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PAGE 6B —THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 31, 2020
Danielsville man charged with battery, terroristic threats
A Danielsville man was
arrested last week on felony and
family violence charges after
officers were called to a domes
tic dispute between him and
another man on Black’s Creek
Church Road.
Dustin Sanford England, 38,
was charged with simple bat
tery family violence and felony
terroristic threats and acts by
Deputy Joshua Smith on Dec.
23.
Smith was dispatched regard
ing a dispute between England
and his girlfriend’s father. While
en route, Smith was advised that
the incident was escalating, with
England “getting in the face” of
the other man.
Smith noted in his report that
all three parties and other family
members have lived together in
the same home for the past sev
eral months.
Smith spoke the daughter,
who said her mother asked her
to come check on her 8-year old
sister as England had reportedly
pushed her.
The father, who is wheel-
chair-bound, said he had been
receiving threats from England
since the previous day and that
deputies responded on that day
also.
The father told Smith that
the previous evening England
hit the 8-year old in the mouth
with a pillow and threatened his
(father’s) life. The father said he
told England that he would "put
a blade in him too.”
The father said that England
pushed the younger girl that day
and was verbally abusive to his
girlfriend.
He also said England threat
ened to have "a hit” put out on
him and have him killed.
The 8-year old said England
had pushed her and told her to
get out of the way.
Everyone was advised of the
eviction and temporary protec
tion order (TPO) process.
Though England had fled the
scene on foot before officers
arrived, he was later arrested.
In another arrest, Cody
Andrew Burbage, 20, of Athens,
was charged with intimidating
law enforcement officer/fam
ily in retaliation/response to
discharge and felony interfer
ence with government proper
ty after Chief Deputy Jeffery
Vaughn was notified that inmate
Burbage was being aggressive
following a disciplinary hearing
with another officer. After being
secured in his cell, he was placed
on disciplinary lockdown and
proceeded to break the sprinkler
head of the fire system, causing
severe flooding inside the entire
jail pod.
Other arrests on file this week
at the sheriff’s office included:
•Joshua Aaron Grant, 27,
Comer, driving while license
suspended or revoked, DUJ/
alcohol, failure to maintain lane
and giving false name, address
or birthdate to law enforcement
officer.
•James Foster Bumworth, Jr.,
44, Hull, disorderly conduct.
Bumsworth was arrested by
Deputy Christian Sisk after he
reportedly tried to force his wife
to leave their Reese Lane resi
dence by placing some of her
belongings outside in the drive
way. Sisk informed Bumworth
that officers could not force
his wife to leave the home.
Bumworth then stated that she
was leaving whether they could
make her leave or not. Sisk asked
if they would agree to both leave
and let calm things down, but
both refused, despite their being
several children present. He left
and a short time later was dis
patched back to the home where
there were now multiple bags at
the end of the driveway. Sisk told
Bumworth. once again, that he
could not force his wife to leave.
Bumworth began to use abusive
language and be disruptive, so
he was arrested and taken to jail.
•Matthew Darrell Drake, 36,
of Hull, was charged with two
counts of first-degree cruelty to
children and three counts of fel
ony terroristic threats and acts
after Deputy Gary Floyd went to
his Norwood Road home where
Drake’s mother told him that
Drake had been threatening her
and other family members.
•Shekita Linett Davenport, 38,
Hull, possession of a Schedule I
Controlled Substance and speed
ing.
•Brandon Christopher Hale,
33, of Athens, was charged with
DUl/drugs, failure to maintain
lane, possession of methamphet-
amine and too fast for conditions
following a report of a suspicious
male in the area of Hwy. 72 and
Holly Creek Church Road.
Sgt. Jason Gaddy was dis
patched to the area where he
met with the caller, who told
him that the suspect told her he
had ran off the roadway and
that he appeared to be under the
influence of something.
Gaddy spotted a blue Dodge
pickup truck out in the nearby
cow pasture and a man wear
ing overalls walking around
the truck. The man (Hale) had
slurred speech and was unsteady
on his feet. He had several bulg
es in his pockets and Gaddy
patted him down and found a
large knife and a baggie with
suspected methamphetamine.
•Tiffany Danielle Brown,
26, Colbert. DUl/multiple sub
stances. failure to maintain lane,
marijuana possession less than
an ounce, open container and
reckless driving.
•Parissa Burton. 56,
Winterville, DUl/alcohol and
open container.
•Anthony Tarrell Hall, 36,
Athens, adult restraint law seat
belt, DUI/alcohol, open contain
er, speeding and tires.
•Barbara Kate Rom. 39. Hull,
tampering with evidence.
Teen charged with
A teen was arrested last
week after causing a distur
bance at a home on Lakeview
Drive.
Gavin Austin Gresham, 19,
was charged with one count of
disorderly conduct.
Deputy Derek Shelton was
dispatched to the home con
cerning a disorderly male.
A man there told Shelton
Gresham took off up the road
before his arrival. The man
said Gresham had arrived with
his girlfriend and that he was
under the influence of meth
amphetamine. He said the
couple was also arguing.
The man said at one point
Gresham went into his (home
owner's) bedroom looking for
a gun and threatening to kill
himself.
He then threatened the home-
owner and told him he would
“whoop his @$$.” The man
said he called 911 because he
was afraid Gresham was going
to hurt someone. Gresham left
after the man told him he had
called 911.
His girlfriend was crying and
said she was afraid Gresham
was going to hurt her. She
said the incident began in
Bowman when Gresham hit
and cracked her windshield
and threatened to choke her.
She said she brought him
there (his grandparents'
home) hoping to get help for
Gresham. She said she didn't
want him to go to jail but to
get help.
His grandmother was able
to get him on the phone and
Shelton talked him into com
ing back to the home. After
hearing his side of the story, he
was arrested and taken to jail.
In another arrest, a Carlton
man was arrested at a fam
ily gathering the day after
Christmas after he allegedly
knocked his father off a stool,
injuring him.
Anthony Jason Blackburn,
47, was charged with one
count of battery family vio
lence.
Deputy Carolyn Gibson was
dispatched to Old Hwy. 72
East where she met with the
victim, who had requested
EMS for his back pain and
a laceration to this left knee.
He told Gibson that he was
spending time with his fam
ily after dinner when his son
(Blackburn) became irate and
he attempted to calm him. He
began shouting in the victim’s
face and pushed him off the
stool with both his hands.
He declined to be trans
ported after his injuries were
checked out by paramedics.
Other family members said
they were all talking when
Blackburn became irate. They
also noted he had consumed
several alcoholic beverages.
After pushing his father to
the floor, Blackburn allegedly
grabbed paper plates with left
overs on them and threw it all
to the floor in a fit of rage.
After being told repeated
ly to leave, he reportedly did
leave the scene in his wife’s
pickup. He was later found
and arrested at his residence on
Paoli Road.
Other incidents on file at
the sheriff’s office this week
included:
•Additional warrants have
been issued for a man who
fled deputies who were
attempting to serve a felony
probation warrant on him at
a home on Covey Road. On
the way there, deputies were
advised by dispatch that the
man was in a gray Dodge
at the Quick Pick on Hwy.
72. When officers arrived at
the store, they saw a gray
car crossing the parking lot
driving toward Hwy. 72. As
it passed the patrol cars, the
suspect was identified as the
driver and officers began to
pursue him. He entered the
roadway at a high rate of speed
with no headlights on, despite
it being dark. Both officers
pursued him with lights and
sirens. The car crossed two
lanes of oncoming traffic onto
Lem Edwards Road, still with
no headlights on. At that point
the pursuit was canceled due
to safety concerns.
In a related incident Deputy
Carolyn Gibson was dis
disorderly conduct
patched to Mountatnvtew
Lane where a man reported
that his dirt bike had been sto
len. He named the man in the
previous incident as a suspect
due to his past criminal his
tory and after he discovered
his bike gone, he confronted
the suspect as he walked past
his house and they exchanged
words. He said the bike was
small enough to fit into the
trunk of a car.
•A 2017 silver Kia Forte
was reported stolen from
Candlestick Drive on Dec. 26.
The vehicle was later locat
ed behind a home in Thomas
Heights. The owner told
Deputy Mason Bennett that
she went outside that morning
to warm up the car and when
she came back out it was gone.
She showed him video from
a Ring doorbell that showed
the vehicle backing out of the
driveway but not who was in
it. She was informed it had
been found and went to the
scene where she found her
wallet, credit cards and ID
missing.
An 11-year old eyewitness
saw two males walking away
from the car toward Hwy.
29. The witness said one was
wearing a red jacket and the
other was dressed in all black.
•A suicide attempt by fire
arm was reported in the coun
ty-
•A woman's Christmas
Circle mobile home was bro
ken into just before Christmas.
The woman said she left the
home around 1 p.m. on Dec.
22 and came home the next
day when she noticed that
her living room was in dis
array and the Christmas tree
knocked over. Several UPS
packages near the Christmas
tree were reportedly taken.
Broken tree lights were found
in the driveway. She said she
suspects children in the neigh
borhood were the ones who
broke in. She stated in the past
that someone had loosened the
lug nuts on her car.
•A heroin drug overdose
was reported in the county.
•Warrants have been issued
on multiple charges after Cpl.
Christian Sisk spotted two
vehicles traveling at a high rate
of speed on Hwy. 29 South at
Archer Road just after mid
night on Dec. 22.
He pursued them and they
turned onto Diamond Hill
Neese Road where he lost
sight of the lead vehicle, but
his radar showed both were
traveling at 90 mph in a 45
mph zone. The trailing vehicle
veered over the road and fish
tailed several times. Sisk was
able to identify this vehicle
as a blue Toyota Camry. The
vehicle eventually lost control
in a curve and slid into a ditch.
Sisk noted at that point that he
was a white male in his 20s.
The vehicle then accelerated
out of the ditch and turned
onto Willis Glen Road.
The vehicle then began to
smoke and caught fire on the
undercarriage. Sisk called for
fire support to be on standby.
The vehicle kept going, failing
to stop at the stop sign on
Willis Glen and Hwy. 106 and
then crossed onto Smith Road.
Shortly after pulling onto
Smith Road, the driver exited
the vehicle and continued to
run on foot. After the driver
crossed a fence, Sisk attempt
ed to deploy his Taser, to no
avail. The driver looked back
at him multiple times while
exiting his vehicle and while in
the foot pursuit making it easy
for Sisk to identify him.
Sisk climbed the fence and
continued to pursue the driver,
until he heard the windows
break on the car due to the fire.
He then returned to the patrol
car to move it away from the
fire.
Using the tag number, offi
cers were able to locate the
owner and speak with her.
She told officers her grandson
was supposed to have the car.
Sisk then compared a previ
ous booking photo to the man
he had seen during the foot
chase and was able to make a
positive ID on the suspect. A
female passenger who was in
the car was detained but later
released.
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