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PAGE 6A - THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2025 Crime Recent arrests from around the county The following arrests were on file at the Madison County Sheriff’s Office last week: •Darryl K. Brawner, 37, Jones Cir., Royston, housed for Royston Police Department. •Kane Quilliam Dieball, 34, Pop lar Creek Dr., Stephens, housed for Oglethorpe County. •Roy Lee Drake Jr., 50, Hudson River Church Rd., Danielsville, aggravated stalking and probation violation. •Jazmaya Lajasha Holton, 20, Tyrus Ln., Royston, housed for Royston Police Department. •Damion Alexander Knight, 33, Shiloh Fort Lamar Rd., Daniels ville, weekender. •Debbie Cinderella Lyons, 48, Macedonia Church Rd., Daniels ville, faces charges of failure to obey stop sign and hit and run; duty of driver to stop at or return to scene of accident after she report edly ran a stop sign on Campbell St. at SR 106, Danielsville, and her vehicle was struck by another vehi cle. After the accident her and her passenger reportedly walked away from the scene before officers ar rived. •Billy Raymond Standridge, 45, Hilley Rd., Danielsville, was charged with aggravated assault and cruelty to children after he was involved in a fight with one of his juvenile sons and a firearm was dis charged during the altercation. •Dimitri Demon Willingham, 24, homeless, probation violation. •Edil Roberto Cerros-Navarro, 33, Buford Hwy., Atlanta, failure to appear. •Brittany Etora Crumbley, 27, Hannah Heights Way, Hull, was charged with driving while driver’s license is suspended or revoked when her vehicle was stopped during a safety check point on Old Elberton Rd. at Davis St., Hull. •Brandon Allen Evers, 31, Sto ¬ rey Ln., Jefferson, faces charges of Driving Under the Influence (DU1) of alcohol and failure to maintain lane/weaving over roadway after he ran his vehicle off the road and into a ditch on Transco Rd., Comer, causing the vehicle to be inopera ble. •Marlon Santino Hill, 41, Morn ing View Dr., Athens, failure to ap pear. •Darryl Lamar Mintz, 64, Stapler Rd., Athens, was charged failure to maintain lane/weaving over road way and driving without a valid driver’s license when the vehicle he was driving, believed to be in volved in a theft at Family Dollar, was stopped on Helican Springs Rd at Sanford Rd., Hull. •Meredith Desiree Patrick, 24, Spring Ct., Athens, was charged with battery after she was reported ly involved in a physical altercation with another female at Camp Ma- ranatha, Floyd Rd., Danielsville. Incidents investigated by MCSO last week By Sharon Hogan Recent incidents inves tigated by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office include: •unattended death at a home on Jack Sharp Rd., Hull, where a 79-year-old man was found unrespon sive. •a man on Holman Au try Rd., Danielsville, re ported his dog was shot by a neighbor. The neigh bor admitted shooting the dog and stated the dog was roaming around his home and he feared for the safety of his cat and his child. •an unresponsive over dose was reported at a home on Hwy. 29 North, Danielsville, where Nar- can was administered to an unresponsive male. The male woke up, start ed talking and refused transportation to the hos pital. • simple assault - Fam ily Violence Act (FVA) and interfering with call for emergency assistance on Irvin Kirk Rd., Dan ielsville, where a woman and her boyfriend were involved in a domestic dispute and he grabbed her and grabbed her phone to keep her from calling 911. •terroristic threats and acts reported on Holman Autry Rd., Danielsville, where a man reported his neighbor was yelling threats to him after he shot the neighbor’s dog that was on his property chasing his cat. The com plainant stated the yelled things like “you’ll meet Jesus soon” and “you better keep your head on a swivel” while the com plainant and his mother were standing on his front porch. •a Georgia Department of Transportation super intendent on Edgewood Dr., Danielsville, report ed a salt spreader that goes on the back of a dump truck was missing. •criminal trespass was reported on Irvin Kirk Rd., Danielsville, where a woman reported her boy- friend had damaged her vehicle. •aggravated stalking was reported at the Gold en Pantry, Hwy. 29 South, Hull, where a woman re ported her husband whom she is divorcing and had has active Temporary Protective Order (TPO) against pulled up while she was inside the store and when she went out to leave he walked over to her and stood in the way preventing her from opening her driver’s side door and he said he would burn her. •a woman was trans ported from a Peachtree St., Colbert, home to Piedmont Athens Region al Medical Center after making suicidal threats. •injuring, tearing down or destruction of mail- boxes; injuring, defacing or destroying and theft by possession of stolen mail was reported on Sailors Rd., Danielsville, where a woman reported packages had been stolen from her mailbox and she found the package in the road, torn open and emp ty, near her home. •aggravated assault - FVA at a Pine Valley Rd., Danielsville, residence, where one man pulled a gun on another man. • dog at large - coun ty ordinance violation on Northwood Cir., Col bert, where a woman stated she was walking down her driveway when her neighbor’s Chihua hua followed her while growling at her and then bit her on the bottom. •criminal trespass at Family Dollar, Hwy. 29 South, Hull, where two men had reportedly left the store with an item they did not pay for. •theft by taking on Brewer Phillips Rd., Dan ielsville, where a woman reported the theft of $300 and a gift card out of her wallet and she believed a friend took the items. • simple battery - FVA at a Courthouse Square, Danielsville, where a woman reported her daughter was intoxicated and losing her mind. • registration of sex of fenders on Hwy. 98 West, Danielsville, where a man had failed to register as a sex offender 72 hours before his birthday. • theft by taking on Hwy. 72 West, Colbert, where a woman reported a folder of documents was taken from her vehicle. •a safety check point was conducted on Sanford Rd. at Helican Springs Rd., Hull, where 166 ve hicles were checked. •theft by taking and entering an automobile on Hwy. 29 South, Hull, where a man reported his firearm had been stolen from inside his vehicle. •battery on Sunset Dr. at General Daniel Ave., Danielsville, where a man walking was “jumped” by another male. •theft by taking on Ce dar Grove Church Rd., Comer, where a wom an reported someon had taken a small safe and a Ninja grill from an out building. • a custody problem was reported on Faye Carey Rd., Danielsville. •simple battery at a home on Project St., Col bert, where a domestic dispute involving two people who were arguing over custody of a juve nile. • simple battery - FVA on Neese Commerce Rd. at Nowhere Rd., Com merce, where a rolling domestic dispute between a male and female took place. • a safety check point was conducted on Hwy. 281 at Hwy. 191, Dan ielsville, where 38 vehi cles were checked. •criminal trespass at Dollar General, Glenn Carrie Rd., Hull, where a man and woman were criminally trespassed from the property for two years. •unattended death on Edgewood Dr., Daniels ville, where a female was found unresponsive. • a safety check point was conducted on Old Elberton Rd. at Davis St., Hull, where 69 vehicles were checked. • a safety check point was conducted on Rog ers Mill Rd. at Coley Davis Rd., Danielsville, where 46 vehicles were checked. •damage to property was reported during a dis pute between two women on Johnny McElroy Rd., Colbert, where one wom an who was cutting grass agreed to pay for her neighbor’s glass screen door that was broken by a rock thrown from her lawn mower, but her mother didn’t think it was her responsibility to pay and she confronted the neighbor about this. •possession of meth amphetamine, possession of drug-related objects prohibited, giving false name to officers and driv ing while driver’s license is suspended/revoked on Rogers Mill Rd. at Cole Davis Rd., Danielsville, where a safety check point was being conduct ed. •battery/simple battery - FVA at a home on Faye Carey Rd., Danielsville, where two women were involved in a physical fight with Madison Coun ty EMS being called to the scene to treat one of the females who had a large know on her head, was bleeding from her mouth, had lacerations on her knees and a patch of hair ripped out of her head. •an accident involv ing a deer on Hwy. 281, Danielsville, where a ve hicle was towed due to disabling damage to the driver’s side front. •battery/simple bat tery - FVA at a home on Mathis Rd., Danielsville, where a domestic dispute between a husband and wife was reported. •theft by taking on Beck Rd., Danielsville, where a man reported someone had entered his vehicles and his pistol had been stolen. •runaway juvenile from a home on Buddy Moore Rd., Colbert, where a man reported his 17-year- old son ran away. •suicide attempt on Di- amon Hill Colbert Rd., Colbert. Libraries continued from 1A system has allowed libraries across Georgia to save approximately 10 million dollars each year. PINES is funded through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Without this funding, the future of libraries in Georgia is uncertain. Each li brary would need to find funding for its own comput erized lending system, which is expensive technology, and patrons would lose access to millions of titles. However, this is not all that IMLS provides commu nities. Last year, the Athens Regional Library System had 87,293 people attend programs and events, 61,794 of which were children. Attendance is highest during the summer months, when hundreds of programs for all ages are planned by local librarians to provide free, educational and entertaining activities that promote literacy in their communities. Each year brings a new theme to the library’s Sum mer Reading Program. In 2024, that theme was “Ad venture Begins at your Library.” This year’s theme is “Color Your World.” However, Summer Reading 2026 is uncertain, as funding for Summer Reading is partially provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The yearly theme is provided by IMLS, along with flyers, bookmarks, stickers, graph ics, reading logs and promotional materials to make the community aware of all that is available to them during the summer at their local library. “Without the support of IMLS for Summer Read ing, valuable time and materials will be lost,” Athens Regional Library System leaders said. “Some libraries may have to go without the programs that their com munities know and love. These spaces that students and families go to spend their summers in safe and free ways will be limited or lacking the magic that li braries provide.” The amount of resources that IMLS funding pro vides could fill pages: GALILEO, a statewide data base for online research, braille and talking books for the blind and print-disabled, internet access for rural communities and the lending of laptops or hotspots for patrons without access to a computer or internet are just a few examples. “Library funding is nonpartisan,” ARLS leaders con tinued. “A Pew Research survey found that 78 percent of adults believe libraries deliver trustworthy, reliable information. Libraries are one of the last remaining free, public spaces for the community to gather out side of home and work. But the elimination of IMLS could mean the elimination of these third spaces.” In fiscal year 2024, the Institute of Museum and Li brary Services represented just 0.0046% of the feder al budget, with library funding alone making up less than 0.003%. Eliminating IMLS would strip countless communities of essential resources—all to save less than $1 per American. “Libraries have always adapted to meet the evolv ing needs of their communities,” ARLS leaders said. “When families need a safe space for their children during the summer, libraries open their doors wide and create welcoming programs that foster connection, support and literacy. When aspiring entrepreneurs seek guidance, libraries respond with makerspac es and workshops on website design, marketing and merchandise creation—empowering local business growth and fueling economic development. Whatever the need, libraries step up—serving not just as centers of learning, but as generators of opportunity and en gagement. “Libraries have always gone above and beyond to meet the needs of their communities. Now, we need our communities to stand up for us. The future of your local library depends on your voice. Visit www.con- gress.gov/members/find-your-member to find your representatives’ contact information. Tell them to speak out against the elimination of IMLS. Tell them to save our libraries. Speak up, show your support, and advocate—not just for your library, but for the heart of your community. You matter. Your voice matters. Your library matters.” The Athens Regional Library System consists of eleven branch locations in five counties in Northeast Georgia. For more information, call the library at 706- 613-3650 or visit athenslibrary.org Report road maintenance issues on county website County residents who notice road maintenance issues can report these is sues directly to the county’s Road Department through the county’s website. Road complaint forms are available to be filled out, and the department will come out to evaluate the issues and provide nec essary treatments. Services the Road De partment provides include: • Road repair: pothole re pair, resurfacing • Road signs: ordering road signs, installing and repairing of road signs. • Right of way: mowing, litter pick-up, side arm mowing • Drainage: clean out and replace drainage culverts, clean drainage ways and ditches. • Gravel road mainte nance: scrape and reshape gravel roadways, replace gravel as needed. Road complaint forms are available at madisoncoun- tyga.us/government-offic- es/road-department Maintenance issues can also be reported by calling the Road Department at 706-795-6260
