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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2008
Crime
Benches taken from outlet center Deer cause two wrecks
Two benches were taken from
Commerce Crossing Outlet Cen
ter last week, according to an in
cident report filed at the Banks
County Sheriff's Office.
Other incidents reported last
week were:
•diesel gasoline stolen from
several trucks parked at a Hwy.
441, Baldwin, location.
•harassing phone calls at a
Hudson River Drive residence.
•threatening phone calls at a
Lewallen Road address.
•threatening phone calls at a
Stevens Road location.
•door damaged at an aban
doned home on Borders Road,
Commerce.
•damage to property at a
Leachman Road, Commerce,
residence.
•several items taken from a
John Morris Road, Lula, resi
dence.
•several items taken from a
Hwy. 164 home.
•an Alto woman said her step
children's mother is harassing
her.
•domestic dispute between
a couple at a Damascus Road,
Homer, location.
•pistol stolen from a Culpep
per Road, Commerce, address.
•theft at a Hwy. 441, Com
merce, location.
•suspicious person at a Steven
Reynolds Blvd., Commerce, lo
cation.
•livestock in the road at a Hwy.
63 address.
•abandoned vehicle at a Moss
Farm Road, Homer, location.
•suspicious person at a Wa-
terplant Road, Commerce, ad
dress.
•threatening phone calls at a
Stevens Road, Commerce, loca
tion.
•threatening phone calls at a
Lewallen Road address.
•property damage at a Leach
man Road, Commerce, location.
•residential fire at a Hwy. 51
South address.
•domestic dispute at a Com
merce residence.
•fight between two men at a
Hickory Flat Road, Gillsville,
location.
•several items taken from a
Hwy. 441, Baldwin, residence
•prowler at a Browns Bridge
Lane address.
•four dogs killed a cat at a Yo-
nah-Homer Road residence.
•a man said his son loaned an
other boy a game and he refused
to return it.
•hit and run accident at a Hwy.
441 address.
•money stolen from a Homer
teenager’s wallet while he was at
school.
•child custody dispute at a
Homer address.
•suspicious activity at a Hwy.
59, Commerce, residence.
•theft of medication from a
Barefoot Road, Lula, address.
•motorcycle taken from a Car-
son Road, Commerce, location.
•illegal dumping at a Thomp
son Street, Homer, address,
•injured dog at a Crane Mo
bile Home Drive location.
•a Commerce man said a
woman threatened him.
•livestock in the road on Hwy.
63.
•water heater taken from a
Borders Road, Commerce, resi
dence.
•cows in the road on Hwy. 98.
•harassing phone calls at a
Osprey Roost Drive, Lula, loca
tion.
•a Commerce woman said her
vehicle was damaged while she
was driving on Hwy. 164.
•medication stolen from a
Chatham Road, Homer, resi
dence.
•harassment at a Cranes Mo
bile Home Park, Homer, ad
dress.
•handgun taken from a Sims
Bridge Road, Commerce, loca
tion.
•harassing e-mails sent to an
Alto woman.
•injured dog at a West Ridge
way Road, Commerce, address.
•livestock in the road on Hom
er Road.
•four dogs killed a calf at a
Borders Road, Commerce, loca
tion.
•a Homer man said he was
driving on McCoy Bridge Road
when another motorist forced
him off of the road.
•attempted burglary at a Spring
Lake Road location.
•suspicious vehicle at a Walker
Way, Commerce, residence.
•a Lula woman said her sis
ter has been making harassing
phone calls to her.
•shoplifting at a Hwy. 441,
Commerce, store.
•road rage at a Yonah-Homer
Road location.
•mailbox damaged at a Cham
bers Road, Commerce, address.
•stolen vehicle recovered from
a North County Line Road loca
tion.
•burglary at a Marion Cape
Road, Maysville, residence.
•harassing phone calls at a
McCoy Bridge Road address.
•domestic dispute at a Caudell
Road location.
•fight between two people at a
Rock Springs Road address.
•vehicle was damaged at a
Greasy Creek Street, Homer,
location.
•vehicle spotted “laying drags"
on Hill Street.
•dispute between siblings at a
Borders Road, Commerce, ad
dress.
•dispute between roommates
at a Silver Circle Drive resi
dence.
•a Maysville woman said she
lost her wallet at a Hwy. 441
business.
•suspicious person at a Boling
Road address.
•suspicious vehicle at a Dodd
Road location.
•vehicle damaged at a Mt. Si
nai Road address.
•harassing phone calls at a Os
prey Roast Road location.
•property damage at a Banks
Crossing business.
•theft at a Hwy. 441 business.
Two wrecks reported in Banks
County last week were caused
by deer in the road.
A deer in the road caused an
Alto man to wreck on Yonah-
Homer Road.
In another report, a Gaines
ville man said a deer struck his
vehicle while he was driving on
Browns Bridge Road.
Other wrecks reported to the
Banks County Sheriff's Office
last week include the following:
•two-vehicle wreck on Hwy.
51 North. A Bethlehem man
said he stopped at the intersec
tion with Hwy. 63 and then
pulled into the path of another
vehicle. He told the officer that
he thought it was a four-way stop
and that the other motorist would
be stopping.
•a Jefferson woman was
parked at a Banks Crossing busi
ness when someone backed out
of a parking space and struck her
vehicle.
•a Jefferson man said he was
parked at a Banks Crossing
business when another motorist
backed into his vehicle.
•a Griffin woman said she
stopped for traffic on 1-85 and
another driver struck her car.
•a Maysville man said he was
changing lanes on Hwy. 15 when
he struck another vehicle.
•a Commerce man was stopped
on Hwy. 15 when he was struck
in the back by another driver.
•a Commerce man was driv
ing on Yonah-Homer Road when
someone in the other lane struck
his vehicle.
•a Homer man said he was
driving on Hwy. 164 when he
“looked away for a minute” and
struck another vehicle.
•two-vehicle wreck on Hwy.
15.
•A Homer man said he was
driving on Greasy Creek Street
when he misjudged a curve and
left the roadway.
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The Banks County Sherifffs
Office reported the following
arrests during the past week:
Miguel Vasquez Alvarez, 33,
117-A Sierra Vista, Cornelia,
driving without a valid driver’s
license.
Frank Lovie Barksdale, 50,
RO. Box 91, Stone Mountain,
driving under the influence
(DUI) of alcohol and weaving
over the roadway.
Larry Julian Baugh, 42,1469
John Morris Road, Maysville,
driving on a suspended driver’s
license, possession of an open
container of alcohol and DUI/
alcohol.
Jermaine Lee Bums, 32, 164
Spring Lake Road, Commerce,
child support abandonment.
Tammy Lynn Chambers,
43, P.O. Box 124, Mount Airy,
DUI/alcohol, failure to main
tain lane and possession of an
open container of alcohol.
Nathaniel Craddick, 56, 246
Arch Street, Athens, probation
violation.
Charles Derrick Depoe, 22,
51 Weaver Drive, Jefferson,
theft by shoplifting.
Gerald Edward Durrance, 43,
45 Fairway Ridge Drive, Al
pharetta, probation violation.
Patricia Denise Gresham, 41,
604 Rock Springs Road, Lula,
simple battery.
Alan Seth Hubbard, 20, 137
Marion Cape Road, Maysville,
fleeing or attempting to elude
a law enforcement officer and
leaving the scene of an accident
with injury.
LeeJane Marie Jaillett, 38,
3065 Golf Links Drive, Snell-
ville, probation violation.
/William Blandon Martin, 67,
4012 Damascus Road, Toccoa,
DUI/alcohol refusal and failure
to maintain lane.
Sherri Allison McCoy, 25,
613 Chatham Road, Homer,
weaving over the roadway,
DlJI/alcohol, illegal possession
of a controlled substance, pos
session of drug-related objects
and prescription drugs to be
kept in original containers.
Amber Nicole Palmer, 20,
109 Rushing Waters Trail,
Mount Airy, theft by taking.
Jody Glenn Payne, 20, 7601
Tribble Gap Road, Alto, proba
tion violation.
Fidel Perez-Modesto, 21,
3420 Mountain View Drive,
Gainesville, driving without a
valid driver’s license.
John David Porter, 27, 528
Old Level Grove Road, Corne
lia, DUI/alcohol and weaving
over the roadway.
Juan Salazar, 21, 3460 Tit-
shaw Drive, Gainesville, simple
battery, obstructing or hinder
ing law enforcement officers,
underage possession of alcohol
and simple battery.
Tyler William Smallwood,
20,2092 Highway 441, Homer,
simple battery, obstructing or
hindering law enforcement offi
cers and no proof of insurance.
Ricky Justin Standridge, 17,
3932 Highway 51 South, Lula,
battery.
Tiffany Marie Stephens, 17,
214 Homer Steven Road, Cor
nelia, theft by taking.
Anita Evans Tatum, 36, 951
Silver Shoals Road, Lula, child
support abandonment.
Michael Christopher Worley,
21,489 Henderson Road, Gills
ville, probation violation.
Ashley Renee Wright, 24,
327 Smith Road, Hull, giving
a false name, address or date of
birth to a law enforcement of
ficer.
Westley Ambrose Yearwood,
46, 230 Daily Mill Road, Mc
Donough, obstructing or hin
dering law enforcement offi
cers.
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