UPDATE: Fox that bit school worker was rabid

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Mark Beardsley
in Public Safety
Wednesday, July 28. 2010
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A fox that bit a Commerce School System employee tested positive for rabies, police chief John Gaissert confirmed Thursday morning. The victim had already started post-exposure treatment for rabies.

"I think that's the standard protocol now," Gaissert.

According to the Commerce Police Department incident report, Donald Nation, 52, said the fox, which he noticed was bleeding from the mouth, ran out from under a dumpster, bit him and ran back under the dumpster. [Full Story »] 

17-year-old burglary suspect shoots self

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Mark Beardsley
in Public Safety
Wednesday, January 13. 2010
A 17-year-old Commerce youth charged with three burglaries shot himself in the shoulder late Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide attempt, according to the Commerce Police Department.
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Police investigate 6 burglaries

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Mark Beardsley
in Public Safety
Wednesday, December 30. 2009
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Santa wasn’t the only person entering residences in Commerce last week.

The Commerce Police Department investigated six burglaries and three other cases of theft during the week of Christmas.
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Armed robbery takes place at car wash

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Mark Beardsley
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Wednesday, December 23. 2009
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Commerce police officers are looking for a young black male they say committed an armed robbery at the Broad Street Car Wash Dec. 15.
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Solve matter of reservoir capacity first

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Mark Beardsley
in Opinions
Wednesday, December 2. 2009
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The Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority, the four-county group that owns and operates the Bear Creek Reservoir, is again making noise about the need to plan water resources for the future.

Nothing against planning for the future — the Bear Creek Reservoir exists because local officials did just that. But before the four counties embark on another project, let’s resolve the crucial lingering issue of the current reservoir.
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Police contract for new drug dog, training

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Mark Beardsley
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Friday, October 23. 2009
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The Commerce Police Department can sniff out a good deal.

The department is buying a new drug dog and training for it and its handler for $6,500.
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D.A. mulls more charges against Robert Clark

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Mark Beardsley
in Public Safety
Friday, October 23. 2009
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Robert “Bobby” Clark, sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death last June of his 6-year-old grandson, could face more charges following the death this week of his wife.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s (GBI) preliminary report of the cause of death cited complications from the June 7 incident at the Clarks’ Troy Street residence in Commerce.
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Shoplifter's bad luck leads to arrest warrant

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Mark Beardsley
in Public Safety
Wednesday, October 21. 2009
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You know your luck is bad when you’re shoplifting and you run into a cop who knows your name and address.

That’s what happened to Melvin Appleby, 36, of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Commerce, according to the Commerce Police Department. [Full Story »] 

DUI suspect gets police attention with shout

Posted by
Mark Beardsley
in Public Safety
Friday, September 18. 2009
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Maybe they should print a warning on alcoholic beverage containers: “Don’t yell or curse at police during or immediately after the use of this product.”

Last week, two Banks County men ended up going to jail after one, while intoxicated, yelled obscenities at police.
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Meat thief drops load from pants

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Mark Beardsley
in Public Safety
Wednesday, June 10. 2009
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An attempted shoplifting at Ingles went bad when packages of meat fell out of the thief’s pants, according to the Commerce Police Department.

The incident report said a 29-year-old white male store employee confronted a white male he spotted headed for the door “with an obvious bulge in the back of his pants.”

The employee said it was obviously packages of meat, and he ordered the suspect to remove the product, which ripped in the process and fell to the floor. The suspect fled out the front door.

But an alert shopper had noticed what was going on. She told police the suspect pulled a knife and waved it in the employee’s face before exiting.

She called 911 and was able to provide police with the tag number of the vehicle in which the suspect drove away. She noted that another white male and a white female were also in the vehicle.
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