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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
