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January 10, 2024
Court Report

McIntosh County District Court Report

Felony Cases

Joey Archer: domestic abuse – assault & battery; disrupt/prevent/ interrupt emergency telephone call; obstructing officer Lemuel Ray Ballard: assault with intent to kill; kidnapping; domestic assault & battery by strangulation; assault with dangerous weapon Jimmy Lee Burnett: harboring fugitive from justice Pamela Jane Burnett: harboring fugitive from justice Markell Eugene Dovell: embezzlement Walter Blaine Frost

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III: false pretenses/bogus check/con game Jonathan Wayne Hampton: grand larceny; trespassing after being forbidden Christopher Darrell Pena: failure to comply w/sex offender registration Jessica Lynn Tripp: possession of stolen copper; trespassing after being forbidden; driving with license canceled/ suspended/revoked Brittany Michael Welch: trafficking in illegal drugs; petit larceny; driving with license canceled/suspended/ revoked Justin Lee Wells: embezzlement of public money Donald R. Willoughby: embezzlement

Misdemeanor Cases

Colt Michael Barnett: protective order violation Michael George Bemis: threaten to perform act of violence Cole Don Dale Booker: malicious injury to property – under $1,000 Glenn Allen Clopton: assault & battery Jessie Daniel Crabtree: possession of controlled substance; unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia Shuniece Delynn Crawford: knowingly receiving stolen property; possession of CDS (marijuana); driving with license canceled/ suspended/revoked Christopher McNatt: eluding/attempting to elude police officer; violation of wildlife comm rule/regulations Timothy James Ochs: driving with license canceled/suspended/revoked Jerry Phillips: threaten to perform act of violence Shari Lynn Stinnett: petit larceny Jonathan Blair Walker: public intoxication Randy Leroy Wright: public intoxication

Civil Cases in excess of $10,000

Paula Herron vs. Kevin Percival Herron

Civil Cases less than $10,000

Jefferson Capital Systems vs. Amanda Hays, et al Onemain Financial Group vs. Paula D Lambeth, et al Portfolio Recovery Associates vs. Ashley Stewart, et al Synchrony Bank vs Ed Self, et al Synchrony Bank vs. Michelle Rogers, et al

Small Claims

Bell Finance vs. Makesha Chiles, et al Bell Finance vs. Kellie Tatlow, et al Bell Finance vs. Alexander Payton, et al Bell Finance vs. Christopher Nelson, et al Marlin Epley vs. CC Buggy Bath, et al James Durbin vs. Melisa Mahonn, et al Carrie Lynn Gorden vs. Brandy Hill, et al

Traffic Cases

Jacob Alexander Smith: operating a M/V without a valid license

Marriage licenses filed

Austin Allan Mann and Tayler Rae Davison

Divorces filed

Michael Bailey vs. Loycie Lee Dinsmore

Protective Orders

Jessica Ballard vs. Lemuel Ray Ballard Marion Windle Ballard vs. Lemuel Ray Ballard

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