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PAGE 6A —THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. AUGUST 13. 2009
On the Record
Man faces family violence charge
A Danielsville man was
arrested on family violence
charges last week after depu
ties were summoned to his
home for a domestic call.
Steven James Davis, 25,
169 Double Split Road, was
charged with cruelty to chil
dren (third degree) and sim
ple battery FVA.
According to the incident
report, Deputy Jason Luke
and another deputy found
Davis’s wife in the front yard
of the residence. The woman
stated that she was cleaning
up her child’s high chair when
her 2-year-old son jumped on
Davis, who was asleep on the
couch. Davis woke up, alleg
edly shoving the child off of
him, causing the child’s leg
to strike the coffee table. The
woman then reportedly ran to
Davis and hit him on top of
the head, at which point Davis
allegedly got up and began
choking her until she blacked
out. When she came to, she
told deputies she ran outside
and Davis locked the doors so
she could not get back in. At
some point, he slammed the
door on her hand. The child
was present during this alter
cation. Deputy Luke noted
red marks on the sides of the
victim’s neck and that she
had a cut and swollen finger.
Davis confirmed most of his
wife’s statement and he was
taken to the Madison County
Jail.
In another arrest, John
Bethel Gordon, 30, of 176 J
Highland Circle, Danielsville,
was charged with simple bat
tery and pedestrian under
the influence following an
incident at his mother’s New
Haven Church Road home.
According to the incident
report, Deputy Wesley Bryant
arrived at the mother’s resi
dence where he was told
that Gordon showed up and
grabbed a plate of spaghetti
and began “eating and curs
ing,” saying that he was going
to remove his 13-year-old
son from his mother’s home.
When his mother stood in
front of him, Gordon alleg
edly pushed her down and left
the residence walking. Two
witnesses confirmed the story.
Gordon was found walking
with his son nearby and was
“very loud and drunk.”
Others arrested by law
enforcement officials in
Madison County last week
included:
•Jimmy Lee Bassett, 30,
42 May Drive, Danielsville,
order to incarcerate for child
support.
•Mary Ann Dallas, 29, 233
Meadow Lane, Hull, proba
tion violation (original charg
es: suspended license, and
expired tag or decal).
•Lashasta Caren Gordon,
32, 198 Berry Drive, Athens,
probation violation (original
charge: shoplifting).
•Justin Alan Graham, 26,
300 River Ridge Drive,
Carnesville, two counts of
theft by taking, two counts
of possession of tools for the
commission of a crime and
one count of criminal tres
pass.
•Robbie Lee Gunter, 28,
111 Ivy Wood Drive, Hull,
deposit account fraud.
•Russell Scott Hamilton,
37, 1004 Miller McElreath
Road, Danielsville, probation
violation (original charge:
theft by taking).
•Jermaine Hamm, 26, 140
Anderson Lane, Winterville,
theft by taking motor vehi
cle.
•Brandon Michael Hankins,
20, 276 Moonlight Drive,
Danielsville, theft by taking
motor vehicle, theft by shop
lifting, Schedule IV (apola-
zam), possession, manufac
ture, distribution, etc. VGCSA
with intent to distribute and
drags to be kept in original
container.
•Bradley Ryan Holbrook,
27, 165 North Third Street,
Colbert, order to incarcerate
for child support.
•Curioki Danat Hyche,
21, 181 East Carver Drive,
Athens, burglary.
•David Alexander Ledbetter,
26, 1253 Crawford W. Long
Street, Danielsville, battery
FVA, obstruction of an officer
and two counts of cruelty to
children.
•Tony Riden, 43, 7885
Hwy. 29 South, Hull, aggra
vated assault.
•Richard Leon Stafford, 17,
1228 Stone Stewart Road,
Hull, theft by taking and theft
by receiving stolen property.
•Octavious Jovan Thomas,
18, 330 Garnett Ward Road,
Hull, driving while license
withdrawn, suspended or
revoked and failure to appear
(original charge: simple bat
tery).
•Timothy Dale Turner, 43,
50 Saylors Street, Royston,
failure to appear (original
charge: littering/public/pri
vate property/water.
•Ashley Leanne Watson,
26, 204 Amberly Drive, Hull,
probation violation.
•Maxmilliano Vilchis
Arellano, 24, 822 Sunset
Drive, Athens, driving with
out a license and standards
for brake lights.
•Jason Christopher Baker,
34, 451 Still Okelley Road,
Danielsville, to be transport
ed to Blairsville.
•James Vernon Busbin Jr.,
44, 92 Busbin Lane, Colbert,
five counts of forgery in the
first degree.
•Octavious Jermaine
Campbell, 23, 215 Wright
Street, Lavonia, driving while
license withdrawn.
•Brian Taylor Chastain, 33,
211 Gordan Street, Elberton,
order to incarcerate.
•Joshua Paul Daniels, 19,45
Matthew Sims Road, Comer,
expired or no registration or
title and driving while license
withdrawn. (Comer PD)
•Bruce Edenfield, 42, 54
Eades Drive, Commerce, two
counts of probation viola
tion.
•Sofia Balle Gomez, 36,251
Stone Stewart Road, Hull,
driving without a license.
(Danielsville PD)
•John Edward Greene, 42,
41 Creekwood Drive, Hull,
forgery in the first degree.
•Jerry Lee Harper, 45, 1736
Neese Commerce Road,
Commerce, driving while
license withdrawn, no insur
ance and fleeing or attempt
ing to elude.
•Kristi Jo Hodge, 40, 1208
Tallassee Road, Athens, fail
ure to appear.
•Nathan Antonio Howard,
24,181 Poplar Street, Toccoa,
speeding, driving while
license withdrawn, possession
of marijuana, violation of the
window tint law and posses
sion, manufacture, distribu
tion, etc. VGCSA. (GSP)
•Dennis James Johnson,
30, 994 Joe Cooper Road,
Danielsville, driving without
a license and DUI.
•Justin Chadwick Maddox,
33, 4274 Hwy. 98 West,
Danielsville, driving while
license withdrawn, leaving
the scene of an accident, fail
ure to drive within a single
lane and DUI.
•Arturo Reyna Ruiz, 36,
530 Oglethorpe Avenue,
Athens, driving without a
license. (Comer PD)
•Roy Robert Shead, 33,169
Chandler Road, Danielsville,
transport to Blairsville.
•Joshua Cain Thomas,
18, 2245 Robert Hardeman
Road, Athens, two counts of
possession, manufacture, dis
tribution, etc. VGCSA and
possession of tools for the
commission of a crime.
•Leigh Ann White, 19,1303
Mt. Olivet Road, Hartwell,
burglary.
Man arrested after purchasing stolen car for $200
Having paid just $200 for
a Ford Escort for which the
title was not signed over
meant a Danielsville man
was not surprised to learn
that his car was stolen.
Commerce police charged
Manuel Ricardo Nunez,
38, of 198 Morgan Road,
Danielsville, with theft
by receiving stolen prop
erty, driving with a revoked
license and a taillight vio
lation last week after an
officer pulled him over for
the equipment violation.
Dispatch warned the officer
that the vehicle was stolen.
According to the arrest
report, Nunez, who was
pulled over at about 11:18
p.m. on U.S. 441, told the
officer he knew the vehicle
was stolen because of the
lack of a signature on the
title and the $200 cost.
Nonetheless, he was
apparently upset at the turn
NOTICE OF
DUI CONVICTION
Driving Under The Influence
Pursuant to O.C.G.A.
Code Section 40-6-391
Russell James Hardeman
1160 Hull Road
Athens, GA 30601
ARREST DATE: April 25,2009
ARREST LOCATION: Madison County Jail
DISPOSITION: GUILTY, $2,000.00 Fine,
$525.00 Jail Cost, $25.00
Publication Fee, 15 days in
Jail, 12 months Probation, 30
days Community Service
COURT: Madison Co. Probate Court
Cody Cross, Judge
NAME:
ADDRESS:
NOTICE OF
DUI CONVICTION
Driving Under The Influence
Pursuant to O.C.G.A.
Code Section 40-6-391
David Gene Bridges
1920 Danielsville Road
Athens, GA 30601
ARREST DATE: September 9,2007
ARREST TIME: 04:46 A.M.
ARREST LOCATION: Madison County Jail
DISPOSITION: 12 months Probation,
$600.00 Fine, $100 Court
Cost Plus Surcharges,
$25.00 Publication Fee
COURT: Madison Co. Superior Court
Michelle H. Strickland, Clerk
NAME:
ADDRESS:
of events. The report said the
officer, checking on Nunez
after searching the vehicle,
found that Nunez had man
aged to get his handcuffed
hands from behind his back
to his front, had taken off
his belt and placed it around
his neck in an attempt to
choke himself.
“Why did you stop me?”
the suspect allegedly said.
“You should have just let
me do it.”
Later, the officer found
that Nunez had removed his
shoelaces and was appar
ently trying to choke him
self again. At that point, the
officer said Nunez claimed
to have taken 10 Xanax
and 10 Lortab just before
the traffic stop, but when
a medical unit was Sum-
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A domestic dispute was reported on Madison Avenue in
Colbert after a teen reportedly struck his mother as she was
trying to get him to leave the residence.
According to the incident report, Sgt. Tommy Williams was
called to the scene where he was told that the incident began
when the offender and his brother were coming back from
Georgia Square Mall in Athens when they began to argue.
Along the way they stopped at the offender’s girlfriend’s
home where he also argued with her. After leaving her home,
the brothers continued home, still arguing, when the offender
allegedly began to strike his brother about the head. After
arriving home, the offender continued to cause trouble and his
mother asked him to leave. When he went outside to get some
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•DUI/alcohol was reported on Hwy. 106 South.
•Identity fraud was reported on Cherokee Road in Comer.
•Burglary was reported on Wildcat Bridge Road.
•Simple battery was reported on Hudson Rivers Church
Road.
•Simple battery was reported on South Creek Drive in Hull.
•Aggravated assault was reported on Hwy. 29 South near
Hull.
•Terroristic threats and acts were reported on Hwy. 29
North.
•Criminal trespass was reported on Oak Circle in Hull.
•Criminal trespass was reported on Rose Hill Drive near
Athens.
•Burglary was reported on West Briarwood in Nicholson.
•Fleeing and attempting to elude a police officer was reported
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•Possession of tools for the commission of a crime was
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•Possession of tools for the commission of a crime was
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•Theft by taking was reported on Cherokee Road.
•Theft by taking was reported on Colbert Diamond Hill
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•Terroristic threats and acts were reported on Musket Ridge
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•No proof of insurance was reported on Hwy. 191 and Hwy.
281.
•Theft by taking was reported on Glenn Carrie Road.
•Theft by taking was reported on Sanford Nicholson Road.
•Criminal damage to property in the second degree was
reported on Wildcat Bridge Road.
•Driving while license was suspended or revoked was
reported on Hwy. 172.
•Theft by taking was reported on Hwy. 106 South in Hull.
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