Hull mother charged with child neglect

The child’s mother, Jamie Leigh Marker, 29, 71 Fernwood Drive, was charged with cruelty to children (deprivation of necessary sustenance) in the first degree.

According to the incident report, Hanley arrived with EMS and another officer to meet with the caller, who told them he was drunk and that there was a 3-year old child in the bedroom asleep. The man was hardly able to stand or speak, Hanley noted. Hanley then went into the bedroom, where he found the entire floor and the child’s clothing covered in dog feces. When Hanley asked the man where the child’s mother was, he replied that she was “out with her boyfriend.” The man said she had come to pick him up because he was too drunk to walk and then went out to see her boyfriend. Several phone calls to the mother (Marker) produced no results. The man, Anthony Travis Telligman, 23, of the same address, was taken into custody on a warrant from Henry County.

DFCS was then contacted regarding the child and a caseworker came to the home. Marker eventually returned home and told Hanley she didn’t know Telligman was “that intoxicated” but just thought he was tired of walking. A look through the cabinets and refrigerator showed a “severe lack of food in the home” and an “un-livable amount of dog feces on the floor throughout the home.” Hanley noted that the dogs were allowed to defecate on clothing, pillows, beds, etc. Photos were taken and the child was removed from the home to be placed with a family member. Marker was arrested and taken to jail.

Other incidents on file at the sheriff’s office last week included:

•A man on Gillispie Drive reported that his 9mm handgun was stolen.

•A man on Willis Glenn Road reported that there were two small dogs that had wandered onto his property. One dog appeared to be hurt, while the other was aggressive. The animal control officer was summoned to remove both dogs.

•A man on Sanford Road reported that he received a phone call from someone identifying themselves as “David Washington.” He said Washington then proceeded to tell him he had won a million dollars and a new Mercedes, and that to collect his prizes, he simply needed to buy a green dot card and then call an 800 number to get further directions. The man hung up and called 9-1-1 instead.

•A woman came to the sheriff’s office to report fraudulent charges on her Discover card made at the Marta station and various other places around Atlanta.

•Wiring was reported missing from a home on Jot-Em-Down Road.

•A woman reported that her daughter was missing after spending the weekend with a friend on Project Street. She said the girls went to Skate-A-Round USA in Athens and that her daughter allegedly left with a black male to go to a movie. The friend said she has not seen the girl since.

•Restrooms in the Colbert recreation park were vandalized last week.

•A woman on Hwy. 106 South reported that someone had used her income tax refund card fraudulently. She said the card was supposed to contain $472, but only had a $2.29 balance on it. She said this was a new card she had just received in the mail because she never got the first card the IRS sent out.

•A man on Old Church Road reported that his uncle struck him with a rake handle because he called his mother a “b%^&*(.”

•A woman on Peachtree Street reported that someone punctured a tire on her Dixie Chopper lawn mower. She said her dad had run off several juveniles from the area recently.

•A structure fire was reported on Dry Creek Road off Hwy. 72 West last week after a woman reported lightning set her clothes dryer on fire.

•A motor vehicle wreck was reported on Hwy. 98 East last week after a 1989 Jeep Cherokee ran off the road. One person was transported to Athens Regional with unknown injuries.

•A 2005 GMC truck and a 2011 Jeep Wrangler were involved in a wreck on Neese Commerce Road at Hwy. 98 West. Two people were transported to Athens Regional.

•A 70-year old man on Hammond Williams Road was allegedly struck by lightning during a thunderstorm Friday evening, April 27. According to the E-911 report, the man was inside when lightning struck the house, came through the wall and “blew stuff all over him.” He was transported to ARMC.