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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS PACE 5A 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. 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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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