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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. 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Councilperson District 4: Incumbent: Laquita Bridges Term of office will begin on Jan. 1, 2010 and end Dec. 31, 2013. Candidates for Councilperson must be a resident of the district for which they qualify Qualifying will begin on Monday, August 31, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. and will close on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. at the Comer City Hall at 70 Hwy. 72 E. during normal business hours. Section 21-2-131(a)(l)(A) of the State of Georgia Municipal Election Code requires a qualification fee of $60 for mayoral candidates and $45 for councilperson candidates. Domestic dispute reported on Madison Avenue in Colbert 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 items out of a car he and his mother had more words and she picked up a yard tool to try to get him to leave. He allegedly struck her and then left walking. While Sgt. Williams was there, the woman received a call telling her that her son was back in Athens. She stated she did not want to press charges because her son is leaving in a month to go into service and she did want to mess that up — she wants him gone. Other incidents on file at the sheriff’s office this week included: •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 on Neese Commerce Road. •Possession of tools for the commission of a crime was reported on Poca Road. •Possession of tools for the commission of a crime was reported on South Main Street in Ila. •Theft by taking was reported on Cherokee Road. •Theft by taking was reported on Colbert Diamond Hill Road. •Terroristic threats and acts were reported on Musket Ridge Road near Hull. •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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