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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008
Crime
Banks County Sheriff's Office responds to incidents Sheriff s office reports 13 arrests
The Banks County Sheriff’s
Office responded to the following
incidents during the past week:
•burglar alarm at Longhorn’s,
Highway 441, that was acciden
tally set off by an employee.
•911 hang-up at Wal-Mart,
Highway 441, Commerce.
•found items at the Banks
County Library, Highway 51
South, Homer.
•unknown problem on Carson
Segars Road at Henderson Road.
•illegal dumping on Sweetwa
ter Way at River Run.
•burglar alarm on Capes Bridge
Road, Homer.
•suspicious person on Old
Highway 441.
•911 hang-up at a residence on
Water Plant Road.
•burglar alarm on Hudson Riv
er Drive.
•theft by taking at Murphy
USA, Highway 441, Commerce.
•verbal dispute at a residence
on Chambers Street.
damage to property at a resi
dence on Hickory Flat Drive.
•dispute at a residence on
Chambers Street, Homer.
•burglary at a residence on Riv-
erbend Road, Commerce.
•suspicious vehicle on High
way 51 South.
•burglar alarm at Sears, High
way 441, Commerce, that was ac
cidentally set off by an employee.
•welfare check on East Ridge
way Road at Grove Level Road,
•welfare check at a residence
on Highway 51 North, Homer.
•gas drive-off at T/A Truck
Stop, Highway 441, Commerce.
•assault at a residence on High
way 323.
•theft by taking on Borders
Road.
•criminal intent to commit
strong-arm robbery at a business
on Pottery Factory Drive, Com
merce.
•burglary at a residence on
Browns Bridge Road.
•suspicious activity at a resi
dence on West Coker Road, Alto.
•livestock in the roadway on
Silver Shoals Road, Lula.
•livestock in the roadway on
Highway 63 at Columbus Drive.
•theft at a residence on Mc
Donald Circle.
•open door at Silver Shoals
Baptist Church Fellowship Hall,
Silver Shoals Road, Lula.
•stolen tag at a business on East
Ridgeway Road.
•suspicious activity at a resi
dence on Queen Road, Gillsville.
•recovered tag at Citgo on
Highway 441.
•theft by deception at Triple B
Auto.
•damage to property at Ap-
plebee’s. East Ridgeway Road,
Commerce.
•theft by taking at a residence
on Queen Road, Gillsville.
•damage to a mailbox on
Queen Road, Gillsville.
•assist management at Wal-
Mart, Highway 441, Commerce.
•burglar alarm at a Grove Level
Road residence.
•dispute at a Wells Road, Car-
nesville, residence.
•911 hang-up at the Best West
ern, Highway 441.
•alarm at Burger King, High
way 441.
•burglar alarm at a business
on Historic Homer Highway,
Homer.
•complaint at a Bennett Road,
Homer, residence.
•accident involving livestock
on Old Highway 441 North.
•damage to a vehicle at a Lewal-
len Road, Homer, residence.
•aggravated assault at a Lewal-
len Road, Commerce, residence.
•911 open line at a Border
Road, Commerce, residence,
where a child was playing on the
phone.
•burglar alarm at a Reuben Lord
Road, Commerce, residence.
•suspicious activity at the
Golden Pantry, Historic Homer
Highway, Homer.
•all terrain vehicle in the
roadway on Chambers Street at
Woodland Street.
•suspicious vehicle/person on
Highway 441.
•suspicious persons on Old
Highway 441 North and Apple
Pie Ridge Road.
•fraud reported on Fort Lamar
Road at Cardinal Lane.
•theft at a Mulberry Street,
Homer, residence.
•damage to property in the
Wal-Mart parking lot, Highway
441, Commerce.
•vehicle taken without permis
sion from a Timber Ridge Lane,
Alto, residence.
•dog shot by a deer hunter at a
Cardinal Lane, Lula, residence.
•theft from a vehicle parked
at Cracker Barrel, Eisenhower
Drive, Commerce.
•alarm at a Highway 59 resi
dence.
•stabbing/aggravated assault
at an Osprey Roost, Lula, resi
dence.
•suspicious activity at a State
Route Highway 164, Commerce,
residence.
•theft by shoplifting at Wal-
Mart, Highway 441, Commerce.
•damage to property at a Russ
Rumsey Road residence.
•verbal dispute at a Scales
Creek Road residence.
•damage to property at a Bol
ing Road, Homer, residence,
•shots fired on Neal Road,
•burglar alarm at a Damascus
Road residence.
•burglar alarm at an Alto Con
gregational Holiness Church
Road residence.
•burglar alarm at a Highway
441, Commerce, location.
•entering an auto at Krispy
Kreme Doughnuts, Highway
441, Commerce.
•shoplifting at Wal-Mart, High
way 441, Commerce.
suicide attempt at a Highway
98, Maysville, residence.
The Banks County Sheriff’s
Office reported the following
arrests during the past week:
•Brenda Ann Brown, 46, 773
Ila Road, Lot 14, Commerce,
hunting from a vehicle, hunting
from a public road and posses
sion of illegally taken wildlife.
•Jason Christopher Campbell,
18,1830 Bennett Road, Homer,
driving under the influence
(DUI) of alcohol and failure to
obey a stop sign.
•Margi Pearl Casebolt, 29,27
McArthur Street, Commerce,
theft by taking.
•Brandon Joseph Cook, 32,
320 Delia Drive, Commerce,
theft by taking.
•Kelly Ann Eisele, 38, 1040
Bradford Place, Bishop, DUI/
alcohol and failure to maintain
lane.
•Serena Gail Goodson, 34,
1496 Hickory Flat Road, Gills
ville, probation violation.
•Thomas Eugene Hindman,
40, 116 Heritage Gardens,
Apt. C., Cornelia, driving on a
The Banks County Sheriff’s
Office responded to the follow
ing domestic-related disputes
during the past week:
•domestic dispute at a Browns
Bridge Road, Commerce, resi
dence.
•reported physical domes
tic dispute at a Historic Homer
Highway, Homer, residence.
suspended driverfs license and
speeding.
•Kevin Mathew McDan
iel, 24, 500 Atlanta Highway
Southeast, Winder, probation
violation.
•Rodricous Montay Mintz, 22,
181 Lake Forrest Drive, Com
merce, possession of marijuana,
driving on a suspended driverfs
license and giving a false name,
address or date of birth to a law
enforcement officer.
•Kenneth Barry Sandt, 47, 86
Five Points Road, Danielsville,
possession of an open container
of alcohol.
•Jennifer Lynn Tiller, 35, 90
Very Best Road, Lexington,
theft by shoplifting.
•Timothy Joe Utley, 42, 719
Mount Sinai Road, Lula, pe
destrian under the influence of
alcohol or drugs.
•Tonya Kathryn Washam, 18,
548 Grey Hill School Road,
West Point, DUI/drugs and
endangering a child under 14
years of age while DUI.
•dispute at a Crane’s Mobile
Home Park, Homer, residence.
•dispute at a Mt. Sinai Road,
Lula, residence.
•custody exchange at the
sheriff’s office, Windmill Farm
Road, Homer.
•dispute between a father and
son at a Highway 63, Com
merce, residence.
Domestic disputes responded to
Fraud reported by
Baldwin business
Sheriff's office responds to 19
A Baldwin business owner
reported that someone cre
ated fake business checks and
cashed them. Seven checks
totaling $3,195 were cashed.
Other incidents reported to
the Baldwin Police Depart
ment last week include the
following:
•domestic dispute between
a married couple at a Banks
Ridge Drive address.
•missing juvenile was re
ported but it was later found
out that she was with her boy
friend.
•trespassing at an Airport
Road location.
•jewelry taken from a
Meadow Creek Circle resi
dence.
•a woman who lives at
Baldwin Courts Apartments
said someone damaged her
vehicle by shooting holes in
the windshield.
•vehicle damaged in the
Baldwin Courts Apartments
parking lot.
•a woman said her daugh
ter returned home after a visit
with her father and had bruis
es on her.
•purse taken from a Willow
Tree Avenue residence.
•a Meadow Creek Circle
woman returned to her mobile
home to find a large piece of
metal strip in the side of it.
•graffiti found in a King
Street parking lot.
•locks cut on storage units
on Airport Road.
ARRESTS
•Christopher Bradley Mc
Cracken, 25, speeding and
driving with a suspended li
cense.
•Juan Macario Alvarado,
17, no license.
•Tracy Copey, 41, DUI,
failure to obtain license with
30 days of residency, failure
to maintain lane, open con
tainer violation and operating
defective equipment.
•Jose Villatoro, 20, driving
without a license and speed
ing.
•David Edmund Caldwell,
24, probation violation.
•Mitzi Marler McAdam,
39, DUI and failure to main
tain lane.
The Banks County Sheriff’s
Office responded to the following
accidents during the past week:
•two-vehicle accident on Geor
gia Highway 15/US Highway
441 at Steven B. Tanger Boule
vard.
•two-vehicle wreck on Inter
state 85 near Highway 441.
•one-vehicle accident involv
ing a horse on Highway 63.
•two-vehicle accident on Geor
gia Highway 15 at the entrance to
Wal-Mart.
•one-vehicle accident on
Chatham Road.
•three-vehicle accident on
Georgia Highway 15 at its inter
section with Interstate 85.
•two-vehicle accident on Geor
gia Highway 15 South at Pottery
Factory Drive.
•one-vehicle accident at 230
Tanger Drive, Commerce.
•two-vehicle accident on High
way 59.
•two-vehicle accident on Geor
gia Highway 15.
•two-vehicle accident on the
off ramp of Interstate 85 South.
•one-vehicle accident on Geor
gia Highway 15 at Outlet Drive.
•two-vehicle accident on Ste
ven B. Tanger Boulevard at East
Ridgeway Road.
•two-vehicle accident on Inter-
accidents
state 85 South.
•two-vehicle accident on Inter
state 85 South.
•two-vehicle accident on Inter
state 85 South.
•one-vehicle accident on Geor
gia Highway 51 South.
•one-vehicle accident on Rock
Springs Road.
•one-vehicle accident involv
ing a deer on Yonah-Homer
Road.
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Five-Year Tax Digest and M & O Levy History
2008 Tax Digest and M & O Levy for Fiscal Year 2009
The Banks County Board of Education does hereby announce that the M&O millage rate for 2008 will be
established at a called meeting to be held in the Board of Education Office on Tuesday, December 23,2008 at 6:00
p.m., and pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. 48-5-32, does hereby publish the following presentation of the
current year’s tax digest and levy along with the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five years.
Current 2008 Tax Digest and 5-Year History of Levy
School Digest and Levy
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
School year 2008-09
Real & Personal
419,766,750
434,619,598
598,095,333
613,327,474
631,779,120
657,057,337
Motor Vehicles
41,081,000
44,177,250
44,470,320
44,570,800
45,664,580
49,842,590
Mobile Homes
6,670,274
6,659,982
7,900,560
7,746,614
8,422,720
8,676,530
Timber - 100%
780,616
550,402
542,504
676,002
264,125
615,068
Heavy Duty Equipment
30,592
166,310
48,748
157,537
295,790
49,069
Gross Digest
468,329,232
486,173,542
651,057,465
666,478,427
686,426,335
716,240,594
Less M&O Exemptions
68,708,066
70,135,014
128,008,654
138,504,132
149,787,151
155,220,014
Net M&O Digest
399,621,166
416,038,528
523,048,811
527,974,295
536,639,184
561,020,580
Net M&O Millage
13.75
13.75
12.75
11.75
11.744
13.244
Net Taxes Levied
5,494,791
5,720,530
6,668,872
6,203,698
6,302,291
7,430,157
Net Taxes $ Increase
654,744
225,739
948,343
-465,174
98,593
1,127,866
Net Taxes % Increase
13.5%
4.1%
16.6%
-7.0%
1.6%
17.9%
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