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THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 2021 — PAGE 3A
Crime
Hull man arrested on firearms charges
A Hull man was arrest
ed last week after dispatch
received a call about a
“fight and a shooting” on
Yarbrough Road.
Eusebio Lopez De Paz,
39. was charged with dis
charging a firearm while
under the influence of
alcohol or drugs, reckless
conduct and unauthorized
discharge of firearms within
50 yards of a public high
way.
Deputy Mason Bennett
and another officer were
dispatched to the area where
they met with complainants
who gave them the address
of the shooting.
Dispatch advised that the
subjects were sitting in a
red/burgundy car. Bennett
found burgundy SUV in the
driveway of the residence
with a bunch of opened
alcohol bottle nearby.
They spoke with De Paz
who smelled of alcohol
when he came to the door.
He stated that he was shoot
ing into a tree with a 9mm
handgun. Eusebio pointed
to the tree he was shoot
ing at which was proximity
10-to-20 feet from the road
way. At the base of the tree
were 24 9mm shell casings
from the handgun. Bennett
asked Eusebio what direc
tion he was shooting at. He
informed him that he was
shooting from a location
towards Hwy 72.
He was arrested on scene
and surrendered the firearm.
In another arrest, Athens
man was taken into custo
dy last week following the
report of a possible burglary
on Martin Griffeth Road.
Thomas Wilfawn, 42, was
ultimately charged with loi
tering and theft by taking.
An officer was dispatched
to the scene about a bur
glary in which possibly
three suspects were no lon
ger on scene.
While en route. Deputy
Carolyn Gibson spotted a
man walking along the road
about 4:15 a.m. wearing
black shorts and black shirt.
He was holding a cellphone
using it as a flash light.
away from the nearby bur
glary scene.
Gibson stopped and iden
tified the man as Wilfawn,
who said he was walking
because his motorcycle
broke down and agreed to a
search of his person Gibson
located a pack of zip ties,
wrenches, several different
sized screw drivers and a
single bronze key. He said
he did not know the address
of where he lived but that
he lived with a friend on
Martin Griffeth Road.
He said the key was two
his motorcycle tank and that
the tools and other items
were to fix his motorcycle.
He was told he was
being detained for now and
Gibson proceeded to drive
the half mile to the crime
scene. Wilfawn told her that
this was where he was stay
ing with his friend.
A further investigation
resulted in his arrest on the
listed charges.
Other arrests on file at the
sheriff’s office this week
included:
•Jason Brandon Bray, 48,
Danielsville. parole hold.
•Angela Nicole Bridges,
33, Danielsville. posses
sion and use of drug-related
objects and possession of
methamphetamine.
•Trevor Michael Curran,
21, Greenville, SC, fail
ure to stop for stop sign,
marijuana possession of
less than an ounce, open
container, turning posi
tion; signals required, DUE
alcohol, felony fleeing or
attempting to elude a police
officer, possession and use
of drug-related objects and
speeding.
•Jimmy Charles Ellis, 61,
Hull, six counts of disorder
ly conduct.
•James Dwight Everhart,
36. Danielsville, litter
ing highway, possession
and use of drug-related
objects and possession of
a Schedule I Controlled
Substance.
•Nelson Pierre Kelley, 24,
Athens, battery family vio
lence and two counts of
cruelty to children in the
third degree.
•Bradley Keith Loden, 52.
Winder, four counts of a
probation violation.
•Taylor Ray Nicole
McDaniel, 18, Nicholson,
probation violation.
•Jonathan Earl Teegarden.
56, Danielsville, battery
family violence.
•Miguel Angel-Vega
Briones, 36, Athens, driving
without a valid license.
•James Isley Dowdy, 34,
Hull, DUEdrugs, expired
vehicle tag or decal, pos
session of a firearm or knife
during the commission
of a crime or attempt to
commit certain crimes and
purchase, possession, man
ufacture, distribution or sale
of marijuana.
•Olga Margarit
Hernandez-Castillo. 57.
Hull, driving without a
valid license and failure to
yield when turning left.
•Kerry Lee Hill, 46.
Danielsville, failure to
appear and possession of
methamphetamine.
•Remo Adolfo Loyal, Jr.,
53, Jefferson, possession of
a Schedule I or II Controlled
Substance with intent to
distribute, possession of
a Schedule II Controlled
Substance and possession
of methamphetamine with
intent to distribute.
•Alejandro Mejiea-
Hernandez. 39, Canton,
driving without a valid
license.
•Cody Bryan Roberts, 23,
Whigam, GA. aggravated
assault.
•Roger Dale Strickland,
48, Colbert, DUI/alcohol,
failure to drive within a
single lane, open container
and turning position; sig
nals required.
•Amos Malin Tippens,
53, Hull, hold for Stephens
County.
•Rachel Lynn Vawter,
46, Porterdale, driving
while license suspended or
revoked, DUI/alcohol. fail
ure to maintain lane and
open container in vehicle.
•Kenneth Wayne Wehunt,
49, Hull, Clarke County
hold.
Royston man charged
with DUI after car
found in middle of road
A Royston man was arrested
after he reportedly slumped
over the steering wheel in the
middle of the road on Jot-Em-
Down Road at the intersec
tion of Hudson Rivers Church
Road.
Travis Alexander Dicks, 28,
Royston, DUEalcohol, two
counts of illegal parking and
the violation.
Sgt. Jason Gaddy was sent to
the scene after someone report
ed the white Dodge Charger.
Deputy Mason Bennett arrived
first and attempted to wake
the driver with no success and
called EMS to assist.
He also located a revolver in
the floorboard at the driver’s
feet. The driver was identified
by an ID card in the car. The
officers began to pull him out
of the car and he woke up as
they were doing so and assist
ed them in getting him out. He
was unsteady on his feet and
his speech was very slurred.
He also smelled of alcohol. He
was arrested at the scene and
his vehicle was towed.
Other incidents on file at
the sheriff’s office last week
included:
•A woman feeding her son’s
dogs while he was out of town
reported that she had been
attacked by one of those dogs
at a home on Brittany Pointe
Drive.
Animal control officer Misti
Morrison responded to the dog
bite call where she met with
the mother who said her son
had two dogs, an unaltered
male pit bull and a white pit
bull puppy. The older dog
began to fight with the puppy
and when she attempted to
break it up she was said she
was dragged by the older dog
through the yard and then into
the house. She was eventually
able to put the animal into a
dog pen outside and the puppy
into a bedroom.
She had bite puncture
wounds on her right thumb,
right thigh and right knee,
along with a deep scratch on
her left knee. EMS did arrive
on scene and advised her to
seek medical attention, but she
refused transport. Both dogs
were injured; the older dog
had superficial wounds and
the younger dog had puncture
wounds and deeper wounds
on its legs.
The son and owner, who
was reached by phone, said he
adopted the older dog from a
previous owner who was no
longer able to keep him due to
a “bite history" with humans
and killing livestock. He also
said he had been bitten by the
dog a week earlier but had
not reported it and could not
confirm if the animal had its
current rabies vaccine.
He said he wanted to sur
render the older dog to ani
mal control to be euthanized.
Its head was submitted to the
health department for rabies
testing. The puppy had a valid
rabies vaccine through a veter-
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