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WEEKEND
May 6, 2006
I VOLUME 136, NUMBER 89
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Man robbed at gunpoint in
bank parking lot
B Warner Robins Police are
looking for two white males
that robbed a man at gunpoint
in the parking lot of CB&T
Bank Thursday morning.
At 9:59 am., officers of
the Warner Robins Police
Department responded to the
CB&T Bank at 1444 Watson
Blvd. to a personal armed rob
bery in the parking lot. The
victim, Jitendra Patel reported
two white males confronted
him while he was walking
through the parking lot to enter
the bank. Patel told police one
of the white males pointed a
handgun at him and ordered
him to the ground.
Patel suffered scratches from
the ground after he laid down
at the suspect's demands.
An undisclosed amount of
cash and property was taken
from Patel, said Det. Brad
Mules of the Warner Robins
Police Department Criminal
Investigations Division.
Mules said police are review
ing surveillance and ask that
anyone with information to call
918-2981.
- Ray Lightner
Top honors announced
Valedictorians and
Salutatorians have been
announced for Houston
County's four high schools.
To learn more about these
outstanding scholars see
Tuesday's HHJ.
Houston County: Emily Anne
Baggett, Valedictorian; Jeremy
Darnell Whitley, Salutatorian.
Perry: Leigh Anne St. Charles,
Valedictorian; Daniel Steven
Douthit, Salutatorian.
Northside: Kelly Thornburg,
Valedictorian; Carrie Oliver,
Salutatorian.
Warner Robins: Christopher
Michael Tuck, Valedictorian;
Sametria Raquiya Glass,
Vincent Mathew Gillmore, Co-
Salutatorians.
Saturday
Ashley Brown, Joyce Elliot
Sunday
Effie Cast, Frieda Fairfield,
Ed McMinn
Monday
Kathy Blake, Amber Garrett,
Paula Middlebrooks
Sunday
B Tom and Vivian Bethune
BEERRE . ... ..o A
WERTHER .. ..... 88
CERON . ...... 88
CELEBRATIONS .. 5A
SUMIS. ... ... .18
ERIILS . ... ... .. 48
CLASSIFIEDS .... 6B
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By RAY LIGHTNER
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What is a “jake brake”
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side of the road - popping up
all over Perry? A
City Councilman Joe
Kusar introduced the ordi
nance enacted more than
a year ago that prohib
ited the use of the compres
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Meth trafficker sentenced to 15 years
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
John Francis Ebersole II
was sentenced Thursday in
Houston Superior Court to
15 years in prison for traf
ficking in methamphtamine.
He pleaded guilty Monday
to several drug charges,
including trafficking meth
amphetamine over 200
grams, conspiracy to traffic
methamphetamine over 200
grams, and violation of the
Georgia R.1.C.0. Act. He is
the latest of the conspirators
to enter guilty pleas related
to a March 2005 raid of his
home in Warner Robins.
“When police raided
Ebersole’s house, they
found over 500 grams of
crystal methamphetamine,
cash and two stolen hand
guns,” according to Senior
Assistant District Attorney
George Hartwig. “It appears
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cial order device for large
trucks that uses gases from
engine compression to slow
down the vehicle instead the
brakes.
The problem: “It is very
loud,” Kusar said.
“It is designed for moun
tainous areas,” said Kusar,
who also works at Tolleson
Lumber. “If a driver is using
it in Perry, he’s hot-dog
ging.”
The idea for the ban came
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the guns were there to pro
tect the large amounts of
meth and cash being kept in
Ebersole’s house,” he said.
‘John Ebersole was a major
player in the Tony Cebada
methamphetamine
distribution , organi
zation,” he added.
“Many of Cebada’s
co-conspirators have
entered guilty pleas
and a few have gone
to trial and were con
victed. Most of those
(Cebada associates)
that pleaded guilty
are currently in pris
on.”
Evan Santiago-Melsea, 47,
and Jose Martinez-Gloria,
35, both from Gwinnett
County were convicted and
sentenced April 13 for con
spiracy to traffic metham
phetamine over 400 grams
following a four-day trial
after a business trip Kusar
said, in which he saw other
cities had banned the use.
He said Tolleson Lumber
operates 20 trucks and a
couple of the older leased
trucks may still have them
but: “We discontinued it
about four years ago,” he
said.
Kusar added, “drivers
want it because it sounds
cool. It was easier to make
See BRAKES, page 7A
last week in Houston County
Superior Court. Judge Ed
Lukemire sentenced both
to 30 years, with Santiago
‘Melesa to serve 22 years and
Martinez-Gloria to serve 18.
Cebada previously
pleaded guilty to
trafficking meth
amphetamine and
conspiracy to traffic
meth back on Oct.
17, 2005. Another
participant, Mario
Espinoso-Torres, 41,
of Norcross, plead
ed guilty Nov. 15,
2005, to conspiracy
to traffic metham-
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EBERSOLE
phetamine over 200 grams
and violation of the Georgia
RICO Act and was sentenced
to 40 years and ordered to
serve 15 of those years in
prison.
Houston Superior Court
Chief Judge George F. Nunn,
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TOP: Richard Boyd, front,
sings *“Jailhouse Rock”
by Elvis Presley Thursday
during a dress rehearsal
of Perry Middie School’s
production of “Only in
America,” a show featuring
a collection of American
No. 1 hits from the 1940 s to
the present.
LEFT: Dancers practice
their steps during the dress
rehearsal. The show will be
held Monday with a 6:30
p.m. curtain call. Admission
is free and donations will
be accepted.
Jr., sentenced Ebersole to 30
years, 15 years to serve in
prison for trafficking meth
over 200 grams, He faces a
$300,000 fine plus all fees
and add-ons, is banished
from Houston County for
the first five years out of
prison, and is subject to dug
testing, treatment and war
rantless searches.
ror conspiracy to traffic
meth, Ebersole was sen
tenced to 30 years, 15 to
serve in prison, concurrent
with trafficking sentence.
For the violation of RICO
Act, he received 20 years, 15
to serve in prison, concur
rent with above sentences.
“The sentences that have
been imposed in these cases
should send a strong message
to those contemplating get
ting involved with metham
phetamine,” Hartwig said.
See METH, page 7A
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built one
brick at
a time
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
“We have definitely out
grown this shelter,” said
Warner Robins Animal
Control Director Capt.
Brenda Parks-Mathern.
That said, you can now
help support a new animal
shelter in Warner Robins
with the purchase of a spe
cial brick or sponsoring a dog
run as part of the Warner
Robins Animal Shelter’s
“Buy A Brick” fund-raiser.
Two different size bricks
are available for purchase:
4xß bricks have three to
four lines available with 21
characters per line. (Three
lines are recommended).
The bricks are epoxy filled
and cost S4O each. And, Bxß
bricks have five to six lines
available with 21 characters
per line. (Five lines are rec
ommended.)
The bricks are also epoxy
See BRICKS, page 7C
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
HHJ Assistant Editor
Parents at Quail Run
Elementary School were
notified by letter Thursday
that a student at the school
has been diagnosed with
suspected mumps.
According to Jennifer
Jones, spokesperson for
the North Central Health
District, this is a suspect
ed case and the State of
Georgia is working with
the Centers for Disease
Control to conduct further
tests. Jones said that public
health officials believe this
is an isolated case and is not
related to the recent mumps
outbreak in the Midwestern
Utnited States.
Once a commonplace
childhood disease, mumps
has been considered almost
eradicated by vaccinations. -
See MUMPS, page 7C
A semi
cab
passes by
a sign at
the Perry
city lim
its, which
informs
trucks
the use
of com
pression
-release
braking
devices is
prohibited.