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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
WR planning commission
recommends annexation
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - The
Warner Robins Area
Planning and Zoning Board
met Tuesday and faced a
short agenda during its
monthly meeting.
The Board voted to recom
mend annexation of a
94.462-acre plot belonging
to W. Emmette Vinson. The
land is located on Lake Joy
Road across from Harrison
Pointe and just south of
Lake Joy Elementary
School. The land is to con
tinue to be zoned R-AG.
The Board approved the
landscaping plan submitted
by Wal-Mart for its new
store to be located off Booth
Road.
The Board also approved
housing lot variances at Bay
C'ville to repave four roads
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
CENTERVILLE - The
city of Centerville will
repave four roads through a
local area road program.
The roads to be repaved
are Ashlund Drive, Virginia
Avenue, Miller Drive and
Kemper Street.
The city is in the process
of applying for a Community
Development Block Grant
(CDBG) to assist in the con
struction and improvement
of sewer facilities. In March
the city will begin accepting
bids for the project’s engi
neering services.
Also at Tuesday’s meet
Authorities throw
book at driver
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Paul
Martin Chandler, 28, Fort
Valley, led deputies on a chase
through the northwest end of
the county late Friday after a
deputy attempted to stop him,
reportedly for driving a vehi
cle with a drive-out tag with
no expiration date.
It began on King Richard
Drive in Warner Robins - and
proceeded to King Forest
Drive, Brady Drive, Watson
Boulevard, the parking lot of
the Home Depot, Carl Vinson
Parkway, Sentry Oaks Drive,
Collins Avenue, Houston
Lake Road, Giles Road, U.S.
41, White Road, Walker Road,
Lake View Road (with speeds
up to 90 mph reported), Lake
Joy Road, Hatcher Road,
Leverette Road, Smithville
Church Road, Tharpe Road,
Russell Parkway, Lake Joy
Road (again, reportedly at 90
mph), Sandefur Road (where
Georgia State Patrol assumed
lead pursuit), U.S. 41 (again),
and into the yard at the
church at U.S 41 and Todd
Road.
It ended on Todd Road in
Peach County when the driv
er stopped the brown Chevy
S-10 and put both hands out
the window.
In between there were 16
reported stop sign violations,
not including hit and run and
failure to report upon striking
a fixture (for allegedly run
ning over a stop sign) - three
counts each of driving on the
wrong side of the road and
failure to maintain lane, two
counts of passing in a no-pass
ing zone, as well as reckless
driving, fleeing or attempting
to elude, failure to yield, pass
ing on a curve, passing within
200 feet of oncoming traffic,
following too closely, improp
er left and right turns, driving
too fast for conditions and
other miscellaneous traffic
offenses.
The deputy reportedly
pulled Chandler out of the
vehicle, and placed him in
another deputy’s patrol car.
While performing a search of
the driver, the deputy report
edly noticed a strong odor of
burnt marijuana coming from
Chandler’s person and inside
the vehicle as well.
Chandler refused to con-
Laurel Circle and Woodridge
Drive.
An extension was given
for the subdivision plat for
Echo Glen subdivision.
Work had been stopped on
the subdivision by Bry-Mar
Homes due to a delay in
sewer line extension to the
site.
The following home occu
pation variances were grant
ed:
• Cleaning service at 135
Ignico Drive
• Cleaning service at 208
Laurel Brook Drive
• Internet clothing sales
at 750 Corder Road
• Web design business at
135 Ignico Drive
• Vending service at 221
Rose Hill Drive
• Pick-up and delivery
service at 129 Chris Drive
mg:
• LaKaye’s Karoke/DJ
Service and Mustard Seed
and Kids were awarded
home-based business licens
es.
• The city plans to clarify
its business license fee for
those selling alcohol.
Currently businesses that
sell liquor are charged
$3,500 each year as the
license is renewed. A dis
crepancy in the city’s
records led businesses to be
charged only $2,300. City
Attorney Rebecca Tydings
said the fee is only being
clarified and the matter
won’t call for a resolution.
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PAUL CHANDLER
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GARY COFFMAN
sent to a urine sample, report
edly saying his license was
already suspended.
The deputy found a green,
leafy substance in the passen
ger seat of the vehicle and
three blue pills (Xanax).
Besides the aforementioned
traffic offenses, Chandler was
also charged with DUI-drugs
(refusal), driving while sus
pended, possession of mari
juana less than one ounce,
possession of a controlled sub
stance (the Xanax), drugs to
be kept in original container
(the Xanax), operation of an
unregistered vehicle and no
insurance.
The passenger, Gary Wayne
Coffman, 37, 3030 Peach
Parkway, Fort Valley, was also
charged with possession of
marijuana less than one
ounce, possession of a con
trolled substance (the Xanax),
and drugs to be kept in origi
nal container (the Xanax),
according to reports.
ICE unit seizes coke
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
HOUSTON COUNTY -
Deputies with the
Interstate Criminal
Enforcement Unit of the
Houston County Sheriffs
Office found almost 15
pounds of cocaine in a hid
den compartment of an
SUV late last week.
The deputies, with the
assistance of canine Bandit,
found the illegal drug fol
lowing a traffic stop on a
1999 Ford Expedition. The
deputy reported observed
the vehicle cross the divided
line as he approached.
He stopped the vehicle in
the southbound side of
Interstate 75 near mile
marker 126.
When asked if he was all
right, the driver said he was
fine and offered to take a
field sobriety test. He was
identified as Juan Marin
Cornejo, 30, Miami, and the
deputy observed Cornejo
“was over friendly and was
very nervous.”
Cornejo reportedly told
the deputy he was going to
Miami to pick up his wife.
He was moving to Atlanta
because he got a new job.
The driver said the car
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wife. His friend was the
passenger in the car,
Gustavo Garcia Gonzalez,
30, of Kennesaw. Gonzalez
said his license was sus
pended, so he let his friend
drive.
Gonzalez reportedly
claimed not to have any
identification and the
deputy noticed he was not
making eye contact. The
deputy reportedly observed
several cans of Red Bull
energy drink on the floor
and detected a chemical
smell coming from the vehi
cle.
While checking the dri
ver’s license, the second
deputy and the canine
arrived and conducted a
free-air sniff around the
vehicle. There was reported
a positive alert on the dri
ver’s side door and left side
rear wheel well.
When asked, the driver
said there were no illegal
drugs in car, and he con
sented to a search of the
vehicle. The passenger was
found with an empty wallet
in his pocket and contents
reportedly of the empty
wallet were later found on
the floor of the front seat.
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from the back seat, the
deputy noticed that the rear
floor molding was altered.
He reportedly noticed the
metal had been cut and a
hinge installed in the center
of the area that had been
cut.
The deputy reportedly
pulled up on the metal and
to see what appeared to be
kilos of cocaine inside a
compartment in the floor.
There was reportedly also
a Ziploc bag inside that con
tained a “large amount of
cocaine.” The approximated
weight was 14.5 pounds
with an estimated street
value of $750,000. All evi-
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turned over to narcotics
investigators.
Cornejo and Gonzalez
were each charged with
trafficking in cocaine and
remain in the Houston
County Jail.
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