Marijuana Is Seized

On Tuesday, June 23, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at 577 Gilbert Road. The search warrant was the result of a joint operation between the Governor’s Task Force for Marijuana Eradication and the local Sheriff’s Office.

Approximately 15 marijuana plants and nine pounds of processed marijuana were located at the residence. Dwight Clay Gilbert, 54, of that address was charged with manufacturing marijuana, and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

Also, this week, former county employee Sherry Dale Braley was arrested and charged with theft by taking. The warrant says she unlawfully appropriated money in excess of $15,000 with the intention of depriving the county of Jasper of that money.

The theft allegedly occurred between May 1, 2013 and June 19, 2015. Ms. Braley resigned from her position on Friday, June 19.

Before her resignation she was the county’s Planning & Zoning Administrator, and oversaw the operations of both code enforcement and animal control.

The warrant was taken by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and a spokesman said irregularities were found in the audit, and the sheriff’s office called in the GBI. Ms. Braley was booked into the Jasper County jail, and released on a $5,000 bond.

Several burglaries were reported in the last week, basically all over the county. An entering auto and two burglaries were reported at residences in Monticello, and burglaries were also reported on Liberty Drive and Liberty Church Road, Calvin Road, Dykes Road, and on Hwy. 83 north.

Several people were also arrested in the last week. They include:

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•Michael Logan Jepsen, 18, Covington—burglary (second degree).

•Peggy Joann Harris, 54, Flovilla—possession of marijuana less than an ounce, suspended vehicle registration, no insurance and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

•Katie Marie Moore, 21, Social Circle—tampering with evidence, possession of methamphetamine and willful obstruction of a law enforcement officer.

•Quenton Bryan Slappy, 28, Eatonton—probation violation.

•Anthony Eugene Parker, 30, Monticello—probation violation (two counts) and simple battery.

•Ramon Arturo Jackson, 39, Monticello—disorderly conduct.

•Tommy Wyatt, 67, Monticello—disorderly conduct.

•Roger Len Wilkerson, 47, Monticello—driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, open container, driving while license suspended or revoked and possession of cocaine.

•Kenneth Anthony Thurman, 52, Monticello—criminal trespass.

•Adam Lee Phillips, 21, Mansfield—probation violation.

•James Avery Rogers, 25, Monticello—tire violation, seatbelt violation and driving while license suspended or revoked.

•Dee Dee Marie Harbin, 28, Monticello—possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana less than an ounce and possession of drug related objects.

•Mitchell Donald Nowacki, 20, McDonough—allowing person to ride bow and operating vessel under the influence of alcohol (under 21 years of age) .

•Adrian Jamarcus Quenzarn Russell, 18, Shady Dale—disorderly conduct.

•Adrian Quenzarn Russell, Sr., 36, Shady Dale—battery.

•Brandi Marie Long, 35, Monticello—possession of methamphetamine and possession of Schedule II controlled substance.

•Ellis Jerome Gates, 53, Atlanta—Jasper County Probate Court bench warrant.

•Angela Kay Andrews, 48, Warner Robins—Jasper County Superior Court bench warrant.

•Reginald Lamar Varner, 55, Atlanta—fishing on closed public fishing area and taking/possession of illegal size fish.

•Daniel Joseph Tinney, 27, Hillsboro—simple battery and possession of marijuana less than an ounce.

•Tabetha Leann Wilson, 35, Monticello—simple battery.

•Kenneth Anthony Thurman, 52, Monticello—public drunkenness.

•Rocky Eugene Delee, 24, Monticello—probation violation.