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THE MADISON COUNTY IGA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 2021 — PAGE 3A
Crime
Three arrested following shoplifting incident
Three people were arrested last
week following a shoplifting inci
dent at Ingles.
Joshua Nathaniel Lee Hattaway,
22, of Athens, was charged with
dangerous drug defined, drugs not
in original container, theft by shop
lifting and two counts of probation
violation.
Megan Elizabeth Greene, 29. of
Statham, was charged with mar
ijuana possession less than an
ounce and theft by shoplifting.
Christian Blaze Sanders, 18,
of Crawford, was charged with
marijuana possession less than an
ounce, probation hold and theft by
shoplifting.
Deputy Craig Vaughn was dis
patched to a shoplifting call at
Ingles last Thursday. The caller
told dispatch the three suspects
were now at the Kwik Chek.
Vaughn and two other officers met
the suspects in front of the store.
Greene and Sanders were sitting on
the curb at the store and two Ingles
managers were standing by them.
Greene had a gray Ingles shopping
basket with items inside it. Greene
said her boyfriend, Hattaway, had
bought the items earlier and was
now inside the restroom inside the
Kwik Chek. Hattaway was taken
into custody inside the store. The
Ingles store managers said they
wanted to ban all three from the
store and to press charges on the
stolen shopping basket. The other
two were placed into custody.
In another arrest, William
Thomas Escoe, Jr., 36, of
Maysville, was charged with driv
ing on the wrong side of the road,
driving while license suspended or
revoked, failure to maintain lane,
failure to stop for stop sign (four
counts), fleeing or attempting to
elude a police officer, parole vio
lation. reckless driving and speed
ing.
Cpl. Zach Brooks received infor
mation from an investigator that
Escoe would likely be driving a
silver Honda Accord from the
Diamond Hill area to Commerce
to pick up his girlfriend on a sus
pended license.
Later in the shift Brooks spotted
the car on Adams Duncan Road
traveling at a high rate of speed,
straddling the center yellow line.
When it reached the intersection, it
turned into a driveway then backed
out and began going in the oppo
site direction. At that point, Brooks
activated his blue lights and siren
to try to stop the vehicle but it
accelerated. The vehicle continued
to flee turning onto several differ
ent roads and reaching speeds of
120 mph. The chase continued all
the way to Hwy. 334 in Jackson
County, avoiding Jackson County
units that had been called to the
scene. The car eventually lost con
trol on Richards Bridge Road in
Jackson County and stuck a power
pole. Escoe then jumped out and
ran until Brooks caught up with
him after about 100 yards, where
he laid down on the ground and
said “I'm done.”
Other arrests on file at the sher
iff's office this week included:
•Everett Wendell Faust, 57,
Colbert, public drunkenness.
pedestrian under the influence and
failure to appear.
•Gavin Austin Gresham, 20,
Commerce, two counts of proba
tion violation.
•Jaquontice Anthony Brown. 24.
Adanta, probation violation.
•Quatelensia Quintel Bush, 29,
Elberton, criminal trespass and
theft by taking.
•Justin Tyler Cape. 32,
Winterville, probation violation.
•William Shyenne Cowart, 28.
Danielsville, knowingly driving
motor vehicle on suspended, can
celed or revoked registration, no
insurance, possession and use of
drug-related objects and posses
sion of methamphetamine with
intent to distribute.
•Christopher Wayne Shaw, 41.
Danielsville, failure to register as
a sex offender and a parole vio
lation.
•Shadarius Lamante Allen,20,
Hull, criminal trespass family vio
lence.
•Jermiah Dashawn Barnard. 26.
Bowman, DUI/alcohol and failure
to maintain lane.
•Jermaine Michael Brown, 40,
Hull, receipt, possession or trans
port of a firearm by a convicted
felon or felony first responder.
•Nickolas Kane Daves, 29,
Bowman, battery.
•Courtney Brooke Dorsey,
30. Commerce, hold for Clarke
County.
•Tysamin Ellionta Glaze, 20,
Elberton. driving while license
suspended or revoked.
•Jaime Martinez-Albarran, 33.
Athens, distracted driving and
driving without a valid license.
•Terrance Lee Rucker, 28,
Elberton, probation violation.
•Ni Thaw, 41, Danielsville. driv
ing while license suspended or
revoked and DUI/alcohol.
•Geary Scott Trim, 27, Jefferson,
adult restraint law seat belt, DUE
alcohol, failure to maintain lane,
open container and too fast for
conditions.
•Zacheriah Josiah Gentric
Wilfawn, 17, Cartersville. simple
battery family violence.
Deputy injured in wreck during vehicle chase
A Madison County
Deputy was injured in a
wreck last week during a
vehicle chase that start
ed on Hwy. 72 near Jack
Sharp Road.
Cpl. Zach Brooks was
on routine patrol when he
saw a black 2004 Chevy
Silverado truck run the
stop sign there. He initiat
ed a pursuit and the truck
made a U turn going back
toward Colbert and turned
left onto Jack Sharp Road
and then onto Honeysuckle
Road where it sideswiped a
tree in a curve. Brooks hit
the brakes in the curve and
left the roadway striking
a tree. EMS transported
Brooks to the hospital for
evaluation of a head inju
ry. Another officer located
the suspect vehicle a short
distance away. There was
nothing in the report indi
cating that the driver was
located.
Other incidents on file
at the sheriff’s office this
week included:
•A man suffered a bro
ken leg and another was
injured in a two-vehicle
accident at Hwy. 72 and
Paoli Street at 11:38 a.m.,
Sept. 20.
•A man suffered a head
injury but was alert and
talking after flipping Tru
Green Chemical track and
striking a utility pole at
9:01 a.m.. Sept. 21 at Hwy.
98 and Field Road. The
company was notified to
clean up its spill.
•A suicide attempt by
pills was reported in the
county last week.
•A woman on Bryant
Drive reported a home
invasion that had just
occurred with the suspect
fleeing out a back win
dow. The woman said the
suspect was a black male
wearing all black with
a black skull cap on his
head. She said she watched
the man exit the window
ran to the left through the
woods behind a neighbor’s
house. She said she was
asleep in her bedroom
with her fan on and heard
a loud boom. She said
she thought at first that
her mother had perhaps
dropped a dish. When she
opened the door she saw
a male walking around the
couch toward a bedroom
on the opposite side of the
house. She ran back to her
room and grabbed a mirror
for self-defense. She saw
the man go into her moth
er’s room and then into her
closet. As he came out of
the bedroom he saw her
and she raised the mirror
in an attempt to hit him.
She said the man said he
was sorry numerous times
and that is when she stat
ed he jumped over the
couch in the living room
and head first through the
broken window. Officers
were unable to locate the
suspect but did find a brick
that had been used to bust
the window. The home
was also searched for fin
gerprints and shoe prints.
•Shoplifting was report
ed at the CVS. The clerk
recognized the suspect
from previous visits to the
store when he also acted
suspiciously. On the video,
the offender can be scene
picking up an umbrella
and putting it in a bag
he carried into the store
with him without the clerk
noticing. The offender
then left the store without
paying for it. The offend
er was a slim black male
wearing a mask, a head
covering, black pants and
a black shirt with a design
on the front. The clerk on
duty later saw pictures
posted by the Sheriff’s
Office due to the offender
being involved in another
incident.
•A domestic situation
including a possible kid
napping that originated in
Milledgeville was reported
at the Apex store on Old
Danielsville Road in Hull
last Tuesday. The incident
was called in by a witness
and the parties involved
were a white female and
a white male. The female
was locked in the store’s
bathroom hiding from the
male. Her husband was
last observed walking on
Old Danielsville Road
toward Clarke County.
That county’s officers
were dispatched to help
locate the suspect. Before
officers arrived, dispatch
reported that the male had
returned to the store and
left in a white VW Jetta
that he arrived in. The
woman said the man, who
was her estranged hus
band, had kidnapped her
from her apartment and
took her another address
where he raped her then
stomped on her hand. She
said he uses methamphet
amine and that is why they
broke up. They then went
to other locations, includ
ing ones on Amberly
Drive and Belhaven Lane.
She also identified possi
ble witnesses. The caller
said they witnessed her
walking from one side of
the road to the other to
avoid getting in the car
with her husband as they
approached the Apex
store earlier. She refused
medical attention at the
scene and said she would
have her mother take her
to the hospital later. Her
husband was later arrested
by Athens-Clarke County
PD in the VW on Harve
Mathis Road. No charges
were to be filed in Madison
County.
•A possible rape and false
imprisonment was report
ed on Garnett Ward Road
last week. On Wednesday
Sept. 22, at approximate
ly 12:38 p.m. deputies
responded to Garnett Ward
Road in reference to an
assault. Dispatch advised
the female caller was hit
in the face with a hand
gun. She was advised by
dispatch to go to a safe
place to get away from the
aggressor so she went to
the end of the driveway
until deputies arrived on
scene. The woman said the
male subject had possibly
fled into the wood wearing
jeans and a red T-shirt and
armed with a gold hand
gun. Captain Jimmy Patton
said the matter is still under
investigation and may also
be related to a drag trans
action gone wrong.
•A drag overdose was
reported in the county last
week.
•A fuel pump was struck
and damaged at a gas sta
tion on Hwy. 98 East last
week.
Request for Proposal for Personal Property Valuation Program
Madison County Board of Tax Assessors is requesting proposals from qualified individuals or firms with
experience in auditing Personal property accounts for compliance to submit proposals for auditing
services for Business Personal Property Verification Program. All proposals are due no later than 3 p.m.
on October 28 th 2021.
Proposals should be sealed and clearly marked on the outside of the envelope.
"Proposal for 2021 Personal Property Verification Program"
The Board of Commissioners reserves the right to reject any and all bids. All proposal packages must
contain O.C.G.A 13-10-91 E-Verify Affidavit in order to be considered.
Proposals may be mailed to Madison County Board of Commissioners, County Clerk Office, P.O.Box 147,
Danielsville, Ga. 30633 or may be hand delivered to 91 Albany Avenue, County Clerk Office Danielsville,
Ga. 30633
PUBLIC NOTICE TO THE VOTERS OF MADISON COUNTY
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2021, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND
REGISTRATION HAS MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION. OUR NEW
ADDRESS IS 20 ALBANY AVE, DANIELSVILLE (OLD FUNERAL HOME NEXT
TO GOVERNMENT COMPLEX). ALL REGISTERED VOTERS FROM THE
DANIELSVILLE PRECINCT WILL BE RECEIVING NEW PRECINCT CARDS IN
THE COMING WEEKS.
ALL EARLY VOTING WILL BE HELD AT OUR NEW LOCATION AS WELL. IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL OUR OFFICE AT 706-795-6335.
Colbert man charged
with child molestation
A Colbert man was
arrested last week for child
molestation.
Jerry Lee Hutchison, Jr.,
43. was charged with one
count each of aggravated
child molestation and child
molestation.
Captain Jimmy Patton
of the Madison County
Sheriff's Office said the
matter is still under inves
tigation but involves a child
under the age of 10 who
lives in the same house-
JERRYLEE
HUTCHINSON
hold and appears to have
occurred over the past three
months.
County VFDs
seek volunteers
Madison County volunteer fire departments are looking for
volunteers to become qualified firefighters.
Madison County does not have any paid firefighters, and com
munities in the county rely on citizens to volunteer to help each
other during emergencies, home or business fires, automobile
accidents, and natural disasters, like winter storms or hurricanes.
“When you volunteer to become a firefighter, you serve and
protect your family, your friends and your neighbors, while saving
our Madison County taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars
each year,” VFD leaders said.
They noted that is not your average volunteer opportunity
because during and after training you must attend up to eight
hours of training a month, and when available, you respond to
emergency — fire calls at all hours, day or night and any weather
conditions.
“These are physically challenging and sometime dangerous
jobs, but the rewards of service to others in the community, out
weigh the risks and time commitments,” VFD leaders said.
A firefighter must be able to pass a physical, a background
check, a firefighter agility test, and complete over 100 hours of
training in the first 18 months of service to become a state regis
tered volunteer firefighter. There are also opportunities to become
support volunteer firefighters that require only 40 hours of training.
So, if you have the desire to help others, don’t mind working
hard to serve your community and potentially earn a pension,
email madisoncountyrescue.ga@gmail.com
City of Carlton
2022 Proposed Budget
The City of Carlton's Proposed 2022 Budget is available
for public review at the Carlton City Hall during regular
office hours (Tuesday - Thursday, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm).
A Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday, October 5
2021, 6:30 pm at Carlton City Hall to discuss the
proposed budget.
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