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PAGE 6A-THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 5. 2019
Crime
Athens man flees officers, faces drug charges
An Athens man was ar
rested after a slow speed
chase that began on Hwy.
29 North near Glenn Car
rie Road.
Roberto Eduardo Hua-
to, 24, was charged with
drugs not in original con
tainer, failure to appear,
fleeing or attempting to
elude a police officer,
marijuana possession
less than an ounce, pos
session of a Schedule IV
Controlled Substance and
possession of metham-
phetamine.
On Nov. 30, Cpl. Zach
Brooks got a call from
Sgt. Daniel Martin re
garding Huato, who was
wanted on felony failure
to appear on multiple
charges.
Sgt. Martin said he was
speaking with a bonds
woman who was follow
ing Huato into Madison
County. The bondswoman
said Huato was driving a
blue truck hauling a trail
er. The officers discussed
that Huato was known to
have violent tendencies
and normally flees from
law enforcement.
ROBERTO
EDUARDO HUATO
They and other officers
made contact with Hua
to’s truck in the area of
Glenn Carrie Road and
attempted to initiate a
traffic stop.
The vehicle did not stop
and continued traveling
northbound on Hwy. 29.
Six officers began to pur
sue the truck and trailer,
which turned right onto
Piedmont Road and then
right onto Briarwood
Drive and Ivywood Drive
where it came to a stop
in a driveway. Officers
approached the vehicle
with weapons drawn and
removed Huato and his
male passengers. An odor
of green marijuana was
coming from inside. As
Huato was being placed
in handcuffs he report
edly said “they are my
workers and they didn’t
do anything, I did it.”
Marijuana, pills and
a crystal-like substance
were found in the truck
and Huato said it was all
his. The passengers were
released.
Other incidents on file
at the sheriff’s office last
week included:
•Bradley Martin Bloch-
er, 21, of Athens, was
charged with reckless
driving and speeding.
On Nov. 29, Cpl. Zach
Brooks was on patrol
on Hwy. 106 South near
Neese Commerce Road
when he saw a blue Sub
aru top the hill at a high
rate of speed which he
confirmed was 95 mph
with his radar. He con
ducted a traffic stop on
the car, which had Penn
sylvania license plates.
Blocher was arrested and
taken to jail. His female
passenger was allowed to
drive the vehicle from the
scene.
•Scottie Deon Hills-
man, 29, of Athens, was
charged with receipt,
possession or transport
of firearm by a convicted
felon or felony first of
fender. On Nov. 28 about
10 p.m., Deputy Gabe
Dalton was on patrol
near Adams Clarke Road
when he spotted a maroon
1999 Jeep Grand Chero
kee which failed to stop at
a stop sign at Hwy. 106.
He pulled the Jeep
over and determined that
he had two women and
Hillsman as passengers.
Dalton noted that he had
recently received intelli
gence that Hillsman was
involved in the distribu
tion of methamphetamine
in the county.
Dalton spoke with the
driver outside the vehicle
and informed him of this
and the driver admitted
that he knew this to be
true. One of the female
passengers said Hillsman
pushed the gun behind
her and she was not try
ing to get into trouble. No
illegal drugs were found
inside the vehicle, how
ever a pistol and ammu
nition were found. HIlls-
man admitted the gun was
his and said he planned to
trade it for drugs in Ath
ens. He was arrested and
the others were allowed
to leave.
•Daniel Lee Hale, 41,
Watkinsville, probation
violation.
•Jacob Glenn McCan-
non, 21, Athens, hold for
other county.
•Justin Lee Neese, 44,
Colbert, probation viola
tion.
•Kenneth Eugene Ross,
50, Canon, probation vio
lation.
•James Phillip Sea-
graves, 44, Athens, pro
bation violation.
•Mary Angenette
Smith, 54, Athens, proba
tion violation.
•Timothy Alan Tram
mell, 23, Jefferson, pro
bation violation.
•Jeffery Devonte Allen,
23, Hull, failure to appear.
•Catherine Marie
Bruce, 53, Elberton, driv
ing while license sus
pended or revoked and
lighted headlights re
quired at certain times.
•Vietny Del Chi-
ronos-Manzanillo, 44,
Gainesville, driving with
out a valid license.
•Loyd Kenneth Dalton,
48, Hartwell, hold for El
bert County.
•Brian Knox Duffell,
28, Danielsville, five
counts of felony theft by
receiving stolen property.
•Erik Jovan Johnson,
37, Athens, driving while
license suspended or re
voked, failure to yield to
an emergency vehicle,
turning position; signal
required and windshield
or windshield wipers vi
olation.
•Jon-Michael Jones, 37,
Canon, DUI/alcohol.
•Jerel Lenor Lyle, 28,
Colbert, failure to appear.
•Cole Joseph Ring, 28,
Hull, distracted driving,
DUI/alcohol, failure to
drive within a single lane
and littering highway.
•Rainy Sky Sullivan,
27, Danielsville, aggra
vated assault and third de
gree cruelty to children.
•Stormy Lenay Sul
livan, 30, Danielsville,
criminal trespass.
Winder woman sentenced to jail time for assault
A Winder woman was
sentenced to jail time in
Madison County Superior
Court recently for an as
sault charge.
Amber-Marie Michelle
Lisy was sentenced by
Judge Jeff Malcom to
serve 20 years, with the
first five years to be served
in confinement and the
remainder on probation
and to pay a $500 fine on
a charge of aggravated as
sault. A charge of kidnap
ping and a second charge
of aggravated assault were
dismissed.
Other recent court ac
tion included:
•Tina Diane Graham, of
Colbert, was sentenced by
Judge Lauren Watson to
serve 12 months of con
finement on a charge of
false report of a crime.
•Tommy Mack Small,
of North Augusta, S.C.,
was sentenced by Judge
Jeff Malcom to serve five
years of probation and pay
a $500 fine on a charge
of theft by deception. A
charge of exploitation and
intimidation of disabled
adult, elder person or resi
dent was dismissed.
•Tabbaris Leon Brown,
of Danielsville, was sen
tenced by Judge Chris
Phelps to serve five years
of probation on charges of
possession of marijuana
with intent to distribute,
possession of a Schedule
II Controlled Substance
and tampering with evi
dence. Charges of posses
sion of a firearm during the
commission of a felony,
second degree forgery and
possession of drug-related
objects were dismissed.
•Jared Rob Lively, 32,
of Danielsville, had his
charges of battery-family
violence, aggravated as
sault, cruelty to children
in the third degree, pos
session of a firearm by a
convicted felon, robbery
by force, fraud or theft
in obtaining Controlled
Substances, theft by tak
ing, simple battery fam
ily violence, felony theft
by taking, possession of
methamphetamine and
possession of drug-relat
ed objects dismissed by
Judge Watson because
Lively is deceased.
•Zachary Neal Brady,
of Colbert, was sentenced
by Judge Malcom to serve
12 months on probation
and pay $500 in fines on
charges of battery (re
duced from aggravated
battery) and obstruction
of an officer. Charges of
terroristic threats and acts,
and three counts of cruelty
to children in the third de
gree were dismissed.
•Sondra Ann Brown, of
Elberton, was sentenced
by Judge Malcom to serve
12 months of probation
and pay a $250 fine on a
charge of criminal tres
pass (reduced from second
degree criminal damage to
property.
•Todd Anthony Porter
field, of Colbert, was sen
tenced by Judge Malcom
to serve 12 months of pro
bation and pay a $250 fine
on a charge of possession
of marijuana less than an
ounce. Charges of pos
session of methamphet
amine and possession of
drug-related objects were
dismissed.
•Teresa Lynn Moss, of
Hartwell, was sentenced
by Judge Malcom to serve
12 months of probation
and pay a $250 fine on a
charge of possession of
drug-related objects. A
charge of possession of
a Schedule II Controlled
Substance was dismissed.
•Michael Douglas Bev-
is, of Bethlehem, was
sentenced by Judge Mal
com to serve 24 months
of probation and pay
$500 in fines on charges
of possession of marijua
na less than an ounce and
possession of drug-re
lated objects. Charges
of possession of meth
amphetamine, failure to
maintain lane and failure
to change driver’s license
address information were
dismissed.
•Travis Dean Shelton,
of Carlton, was sentenced
by Judge Malcom to serve
24 months of probation
and pay $500 in fines on
charges of driving while
license suspended and
no proof of insurance.
Charges of violation of
a Family Violence Order
and driving on improp
er registration were dis
missed.
•Marcus Lemont
Mathis, of Colbert, was
sentenced by Judge Mal
com to serve 24 months of
probation and pay $500 in
fines on charges of giving
false information and driv
ing while license suspend
ed or revoked. A charge of
possession of marijuana
was dismissed.
•Tydarius Traymon
Williams, of Athens, was
sentenced by Judge Mal
com to serve 12 months of
probation and pay a $250
fine on a charge of simple
battery.
•Brandie Michelle Scar
borough, of Hull, was
sentenced by Judge Mal
com to serve 12 months of
probation and pay a $250
fine on a charge of theft by
shoplifting.
•Christopher T. Tillman,
of Hull, was sentenced by
Judge Malcom to serve
24 months of probation
on charges of criminal
trespass (reduced from
criminal damage to prop
erty second degree) and
obstruction of officers. A
second charge of obstruc
tion of officers was dis
missed.
•Jennifer Nicole Fowl
er, of Maysville, was sen
tenced by Judge Malcom
to serve 12 months of pro
bation and pay a $250 fine
on a charge of simple bat
tery-family violence.
•Joseph Wesley Fennel,
of Colbert, was sentenced
by Judge Malcom to serve
12 months of probation
and pay a $250 fine on a
charge of disorderly con
duct (reduced from ob
struction).
•Hunter Lane Hansford,
of Hull, was sentenced
by Judge Watson to serve
24 months of probation
and pay $500 in fines on
charges of driving while
license suspended and
giving a false name.
•Christy Michelle Webb,
of Nicholson, was sen
tenced by Judge Watson to
serve five years of proba
tion on a charge of second
degree criminal damage to
property. Charges of theft
by receiving stolen prop
erty and tampering with
evidence were dismissed.
•Paul Finch, of Dan
ielsville, was sentenced
by Judge Watson to serve
12 months of probation
and pay a $1,000 fine on
a charge of invasion of
privacy. Twenty-one other
counts of invasion of pri
vacy were dismissed.
•Kentrevis Marquies
Littlejohn, of Athens, was
sentenced by Judge Wat
son to serve five years of
probation and pay a $500
fine on charges of theft by
taking and improper driv
ing (reduced from reck
less driving). Charges of
possession of tools for the
commission of a crime,
criminal trespass and driv
ing on suspended license
were dismissed.
•Edward Lee Wessing-
er, of Crawford, was sen
tenced by Judge Watson to
serve six months of con
finement on three counts
of battery.
•Stephen Michael
Wilkins, of Colbert, was
sentenced by Judge Wat
son to serve 24 months of
probation and pay $400 in
fines on charges of driving
while license suspended
and obstruction. Charges
of no proof of insurance,
knowingly driving motor
vehicle on suspended li
cense, headlight violation
and failure to use correct
signal were dismissed.
•Michael Shane Dun
can, of Royston, was sen
tenced by Judge Watson
to serve 12 months of
probation and pay a $250
fine on a charge of simple
battery.
•Natashu Ann Wood, of
Central City, Kentucky,
was sentenced by Judge
Watson to serve three
years of probation on a
charge of possession of a
Schedule IV Controlled
Substance. Charges of
possession of metham
phetamine, possession of
a Schedule I Controlled
Substance, possession of
drug-related objects and
drugs not in original con
tainer were dismissed.
•Tabbaris Leon Brown,
of Danielsville, was sen
tenced by Judge Phelps
to serve five years of
probation on charges of
possession of a Schedule
II Controlled Substance,
possession of marijuana
with intent to distribute
and tampering with evi
dence. Charges of posses
sion of a firearm during the
commission of a felony,
second degree forgery and
possession of drug-related
objects were dismissed.
Arson hotline
offered in
The office of the Insur
ance and fire commissioner
reminds Georgians that the
state has a toll-free arson
hotline, 1-800-282-5804,
sponsored by the office and
the Georgia Arson Control
Program.
Callers to the hotline will
be eligible for rewards of up
to $10,000 if they provide
information leading to the
Georgia
arrest and conviction of an
arsonist. Callers and reward
recipients may choose to re
main anonymous.
“We want to remind Geor
gians of this incentive to re
port any information they
may have about a suspicious
fire,” said officials. “In many
cases, investigators rely on
evidence provided by wit
nesses to convict an arsonist.”
Address signs available
at county 911 office
Reflective address signs EMS officials find homes
are available for sale at the during emergencies.
Madison County 9-1-1 of- The signs are $20 and
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forcement, fire, rescue and more information.
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