PACE 6A
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012
Crime
Thefts reported to BCSO last week
Seven accidents reported last week
The Banks County Sheriff's
Office responded to a number of
reports of burglary and theft last
week, including the following:
•theft by shoplifting at Wal-
mart. Highway 441 South, Com
merce.
•theft by taking at Software
Systems, Industrial Park Boule
vard, Commerce.
•burglar alarm at a Herbert Se-
gars Road, Gillsville, residence,
where the responding deputy re
ported he checked all the doors
and windows and all appeared
secure.
•burglar alarm at a West
County Line Road, Lula, resi
dence, where the keyholder at
the residence reported the alarm
was accidentally set off and all
was O.K.
•theft by taking at an Oscar
Rucker Road, Homer, residence.
The Banks County Sheriff's
Office reports the arrest of 12
people during the past week.
Those arrested and their charges
include:
•Willie Baratona Alford, 56,
2149 Dusty Road, Bowman,
driving while driver’s license is
suspended or revoked and driv
ing under the influence (DUI) of
alcohol.
•Joshua Curtis Brock, 19, 150
Deer Trail Road, Camesville,
possession of marijuana.
•Billy Joe Elem, 55, 270
Barnes Circle, Commerce, dis
orderly conduct and bondsman
off bond.
On Friday, Dec. 30, five people
were arrested on drug charges in
two separate incidents in Banks
County.
Banks County Sheriff Charles
Chapman said four people were
arrested by BCSO deputies
when they delivered and sold
Oxycodone pills to undercover
agents at a pre-determined loca
tion.
Those arrested were: Helen
Akins Edwards, 29, 485 Hil
lard Road. Bowersville: Jeremy
Joe Holbrooks, 22, 306 Old 29
During the period of Dec. 19
through Dec. 25, the Baldwin
Police Department reports the
arrest of two people. Those ar
rested and their charges include:
•Palemon Rojas-Ruiz, 48,
following too close and driving
without a valid driver's license.
•Yvonn Parker Brown, 50,
theft by shoplifting.
INCIDENTS
During the same period, the
following incidents were re
ported:
Around 5:45 p.m. on Thurs
day, Dec. 29, a deputy with the
Banks County Sheriff’s Office
responded to the T/A Truck
Stop, Highway 441, Commerce,
to the report of a robbery that
occurred in the parking lot.
A 46-year-old male truck
driver stated that he was sitting
in the cab of his tractor-trailer
when a white male knocked
on the cab and told him that
someone had hit his trailer in
On Friday, Dec. 30, in
vestigators with the Banks
County Sheriff’s Office
took seven burglary war
rants on Michael Eugene
Taylor, 39, Jefferson.
Taylor was locked up on
Christmas Day by BCSO
deputies when he was ap
prehended in the Banks
Crossing area and charged
with theft by receiving sto
len property - automobile.
Taylor is charged with the
burglaries at the following
where the complainant reported
the theft of a pasture gate.
•burglar alarm at Banks Coun
ty Middle School, Thompson
Street, Homer, where the re
sponding officer reported all the
doors and windows were secure
and all appeared O.K.
•burglar alarm at Habersham
Federal Credit Union, Evans
Street, Homer.
•theft by taking at Walmart,
Highway 441 South, Com
merce.
•theft by taking at a Fort Lamar
Road, Commerce, residence.
•theft by taking on Patton Road
at Carson Road, Commerce.
•burglar alarm at Banks Coun
ty Middle School, Thompson
Street, Homer, where the re
sponding deputy reported all the
doors and windows surrounding
the point of activation were se-
•Julie Lynn Farmer, 20, 1530
Highway 164, Commerce,
bondsman off bond.
•Perry Leroy Farmer, 33,1530
Highway 164, Commerce, fail
ure to appear and bondsman off
bond.
•Angel Cope Goodman, 32,
2814 Hog Mountain Road, Jef
ferson, theft by shoplifting.
•Cristin Marie Livingston,
29,43 Homer Street, Maysville,
probation violation.
•William James Terrell Owen,
31, 1111 Nails Creek Crossing,
Royston, possession of mari
juana.
•Kenneth Eldo Palmer, 51,
Road, Royston; James Robert
Holmes, 23, 485 Hillard Road,
Bowersville; and Jessica Dawn
Hysinger, 36, 28 Reese Lane,
Royston.
During the arrests, officers also
seized a 2004 Ford Explorer and
Oxycodone pills, Chapman said.
All four arrested were trans
ported to the Banks County Jail
and booked on sale of Oxy
codone charges.
In a second incident on Fri
day, Brian Keith Carey, 40, 208
Dodge Hill Road, Maysville,
•warrant service at Heritage
Apartments, Willingham Av
enue, Baldwin.
•theft at a Baldwin Heights
Road, Baldwin, residence,
where the complainant reported
two ground heating and air con
ditioning units had been dis
mantled and all of the copper
wire had been removed. The two
units are valued at $6,000.
•theft by taking at Big Dad
dy’s Boots, Highway 365, Bald
win, where the business owner
the back, Banks County Sheriff
Charles Chapman said.
Chapman said the alleged
victim stated he exited his cab
and went to the rear of his trailer
and was approached by three
other white males. “The com
plainant stated they asked him
if he had any money and he said
yes,” Chapman said.
“The complainant then stated
that the males said to him, ‘I bet
you don’t have any money,’ and
locations: Evans Second
Skin, Bookstand of North
east Georgia, Fastenal, Patio
etc., Karma Consignment, 2
Chic Sisters Boutique and
RB MX and ATVs.
All of these stores were
entered when the locks
were removed from the
doors, Banks County Sher
iff Charles Chapman said.
Taylor also faces charges
in Commerce and Jeffer
son.
Taylor is being held in the
cure and all appeared to be O.K.
•theft by taking at the T/A
Truck Stop, Highway 441, Com
merce.
•burglary at a Webbs Creek
Road, Homer, residence.
•theft by taking at a Wells
Road, Homer, residence.
•theft by taking at Burger King,
Highway 441, Commerce.
•burglary at 2 Chic Sisters
Boutique, Steven B. Tanger
Boulevard, Commerce.
•burglar alarm at Banks
County Middle School, Thomp
son Street, Homer, where the
responding deputy reported the
area of the alarm was checked
and all was O.K. and secure.
•burglary at a West Ridgeway
Road, Maysville, residence.
•theft of a firearm from a
Duncan Road, Commerce, resi
dence.
799 Claude Parks Road, Mur-
rayville, failure to appear.
•Samantha Lynn Parr, 43,125
Chambers Street, Homer, simple
battery - family violence act
(FVA).
•Edward John Purdy, 29, 168
Lewallen Road, Commerce,
possession of methamphet-
amine, possession of a schedule
n controlled substance, posses
sion of marijuana, weaving over
the roadway and possession of
an open alcohol container.
•Olivia Renee Richards, 36,
1031 Highway 59, Commerce,
driving while driver's license is
suspended or revoked.
was arrested when he delivered
Oxycodone to a pre-determined
location and sold it to undercover
agents.
Authorities also seized, along
with the pills, $247 in U.S. cur
rency.
Carey was transported to the
Banks County Jail and booked
on charges of sale of Oxycodone
and possession of Oxycodone
with the intent to distribute.
The investigation continues by
the BCSO Criminal Investiga
tion Division.
reported the theft of an air con
ditioner.
•theft by shoplifting at Kanga
roo #13, Highway 365, Baldwin,
where the store manager report
ed the passenger in a white Ford
Ranger had shoplifted a 20 oz.
can of Red Bull drink.
•theft by taking at a Heritage
Gardens Drive, Baldwin, resi
dence, where a female reported
that another female had taken
her medication and $200 in cash
from her residence.
then the complainant pulled his
wallet out to show them he did
have money and he stated that
the males grabbed his money
out of the wallet and ran off,”
Chapman said. The amount of
money in the wallet was report
ed to be $1,000.
The complainant told the
deputy that the males ran across
the road and then left in a van
with an out-of-state license
plate on it.
Banks County Jail at this
time.
The Banks County Sheriff's
Office responded to seven ac
cidents during the past week,
including the following:
•two-vehicle accident at the
Shell Food Mart, Highway 441
South, Commerce, where the
driver of a 2010 Honda Odys
sey reported he didn’t see the
driver of a 2000 Ford Ranger
behind him and he struck the
Threats and juvenile problem
were among the incidents report
ed to the Banks County Sheriff's
Office during the past week.
The incidents reported in
clude:
•threats at a Hebron Road,
Commerce, residence.
•juvenile problem at a Brook-
side Drive, Lula, residence.
•follow-up at Dollar General,
Pottery Factory Drive, Com
merce, where a female com
plainant said she had some in
formation about a man that was
stalking her.
•tree in the roadway on Car-
son Segars Road at Hickory
Creek Road, where the road de
partment removed the tree from
the roadway.
•tree in the roadway on Carson
Segars Road, Maysville, where
the road department removed
the tree from the roadway.
•fraud at a Murray Road,
Homer, residence, where the
complainant was advised to
report the incident to Jackson
County authorities since the in
cident occurred at Tanger Outlet
Center.
•legal questions at a Cedar
Ridge Road, Commerce, resi
dence, where a male was inquir
ing about issues with custody.
The complainant was advised to
seek proper legal counsel.
•livestock in the roadway on
Yonah-Homer Road at Ed Reed
Road, where a friend of the
cows' owner had re-secured the
cows in the pasture.
•trespassing at a Fort Lamar
Road, Commerce, residence,
where a man reported someone
was shooting a gun towards his
property and the bullets came
very close to him.
•damage to a vehicle at a Fos
ter Road, Baldwin, residence.
•welfare check at a Gowder
Road, Maysville, residence.
•dog problem at a Simmons
Road, Baldwin, residence.
•fraudulent activity at Sears,
Highway 441, Commerce.
•damage to a vehicle in the
parking lot at Walmart, Highway
441 South, Commerce, where a
female reported someone shuck
her 2006 Chevrolet Impala doing
damage to the passenger side.
•suicide threats at a Stoney
Creek Road, Homer, residence.
•financial transaction card
fraud at a Buckeye Point, Com
merce, residence.
•domestic dispute at a High
way 63 residence.
•suspicious activity at a High
way 164, Homer, residence.
•suspicious activity at a Barnes
Road, Commerce, residence.
•dispute at a Loggins Road,
Commerce, residence.
•suspicious activity at a Bol
ing Road, Homer, residence.
•financial identity fraud at
Walmart, Highway 441 South,
Commerce, after a mailed com
munication from the Lake Coun
ty Sheriff's Office in Florida
regarding the financial identity
fraud incident at Walmart.
•lost tag at Piedmont Floral
Supply, East Ridgeway Road,
Commerce, where the tag on a
GMC 3500 Truck was report
edly lost.
Ranger with his vehicle.
•two-vehicle accident at
Sonny's B-B-Q, Highway 441,
Commerce, where the driver of
a 1995 Chevrolet S-10 reported
he struck the driver of a 2007
Toyota Tacoma as he was wait
ing to pull onto Highway 441.
•motor vehicle accident on
Interstate 85 at mile marker
150, Commerce.
•damage to property on
Cardinal Lane at Dan Waters
Road, Commerce, where the
complainant reported someone
had entered his hay field with a
vehicle cutting doughnuts. The
complainant stated he was go
ing to put a fence up to solve the
problem.
•all terrain vehicle (ATV) in
the roadway on Buckeye Point,
Commerce, where the respond
ing deputy reported he didn't lo
cate an ATVs in the roadway.
•vehicle identification num
ber verification at a Cotton
Tail Drive, Baldwin, residence,
where the officer verified all was
O.K. with a 1995 Toyota 4-Run
ner Highlander.
•vehicle identification number
verification at an Old Highway
441 North, Baldwin, residence,
where the deputy verified all was
O.K. with a 1936 Ford Rat Rod.
•mechanical breakdown on
Interstate 85 south bound at mile
marker 155, Commerce, where
the deputy reported he stood by
while a towing company rep
resentative changed a tire on a
2003 Chevrolet Tahoe.
•aggravated assault, disorderly
conduct and public intoxication
at a Barnes Circle, Commerce,
residence.
•civil dispute at a Payne Road,
Homer, residence.
•simple battery and cruelty
towards a child at a Westbrook
Road, Commerce, residence.
•dispute at a Gardiner Road,
Homer, residence.
•suspicious activity at a Hick
ory Flat Road, Lula, residence.
•juvenile problem on High
way 51 North at Lefew Road.
•simple battery - family vio
lence act (FVA) on Highway
98 at Historic Homer Highway,
Homer.
•lost or stolen tag at an un
known Homer location, where
the complainant reported the tag
•vehicle accident on Barnes
Circle at Barnes Road, Com
merce.
•vehicle accident on Ed
wards Road, Commerce.
•vehicle accident on High
way 15/441 North at Interstate
85.
•vehicle accident involving
a deer on Thompson Street,
Homer.
on his 2007 GMC 3500 truck
was lost or stolen.
•dispute at a Roy Poole Road,
Commerce, residence.
•cruelty to livestock at an East
County Line Road, Danielsville,
residence.
•domestic dispute at a Hum
mingbird Pie Lane, Lula, resi
dence.
•dispute at a Queen Road,
Lula, residence.
•custody dispute at a Cedar
Ridge Road, Commerce, resi
dence.
•damage to property at Geor-
gia-Carolina Auto Auction, East
Ridgeway Road, Commerce.
•dispute at a County Line
Drive, Lula, residence.
•dispute at Walmart, Highway
441 South, Commerce.
•found child on Highway 441
North at Otis Brown Road.
•damage to property at an
East County Line Road, Dan
ielsville, residence.
•damage to property at a Log-
gins Lane, Commerce, resi
dence.
•traffic stop with arrest on
Highway 15/441 at Webbs
Creek Road, Homer.
•juvenile complaint at a Yo
nah-Homer Road, Lula, resi
dence.
•abandoned vehicle on Ce
dar Ridge Road at Cedar Ridge
Drive, Commerce, where a
tractor-trailer had reportedly
jack-knifed.
•verbal dispute at a Dusty
Creek Lane, Homer, residence.
•damage to property on High
way 59, Commerce, where a
2002 Chevrolet Avalanche was
reportedly damaged after strik
ing a deer in the roadway.
•damage to property at Wal
mart, Highway 441 South,
Commerce.
•interference with custody
at a Poole Road, Homer, resi
dence.
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Sheriff's office reports 12 arrests
Five face drug charges in Banks County
Baldwin Police reports two arrests
Man robbed at T/A Truck Stop
Jefferson man faces burglary charges
Threats among incidents reported
