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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Meth trafficker gets 15 years in jail
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
David Wade Bartlett, 39,
436 Tallulah Trail, Warner
Robins, was sentenced to 30
years (to serve 15) on
Wednesday, after being
found guilty of trafficking in
methamphetamine, posses
sion of a firearm during a
crime and possession of
methamphetamine.
Despite tearful pleas from
Bartlett, his teenage daugh
ter and ex-wife saying what
“a good father” he was to
the teen and her 4-year-old
sister, Superior Court Judge
Ed Lukemire sentenced
Bartlett to prison and ban
ished him from Houston and
all contiguous counties for
the next 30 years.
Lukemire told Bartlett
and his family “the court
acknowledges you have
some good qualities, but you
are not sentenced on those
things, but on the criminal
behavior.”
Bartlett was found with
54 grams of methampheta
mine on his person or in his
vehicle. Trafficking only
requires possession of 28
grams, noted Assistant
District Attorney George
SCIENCE
From page 1A
“I thoroughly enj&yed
teaching her,” said Fowler.
“Her parents were both
involved in her work but
they also made great contri
butions to help me in my
teaching. It is really exciting
to a science teacher to have a
student really excited about
science. She was a pleasure
to teach.”
Shireen also participated
in the Georgia Science &
Engineering Fair in April at
the University of Georgia in
Athens. Shireen won the
Georgia Junior Academy of
Science Grand Award for the
top middle school science
student in the state. She also
won the Discovery Channel
Young Scientist Challenge
Award, Junior Division First
Place, Agriculture Research
Service Award for Excellence
in Agricultural Science, and
the UGA Plant Biology
Department Award. Fowler
was named the Georgia
Science and Engineering
Fair Grand Award winning
teacher in the junior divi
sion.
Gregory and Davis attend
SAT
From page 1A
state, with Houston County
High School leading the
four.
In the top 10 percent of
students taking the test,
Houston County students
scored 1176 - 20 points
higher than the average
score for the top 10 percent
in the state.
Houston County High
School’s top 10 percent
scored 1227, substantially
higher than the state’s top
10 percent average of 1156.
Northside High’s top 10 per
cent scored 1166, also high-
Suspect named in Northside Pawn burglary
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Investigators with the
Warner Robins Police
Department have identified
Michael Joseph Sarber, 22,
in connection to the Aug. 26
burglary at Northside Pawn
Shop, 1313 Green St.
Police have taken out war
rants for Sarber on charges
of aggravated assault, bur
glary, possession of a firearm
during the commission of a
crime, and possession of a
firearm by a convicted felon.
At approximately 11:51
p.m. Aug. 26, officers with
the Warner Robins Police
Department responded to a
911 call from an employee at
the Northside Pawn Shop,
1313 Green St.
The employee had
received a call from the busi
ness alarm, which automati
cally calls his residence, and
then responded to the pawn
shop alone. The pawnshop
reportedly appeared secure
Hartwig 111.
He was arrested by Perry
Police at the Holiday Inn,
who were there investigat
ing the theft of a Dale
Earnhart/NASCAR towel. A
handgun was found in
Bartlett’s vehicle and
Bartlett was arrested.
During the search of his per
son, police found a small bag
of crystal methampheta
mine.
A further search of the
vehicle turned up about 54
grams of methamphetamine
similar to what he had in his
pocket, Hartwig explained;
$3,000 in cash; several glass
smoking devices; numerous
small, clear plastic baggies;
and a Pringle’s can with a
false bottom in it.
“This was a major nar
cotics bust,” Hartwig said,
“and it all started over a
stolen NASCAR towel.”
Hartwig praised the Perry
Police, who were assisted by
the Houston County
Sheriffs Office ICE Unit
and a special agent with the
Department of Homeland
Security.
“The Perry Police
Department did an excellent
job investigating and collect-
Bonaire Middle School and
teamed to enter a project
entitled “The Effect of Sonar
on the Growth of Cabomba
caroliniana.”
Cabomba caroliniana is an
aquatic plant that is causing
problems in Leisure Lake.
Michael and Trey noticed
that the plant was getting
caught in boat motors.
“You can see it everywhere
and it is ugly,” said Trey.
“They tried to drain the lake
to get rid of it but that did
not work. If you tear it, it will
multiply. They put carp in
the lake to eat it and the carp
would not eat it.
“Anything that carp won’t
eat can’t be a good thing.”
Trey and Michael decided
to test two different chemical
agents to kill the plants.
They set up three frames
made out of PVC pipe and
filled them with the plant.
The put a chemical called
Sonar on one, Auguthol in
another, and kept the third
as a control. While Auguthol
killed the plants better on
top, they were hoping to
prove that the Sonar would
go all the way to the roots
er than the state’s top ten
percent average.
All students
By high schools, the aver
age scores for all students
taking the 2005 SAT were as
follows:
• Houston County High
School, Verbal 502, Math
507, for a total of 1009. (On
the average, HCHS students
scored higher than the state
average score of 993, but
below the national average.)
• Northside High School,
Verbal 485, Math 493, for a
I
MICHAEL SARBER
as the guard dog was sitting
calmly in front of a display
case.
Sarber is known to
employees there as a former
customer of the pawnshop,
said Det. Karen Stokes with
Warner Robins Police
Department Criminal
Investigations Division.
Upon entering, the
ing all the evidence,”
Hartwig said. “It is great to
see our local city and county
officers working jointly with
federal agents.”
Houston Circuit District
Attorney Kelly Burke said,
“The meth epidemic is upon
us, but today’s verdict will
go a long way toward slow
ing the spread of this poison
in our county.”
Hartwig and Assistant
District Attorney Russell
Walker prosecuted the case.
Attorneys Fred Graham
and H. Jay Walker 111 repre
sented Bartlett.
Bartlett apologized to the
court and his family “for
putting them through this.
For that I am truly remorse
ful.”
Before being sentenced he
said, “I hope and pray I can
get out as soon possible to
see my children. I’ve lived
my whole life as a decent
person and never hurt any
one.”
Lukemire told him “you
know more than most how
serious the meth problems is
here. There has to be a seri
ous response and there is a
ripple effect to that.”
and kill the plant perma
nently. To their dismay, the
lake level got too high over
the summer and sunlight
was unable to penetrate to
the roots of the plants, thus
killing them and not allow
ing them to make a final
analysis.
They plan to try again next
year.
“My mother is a science
teacher so it is something I
have always been interested
in,” said Trey.
“I have liked science for
years and when I went to the
science fair I met Trey and
he recruited me to work on
the project with him,”
Michael said.
Trey and Michael will be
going to the Future Farmers
of America convention in
Kentucky to show off their
project there as well. Their
science teacher at Bonaire is
Trey’s mother, Janine.
Trey is the son of Bob and
Janine Davis of Warner
Robins. Michael is the son of
Bo and Kathy Gregory of
Bonaire.
total of 978. (On the aver
age, NHS students scored
lower than the state and
national averages.)
• Perry High School,
Verbal 454, Math 471, for a
total of 925. (On the aver
age, PHS students scored
lower than the state and
national averages.)
• Warner Robins High
School, Verbal 501, Math
498, for a total of 999. (On
the average, WRHS stu
dents scored higher than the
state average of 993, but
below the national average.)
employee reportedly noticed
a man poke his head out of
one of the rooms. The
employee was then con
fronted by the gunman.
Police said several shots
were exchanged between the
gunman and the employee,
who was also armed.
Gunshots reportedly broke
out the front door window
and damaged the employee’s
vehicle outside, but the
employee was uninjured.
Sarber’s last known
address is at 110 Barbara
Drive, Warner Robins. He is
considered armed and dan
gerous and is further
described as white, approxi
mately 6 feet tall, 200 lbs.
and has tattoos all over his
arms.
Anyone with information
in regards to the where
abouts of Sarber is encour
aged to contact the Stokes
or Warner Robins Police
Department at 929-6911 or
929-1170.
LOCAL
Deputies, bikers and
poker, all for a good cause
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
The third annual
Houston County Sheriffs
Poker Run will be Sept. 10.
The annual charity
motorcycle ride benefits the
Georgia Sheriffs Youth
Homes.
The ride starts and ends
at the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter
in Perry. Organizer Sgt.
Manny Quinones of the
Houston County Sheriffs
Office said there will be
door prizes, a raffle for a
mini chopper donated by
Terry Gore of Gore on
Parkway, and cash prizes
for best straight poker
hand - S2OO for first, SIOO
for second and SSO for
third.
Raffle tickets for the
mini chopper are $1 each
or seven for $5, and event
T-shirts are $lO. Food and
drinks will also be provid
ed.
“We’re trying to get as
may people as we can to
come out and ride,”
Quinones said. “Last year
about we had about 260
bikes.”
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Sgt. Ronnie Harlowe said
“if the weather holds, all
indications are we’ll have
more riders. People are
already calling, saying they
plan to ride.”
Both said they are still
looking for more sponsors
and door prizes.
“We try to make it better
than last year,” Harlowe
said.
Registration begins at 8
a.m. and the $25 registra
tion fee includes the ride,
first poker hand and a
chance to win the grand
prize, a motorcycle trailer.
The first bike heads out
at 9 a.m., said Quinones,
with the last bike out at 11
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