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PAGE 6A —THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. JUNE 25. 2009
On the Record
Man charged with pedestrian under the influence
A Comer man was arrested
last week after a deputy found
him lying in the middle of Hwy.
72.
Spencer Levar Howard, 31,
2346 Sims Kidd Road, was
charged with one count of pedes
trian under the influence.
According to the sheriff’s
office, Deputy Alan Stratton
responded to the report of some
one lying in the road, with callers
stating that he appeared to have
been hit.
When Deputy Stratton arrived
he observed a black male lying
in the road on his back with arms
outstretched. When he called to
the subject (Howard) he received
no response so he attempted
to locate a pulse. At that time
Howard became responsive and
when Stratton asked him how he
was Howard reportedly leaned
up and said he was fine and that
he drank too much. Howard was
assisted out of the road, arrest
ed, and taken to the Madison
County Jail.
In another arrest, Manuel
Ricardo Nunez, 38, of 160 Mill
Street, Royston, was charged
with obstruction of an officer
after deputies found him hiding
in his girlfriend’s attic.
According to the incident
report, a woman on Hwy. 98
East called to report that her boy
friend, Nunez, for whom she had
taken a restraining order against
last year, was at her residence
and she wanted him removed.
Deputies located him in the
attic and transported him to jail.
Others arrested by law enforce
ment in the county last week
included:
•Walter Randy Shelnutt, 42,
2275 Waggoners Grove Church
Road, Colbert.
•Alton Conrad Allen, 40, 333
Alberta Drive, Colbert, order to
incarcerate for child support.
•Timothy Lee Collins, 38,
3023 Kesler Road, Camesville,
probation violation (original
charge: driving without license
suspended).
•Robbie Lee Gunter, 28, 175
Dennis Drive, Athens, parole
violation.
•Clinton Jerome Mason, 40,
7079 Hales Crossing Road,
Royston, probation violation
(original charge: possession of
methamphetamine).
•Jeffrey Jay Green, 18, 1142
Lavender Road, Athens, pro
bation violation and failure to
appear.
•Toby Shane Reese Kennedy,
21, 880 Horace Reed Road, Ila,
probation violation (original
charge: driving on suspended
license).
•Kenneth Wayne Coley, 53,
820 Shiloh Ft. Lamar Road,
Danielsville, public drunkenness.
(Comer PD)
•Quillard T. Collins, 55, 951
WL Williams Road, Commerce,
failure to appear.
•Anthony Wayne Martin, 30,
11 Long Branch Lane, Colbert,
housed for Oglethorpe County.
•Terry Michael Haggard,
47, 25 Sammy Haggard Road,
Danielsville, probation violation.
•Jillian Carol Phillips, 28, 175
Spring Court, Athens, probation
violation (original charge: depos
it account fraud x 4) and theft by
shoplifting.
•Phillip Scott Moon, 32, 140
Moon Guest Road, Carlton,
DUI, failure to drive within a
single lane and drugs to be kept
in original container.
•Anthony Ray Hardman, 44,
292 Bellew Drake Road, Carlton,
probation violation.
•Ronald Glynn Rice, 44, 265
Kings Road, Athens, speeding,
DUI/alcohol, possession of mari
juana less than an ounce, drugs to
be kept in original container and
driving while tag is suspended.
•Paul Nathan Greene Sr., 72,
478 Helican Springs Road,
Athens, harassing phone calls.
•Richard Lee Doster, 46, 1651
Phillips Road Lithonia, failure to
appear (original charge: shoplift
ing).
•Charlotte Evette Morrison,
40, 1160 Cemetery Road, Union
Point, bench warrant.
•Angela Leigh Young, 27, 82
Homestead Road, Danielsville,
hold for Hall County.
•Richard Ashley McGaha,
34, 1870 McNutt Creek Road,
Bogart, failure to appear.
•Jason Star Smith, 21, 3080
Hardman Morris Road, Colbert,
probation violation.
•Joseph Raleigh Flanagan, 24,
117 Charlie Bolton Road, Hull,
pedestrian under the influence,
•Leroy Allen, 59, 1887 Spring
Circle, Comer, obstruction of an
officer.
•Jeffery Scott Goss, 44, 940
Fred Goss Road, Danielsville,
bench warrant (original charges:
suspended license, no insurance,
expired tag).
•Joshua Adam Bryant, 20,
2516 Rogers Church Road,
Commerce, possession of arms
by convicted felon.
•Steven Wayne Bales, 28, 605
Rogers Mill Road, Danielsville,
hold for Clarke County.
•Joy Charlene Childs, 32,3252
Brown Road, Martin, failure to
appear and probation violation.
•Carlos Antonio West, 28, 20
Smokey Trail, Crawford, rob
bery.
•Willie James Faust, 54, 776
Childers Road, Colbert, violation
of the window tint law and driv
ing while license withdrawn.
•Patricia Ann Bates, 45, 1337
Brown Brother Road, Elberton,
DUI, failure to drive within a
single lane, possession, manu
facture, distribution, etc, VGCS
and drugs to be kept in original
container.
•Tyler Dillon Braswell, 18,
730 Hwy. 198, Camesville, con
sumption of alcohol by a minor
and failure to dim headlights.
•Kenneth Marcus Teasley, 19,
11031 Hwy. 59, Lavonia, pos
session of alcohol by a minor.
•Louchan Chavette Whitehead,
33, 105 Oak Hill Drive, Athens,
deposit account fraud.
•Michael Shane Ellison, 38,
385 Robert Reed Road, Royston,
hold for Habersham and White
counties.
•Luke Oliver Sasser, 31, 200
River Grove Parkway, Athens,
failure to drive within a single
lane, DUI/alcohol and open con
tainer in vehicle,
•Natalie Ann Pritchard, 40,
245 Homer Road, Commerce,
DUI/alcohol and possession of
marijuana.
Father, daughter face family violence charges
A father and daughter were
arrested for family violence
last week.
Danny Lee McCoy, 57, of
211 Belhaven Lane, Hull,
was charged with one count
of battery.
His daughter, Amanda Joyce
McCoy, 32, of 528 North
Main Street, Danielsville,
was also charged with bat
tery, along with no insurance,
DUI/drugs/alcohol, expired
vehicle tag, possession, man
ufacture, distribution, etc.
VGCS cocaine, possession
of tools for the commission
of a crime, failure to drive
within a single lane and driv
ing while license suspended
or revoked.
According to the incident
report, Deputy Douglas
Martin was dispatched to
211 Belhaven Lane in refer
ence to a domestic dispute.
When deputies arrived, Mr.
McCoy was found to have
several injuries, which he said
were caused by his daughter,
Amanda.
Deputy Martin also noted
a strong odor of alcohol. Ms.
McCoy, who had already left
the scene, was located nearby
and also had injuries, which
she said were from the alter
cation with her father. Both
sets of injuries were photo
graphed, a witness was inter
viewed and father and daugh
ter were taken to jail.
Other incidents on file at
the sheriffs office this week
included:
•Pedestrian under the influ
ence of drugs was reported
on Hwy. 72 East at Brickyard
Extension.
•Criminal trespass was
reported on Hwy. 106 South
in Hull.
•Burglary was reported
on Wedgewood Drive in
Danielsville.
•Burglary was reported on
Nowhere Road in Hull.
•Criminal trespass was
reported on Wildcat Bridge
Road at Parham Town Road.
•Criminal trespass was
reported on Rogers Mill
Road.
•Pedestrian under the influ
ence of drugs was reported on
Charlie Bolton Road.
•Obstruction of officers was
reported on Spring Circle in
Comer.
•Firearm possession was
reported on Rogers Church
Road.
•Entering auto was reported
on Sorrow Patterson Road.
•Burglary was reported on
Cornelia Drive in Hull.
•Theft by taking was report
ed on Willis Glenn Road.
•Theft by deception was
reported on Hwy. 29 South.
Man gets 20-year
sentence for sodomy
A 46-year-old man was sentenced recently in Madison County
Superior Court to 20 years in prison for indecent acts with a minor.
William Lowell Atkins, Martin, was scheduled to go to trial this
month on two counts of sodomy. He entered non negotiated guilty
pleas on both charges and was sentenced by Superior Court Judge
Thomas Hodges to 20 years confinement and 10 years probation. He
was also fined over $2,500 and ordered not to have any contact with
the victim.
Other actions filed recently in the office of the Clerk of Superior
Court of Madison County include:
•Clarence Mark Woody, 44, Commerce, was sentenced to 10 years
probation and fined $1,150 for violation of Georgia’s Controlled
Substance Act (VGCSA) — possession of marijuana with intent to
distribute. Two charges of possession of firearms by convicted felons
were dismissed.
•Brent Hascal Caudell, 28, Danielsville, was sentenced to 10 years
probation for two counts of forgery in the second degree and fined
$1,365. Twenty one counts of forgery in the first degree and one count
of theft by taking were dismissed.
•Henry Michael Webb, 53, Nicholson, was sentenced to 10 years
probation and was fined $1,150 for possession of methamphetamine.
He was also sentenced to five years probation for possession of tools
for the commission of a crime and one year probation for improper
exhaust system.
•Peggy Bernice Cowart, 37, Watkinsville, was sentenced to 10 years
probation and fined $2,025 for VGCSA — possession of metham
phetamine. She was sentenced to five years probation for possession
of tools for the commission of a crime and possession of certain
firearms. Charges of possession of drug-related objects/equipment,
possession of drugs not in original container and VGCSA — posses
sion of marijuana were dismissed.
•David Gene Bridges, 48, Hull, was sentenced to five days confine
ment, five years probation and fined $880 for habitual violator. He
was sentenced to one year probation and fined $866 for DUI and
was sentenced to year probation for violation of conditions on limited
driving permit.
•Jackie D. Williams, 22, Hull, was sentenced to one year probation
for obstruction of officers and disorderly conduct (reduced from ter
roristic threats and acts) and was fined $405.
•James Griffin Jones, 39, Bowman, was sentenced to five years
probation for habitual violator, one year probation for open container
violation and one year probation, one day confinement and 40 hours
community service for DUI.
•James Lewis McDougal, 20, Monroe, was sentenced to one year
probation and fined $840 for driving while license suspended and
one year probation for striking fixed object. Charges of no proof of
insurance, failure to repon an accident and operating vehicle without
a valid tag were dismissed.
Crime and court policy
It is the policy of this newspaper to print the names of all persons
arrested and booked through the Madison County Jail. No exceptions
are made to that policy.
This newspaper also routinely publishes the names of those involved
in criminal court cases as those actions make their way through the
judicial system, including the final disposition of the case when it is
known.
We caution our readers, however, that an arrest is not a conviction and
an individual is presumed innocent under the law until convicted of a
crime for which he has been charged.
In addition to arrest reports, we also routinely publish items from
incident reports filed with local law enforcement agencies. Most of the
time, the names of those involved are not published unless one party
has been officially charged with a crime.
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