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THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. MAY 4. 2017 — PAGE 7A
Man faces racketeering charge; wife arrested for hindering officers
A Carlton man and his
wife were arrested last week
after deputies showed up at
their home on Noble Road
to serve multiple warrants
on the man for racketeering
and other charges.
Kenneth David Davis,
46, was charged with vio
lation of the Georgia RICO
(Racketeer Influenced and
Corrupt Organizations) Act,
DUI/drugs, no proof of
insurance, failure to appear
and three counts of deposit
account fraud (bad checks)
after he was found hiding in
the home.
His wife, Lisa Davis, 40,
was charged with hindering
the apprehension of a crim
inal.
On Sunday, April 30, Cpl.
James Justice and other
officers went to the home
where they met with Mrs.
Davis and told her about the
warrants on her husband.
According to the report,
Mrs. Davis told them her
husband had not been home
in a week and she didn't
know where he was.
While deputies searched
the residence, Mrs. Davis
told them she was going to
the bedroom to secure her
dog.
During their search, offi
cers found Mr. Davis hiding
behind a mattress propped
up on its side in a room
attached to the bedroom.
According to Chief
KENNETH
DAVID DAVIS
Deputy Jeff Vaughn, the
RICO charges stemmed
from multiple bad checks
that were reportedly gener
ated by Mr. Davis. He had
also failed to appear in court
on several of the bad check
charges. The traffic charges,
Vaughn said, stemmed from
warrants taken out by the
Comer Police Department in
May 2016.
In another arrest, Brian
Benjamin McCarty, 48, of
Colbert, was charged with
disorderly conduct, criminal
trespass and possession of a
firearm or knife during the
commission of or attempt to
commit certain felonies.
On April 27. Deputy Gabe
Dalton went to a home on
McCarty Dodd Road about a
domestic altercation involv
ing a firearm. He met two
other officers at the scene,
along with the complainant,
McCarty’s mother.
The woman told officers
LISA
DAVIS
her son was inside and pos
sibly had a firearm. Dalton
yelled for the man. who he
could see from a kitchen
window, to come out of the
house.
McCarty came outside and
placed his hands on his head
as ordered. McCarty told
Dalton he had fired a weap
on in the air about five times.
He did not have a weapon on
him at the time.
His mother told officers
that her son had been taking
methadone and Clonopin for
several years and had com
pletely stopped since April
22. She said since that time
he had been experiencing
“extreme bouts of anger and
psychosis.”
After being told he could
not borrow her car that
day, he allegedly became
extremely irate and threw
a flashlight and a pie onto
the kitchen floor. He then
retrieved a handgun and pro
ceeded to go out into the
front yard and shoot into the
air. At this point, his mother
felt afraid for her personal
safety called 9-1-1.
McCarty showed officers
where the handgun was
located and he was arrested
at the scene.
Other arrests on file last
week included:
•Christopher Michael
Lord, 24, of Ila, was charged
with first degree burglary,
terroristic threats and acts,
possession of metham-
phetamine. possession of a
Schedule IV controlled sub
stance, criminal interference
with government property,
drugs not in original con
tainer. possession and use
of drug-related objects and
obstruction.
On April 29, Deputy
Christian Sisk was dis
patched to Minish Lake
Road regarding a burglary.
A man there said that a
white male driving a white
Honda SUV pulled into his
driveway and went into his
garage and stole a backpack
leaf blower. He said he tried
to stop the man but was
unable to. He also said his
neighbor had video footage
of the car. Lord was later
found and arrested.
•Crystal Leann Alford, 32,
Danielsville, three counts of
probation violation.
•Helen Virginia Allen, 32.
Hull, probation violation.
•Jessica Lynn Bellew, 28,
Comer, battery.
•Jonah William Busbee.
21, Calhoun Falls, SC,
unlawful to possess, control,
manufacture, deliver, distrib
ute, dispense, administer,
purchase, sell, etc. and pos
session and use of drug-re
lated objects. (Comer PD)
•April Michelle Byerly.
28, Athens, probation viola
tion. (Danielsville PD)
•Leah Joy Carey, 25,
Bowman, DUI/alcohol.
•Andrew Wagner
Chandler, 44, Athens, failure
to appear. (Danielsville PD)
•James Allen Chastain, 41,
Ila, hold for other county.
•Franklin Joseph Dubose,
21, Colbert, probation vio
lation.
•Karen Denise Epps. 53,
Colbert, speeding and driv
ing while license suspended
or revoked. (GSP)
•Russell Edward Flanagan,
38, Danielsville, probation
violation.
•Giovanni Chavez Gaona.
21, Hull, disorderly conduct.
(Magistrate Court)
•Darion Thomas Gordon,
24, Athens, failure to appear.
•Thomas Jerry Haley, 66,
Danielsville, possession of
marijuana less than an ounce
and a probation hold.
•Isa Robert Hayes, 39,
Hartwell, driving while
license suspended or
revoked.
•Martavious Deion Jarrell,
25, Danielsville, probation
violation.
•Jason Wayne Jordan. 38.
Commerce, hold for other
county.
•David Lee McElroy, 47.
Danielsville. parole viola
tion.
•Clayton Hank McGee.
36, Danielsville, driving
while license suspended or
revoked.
•Jonathan Shawn McGill,
34. Hull, failure to appear.
•William Roland Mohan,
29. Cumming, DUI/alcohol.
weaving over roadway, driv
ing while license suspended
or revoked and open con
tainer. (GSP)
•James Christopher Moss,
30, Lavonia, DUI/alcohol,
driving while license sus
pended or revoked and hit
and run; duty of driver to
stop at or return to the scene
of an accident.
•Tony Raymond Ouzts,
47. Hull, probation violation.
•Johnny Craig Smith,
47, Bowman, driving
while license suspended
or revoked and missing/
defaced/obscured license
plate.
•Tamara Tashi Stevens,
36. Comer, hold for Clarke
County.
•John Andreas Wagener,
60. Athens, probation vio
lation.
•Elizabeth Faye Wright.
39. Camesville. probation
violation.
Athens man calls 9-1-1, says he ‘needs to go to jail’
An Athens man was arrested
following a bizarre incident on
Hwy. 29 South last week.
Troy Thomas Thibodeaux,
51, was charged with one
count of disorderly conduct.
Deputy Bradley Osborne
went to a home on Hwy. 29
South after Thibodeaux called
9-1-1 to report that he hit his
wife, was drunk and that he
needed to go to jail.
Dispatch told Osborne
that they had not heard from
Thibodeaux's wife regarding
the incident.
While in route, dispatched
said Thibodeaux called again
and said he had a knife and
then hung up the phone.
Osborne met with
Thibodeaux in the yard, who
told him he had the knife in his
back pocket. He laid the knife
on the trunk of the patrol car at
Osborne's instruction.
The deputy noted that
Thibodeaux was very intox
icated. He told Osborne that
he felt he needed to “hurt
someone to feel better” and
he always “grabs a knife when
he feels this way.” He went on
to say he had not hit his wife,
although they did argue. His
wife told another officer that
her husband was “drunk and
off his medication.” She also
said her husband is bipolar.
She said they did have a minor
argument, but that he did not
strike her.
Osborne asked Thibodeaux
how he could help him to
which he replied “take me to
jail.” He also said the hospital
could not help him.
He continued to insist
he wanted to go to jail and
Osborne told him he couldn't
take him to jail unless he
had committed a crime.
Thibodeaux asked what did he
have to do to go to jail and was
told officers did not want him
to commit a crime.
Thibodeaux then said he
was going to go get the knife
and come back to them with it.
He was told not to do this and
reportedly said "WTF!”
He resisted efforts to calm
him down and then walked
back toward the knife. At that
point, he was arrested for dis
orderly conduct and taken to
jail.
In another incident, Deputy
Zachary Brooks was dis
patched to a location on Hwy.
106 North on April 29 after
someone reported a small
child standing in the middle
of the highway. Brooks was
flagged down at Providence
Church Road by the caller,
who told him he was in his
front yard when he saw a very
young boy standing in the mid
dle of the highway. He picked
the child up and brought him
back to his house. He also told
Brooks that the parents live
across the road and provided
their address. The caller stated
he had already walked over to
their house with the child and
attempted to get someone to
the door, but couldn’t so he
came back to his house and
called 9-1-1.
After multiple attempts,
Deputy Brooks finally got a
man to come to the ]door. The
man told Brooks he believed
his son was in his bedroom.
Brooks then told him that he
was in fact across the road at a
neighbor’s home and had been
there about half an hour. The
man stated that "nothing like
that had ever happened before
and he was in shock.” He said
he did not know how his son
got out without him knowing.
The neighbor told Brooks
that this was in fact “the sec
ond or third time” that some
thing like this has happened.
Other witnesses on scene
also stated that there have been
multiple problems with the
child walking down the road
without an adult anywhere
around.
DFCS was contacted and
they confirmed they have a
current investigation going on
and that the child was sup
posed to be in the protective
custody of his grandmother.
They told Brooks they would
follow up with her soon.
Other incidents on file at
the sheriff’s office last week
included:
•Two suicide attempts were
reported in the county last
week.
•A scam was reported on
Country Lane. Deputy Gabe
Dalton went to the home
where he met with a man who
told him that he had been con
tacted on the phone by a man
who claimed to be a DEA
agent. He reportedly told the
man that someone had stolen
his identity and that he (agent)
now possessed an active war
rant for his arrest.
The “agent” told him that
if he could provide $600 in
Walmart cards, the active war
rant would be lifted. The man
put $488 on his credit card and
then took out the remainder
from Wells Fargo to purchase
two Walmart cards. The num
ber the “agent” called from
was determined not to be a
valid number.
•A man on Bugg Road
reported problems with
his neighbor. Deputy Joe
McGuffin went to the scene
where the man told him that he
discovered a gash on his small
dog’s head and thought his
neighbor did it, but did not say
anything to him. That day, as
he was walking to the mailbox
with his daughter his neighbor
began making remarks about
his dog, saying he had “busted
his dog in the head.” The man
said he ignored the neighbor
until he reportedly said that
if he caught the girl in his
yard again, he would “break
her f&*(_ A %$ neck.” The
man also stated that his wife
said she has seen this neighbor
peeking in the windows of
their home.
Deputy McGuffin then went
and spoke with the neighbor
who admitted he had had a
"little encounter” with the
complainant. He said he did
threaten to break his neigh
bor’s neck, but only after the
complainant threatened him.
He said he did not say any
thing about the child and knew
nothing about the dog's injury.
McGuffin told the man to
stay off the complainant’s
property and that his neighbor
could take out a warrant on
him.
•A dog bite was report
ed on Sherwood Circle in
Danielsville last week.
•Warrants have been taken
out for a man who alleged
ly fled the scene of a one-
car accident on Archer Road.
Deputy Blake Dean went to
the scene along with another
officer who spoke with the
woman who had called the
accident in to 9-1-1. She said a
skinny white male with blonde
hair ran to her house and asked
her to take him home.
She noted that he was bleed
ing from the face and she told
him she was not taking him
anywhere but was calling the
police. At that point, the man
allegedly ran away north on
Hwy. 29.
A few moments later, Dean
located a purse inside the vehi
cle with three pill bottles in it
that had a woman’s name on it.
A further search of the vehicle
produced a paper with a man’s
name.
Two other officers traveled
to a Colonial Drive residence
in an attempt to locate the
driver but didn't find anyone.
On a second trip to the loca
tion, officers were told that the
subject no longer lived there
but lived at a home on Hwy.
29 South that had a large white
van in the yard. They went
to this location where they
found the man’s wife who told
them her husband was in the
bedroom. Officers located the
man in the bedroom, passed
out, still wearing his clothing
and boots and bleeding from
the face. He denied getting
hurt in an accident but was
taken back to the scene where
the witness identified him as
the man who had asked her
for a ride and then ran away.
At that point, the man said
he needed medical attention
and was transported by EMS
to Piedmont Athens Regional
for treatment. While there, the
man agreed to a blood test
that was then sent to the GBI
crime lab.
•A possible rabies case
was reported on Colbert-
Danielsville Road last week.
•Officers Stanley Jones and
Craig Vaughn discovered dam
age to a sheriff’s vehicle after
transporting a prisoner from
the Madison County Jail to
East Georgia Regional for a
mental evaluation. Jones wrote
in his report that the prison
er was “yelling throughout
the trip, beating on the cage
between the front and back
seat and kicking the doors”
throughout the entire trip. After
he was removed from the vehi
cle, the officers found the blue
lights pulled out, side panels
pulled off and damages to a
rear door, making it inaccessi
ble. Photographs were taken of
the damage.
•A man on Cliff Griffeth
Road was allegedly assaulted
by his stepfather last week.
Deputy Bradley Osborne was
dispatched and was flagged
down by the complainant and
his father. Both said the son
had been assaulted by his step
father. The son said he lives in
a camper on his stepfather's
property. He said his stepfa
ther came to his camper and
they got into a “semi verbal
argument.” The son said he
was not arguing back with his
stepfather, but that during the
exchange his stepfather tripped
him up and kicked him in the
head. He then allegedly held
out a knife to this stepson and
said "do you want to kill me?”
The son said he thought his
stepdad was trying to help him
so he went to grab his hand and
his stepfather punched him in
the head.
Osborne noted that the son's
right temple was very lightly
red.
While Osborne was in route
to the stepfather’s address on
on Fifth Avenue in Colbert,
he was flagged down by the
stepfather at the Colbert Depot.
He explained that his step
son's father had just threatened
to kill him for hitting his son.
Osborne then followed him
home to talk to him and his
wife. The stepfather said he
did go the camper to try to
clean up the place and his step
son “demanded” a ride to get
gas for his truck. He said he
did not argue with his step
son, who yelled and cursed
the whole time. He said he
did not hit his stepson and his
wife backed up his story. His
wife said the alleged victim is
her son and she knows he has
mental problems and has been
diagnosed as being bipolar and
schizophrenic. She also said
they have witnessed him hit
himself in the head until he
bleeds and that she and his
father had signed a two-party
affidavit to have him evaluated.
The stepfather was advised he
could get a warrant against the
father for threatening him.
TO THE TEACHERS AND
STAFF OF THE
COLBERT ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
Last week I received some praise from a parent for some
of our recent accomplishments. I told them what Newton
said, which is the absolute truth, “If I have seen further,
it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
You my beloved staff are the giants. Thank you for mak
ing our school what it is and thank you for being Cougars.
With great love and appreciation.
Chris and Angela