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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011
Crime
Christmas decorations taken from Lula home
The theft of Christmas deco
rations from a Lula home is
among the incidents reported to
the Banks County Sheriffs Of
fice during the past week.
A Brookside Place resident
said that an inflatable Christmas
lawn ornament was stolen. The
giant-sized snow globe with
Santa and his reindeer inside
costs approximately $100.
OTHER INCIDENTS
Other incidents reported to
the sheriffs office last week in
clude the following:
•road hazard at a Hwy. 59 and
Mt. Bethel Road, Commerce,
location. A deputy located the
hazard and removed it from the
road.
•panic alarm at a Pottery Fac
tory Drive, Commerce, busi
ness.
•dispute between several ju
veniles at a Deer Crest Drive,
Baldwin, location. A deputy
separated the juveniles and no
tified the parents of the dispute.
•911 hang-up at an East
County Line Road, Commerce,
address. The homeowner told a
deputy that her children were
playing on the phone.
•dispute at a Poole Road,
Homer, address.
•civil dispute at a Hwy. 326,
Commerce, location.
•theft by deception at a Hwy.
441, Commerce, address.
•wallet missing from a Hwy.
441, Commerce, location.
•damage to property at a Hwy.
441, Commerce, residence.
•property damage at a Wells
Road, Homer, location.
•shots fired at a Carson Se-
gars Road, Gillsville, address.
•someone entered an auto
mobile at a Hwy. 441, Com
merce, residence.
•property damaged at a Hwy.
441, Commerce, location.
•vehicle stolen from a Front
age Road, Commerce, address.
•civil dispute between a
Faulkner Road, Commerce,
man and his nephew.
•$250 worth of grease taken
from a Hwy. 441, Commerce,
location.
•shoplifting at a Hwy. 441,
Commerce, business.
•trespassing at a Hwy. 98,
Maysville, location.
•prowler at a Silver Shoals
Road, Lula, residence.
•four-wheeler and dirt bike in
the road at a Fort Lamar Road,
Commerce, address,
•suspicious vehicle at a Da
vid Hill Road, location.
•a woman said someone
used her account information
to make a purchase without her
permission.
•dispute at a Mountain Creek
Drive, Maysville, address.
•burglary at a Welbom Road,
Maysville, location.
•a Samples Scales Road,
Homer, woman said a dog bit
her child.
•animal complaint at a Log-
gins Trail, Commerce, loca
tion.
•a Hwy. 98, Maysville, wom
an reported that she thinks her
cat has rabies.
•burglary at a Barnes Road,
Commerce, residence.
•child molestation reported
by a Commerce woman.
•burglary at a Hwy. 51 North,
Homer, address.
•suspicious activity at a Log-
gins Road, Commerce, loca
tion.
•theft at an Atlanta Highway,
Commerce, address.
•dispute at a Dusty Creek
Lane, Homer, residence.
•theft at a Scales Creek Road,
Homer, address.
•civil dispute at a Hwy. 441,
Commerce, location.
•shoplifting at a Hwy. 441,
Commerce, business.
•theft at an Eisenhower
Drive, Commerce, address.
•shoplifting at a Banks Cross
ing business.
•animal complaint at an 1-85
South location.
•theft at a Poplar Ridge
Drive, Gillsville, address.
•residential fire at a Timber-
lane Street location.
•livestock in the road at a
Historic Homer Hwy., Homer,
address.
•property damage at a Hwy.
198, Homer, location.
•suspicious male on a bicycle
at a West County Line Road,
Lula, address.
•a Hwy. 323, Gillsville,
woman said someone entered
her home and took a shower
and used the restroom. She said
nothing appeared to be taken
and she suspected it was a rela
tive.
•simple battery at a Hwy.
441, Commerce, residence.
•burglar alarm at a Yonah-
Homer Road location.
•a Homer man said his wife
left her cell phone at a Banks
Crossing business and, when
she returned, it was gone.
19 arrests reported by Banks County Sheriff's Office
The Banks County Sheriffs
Office reported the arrests of 19
people last week, including the
following:
•April Pamela Bailey, 33,195
West Chester Ave., Athens, pro
bation violation.
•Tammy Lyvonne Bramlett,
52, 148 Dayly Street, Homer,
public drunkenness.
•Michael Scott Chambers,
31,156 Rose Lane, Commerce,
driving without a valid license,
weaving over roadway and pos
session with intent to distribute
a controlled substance.
•Darrell Eugene Conklin,
29, 157 Stonebridge Blvd., Ed
mond, Okla., theft by shoplift
ing.
•Charles Victor Crowe, 29,
699 Queen Road, Gillsville,
probation violation.
•William Lewis Farrow, 48, 8
Wisconsin Avenue, Piedmont,
S.C., theft by taking and crimi
nal trespass.
•Ricky Dean Gosnell, 56,112
North Dunham Bridge Road,
Greenville, S.C., theft by taking
and criminal trespass.
•Shannon Nicole Hill, 37,757
Doctor John Roads, Westminis
ter, S.C., theft by shoplifting.
•Frizell Chris Leggett, 18,
1012 Port Street, Laurinbury,
N.C., failure to appear.
•Andrea Michelle Parr, 30,
4945 Yonah-Homer Road, Alto,
driving while license suspended
or revoked, weaving over road
way and probation violation.
•Timothy William Patterson,
23, 432 Duncan Road, Com
merce, reckless conduct.
•Misty Michelle Pittman, 33,
156 Rose Lane, Commerce,
possession of a controlled sub
stance with intent to distribute.
•Michael Eugene Taylor, 38,
74 Peppers Street, Jefferson,
theft by receiving stolen prop
erty.
•Dottie Elizabeth Thomas,
35, 3434 Clarks Bridge Road,
Gainesville, theft by shoplift
ing.
•Stacy Allen Thomas, 45,
3434 Clarks Bridge Road,
Gainesville, theft by shoplift
ing.
•Alvaro Quistian Vazquez, 25,
263 Wright Street, Alto, driving
without a valid license.
•Antonio Keith Whaley, 21,
14 Sunny Bank Street, Bennetts-
ville, S.C., failure to appear.
•Rhonda Edith Kay Whis-
nant, 25, 74 Peppers Street, Jef
ferson, possession of a Schedule
IV drug and theft by receiving
stolen property.
•Jeremy Boone Yopp, 33,
5185 Hwy. 51 South, Lula, driv
ing while license suspended or
revoked.
Baldwin Police Department reports one arrest
The Baldwin Police De
partment reports the arrest of
Erika Moreno Aguilar, 29, on
the charge of driving without
a valid driver’s license, during
the period of Dec. 12 through
18.
INCIDENTS
The following incidents
were reported during the same
period:
•theft by shoplifting at
Kangaroo #13, Highway 365,
Baldwin, where the store
clerk reported someone had
shoplifted some items and
left the store, driving off in a
green Jeep Cherokee.
•damage to property at a
Communications Boulevard,
Baldwin, location, where a
woman reported a large crack
in the center of the windshield
on her 2011 Nissan Maxima.
•gas drive-off at Kangaroo
#13, Highway 365, Baldwin,
where the store clerk reported
a male, unknown color, driv
ing a white Chrysler 4-door
sedan pumped $20 worth of
gas and drove off without
paying. The clerk stated she
had authorized the transac
tion without first receiving
payment due to experiencing
computer problems.
•theft by taking at the Apple
Pie Ridge Subdivision office,
Baldwin Heights Road, Bald
win, where an air conditioner
unit was reportedly stolen.
•warrant service at a Will
ingham Avenue, Baldwin, lo
cation.
Eight wrecks investigated by sheriff's office
The Banks County Sher
iffs Office investigated eight
wrecks reported during the
past week, including the fol
lowing:
•a Lula man said he was
driving on Historic Homer
Hwy. when he fell asleep, left
the road and struck a mailbox,
•a Danielsville man said he
was backing out of a parking
space at a Hwy. 441 restaurant
and he struck a vehicle that he
did not see.
•a Danielsville woman said
she was backing out of a park
ing space at a Hwy. 441 busi
ness and struck a vehicle that
she did not see.
•a Commerce woman said
she was driving north on
Chambers Road when a deer
ran in the road and she struck
it.
•a Carnesville woman said
she attempted to make a lane
change while driving on Hwy.
441 and struck a vehicle that
she did not see.
•a Lula man driving on
Hwy. 51 South failed to yield
for traffic and struck a vehicle
in front of him.
•a Clarkesville woman said
she was driving on Damascus
Road when she struck a deer in
the road.
•hit and run accident at a
Hwy. 441, Banks Crossing,
business.
Drug arrest made following search warrant
A man was arrested on
drug charges on Dec. 21 fol
lowing a search warrant be
ing executed by the Banks
County Sheriff's Office at a
Sweetwater Way, Lula, resi
dence.
During the search war
rant, marijuana and a small
amount of methamphet-
amine was found, according
to Sheriff Charles Chap
man.
The resident owner, John
ny McCoy, 55, has a parole
warrant issued for him in
Banks County and faces
other charges of possession
of marijuana, possession of
methamphetamine, posses
sion of a firearm by a con
victed felon and reckless
endangerment in connection
with a 4-year-old child that
was at the residence.
The department of fam
ily and children services
was called to the scene and
the child was placed in an
other home, along with the
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McCoy is being held in ues by the sheriff’s office
Hall County on a probation criminal investigation divi-
warrant. sion.
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Traffic stop leads to
two drug arrests
A traffic stop on McDonald
Circle last week resulted in
two drug arrests by the Banks
County Sheriff’s Office.
A vehicle was pulled over
by a sheriff’s deputy for weav
ing over the roadway. During
the traffic stop, approximately
3.7 grams of suspected meth
amphetamine was discovered
in a film canister after being
dropped from the passenger
side of the vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle,
Michael Scott Chambers, 31,
of Rose Lane, Commerce, was
charged with weaving over the
roadway, no valid license and
possession of methamphet
amine with intent to distrib
ute.
Also arrested was Misty
Michelle Pittman, 33, of Rose
Lane, Commerce, who was
charged with possession of
methamphetamine with intent
to distribute.
Chambers later told investi
gators that they had picked up
the methamphetamine in an
other county and were going
to sell it, according to Sheriff
Charles Chapman.
Both Chambers and Pittman
were transported to the Banks
County Jail from the traffic
stop without incident.
The investigation continues
by the sheriff’s office criminal
investigation division.
State troopers focus
on impaired drivers
The Georgia State Patrol is
reminding motorists to plan
carefully before hitting the
highways for the upcoming
New Year’s holiday travel pe
riod. Troopers are cautioning
drivers to plan for a sober des
ignated driver if alcohol con
sumption will be part of the
celebrations.
Colonel Mark McDonough,
Commissioner of the Georgia
Department of Public Safety,
said Georgia State Troopers
will be patrolling throughout
the holiday periods with en
forcement emphasis on im
paired drivers, unrestrained
drivers and passengers, and
drivers exceeding the speed
limit.
“Each holiday period, troop
ers are called to investigate
traffic crashes involving seri
ous injuries or fatalities, and
these crashes could have been
prevented,’’ he said.
The New Year’s holiday pe
riod begins Friday, December
30 at 6 p.m. and ends Monday
night, January 2.
Last year during the New
Year’s holiday period, troopers
investigated 320 traffic crash
es in Georgia that resulted in
270 injuries and seven traffic
deaths. During holiday pe
riod patrols, 174 people were
arrested for driving under the
influence.
Colonel McDonough re
minds drivers to plan their
travels carefully by making
sure the motor vehicle is ready
for a long trip by checking the
air pressure in the tires; mak
ing sure the windshield wiper
blades are not cracked; check
ing that all headlights, brake
lights, turn signals, and tag
lights are working; and check
ing the vehicle’s fluid levels.
“Before leaving on the trip,
make sure everyone is prop
erly restrained, take frequent
rest stops along the way, and
don’t speed,’’ he said. “This is
a festive time of the year and
we want everyone to enjoy the
holiday season.”
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