Two charged with burglarizing chicken farm, shop
Two Athens men were arrested recently after they burglarized a chicken farm and a shop.
They reportedly stole a chainsaw from a chicken farm on Wildcat Bridge Road and two days later stole items totaling $2,350 from a shop on Shirley Road.
Jeffrey Gonzolas Kelley, 44, 272 North Bluff Road, and Lenior Renwick, 50, 330 Cole Ridge Court, Apt.1, were each charged with two counts of burglary.
According to the incident report, on Jan. 4, officer Jeffrey Vaughn was dispatched to the farm where the owner told him that a suspicious black male came into his chicken house while he was working and began asking a bunch of questions about chicken farms, all while reaching for his cellphone and holding it. While he was talking, the victim heard a door shut on a vehicle. When he looked outside, he saw another black male wearing a black shirt getting into a red Chevrolet Tahoe. The vehicle’s registration returned to a woman with an Athens address. After the men left, the victim discovered his chainsaw missing.
In a similar incident that same day, a man who owns a chicken farm on David’s Home Church Road reported that a red Chevy Tahoe had pulled into the driveway of his chicken houses. The Tahoe pulled out of the driveway and he followed it to another driveway where he obtained the tag number, which came back to the same woman in Clarke County.
Two days later, after officer Jeffrey Strickland was sent to the Shirley Road incident scene, investigator Steve Kimbel called him to say that the two men had been arrested for the Wildcat Bridge Road burglary and that several items in the vehicle matched the items missing from the shop burglary.
Other incidents investigated by the sheriff’s department recently included:
•A woman on Rose Hill Place reported her juvenile daughter missing from her home. She said she last saw her daughter the previous day and that she left following an argument.
•Hull-Sanford Elementary was broken into recently. A school employee found that someone had removed a window form a classroom. Officer Josh Fowler attempted to track the suspect with K-9 officer Berta into the woodline toward Hwy. 106. A picture of a black male was located outside the classroom and was taken into evidence. Nothing was noted missing at the time of the report.
•A vehicle struck a gas pump at Food Mart on Hwy. 98 West. Ila VFD was dispatched to the scene, where they determined that the pump was not damaged enough to be leaking gas. A woman returned to the scene, admitting that she was the one who struck the pump. She said she thought she had hit a trashcan, but noticed that her tail light was busted when she got home.
•A heat pump was stolen from a home under contract on Country Lane.
•A man at Williams Sand Company on Serenity Lane reported that someone stole 20 8’x12’ galvanized fence panels valued at approximately $150 each.
•A juvenile male was arrested last week after he allegedly struck a neighborhood boy twice in the head in front of three small children. He was taken to the youth detention center in Gainesville.
•A wood-burning stove, furnace and copper wire were reportedly stolen from a vacant home on Foote McClellan Road.
•The owner of Cherry’s BBQ at the red light in Danielsville reported that someone has been taking his red oak firewood a little at a time.
•An officer was summoned to Garnett Ward Road last week where a couple was fighting. The man was hiding in the woods and the woman, who had a red handprint on her face, denied that there was a physical altercation. The man said it wasn’t clear who struck who and that they were arguing over who would purchase their baby’s diapers this week as they are both unemployed. Due to their conflicting stories, no arrest was made, but they were given a warning.
•A laptop, Wii system and various DVDs were reported missing from a home that was burglarized on Rose Hill Place.
•A woman on Neese Commerce Road reported that someone called her saying they were “from the government” and wanted to get some information so they could send her a new Medicare card. She said she gave him her bank name, but gave him a fake bank account number. She said she had already contacted her bank.
•Child molestation was reported on Paoli Street, when an anonymous person contacted DFCS about inappropriate contact of a sexual nature between a juvenile and an adult male.
•Tools were reportedly stolen from a shop on Nowhere Road.
•A woman house-sitting for her brother on Rose Hill Place reported that an unknown black male in a hoodie had knocked on the front door while she was watching a movie. She said when he saw her he took off running. He is described in his late teens or early 20s, six feet tall and skinny. He was wearing a gray jacket and worn out baggy jeans. The hoodie, which had been dropped, was taken into evidence.
•Scrap parts were reportedly stolen from behind C&C Hydraulics in Colbert. A camera surveillance system showed a regular cab truck with a camper pull along side the building and then disappear.
•Simple battery was reported on Spratlin Mill Road last week after woman said she confronted a man about stealing her medication. She said the man became irate and started arguing with her. She said he pushed her down and took her phone away when she tried to call 9-1-1.
•A man on Wildcat Bridge Road discovered that his pressure washer had been stolen after his mother called to warn him about thefts in the area.
•A woman on Hwy. 98 East said another woman with whom she had had a previous altercation with had run her over, striking her leg. She said she met the offender and her boyfriend at a store and that she confronted her about an incident that had happened in Elbert County. The two began to argue and the offender reportedly told her boyfriend to get in the car and she would run the victim over.
•Locks were damaged at Dr. Zuniga’s office on Irwin Kirk Road last week.
Jeffrey Gonzolas Kelley, 44, 272 North Bluff Road, and Lenior Renwick, 50, 330 Cole Ridge Court, Apt.1, were each charged with two counts of burglary.
According to the incident report, on Jan. 4, officer Jeffrey Vaughn was dispatched to the farm where the owner told him that a suspicious black male came into his chicken house while he was working and began asking a bunch of questions about chicken farms, all while reaching for his cellphone and holding it. While he was talking, the victim heard a door shut on a vehicle. When he looked outside, he saw another black male wearing a black shirt getting into a red Chevrolet Tahoe. The vehicle’s registration returned to a woman with an Athens address. After the men left, the victim discovered his chainsaw missing.
In a similar incident that same day, a man who owns a chicken farm on David’s Home Church Road reported that a red Chevy Tahoe had pulled into the driveway of his chicken houses. The Tahoe pulled out of the driveway and he followed it to another driveway where he obtained the tag number, which came back to the same woman in Clarke County.
Two days later, after officer Jeffrey Strickland was sent to the Shirley Road incident scene, investigator Steve Kimbel called him to say that the two men had been arrested for the Wildcat Bridge Road burglary and that several items in the vehicle matched the items missing from the shop burglary.
Other incidents investigated by the sheriff’s department recently included:
•A woman on Rose Hill Place reported her juvenile daughter missing from her home. She said she last saw her daughter the previous day and that she left following an argument.
•Hull-Sanford Elementary was broken into recently. A school employee found that someone had removed a window form a classroom. Officer Josh Fowler attempted to track the suspect with K-9 officer Berta into the woodline toward Hwy. 106. A picture of a black male was located outside the classroom and was taken into evidence. Nothing was noted missing at the time of the report.
•A vehicle struck a gas pump at Food Mart on Hwy. 98 West. Ila VFD was dispatched to the scene, where they determined that the pump was not damaged enough to be leaking gas. A woman returned to the scene, admitting that she was the one who struck the pump. She said she thought she had hit a trashcan, but noticed that her tail light was busted when she got home.
•A heat pump was stolen from a home under contract on Country Lane.
•A man at Williams Sand Company on Serenity Lane reported that someone stole 20 8’x12’ galvanized fence panels valued at approximately $150 each.
•A juvenile male was arrested last week after he allegedly struck a neighborhood boy twice in the head in front of three small children. He was taken to the youth detention center in Gainesville.
•A wood-burning stove, furnace and copper wire were reportedly stolen from a vacant home on Foote McClellan Road.
•The owner of Cherry’s BBQ at the red light in Danielsville reported that someone has been taking his red oak firewood a little at a time.
•An officer was summoned to Garnett Ward Road last week where a couple was fighting. The man was hiding in the woods and the woman, who had a red handprint on her face, denied that there was a physical altercation. The man said it wasn’t clear who struck who and that they were arguing over who would purchase their baby’s diapers this week as they are both unemployed. Due to their conflicting stories, no arrest was made, but they were given a warning.
•A laptop, Wii system and various DVDs were reported missing from a home that was burglarized on Rose Hill Place.
•A woman on Neese Commerce Road reported that someone called her saying they were “from the government” and wanted to get some information so they could send her a new Medicare card. She said she gave him her bank name, but gave him a fake bank account number. She said she had already contacted her bank.
•Child molestation was reported on Paoli Street, when an anonymous person contacted DFCS about inappropriate contact of a sexual nature between a juvenile and an adult male.
•Tools were reportedly stolen from a shop on Nowhere Road.
•A woman house-sitting for her brother on Rose Hill Place reported that an unknown black male in a hoodie had knocked on the front door while she was watching a movie. She said when he saw her he took off running. He is described in his late teens or early 20s, six feet tall and skinny. He was wearing a gray jacket and worn out baggy jeans. The hoodie, which had been dropped, was taken into evidence.
•Scrap parts were reportedly stolen from behind C&C Hydraulics in Colbert. A camera surveillance system showed a regular cab truck with a camper pull along side the building and then disappear.
•Simple battery was reported on Spratlin Mill Road last week after woman said she confronted a man about stealing her medication. She said the man became irate and started arguing with her. She said he pushed her down and took her phone away when she tried to call 9-1-1.
•A man on Wildcat Bridge Road discovered that his pressure washer had been stolen after his mother called to warn him about thefts in the area.
•A woman on Hwy. 98 East said another woman with whom she had had a previous altercation with had run her over, striking her leg. She said she met the offender and her boyfriend at a store and that she confronted her about an incident that had happened in Elbert County. The two began to argue and the offender reportedly told her boyfriend to get in the car and she would run the victim over.
•Locks were damaged at Dr. Zuniga’s office on Irwin Kirk Road last week.
Thank you Crooks.. for cleaning my chainsaw.
Maybe Kip can let you clean allot of stuff now.