A Covington man was arrested recently after he allegedly attempted to break into a home on Miller McElreath Road.
Jonathan James Walsh, 32, 3396 Old Covington Hwy. was charged with criminal attempt to commit a felony. Other charges are pending.
According to the incident report, a woman called to report a possible burglary in progress at her home. Upon arrival deputy Greg Bryson and Sgt. Gary Floyd noticed that a glass in the back door had been broken and that a screen had been removed from a window beside the door. There appeared to be blood on both the door and the window. In the meantime, a structure fire was spotted about a quarter of a mile away and another deputy left to go to that location. On the way, he spotted a cell phone and t-shirt lying in the road. The woman inside the home said she had heard someone beating on her front door and ringing her doorbell. She called her father, who lives nearby and then heard glass breaking. She gathered her children and locked them all in the bathroom, where she called 9-1-1. Her father arrived but did not see anyone, although he reported that all his cows in the adjacent pasture were running as if they had been spooked. A short time later, Sgt. Floyd picked up a white male suspect (Walsh) walking along Friendship Church Road.
In another arrest an Athens woman was taken into custody last week after police were call ed multiple times to domestic calls at a residence on Glenn Carrie Road.
Ellen Colton-Norveisas, 43, 131 Ashley Circle, Apt. 4, was charged with disorderly conduct.
According to the incident report, officer Michael Moore arrived at the residence for the second time that day because Norveisas was allegedly threatening a man at the home. When Moore went inside he discovered a 2-year old child “basically unattended and naked.” He ordered Norveisas to attend to the child and she did. She appeared to be intoxicated. The man said she was cursing and had become and loud and boisterous several times that day in front of the child. Both parties were issued warnings for a disorderly house.
Others arrested by law enforcement last week included:
•James Anthony Adams, 49, 336 Macedonia Church Road, Danielsville, parole violation.
•Maritta Sue Ayers, 47, 1067 Ferry Jenkins Road, Martin, four counts of deposit account fraud.
•Ferrell Jo Barwick, 51, 1271 Twin Lakes Road, Athens, holding for other county.
•Joshua Blanchard Bolt, 23, 232 Bedford Drive, Hull, furnishing, purchasing and possession of alcoholic beverages by persons below legal age.
•Robbie Billy Lee Bryant, 31, 699 Berkely Road, Carlton, battery/simple battery FVA and aggravated stalking.
•Brian Marshall Charping, 39, 435 Barnet Shoals Road, Athens, DUI/alcohol, seat belt violation, open container and weaving over roadway.
•Lazaro Espinoza, 33, 1495 Hwy. 29 North, Lot M19, Athens, driving without a valid license. (Comer PD)
•Treston Rashaad Fordham, 18, 1113 Campbell Street Ext., Elberton, driving without a valid license and failure to dim headlights. (Comer PD)
•Tony Thomas Hill, 36, 60 Hendrix Road, Commerce, failure to appear.
•Mickey Jay Horne, 28, 1401 Irvin Kirk Road, Lot 24, Danielsville, interference with custody, reckless driving, speeding, fleeing or attempting to elude, obstruction, driving while license withdrawn and order to incarcerate.
•Bernard Kitchens, 21, 106 A Park Terrace, Greenwood, SC, speeding, driving while license withdrawn, no proof of insurance and knowingly driving a motor vehicle on suspended, canceled or revoked registration. (Comer PD)
•Stacey Anne Money, 29, 229 Paoli Road, Carlton, two counts of probation violation.
•Andrea Moreno-Salguero, 34, 34 Willis Glenn Road, Hull, child or youth restraint not used properly, driving without a valid license and failure to yield when entering roadway.
•Daniel Clark Neal, 29, 430 Paoli Road, Carlton, driving while license suspended or revoked and probation violation.
•Austin Lance Pittman, 20, 338 Woodale Street, Hull, furnishing, purchasing, and possession of alcoholic beverages by persons below legal age.
•Dennis Keith Riley, 36, 572 Willis Glenn Road, Lot 28, Hull, reckless driving and speeding.
•Ometrice Dwayne Rucker, 29, 225 Howard Road, Hull, probation violation.
•Walter Randy Shelnutt, 45, 2275 Waggoner’s Grove Church Road, Colbert, order to incarcerate.
•Howard Wesley Simmons, 33, 439 Cape Road, Carnesville, illegal possession of controlled substance and possession of drug-related objects.
•Kenneth Leon Suttles, 29, 3330 Dally Road, Covington, speeding and DUI/alcohol. (Comer PD)
•Mitchell Lee Weathersbee, 37, 220 Norwood Circle, Athens, two counts of probation violation.
