ing.
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BANKS COUNTY SCHOOLS HONORED
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) honored the Banks
County School System for adopting an approved safety plan. Tod Keys (C),
GEMA Area School Safety Coordinator for North Georgia, presented a cer
tificate to BOE chairman Ron Gardner (R) at the work session on Thursday
night. Also shown is Deidra Moore (L) Banks County Emergency Management
Agency Director. Keys said, “The school system’s plan is the best organized,
well thought out plan I have seen in a long time.” This is an all hazard plan,
Keys said. “I am using this plan to show other school systems, with the O.K.
of Chris Erwin (superintendent),” Keys said. Moore said, “The school system
has done a wonderful job. Holly (Koochel, social worker) has done a wonderful
job.” Our superintendent is pro-active, not reactive, Moore added.
Photo by Sharon Hogan
EMA recognizes school system
The Georgia Emergency
Management Agency (GEMA)
recently recognized the Banks
County School System for
adopting an approved safety
plan.
“The anniversary of the tragic
terrorist attacks of 9/11 reminds
us that our facilities, including
schools, are vulnerable to ter
rorist attacks,” says GEMA Di
rector Charley English. “Banks
County school officials realize
that it is extremely important
to have plans in place in all five
schools to help mitigate the ef
fects of natural disasters as well
as man-made ones.”
By law, every public school
in Georgia must develop and
implement a wide-ranging
safety plan that addresses acts
of violence or terrorism, natu
ral disasters, hazardous materi
als and radiological incidents.
GEMA’s School Safety Unit
has developed a planning guide
for schools to help them create
their plans.
In addition, GEMA’s School
Safety Unit provides services
that help schools have a safe
and secure school year.
GEMA’s school safety coor
dinators offer training and tech
nical assistance to educators,
emergency management and
public safety personnel.
This includes site surveys
and safety audits and classes on
weapons screening, school bus
safety, gangs, bullying, exercise
design and bomb threat man
agement.
They also respond to school
crises.
For more information on
school safety or GEMA’s
School Safety Unit, call GEMA
at 404-635-7000 or visit www.
gema.state.ga.us.
Dispute occurs after man has back popped
A Sims Bridge Road resident
contacted the Banks County
Sheriff’s Department last week
following an incident with his
next door neighbor who was
intoxicated.
The man said his neighbor
came to his residence wanting
his back popped. The man told
his neighbor no but his 15-year-
old daughter did help out by
stepping on her neighbor’s back
and popping it.
The intoxicated neighbor
then told the juvenile female
that he “loved her” and asked
her “when we going to get mar
ried?”
The man was sent back home
and told never to return again.
In another incident, an Otis
Brown Road, Baldwin, resident
contacted the Banks County
Sheriff’s Office last week con
cerning a physical dispute he
had with another man over own
ership of a tire and a wheel.
The man said he wanted to sell
the tire and wheel to two men
when another man of a Historic
Homer Highway, Alto, address
punched him in the face.
The two men who were then
to make the purchase stepped in
and stopped the altercation.
No arrests were made.
In other incidents during the
past week, the BCSO respond
ed to the following:
•burglary at a Hwy. 198,
Baldwin, residence.
•dispute over a computer at
a Broad River Road, Baldwin,
residence.
•911 hang-up at a Grant Mill
Road, Alto, residence which
was an accidental dialing.
•dispute involving someone
bush hogging on private prop
erty on Poole Road.
•damage to vehicle parked on
Boling Road.
•gas drive-off of $85 from
Murphy USA.
•suspicious vehicle on Hwy.
59, Commerce.
•damage to vehicle parked at
Wal-Mart.
•alarm at a Hwy. 59 residence
which appeared to be false.
•suspicious activity at an Ap
ple Pie Ridge Road residence.
•livestock in roadway on He
bron Road.
•theft at a Wells Road ad
dress.
•theft at a Riverwood Lane
residence.
•ATV in roadway on Duncan
Road near Alexander Road.
•alarm at Chick-Fil-A which
was false.
•alarm at a Lakeview Drive,
Baldwin, residence which was
cancelled.
•cow in roadway on Hwy. 51
South.
•damage to vehicle in Wal-
Mart parking lot.
•suspicious person on side
of roadway on Hwy. 323,
Maysville.
•suspicious activity at a
Wilkinson Road, Baldwin, resi
dence.
•911 hang-up at a Hill Street,
Homer, residence which turned
out to be an accidental call.
•reckless driving on Lake
Forest Drive, Commerce.
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