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THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL THURSDAY. APRIL 12, 2012 — PAGE 7A
Church News
Homeless man arrested at courthouse
A homeless man in for court
on a temporary protective order
charge was arrested on mul
tiple charges last week after
he struggled with an officer
questioning him about a bag
found under a woman’s car in
the courthouse parking lot.
Pericles Terrance Statiras. 41,
was charged with obstruction,
aggravated stalking, marijuana
possession less than an ounce,
possession of a Schedule II
controlled substance and pos
session of drug-related objects.
According to the incident
report, a courthouse employ
ee reported that there was a
duffle bag under a vehicle at
the south end of the build
ing. After finding out who
the vehicle belonged to, offi
cer Shane Sartor found the
woman in the courtroom and
had her come outside to meet
with deputy Willie Wilbanks.
The object turned out to be a
bag wrapped in a motorcycle
jacket that smelled strongly of
marijuana. The woman said
the jacket might belong to the
man (Statiras) and that she
was there for a TPO against
him. Statiras was also located
in the courtroom and taken to
officer Wilbanks’ office where
he became irate and tried to
take the bag from Wilbanks.
A scuffle ensued and Statiras
was subdued, at which point he
said he couldn’t breathe, EMS
was summoned to the scene to
check him out and told him to
slow his breathing and that he
was OK. A search of the bag
found four knives, a lot of mail,
a marijuana pipe and marijuana
and $3,400 in cash in a wallet.
In other arrests, two Colbert
men were arrested last week
after a fight on Alberta Drive.
Patrick Earl Daniel. 21, 288
Bailey Street, was charged with
obstruction and Quincey Lee
Daniel, 25. 21 Freeman Court,
was charged with aggravated
assault.
Other arrests on file at the
sheriff’s office included:
•Randy Robert Hosch, 47,
830 Forest Street. Apt. A,
Buford, child molestation and
cruelty to children (no other
information was available).
•Stacy Lavern Aaron, 48, 28
Stewart Circle, Amoldsville,
tag light required, open con
tainer, DL'I/alcohol and weav
ing over roadway.
•Billy Clyde Bentley, 30,436
Piedmont Road. Hull, aggra
vated battery.
•Martina Ashavion Carruth,
26. 113 Hemlock Drive,
Athens, DL'I/alcohol, weaving
over roadway and driving with
out a license. (Comer PD)
•Fredrick Lennelson Cooper,
45, 148 Freeman Circle,
Colbert, disorderly conduct.
•Tammy Brown Craft, 43,
278 Pleasant Hill Church Road,
Winder, driving while license
suspended or revoked. (GSP)
•leffery Alan Crumbley, 46,
431 East Midland Avenue,
Winder, DUI/alcohol. (GSP)
•Freddrick Twainn Daniel,
323. 250 Alberta Drive,
Colbert, obstruction.
•Bruce Edenfield, 46, 54
Eades Drive, Commerce, pre
scription drags must be in their
original container and two
counts of purchase, possession,
or have control of any con
trolled substance, Schedule III,
IVorV.
•Donald Wendell Gantt, 49,
2605 Sims Kidd Road, Comer,
probation violation.
•Tobias Sherard Gantt, 26,
351 Farm Road, Colbert,
obstruction. (Comer PD)
•Christy Michelle Gordon,
28, 176 Baugh Street,
Commerce, bench warrant and
reckless conduct.
•Joseph Daniel Griffin, 33,
1740 Centruie Circle. Apt.
1027, Atlanta. DUI/alcohol and
driving without a license.
•Noe Ricardo Hernandez,
36. 736 Blemonte Street,
Commerce, driving without a
license.
•Melvin Johnson, 50, 45
Holly Hills Drive, Covington,
failure to obey police officer,
driving while license suspend
ed or revoked and DUI/alco-
hol.
•Christopher Bryan Leonard,
23. 252 Cleghome Road,
Colbert, weaving over road
way, driving on wrong side of
road and DUI/alcohol. (GSP)
•Antoine Maurice Maddox,
29, 112 Juniper Lane, Athens,
probation violation.
•Luis Manuel
Morenomartinez, 40, 572
Willis Glenn Road, Lot 41.
Hull. DUI/alcohol. (GSP)
•Christopher Arlington Scott,
50, 600 Horace Reed Road,
Danielsville, tag light required
and DUI/alcohol. (GSP)
•Lee Marvin Stone, 40, 2271
Monticello Road, Madison,
probation violation.
•Chastity Lea Tolbert, 30,
1160 Daniels Bridge Road,
Athens, failure to appear.
•Joe Willie Turner. 60, 967
Spring Valley Road, Athens,
contempt of court.
•Kimberly Lattice Walton,
23, 1900 Snapfinger Road,
Decatur, probation violation.
Social Circle man charged with criminal trespass
A Social Circle man was
arrested after a man on New
Hope Church Road reported
that a stranger was looking
inside some vehicles in his
driveway and refused to leave
when he was asked to.
William Stacey Alford.
41, 250 Poplar Street. Social
Circle, was charged with crim
inal trespass.
According to the incident
report, when officer Chad Pan-
arrived on scene, he found
Alford sitting inside the home-
owner’s pick up track. When
he asked him what he was
doing there, Alford reportedly
stated he was waiting for his
nephew, “Monkey.” He told
Parr that the track belonged
to “Monkey.” He was hand
cuffed and patted down for
safety. Parr noted that Alford’s
behavior was consistent with
someone under the influence
of methamphetamine, which
he said Alford admitted using
earlier in the day.
Other incidents on file at
the sheriff’s office this week
included:
•Burglary was reported at a
home on Old Elberton Road
last week. A woman said she
and others left the residence
around 6:45 p.m. without lock
ing the door and when they
came home around 8:15 p.m.
they noticed several items
missing.
•Simple battery was reported
on Colbert School Road after
two sisters got into a fight.
No injuries were reported at
the scene and one sister told
officers she “only wanted her
sister gone.”
•Criminal trespass was
reported by a man on Rogers
Church Road who is going
through a divorce. He said
someone came in through a
back window and two other
windows were damaged, but
that nothing was missing from
inside. He said he believes his
wife or one of her friends were
the culprits and that he has a
TPO out on her.
•A Danielsville man report
ed that someone stole his
1984 Olds Cutlass from the
back yard of his aunt’s home
on Madison Street. The car
reportedly has no motor or
transmission.
•A man on Buddy Moore
Road reported that a bottle of
“Very Sexy for Him” cologne
had been stolen from his
unlocked home. He said the
bottle had been given to him
as a gift the day before.
•A pharmacist at Rite Aid
in Danielsville reported that
someone tried to obtain Lortab
fraudulently over the phone by
saying she worked at a doc
tor’s office. The pharmacist
called the doctor’s office, who
said they had no one working
there by the name given.
•A man on Booger Hill
Road reported that he has been
receiving numerous phone
calls over the last three weeks
from several different numbers
telling him that he has won
the lottery and asking him to
send some money so he can
collect the proceeds. He stated
he knows it is a scam and told
them he wasn’t sending any
money and to stop calling. He
said they then began threaten
ing him, saying they would
kill his wife and kids and that
they knew where he lived and
would “come bum his house
down.” The saved numbers
were attached to the report.
•Simple battery was reported
on Charlie Bolton Road after
a woman said another woman
punched her at a cook out after
questioning her about corre
sponding with her husband on
Facebook.
•Theft by taking was report
ed on Loop Road when an
agent said that an a/c unit was
stolen from a property that was
for sale.
•Officer Bradley Free
responded to a location on
Garrett Randall Road last
week concerning a dispute
with weapons. A man said a
neighbor shot a gun to scare
his dog while it was on his
property. The neighbor admit
ted to shooting to scare the
dog, which he said it was on
his property and tried to attack
his kids. He said this is an
ongoing problem. The situa
tion was turned over to ani
mal control and weapons were
returned to both parties, since
no threats had been made.
•Terroristic threats and acts
and harassing phone calls
were reported in an ongoing
incident between neighbors
on Pine Street. A complainant
said he is constantly harassed
by a neighbor. The main trou
blemaker was described as a
man with multiple tattoos who
had just been released from
prison. He reportedly pointed
an AK-47 at the neighbors at
one point. Several people were
given criminal trespass warn
ings and all were advised of
the warrant process. The sus
pect who pointed the gun was
unable to be located.
•A collection box was dam
aged at Watson Mill Bridge
State Park last week. Patrol
units were advised to perform
extra checks in the park since
this is the second incident of
this type in the past month.
•Simple battery was reported
on Musket Ridge last week
after an officer met with a
woman at the Golden Pantry
on Hwy. 72 West in Hull who
said that her ex-boyfriend, who
she used to live with, had taken
her to a Musket Ridge address
where they both ingested
methamphetamine. Another
female then began calling him
and she got mad. She said
he then dragged her outside
and threw her on the ground.
She walked to the Golden
Pantry to call 9-1-1. Officer
Jeffrey Strickland did not see
any marks on the woman and
the man was gone from the
residence in question. She was
advised of the pre-warrant pro
cess through magistrate court.
•A woman on Hwy. 98 West
reported that her wallet was
missing from her purse after
she got a ride home with the
suspect.
•A woman reported that her
wallet had been stolen from the
parking lot of Williams Store
on Hwy. 29 North. She said
she believes that she dropped
her wallet and that a man in a
light blue Ford pick up took it.
The store owner said he was
with the suspect and that he
did not take the wallet.
•A woman on Project Street
reported that she received
a check in the mail from
“Coastal Financial Services”
for $3,850, along with a let
ter stating that she had won a
sweepstakes. The letter told
her to send $3,500 back to
them so she could collect the
rest of the money. She took the
check to her bank where they
told her that the account does
not exist.
•A gas customer at the
Golden Pantry in Danielsville
reportedly became irate when
she left her car at the gas pump
and it pumped $20 more gas
than she wanted. She demand
ed $20 back on her credit card,
but the store did not allow it.
The store manager wanted a
report to be on file.
•A chicken house on Donald
Smith Road caught fire fol
lowing a thunderstorm last
week. Ila, Danielsville and
Neese-Sanford fire depart
ments responded.
•One person was taken to
Athens Regional Hospital
after their track struck a tree
on Hwy. 174 between Faye
Carey Road and Shiloh VFD
last week.
•One person was taken to
Athens Regional after he
wrecked his track in front of
the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah
Witness building on Hwy. 29
South. The wreck was initially
reported as a possible fatality
after a witness said he heard
the wreck and then someone
went running through his yard
yelling that someone was
dead.
•A bam fire was reported
on New Haven Church Road
last week. Ila. Danielsville
and Shiloh fire departments
responded.
•An 18-wheeler carrying live
chickens was flipped on its
side at the comer of Roger’s
Mill Road at Hwy. 106 South
last week. The driver com
plained of leg pain but was not
transported by EMS.
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