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PAGE 6A-THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. JANUARY 2, 2020
Crime
Two arrested on drug charges on Clements Road
Two people were arrested
Dec. 20 after the sheriff's
office received a tip on the
whereabouts of a woman
with an active narcotics-re-
lated felony warrant.
Jennifer Shae Guest, 26.
of Comer, was charged with
possession of a Schedule IV
Controlled Substance, felony
tampering with evidence and
two counts of probation vio
lation.
Dylan Patrick Warden, 22.
of Winterville, was charged
with a parole violation, fel
ony tampering with evidence
and trafficking in cocaine,
illegal drugs, marijuana or
methamphetamine.
Deputy Gabe Dalton was
dispatched to a Clements
Road address. The infor
mant also told Dalton that
Guest was in the company
of a person they knew only
as “Dylan” and that he had
bragged to the informant
that he had “a pocket full of
meth.”
Dalton made contact with
several people sitting outside
in a blue Jeep when he ar
rived. Guest was identified as
an occupant in the front pas
senger seat and was seen to
be rummaging around in the
vehicle, Dalton gave them
all commands to show their
hands, but a person (Warden)
in the backseat continued to
move around.
Dalton drew his service
weapon and ordered Guest
to open her door and Warden
was ordered to get out of the
Jeep and he complied.
An assortment of pills was
found near the center con
sole and Warden admitted to
having a bag of “MSM” in
the pouch behind the passen
ger’s seat. Dalton noted that
MSM is an agent used in the
“cutting process” for making
methamphetamine. The pills
were determined to be acet
aminophen and the narcotic
clonazepam.
In another arrest, Austin
Lee Robinson. 21, of Comer,
was charged with simple bat
tery family violence and two
counts of failure to appear.
Deputy Austin Shubert
and Cpl. Zach Brooks were
dispatched to Della Slaton
Road regarding a possible
physical domestic dispute.
Dispatch advised them in
route that the male half
(Robinson) had left walking,
possibly to another address
on the same road. Another
deputy encountered him and
placed him under arrest for
an active warrant.
Shubert and Brooks inter
viewed the complainant who
told them that she and Robin
son had gotten into an argu
ment over “something petty”
inside a parked truck in the
yard. She said she told Rob
inson to get out of her truck
when Robinson allegedly
slapped her on her left side
of the face. She said she then
grabbed Robinson trying
to pull him out of the track
when he hit her on the right
side of the face with a closed
fist. She told the officers that
this has been an ongoing
problem and that Robinson
has been physical before but
law enforcement was not
called. She stated that Rob
inson sometimes spends the
night and “comes and goes”
from the residence.
Cpl. Brooks spoke with
a witness who told him he
saw the entire altercation
and confirmed the woman’s
statement.
Other arrests on file at the
sheriff’s office last week in
cluded:
Billy James Manders. Jr.,
49, of Colbert, was charged
with battery family violence
and criminal trespass.
Sgt.Jason Gaddy was
dispatched with two other
deputies to a home on Col-
bert-Danielsville Road re
garding a domestic dispute.
They found the front door
swinging open despite it be
ing cold and rainy.
A male voice told officers
to come in after they an
nounced themselves.
A woman told them that
her boyfriend (Manders)
had been throwing things
and busting things inside the
house.
The woman had blood
running from her nose. She
said Manders threw a box
containing a glass or porce
lain cup at her and struck her
face and she had a video of
the incident, which includ
ed Manders behaving ag
gressively towards her and
calling her obscene names.
Manders said he did not re
member what happened and
to “take him to jail.”
•Steven Richard Pressley,
20, of Hull, was charged with
failure to change address on
driver’s license, knowingly
driving motor vehicle on sus
pended. canceled or revoked
registration, marijuana pos
session less than an ounce,
no insurance, possession and
use of drag-related objects,
defective or no headlights,
spotlights, fog lights and
auxiliary lights permitted.
Sgt. Jason Gaddy was
on patrol in the vicinity of
Neese-Commerce Road and
Hwy. 106 when he saw a
vehicle come to a stop sign
without any headlights, even
though it was after 6 p.m.
and dark.
The vehicle did have a
single LED auxiliary light
affixed to the front bumper,
Gaddy noted. The vehicle
was an older model Ford
FI50 4-wheel drive track
and the auxiliary light was
activated and was shining in
an upward manner to shine
light into oncoming traf
fic, specifically the eyes of
anyone inside the vehicles,
including the drivers. Gad
dy noted. The vehicle drove
across Hwy. 106 onto Neese
Commerce Road where
Gaddy made a traffic stop
on it.
The tag was found to be
suspended. The driver. Press-
ley, told Gaddy he had a fire
arm on his right side in the
seat. Gaddy took possession
of the firearm and placed
Pressley under arrest. As he
handcuffed him. Pressley
told him he had a smoking
pipe in his pocket and admit
ted it had methamphetamine
residue inside it. A glass jar
containing marijuana was
also found inside the vehicle.
•Rod Tyler Thomas, 27. of
Statham, was charged with
pedestrian under the influ
ence. possession of marijua
na and possession of meth
amphetamine.
Deputy Gabe Dalton was
dispatched to Blacks Creek
Church Road regarding a
male arriving at a home there
yelling “I need help.”
Deputy Kane Sisk and
Cpl. Joshua Smith arrived
on scene prior to Dalton and
made contact with a man
identified as Thomas who
“displayed an altered mental
state, possibly from narcotics
use.” Madison County EMS
personnel were dispatched
to conduct an assessment of
Thomas and concluded that
he displayed no life threaten
ing symptoms or complaints.
Dalton spoke with Thom
as about how he had trav
eled to the residence and he
stated that he had followed
his girlfriend to the area of
US-Hwy. 316 and had been
assaulted by another female
while there. Thomas said
that he had “simply awoken
to a female wielding a fire
arm at him and was kicked
from the vehicle by the said
female.” Thomas stated that
he believed he had traveled
from a location in Athens.
He also said that he had no
knowledge as to the where
abouts of his vehicle. He was
discovered to possess a key
fob to a silver 2019 Mazda
CX5 rental vehicle. Thomas
also told Dalton that he was
currently serving a felony
probationary sentence for a
burglary charge stemming
from an arrest in Barrow
County.
Dalton observed that
Thomas was drenched in
sweat, even though the out
side temperature was in the
mid 40s.
Thomas denied having
smoked methamphetamine
but said he had smoked mar
ijuana.
About 11:30 p.m. that
night, the silver CX5 was
found in a wooded area
on Ingram Hancock Road
(about 4.2 miles away).
•Donnie Lee Carroll, 17,
of Danielsville, was charged
with criminal trespass family
violence.
Sgt. Jason Gaddy and
Cpl. Austin Dean were dis
patched to Horace Reed
Road where they met with a
woman who said her stepson
(Carroll) caused property
damage during a domestic
dispute.
She told Gddy that Carroll
had been angry and punched
a hole in the sheetrock wall
in the living room area. He
had also began making ver
bal threats to everyone at the
house, saying he would kick
the doors down and had even
allegedly threatened to do
harm with a pistol. She stat
ed he had said he would grab
an officer’s pistol when law
enforcement arrived.
Gaddy found Carroll in
the kitchen sitting on the
floor. Gaddy talked with him
about the family violence
act (FVA) and what it meant
and then asked him why he
punched the wall. Carroll
told him he got mad because
his father had allowed his
13-year old brother to play a
video game and that he is not
allowed to play it.
The stepmother came into
the kitchen and told Gaddy
that law enforcement had
been out to the residence a
couple of months ago when
Carroll tried to harm him
self. She said she did not
want to see him go to jail but
that it might be time for him
to learn about consequences.
Cpl. Joshua Smith was
dispatched to the SUV and
discovered a quantity of sus
pected methamphetamine
and marijuana inside the ve
hicle.
The suspected metham
phetamine had an approxi
mate weight of 4.10 grams
and did field test positive.
•Brandon Michael
Hankins, 31, Danielsville,
probation violation.
•James David Huskin, 47,
Ila. failure to appear.
•Clyde Ray Huskins.
Jr., 51, Colbert. DUI/alco-
hol (two counts), failure to
maintain lane, open contain
er (two counts), driving on
the wrong side of the road,
overtaking and passing gen
erally, possession of cocaine,
too fast for conditions and
willful obstruction of law
enforcement officers by use
of threats or violence.
•Charles Devonta Barks
dale, 24, Washington, driv
ing without a valid license
and failure to maintain lane.
•Arielle Chiasson, 25,
Danielsville, hold for Carroll
County.
•Michael Jack Donald.
32, Hull, possession and use
of drag-related objects and
simple battery family vio
lence.
•Michelle Dawn Donald,
21, Hull, criminal trespass
family violence.
•Michael McCracken Gee,
29, Danielsville. hold for
Paulding County.
•Daniel Hildalgo, 43.
Hull, driving without a valid
license, knowingly driving a
motor vehicle on suspended,
cancelled or revoked regis
tration, tire requirements and
standards for brake lights
and signal devices.
•Tiffany Marie Jacks, 39.
Buford, driving while li
cense suspended or revoked,
driving without a valid li
cense and minor restraint
law (age 5 to 17).
•Audrey Leann Page, 30,
Athens, hold for U.S. Mar
shals.
•Nicholas K. William-
son-Laduke, 20, Crawford,
probation violation.
Public meetings held in the county
Public meetings held in
Madison County include:
•Madison County
Board of Commission
ers — an agenda-setting
meeting is held on the first
Monday of the month at
6 p.m. in the government
complex on Albany Av
enue in Danielsville. A
business meeting is then
held on the final Monday
of the month at 6 p.m. at
the same locale.
•Madison County
Planning and Zoning
Commission — the first
and third Tuesdays of the
month at 6:30 p.m. in the
government complex.
•Madison County
Board of Education —
the second Tuesday of the
month at 7 p.m. in the li
brary at the Board of Edu
cation Professional Learn
ing Center.
•Madison County
Board of Tax Asses
sors — meets the second
Thursday of every month
at 5:30 p.m. in the confer
ence room of the Madison
County government com
plex in Danielsville. The
public is invited to attend
all meetings of the board
of assessors.
•The Madison County
Industrial Development
and Building Author
ity — meets the fourth
Tuesday of each month
at 5:30 p.m. in the public
meeting room of the his
toric county courthouse on
the square in Danielsville.
•The Madison County
Board of Elections and
Registration — meets
the first Tuesday of each
month at 5:30 pm in the
Board of Elections and
Registration Office, 94
Spring Lake Drive, Dan
ielsville.
•The Madi
son-Oglethorpe Foster
Parent Association —
meets on the fourth Thurs
day of each month from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Riv
erside Baptist Church. The
meetings always start with
a potluck meal. Anyone
interested in foster care is
welcome to attend.
•The Madison County
Recreation Department
Board — meets quarterly
(January, April, July and
October). The board meets
the third Tuesday of those
months at 6:30 p.m.
•Danielsville City
Council — holds month
ly work sessions the last
Monday of each month
beginning at 7 p.m. Reg
ularly scheduled council
meetings are held on the
second Monday of each
month beginning at 7 p.m.
•Colbert City Coun
cil — the first Monday
at 7 p.m. in Colbert City
Hall.
•Carlton City Coun
cil — the first Tuesday
at 7 p.m. in Carlton City
Hall.
•Comer City Council
— the first Monday fol
lowing the first Sunday
of the month at 6 p.m. in
Comer City Hall.
•Ila City Council — the
first Monday at 7 p.m. in
Ila City Hall.
•Hull City Council —
the fourth Thursday at
7 p.m. in Hull City Hall.
•The Madison Coun
ty High School Gover
nance Team — the second
Monday of every month at
5 p.m. in the high school
media center.
•The Madison County
Middle School Gover
nance Team — the second
Thursday of the month at
4 p.m. in the school media
center.
•The Colbert Elemen
tary School Governance
Team — the second
Thursday of each month
at 2:30 p.m. in the school’s
media center.
•The Comer Elemen
tary School Governance
Team — the third Thurs
day of each month at
7:30 a.m. in the school
media center.
•The Danielsville Ele
mentary School Gover
nance Team — the first
Thursday of the month at
7:30 a.m. in the school me
dia center.
•The Hull-Sanford El
ementary School Gover
nance Team — the third
Thursday of the month at
2:45 p.m. in the school me
dia center.
•The Ila Elementary
School Governance Team
— the last Tuesday of each
month in the school confer
ence room at 7:30 a.m.
•The Broad River Col
lege and Career Academy
governance meeting meets
the second Monday of the
month at 3:30 p.m. in the
Broad River CCA confer
ence room.
•The Pilot Club of Mad
ison County — meets on
the fourth Thursday of the
month at 7 p.m. at the Se
nior Center in Danielsville.
Guests are welcome.
•The Broad River Wa
tershed Association —
meets the third Thursday of
the month at 7:30 p.m. Call
Ellen Forbus at 706-246-
0957 for more information.
•The Madison County
American Legion Post
39 — meets the last Thurs
day of the month at 7 p.m.
at the American Legion
Building on Crawford W.
Long Street.
•The Sherwood For
est Neighborhood Watch
committee — meets the
first Thursday of each
month at 7 p.m. at Daniels
ville City Hall.
•The Madison County
Library Board of Trust
ees — meets quarterly on
the second Thursday in
January, April, July and
October at 4:30 p.m. in the
public meeting room of the
Madison County Library
on Hwy. 98 West. These
meetings are open to the
public.
•Parent Talk Sessions:
fourth Tuesdays, lunch and
learn, 1 to 2 p.m., in the
Madison County Chamber
board room; dinner hour
from 6 to 7 at the Mad
ison County Health De
partment. RSVP by fourth
Monday at 706-795-2131.
•M.A.R.T. (Madison
Area Resource Team) a
MC Family Connection
Collaborative meets every
fourth Tuesday at 8 a.m.
at the Madison County Li
brary meeting room.
•The Comer Lions
Club — meets at the Mad
ison County Fairgrounds
every second and fourth
Thursday at 7 p.m., April
through September; then
once per month every sec
ond Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
October through March.
The public is invited to at
tend, members stated. For
more information, contact
706-202-2695 or 706-783-
2151.
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