A man and woman were arrested recently after they reportedly got into a physical altercation at a camper on Pine Tree Road.
Jose Angel Cordero, 53, 112 Pound Street, Athens, was charged with one count of battery, and Valerie Gayle Van Balen, 53, 699 Pine Tree Road, Danielsville, was charged with one count of simple battery FVA.
Officer Brandon Hanley and two other deputies arrived at the scene to find Van Balen outside the camper with dried blood around her lips and a swollen face. Cordero was inside the camper with bloody scratch marks on his face and claw marks on his back.
Cordero said he came home from work and Van Balen was in a “drunken, ill mood,” and wanted to argue about him not being home on time after work. Cordero said he went to bed to avoid an argument and woke up to Van Balen pouring cold water on him and punching and clawing him. He said he had to defend himself to get her off of him. After interviewing Van Balen, the officers were unable to determine who the primary aggressor was, so both were arrested and taken to jail.
Other incidents on file at the sheriff’s office recently included:
•Two chainsaws, two drills and a saw were reported missing from a storage building on Frank Bird Road.
•A male high school student was charged with carrying weapons within school grounds after school officials and the school resource officer heard that he was carrying a pistol on his belt line and showing it off to other students.
•A man on Riverside Court reported that about half a tank of gas had been stolen from his pickup truck and that he had a suspect in mind.
•A woman on Timberlane Drive reported that someone had attempted to remove gas from her deceased mother’s car. It also appeared that someone had attempted to pry the back door open on the residence. She named a suspect who she said has driven by the residence several times slowly.
•A woman came to the sheriff’s office to report the possible physical abuse and neglect of an elderly relative on Jack Sharp Road.
•Battery against a person 65 or older and obstructing or hindering a 9-1-1 call were reported by two women on Moriah Church Road. One woman said that she and a man they both know had pushed her during an argument and that he had grabbed the phone out of the other woman’s hand as she was trying to call 9-1-1. The man had left the scene prior to the officer’s arrival, but warrants were to be issued for his arrest.
•A house on Sorrow Patterson Road was burglarized last week after woman reported that things had been searched through and that a number of items were taken including bank checks and an unknown amount of change.
•A Stihl back pack blower, a Frontier portable generator and an Ultra 495 sprayer were reportedly stolen from a shed on Rogers Mill Road.
•A high school student was arrested last week for smoking marijuana on school property.
•A man on Hwy. 172 reported that several dogs were chasing his cows in his pasture and that he had shot and killed a black dog and wounded a brown dog. Another dog ran away. The owners of the dogs were located and the case was turned over to animal control officer Jack Huff.
•A woman on Childers Road reported that she has been receiving harassing phone calls and texts from a man concerning a domestic dispute between her son and the man’s daughter.
•A female high school student was charged with disrupting public school and simple battery after she allegedly assaulted another student in the freshman academy cafeteria.
•A flat screen TV was reportedly taken from a vacant home on Diamond Hill – Neese Road.
•Two male juveniles were charged with unlawful possession/sale of a controlled substance and crossing state/county guard lines with a controlled substance. According to officer Mark Jerome, a coach allegedly witnessed a drug transaction between two juvenile males and confronted them. More pills were found in their possession and Jerome took them to jail for booking. While at the jail, the juveniles were found to have more pills on their persons. One of the males said the other had taken pills out of his underwear and then threw them in the jail trash. Other pills were found to have melted in old drink cups.
•A chainsaw and case, a blower heater and a five-gallon gas can were reportedly stolen from a storage building on Jot-Em-Down Road.
•Sergeant Jeffrey Vaughn was summoned to Regional First Care in Clarke County last week regarding possible child molestation in Madison County. No other details were available.
•Harassing phone calls were reported on Christmas Circle last week after a woman there said she had received about 30 calls from her ex-husband wanting to get back with her. When she told him “no,” he allegedly tried to get their 12-year old daughter to turn against her. She was explained the warrant process and referred to magistrate court.
•A man on Moons Grove Church Road reported that a horse was stolen from his pasture.
•A man in a white Kia Optima drove off from Danielsville Corner Store without paying for $20 worth of gas.
