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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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