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Newspaper Page TextPAGE 6A THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS • THE COMMERCE NEWS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2106 Crime/Public Safety lackson County arrests Commerce PD incidents 2 charged with burglary Two people have been arrested in the connection with a burglary at a Gillsville Road residence. Kenneth Humphries and Teresa Humphries are both charged with second-degree burglary. A tiller and weed trimmer that were taken are still missing. A third suspect is being sought in connection with the case. Anyone with informa tion is asked to call investigator Joseph Chastain with the Jack- son County Sheriffs Office at 706-387-6042. Others Charged Others charged last week by the sheriff’s office include: •David Charles Bingham, 33, 465 Oynex Court, Law- renceville, probation violation. • Edin Alexander Castil- loGarcia, 24, 3520 High Rock Road, Efland, N.C., cruelty to children and child molesta tion. • Mary Aileen Coronel, 46, 1881 Davenport Road, Bra- selton, a turn signal violation, driving with a suspended driv er’s license and giving false information to a law enforce ment officer. •Charles Timothy Rucker Jr., 39, 39 Shady Lane Court, Maysville, probation violation. • Kandice Danae Battle, 28, 1411 Westward Drive, Marietta, giving false information to a law enforcement officer. •Alexes Marie Degiovine, 18, 923 Vinnings Drive, Wind er, giving false information to a law enforcement officer and theft by shoplifting. •Denver Malcolm Gilbert, 20, 265 Fairlane Drive, Athens, loitering or prowling. • Stephen Garfield Gray, 23, 265 Fairlane Drive, Athens, loi tering or prowling. •Lauren Nicole White, 18, 19 Sims Road, Winder, theft by shoplifting. • Celena Diana Wilson, 18, 1459 Dee Kennedy Road, Hoschton, theft by shoplifting. •Thomas Joshua Brown, 37, 253 Barber Street, Com merce, a brake light violation and driving with a suspended driver’s license. •Daye Alexis Casper, 37, 2331 Booth Circle, Winder, theft by taking. •Brandon Allen Hicks, 31, 147 Old Barn Trail, Jefferson, driving with a suspended driver’s license and failure to maintain a lane. •Brandon Allyn Goulden, 24, 104 Jameston Drive, Jeffer son, terroristic threats and acts. •Sergio Enrique Guajardo, 31,110 Hanover Place, Athens, driving without a valid license. •Deborah Kay Holbrook, 55,1073 W.E. King Road, Com merce, bad check. • Boyd Dwayne Walker, 39, 1428 White Oak Trace, Logan- ville, driving with a suspended driver’s license. •Dwight Brandon Wood, 35, 71 Hale Road, Maysville, violation of the mandatory education for children law. • Donovan Shane Edmond, 40, 226 Stapler Drive, Nichol son, possession of metham- phetamine and possession of tools for the commission of a crime. • Maximilliano Espino, 22, 198 Merlin Drive, Athens, pro bation violation. •Lester Julius Hoyte, 30, 483 Yonah Post Road, Alto, theft by taking. •Shauna Lee Pursley 35, 4464 Lone Tree Way Antioch, failure to appear. •Samuel Paul Seagraves, 51, 226 Staple Drive, Nichol son, possession of tools for the commission of a crime and possession of metham- phetamine. •Danny Ray Bartlett, 23, failure to appear. • Brittany Karol Barnett, 26, 607 Antioch Church Road, Nicholson, failure to appear. • Jeffery Alan Embrick, 51, 1132 Blacks Creek Church Road, Commerce, probation violation. • Justin Michael Taylor, 21, 254 Pleasant Acres Drive, Maysville, criminal trespass. • Jerrame Allen Barrett, 36, possession of metham- phetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. •Dusty Ray Dockery 35, 269 Waterworks Road, Com merce, failure to appear. • Nathaniel Elihue Dun can, 30, 60 Belview Road, Springville, Tenn., theft by tak ing and failure to appear. •Scott Kevin Erickson, 53, 268 Janice Drive, Athens, viola tion of a family violence order. •Jeremy David Mitchell, 30,87 Red Hawk Lane, Pelzer, S.C., failure to appear. •Patrick Todd Streetman, 32, 60 Femwood Court, Com merce, driving with a suspend ed driver’s license. Banks County arrests Two arrested on drug charges The Banks County Sher iffs Office recently charged two people with drug charges. Those arrested and their charges were: • Jonathan Woodrow Lilly, 30, 125 Cotton Street, Com merce, possession of mari juana, driving under the influ ence (DUI) of drugs, a tag light violation and tampering with evidence. •Kimberly Faith Pierce, 43, 245 Arlo Todd Road, Toc- coa, possession of a Sched ule IV controlled substance, criminal trespass, crossing guard lines with contraband. Other Charges Other recent arrests by the BCSO included: •Michael Todd Cooper, 46, 245 Arlo Todd Road, Toc- coa, criminal trespass. •Renee Grogan Gosnell, 29, 102-B Bertha Gragg Road, Lula, battery and cruelty to children. • Gabrielle Angelique Johnson, 20,116 Burch Street, Royston, theft by shoplifting. • Melanie Hooper Wilson, 35,253 Rattletrap Road, Com merce, reckless conduct. •Brittany Denise Balleng- er, 26, 112 Heritage Gardens Apt. A., Cornelia, violation of the mandatory education for children law. • Kendal Ramone Daniels, 26, 117 Ashmore Drive, Ath ens, probation violation. •John Derrick Lewis, 35, 47 Academy, Cleveland, pro bation violation. •Bobby Ray Peppers, 62, 3822 Chase Drive, Gaines ville, theft by shoplifting. • Corey Lee Rowland, 22, 232 Azero Valley Lane, Bald win, criminal trespass. Commerce Police Department arrests Traffic stop leads to drug charges Officers of the Commerce Police Department made four arrests last week, all of them stemming from traffic offens es. Arrests made after Friday afternoon are not included due to the Memorial Day hol iday. They will be published in the Jan. 8 edition of The Commerce News. Not all of the charges were traffic offenses, however. Police charged Trent Renord Bonds, 47,51 River Mist Circle, Jefferson, and Michelle Lynne Underhile, 38,160 Old Harden Orchard Road, Commerce, with possession of metham phetamine. An officer on patrol at about 1:35 a.m. spotted a vehicle sit ting in the middle of Homer Road and a male walking out from the side of the road get ting into the vehicle. The offi cer followed the vehicle until it “came to a better area for a traffic stop,” the officer’s writ ten narrative said, and pulled it over. He made contact with Underhile, the driver, and Bonds, the passenger and asked her for her driver’s license and him for his identi fication. Both said they did not have driver’s licenses on them but would provide names and dates of birth. As dispatch ran that infor mation, a second officer arrived. Underhile, dispatch said, had a suspended driv er’s license, while Bonds had no license. Dispatch also said Underhile had a possible war rant out of Commerce and Jackson County. After getting consent to search the vehicle, the officers reported finding a glass pipe containing suspected meth amphetamine wrapped in a sock. Both Bonds and Under hile denied ownership of the device. The search also turned up Underhile’s wallet and license. The wallet contained $1,987 in cash. Meanwhile, a search of Bonds’ person turned up $1,700 in $100 bills. In addition to the felony drug charge, the police cited Underhile for driving with a suspended driver’s license. Other Charges Others arrested or cited by Commerce police include: • James Luke Boutwell, 27, 1362 College Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, speeding and driv ing with a suspended driver’s license. An officer pulled him over on U.S. 441 at 9:36 a.m. for driving 77 miles per hour in a 55-mph speed zone. Dis patch reported that his driver’s license was suspended. •Alexis Diaz, 29, 1047 Old Airport Road, Commerce, run ning a stop sign and driving without a license. An officer saw Diaz run a stop sign at the corner of Carson Street and Orchard Drive. When the officer asked for his driv er’s license, Diaz produced his insurance card, passport and two international driver’s licenses, both expired. Rent money leads to dispute between roomies A dispute over rent money — or the lack thereof — led to injuries to two women, but no arrests, according to a Com merce Police Department incident report. Police were called to a Hillcrest Drive residence where a woman told police she and a roommate got into a dispute over rent money she said the roommate owed. The room mate retreated to her room, the other woman followed her to continue arguing, at which time the roommate allegedly struck the complainant in the eye and on the back of her head. Police observed a red mark under her left eye. Another roommate, a male, told police that the com plainant was “all up in her face” with the roommate, provok ing the roommate into striking the complainant. The complainant’s boyfriend also spoke to police. He told them that the complainant was concerned about her financial position because he (the boyfriend) had violated the conditions of his probation and would be going to jail. He said the complainant told the roommate that the rent would have to be paid on time and that the house needed to be cleaned. The boyfriend said the roommate’s response was to threaten the complainant, resulting in the altercation becoming physical. The roommate was not at the scene. Police tried calling her, to no avail, but eventually received a call in which the roommate claimed she was the victim of an assault and was injured. The officer told her to come to the police station to tell her side of the story and have her injury documented. She told the officer she was “on her way,” the report said, but she did not arrive for several hours. The report indicated that she did come in eventually and was interviewed. The content of that discussion was not included in the incident report. Other Incidents Other matters to which police responded up through early Friday afternoon (subsequent incidents will be reported in the June 8 issue of The Commerce News) include: • a burglary at an apartment on South Elm Street where the victim told police that someone stole all of his pots, pans and food while he was in class at Lanier Technical College. He estimated the value of the pots and pans at $200 and the food at $100. •possession of tools for the commission of a crime at East Cordes Place and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. An offi cer encountered a man and, noticing a bulge in the man’s pocket, asked to pat him down for officer safety. The officer detected what appeared to be a pipe, and the man conceded that it was a pipe used to smoke marijuana, turned it over to the officer and admitted that he’d come to the area to buy marijuana. The officer took him to the police department to be interviewed by a detective. • recovery of stolen property at Fred’s, South Elm Street, where the officer found an open briefcase with multiple docu ments around it. An employee told police she found the brief case, which contained multiple money orders and checks, in the dumpster. An officer contacted the owner, who said the briefcase had been taken from him the prior night. When he picked it up at the police station, he told police that a firearm and $5,000 in cash were missing. The Jackson County Sher iff’s Office is also investigating the case. • an agency assist on Blacks Creek Church Road where Commerce police helped Banks County and other law enforcement agencies apprehend a suspect in a double shooting in Banks County. •threats reported at Crestwood Mobile Home Park, Mays ville Road. A woman said a neighbor came out of her resi dence calling the complainant’s husband a bully. She said the woman took pictures of her property, but never came onto the property. The complainant said she called the woman names and yelled back at her, but made no threats. The perpetrator told police that she called the woman’s husband a bully but that was all. She also said she thinks mobile home park management is biased against her because she has filed several complaints about the complainant’s husband, to no avail. The officer advised both parties to avoid contact with each other. • a sick or injured deer at a Baxter Road residence. The officer killed it with a shot to the head. •a missing person at Northridge Medical Center. Police responded to a call of a “suspicious” person only to find that the man had walked away from the emergency room See “Police” on Page 7A State Court of Jackson County hands down sentences Recent results in State Court proceedings in Jack- son County include the fol lowing: •Timothy Scott Thomas, improper use of a vehicle — $200 fine. •Johnny Leon Flanigan, driving under the influ ence (DUI) — $1,502 fine, 12 months probation, drug and alcohol evaluation, Risk Reduction Program and 80 hours community service. •Nathaniel Emmett Riley reckless driving — $750 fine, 12 months probation and drug and alcohol evaluation. A charge of DUI was dismissed. • Anquesha Nicole Mil- sap, theft by taking — $500 fine, 12 months probation and take values classes. •Luis Olivares, theft by shoplifting, $750 fine and 12 months probation. •Jason Andrew Bobee, DUI — $600 fine, 12 months probation, 24 hours in jail, drug and alcohol evaluation, Risk Reduction Program and 40 hours community ser vice. •Hunter James Chalke, operating a vehicle with defective equipment — $800 fine. •Vincenzo Michael Orio- lo, possession of marijuana -$1,128 fine. •Christopher Mac Robin son, obstruction — $750 fine and 12 months probation. A charge of loitering was dis missed. • Heather Lynette Pitt man, criminal trespass — 12 months probation and 60 hours community service. • Benjamin Seth Gabbard, unlawful conduct during a 911 call — 12 months proba tion and $500 fine. •Gregory David Swatzen- druber, DUI - $1,223 fine, 12 months probation, 40 hours community service and drug and alcohol evaluation. A charge of failure to maintain a lane was dismissed. • Crystal Lee Sosebee, bat tery — $500 fine, 12 months probation, drug and alcohol classes and no violent con tact with the victim. •Dewey Holmes, public intoxication — 18 days in jail. • Christopher Deaton, obstruction and fleeing or trying to elude a law enforce ment officer — 45 days in jail. A charge of possession of dangerous drugs was dis missed. • Randall Sanders, simple assault — 17 days in jail, 12 months probation and $500 fine. •Adam Evans, battery, 12 months probation — $500 fine and drug and alcohol classes. •Christina Morales, sim ple battery — 17 days in jail, 12 months probation and $500 fine. • Kenneth Everett, sim ple assault — 60 days in jail, 12 months probation and $1,000 fine. •Janson Gunter, criminal trespass, 14 days in jail, 12 months probation and $500 fine. • Dylan Galloway, no proof of insurance — 16 days in jail, 12 months probation and $750 fine. •Christopher Jackson, criminal trespass — 30 days in jail, 12 months probation and $500 fine. • Crista Keheley, reck less driving — 60 days in jail. A charge of failure to yield was dismissed. •Esther Orozco, simple battery — 30 days in jail, 12 months probation and $500 fine. • Courtney Davis, escape, giving a false name to a law enforcement officer and obstmction —120 days in jail. • Patsy Ann Savage, deposit account fraud — 12 months probation and $500 fine. Cases Dismissed The court dismissed the following cases: • Curtis Shane Prochnow, simple battery. •Michael Keith Callahan, battery and criminal tres pass.