Man, stepson charged with obstruction

Marion Henry Hanley, 58, and Carmen Edward Stanziale, III, 23, both of 839 Clover Avenue, Comer, were each charged with obstruction.

According to the incident report, officer Joshua Smith went to the residence where Hanley met him in the driveway. Hanley told him Stanziale had been inside the house “cussing and raising cain” and that he was currently inside a camper located across the driveway. Officer Smith went to the camper and asked Stanziale to step out. He noted that he was in an agitated state and he said that Hanley got mad at him because he stopped his sister from going somewhere. Both men began to argue in front of the deputy, who told them to be quiet and stop talking. At that point, Hanley allegedly said “that’s it, you’re going to jail” to Stanziale.

Smith told Hanley he had no reason at that point to arrest his stepson and Hanley allegedly became angry and began cursing at the officer. He then went inside his house and refused to allow Smith to come in. Stanziale began trying to get Smith to leave his stepdad alone, saying “that’s my stepdad and I’m gonna take up for him.” He refused to stay where he was, so he was arrested and placed in the back of Smith’s patrol car. Another officer showed up to assist and they found Hanley in an upstairs bedroom lying in bed with his hands behind his head. When officers entered, Hanley reportedly placed a pillow over his face. He was ordered to get up and put his hands behind his back, but refused, until officers threatened to use a taser on him. Both men were taken to jail.

In another incident, a man on Hwy. 29 South was reportedly attacked last week by several men who were in the process of stealing copper from underneath his home.

According to the incident report, officer Bradley Free went to the scene where the homeowner told him he heard some noises coming from the backside of the house. When he went outside to see what the noise was he saw two white males standing just around the back corner of his residence. When he yelled at them, they reportedly rushed him, throwing him on the ground and yelling to another person under the house to “hurry up.” A tall black male emerged from under the house carrying an arm full of copper tubing and all three jumped in an older model blue Ford Ranger with rust on the right side and drove away. He said the black man warned him to stay on the ground until they left or they would run him over. Free noted that an air conditioning unit had been damaged and that copper wiring was missing from underneath the house. The victim had bruising on his face and scratches on his hands. He described the two white males as being around five foot ten inches tall, one heavily built and the other skinny, both with sandy brown hair. They were both wearing blue jeans and one had on a red shirt and the other a blue shirt. The black male was approximately six feet four inches tall, slim and was also wearing blue jeans, but he did not remember what kind of shirt he was wearing.

In a third incident, warrants have been issued for a 42-year old man who allegedly barricaded himself in a bedroom of his Peach Orchard Road home last week saying a “war” was going to happen at midnight. The man’s son and sister both said the man had been acting violently and that they had gone that day to the probate office to get a two-party affidavit for a mental evaluation. Officer Klint Segars was the first to arrive on the scene and he found the man in his locked bedroom. When Segars asked him to open the door, the man allegedly said he was “an atheist god and that the evil gods were coming at midnight for a war.” He also said he had a knife, which he called a “holy sword” and told officers he would kill them if they entered the bedroom. Several officers came to the scene where they first attempted to spray pepper spray through a window to get him to surrender. Officers then decided to force their way into the bedroom and kicked the door open. The man then jumped off the bed and came toward officers holding the knife in his right hand and swinging it in a slashing motion. Officers then tasered the man repeatedly in an attempt to get him to drop the knife. The man eventually threw the knife at officers and was apprehended. He was taken to East Central Regional Hospital for a mental evaluation.

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

•An unruly child was reported on Davis Street last week after a woman called to say she felt threatened by her 17-year old son. She told officer Greg Bryson that she had just had surgery on her arm and needed her son to stay home to help her. She said he wanted to go to a friend’s house and became angry when she told him “no” and started yelling at her. The woman’s daughter, who the woman was talking to on the phone asked to speak to Bryson and told him the reason her mother had surgery was because the boy had broken her arm. The victim admitted her son had broken her arm by striking it with his fist, but said she did not report it because she did not want him to be arrested. The boy said that they were arguing when the incident happened and that she came towards him with her arm extended and as if she was going to strike him and he hit her in self defense. No arrest was made due to the conflicting accounts and the time lapse. The victim repeatedly said she did not want her son arrested.

•Two middle school students were arrested by middle school resource officer Jeffrey Vaughn last week after they reportedly got into a fight at the freshman academy. The boys had to be physically separated by school officials. Both said the fight started over one calling the other racial names. They were released to their parents at the sheriff’s office.

•A man on Macedonia Church Road reported that his sister heard someone’s phone ringing outside their house around 5:30 a.m. When he went outside later, he said he found a state ID card lying in front of the residence. He said he did not know the person on the card and that he should not have been on the property.

•A man on Bryant Court reported that someone had keyed his vehicle damaging both sides, the front hood and rear trunk.

•A man on Glenn Carrie Road reported that his garden tiller was stolen from a shed at his residence, which is currently vacant. The tiller was described as a red Troybilt Pony with a 6 hp Briggs and Stratton engine, valued at approximately $425.

•Several checks stolen from Marietta were reportedly later passed at store in Madison County.

•A woman on Wesley Chapel Road reported that someone attempted to burglarize a home she and her husband are moving out of. She said they were packing items when she heard a noise from one of the bedrooms. She went to investigate and found the window screen lying on the floor. She looked out the window and saw a tall white male, wearing a white tee shirt and blue jeans running toward the wood line west of her residence.

•A woman on Whitsel Road reported identity fraud. She said said received a notice in the mail from a collection agency about an outstanding account with Charter Communications. The woman said she has never had an account with Charter and that she has had problems with agencies in the past regarding other outstanding balances on accounts she has no knowledge of.

•A man on Co Draper Road reported that a Husqvarna trimmer and chainsaw were taken from his truck shed beside his residence.

•A woman on Glenn Carrie Road reported that her boyfriend damaged her flowers after they got into a fight. She said they got into a verbal argument and he told her he was leaving. She said “fine” and went to bed. He came back later and asked for the keys to her vehicle so he could get some of his belongings. After he left she went outside to make sure he locked her vehicle and found that he had poured gasoline onto the flowers beside her front porch.

•A woman on Rock Quarry Road reported that her estranged husband had been calling her repeatedly stating if she did not answer his phone calls he would come to her house. She said they are going through a divorce and that she is afraid of him because he has a history of anger and drug problems.