http://www.scanjackson.com ScanJackson en-us hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 Thu, 08 May 2008 21:54:46 -0400 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=147 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=147 Principal Chuck Bell took last Thursday night's burglary of Commerce Middle School personally. His laptop computer was one of four taken in the break-in.<br><br>But a rare convergence of events gave Bell his computer back — along with everything else taken from CMS — and solved the April 27 burglary of Maysville Elementary School as well.<br><br>Jackson County deputies arrested Michael Kevin Banks, 36, Hwy. 82 Spur, Friday morning at the Super 8 Motel in Gainesville. They recovered the four laptops... Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:15:14 -0400 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=146 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=146 A 28-year-old man and his 4-year-old son remain in critical condition with burns from a mobile home blaze that started when two 4-year-olds playing with matches lit a fire and tried to put out the flames by spraying an aerosol can.<br><br>Matthew Sutherland received second- and third-degree burns after rushing into the burning mobile home to save his son, Seth Sutherland, who was in the room where the fire started just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday, according to Steve Nichols, director of Jackson... Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:57:20 -0400 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=145 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=145 A father and his 4-year-old son were in critical condition Sunday at Grady Memorial Hospital after a fire at a mobile home in Jackson County, northeast of Atlanta.<br><br>Authorities said the blaze started inside a mobile home, possibly when a child was playing with a lighter and an aerosol spray can, WSB-TV reported.<br><br>Other family members in the home managed to escape injury, but the 4-year-old was badly burned and his father was injured when he went into the home to rescue the toddler,... Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:05:37 -0400 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=144 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=144 Lt. Steve:<br><br>I was driving up 400 and a cop stopped me for speeding. There was traffic to my right so I pulled over to the left against the median wall. The officer was agitated with me and I didn't like his attitude. I couldn't pull over to the right because of the traffic. What should I have done? Was I dumb to do that?<br><br>Dear Dummy:<br><br>Having been there myself, I'm guessing the officer was a bit on the agitated side knowing that he was about to be run over. The only thing that would fit in... Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:15:18 -0500 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=143 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=143 A Pendergrass police officer is suspended without pay as authorities investigate a criminal complaint that he falsely arrested a man during a recent traffic stop, according to the chief of that western Jackson County city.<br><br>Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents are examining evidence against Bill Garner, a Pendergrass patrol officer, who allegedly \"arrested a passenger in the vehicle for an open container (of alcohol) when no open container was present,\" said Pendergrass police Chief Rob ... Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:47:29 -0500 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=142 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=142 JEFFERSON - A Gwinnett County man was flown by air ambulance to Grady Memorial Hospital after his ultralight aircraft crashed at Jackson County Airport shortly after taking off Wednesday afternoon.<br><br>The pilot, whom Jackson County sheriff\'s deputies declined to identify, was awake and able to speak when airport manager Bob Stapleton arrived at the crash scene. The pilot said he thought he broke a leg and a hand, but paramedics opted to have him flown to the hospital, Stapleton said.<br><br>Staplet... Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:48:58 -0500 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=141 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=141 Detective Chad Knight said his officers were getting training from Lowndes County officers in drug interdiction techniques when they pulled over the truck for an expired tag on the trailer.<br><br>Because the truck was traveling between two known "source" cities, New York and Laredo, Texas, because of excessive downtime in the driver's log book and because the driver would not make eye contact with officials, police asked for consent to search the truck. The driver, Jesus Tomas Vela Jr., complied... Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:01:09 -0500 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=140 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=140 JEFFERSON - Jackson County farmers and homeowners got the OK from county commissioners Monday night to burn leaves or other debris that have collected this fall.<br><br>The commission voted Monday to lift the burn ban put in place in early November to help prevent drought-fueled wild fires.<br><br>Barrow County fire officials lifted a similar burn ban last week after one rainy weekend, said Lt. Scott Dakin, spokesman for the Barrow County Fire Department.<br><br>... Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:55:11 -0500 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=139 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=139 Maysville Police Sgt. Rory Clark stopped a vehicle for speeding on the afternoon of Sunday, Nov. 18, but ended up with more than a simple speeding motorist.<br><br>The driver, along with the two passengers in the vehicle, pulled over on Comer Street in Maysville were all wanted on various charges. One passenger, Max McLinn, was actually being hunted by the United States Marshals in connection with a bank robbery. McLinn, who also had used the alias Michael Bolt, had a warrant issued by the U.S... Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:46:31 -0400 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=138 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=138 JEFFERSON - Jackson County commissioners have appointed former deputy warden Johnny Weaver to take the reins at the beleaguered Jackson County Correctional Institute.<br><br>Commissioners selected Weaver as the institute\'s warden after a two-month search to replace former warden Vickie Underwood, who was fired in August following allegations that she misused inmate labor and county funds.<br><br>The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the state Department of Corrections launched an investigation into... Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:27:57 -0400 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=137 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=137 Jackson County Superior Court Judge Robert Adamson dismissed all charges against former Jefferson Police Chief Darren Glenn on Friday, finding that a Jackson County grand jury should have allowed the former lawman to testify before indicting him.<br><br>Glenn\'s lawyer, former state attorney general Mike Bowers, asked Adamson to overturn the September indictment against Glenn, arguing that state law gives police officers an opportunity to address grand jurors considering charges against them.<br><br>It ... Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:47:18 -0400 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=136 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=136 A Jefferson High School student faces 17 counts of making terroristic threats for allegedly calling in a bomb threat last week that led school officials to evacuate thousands of students in three school districts there.<br><br>Prosecutors haven\'t decided whether they will attempt to prosecute the 15-year-old in Jackson County Superior Court or Juvenile Court, Assistant District Attorney Ryan Bramblett said Thursday.<br><br>The student appeared for a preliminary hearing Thursday, where a judge found... Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:43:53 -0400 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=135 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=135 JEFFERSON - An automated call system soon will check in each day on elderly and homebound residents after the Jefferson City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to pay $7,000 for the system called the Community Safety Check Program.<br><br>While council members agreed that the program could save lives, two said the expense should have been included in the city\'s 2008 budget, which the council approved in late September.<br><br>Councilmen Philip Thompson and David Varnedoe voted against the service.<br><br>... Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:26:24 -0400 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=134 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=134 Every once in a while you see a news story of someone impersonating a police officer. A young woman was robbed by a man who followed her and then pulled her over while she was on her way home. He asked for her license, walked back to his car, and then returned and took the contents from her wallet. She said he had a large knife in his belt.<br><br>This method is well documented all over the country. Years ago, Cherokee County authorities arrested a man who used a blue light to pull over and then... Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:53:45 -0400 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=133 http://www.ScanJackson.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=133 JEFFERSON - On any given day, about 30 or 40 men and women awaiting trial in Jackson County's judicial system are waiting in Oconee County's jail.<br><br>Housing inmates in another county not only causes logistical problems for deputies who have to round up inmates for trial, it costs Jackson County taxpayers several hundred thousand dollars each year.<br><br>"We're pretty much paying for Oconee County's jail," said Jackson County Sheriff Stan Evans.<br><br>...