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Gulf County Sheriff Arrest Log
The Gulf County Sheriff's Office will be conducting vehicle safety checkpoints and DUI check points during the month of February 2009. The check points will be held throughout the county to include Highway 98 near St. Joe Beach, Highway 98 and Garrison Ave, C-30 Simmons Bayou, Highway 71 North of White City, Highway 22 and Highway 22A, Highway 71 and Westarm Creek, Highway 71 Dalkieth Area and Highway 71 near the Calhoun line.
On 01/23/2009 Marcus Demetric Williams, 40, Terry D. Nolan, 50, and Jamie Deandra Fenn, 28, were arrested on warrants for failure to pay child support.
On 01/23/2009 a vehicle driven by Herman Edd Ellis, 54, was stopped for having a headlight not functioning. While speaking with the driver the deputy noticed the odor of an alcoholic beverage about his person. Ellis preformed several sobriety exercises which he did poorly on; he was arrested for DUI and taken to the Gulf County Jail. Herman Ellis' breathalyzer test results were .134 and.137.
On 01/24/2009 Allen Herbert Nelson, 47, was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped for a traffic violation. The deputy was given permission to search the vehicle and found what appeared to be a rock of crack cocaine on the seat in the area where Nelson was sitting. The substance tested positive for cocaine and Allen Herbert Nelson was arrested fro possession of crack cocaine.
On 01/25/2009 deputies responded to a call of a man slumped over the steering wheel of his vehicle. When the deputy arrived he found the vehicle running with a man slumped over the steering wheel. He knocked on the window several times in an attempt to awaken the subject. When he finally got Ross Clark Earnest awake and was able to speak with him he noticed the odor of an alcoholic beverage about his person. Clark told the deputy he was on Highway 231 near Fountain when in fact he was on Hwy. 22 near Wewahitchka. Clark was arrested for DUI his breath test results were .130 and .138.
On 01/25/2009 Sherri Leann Watson, 24, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance.
On 01/25/2009 Amanda Nicole Gay, 19, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear the original charge was battery.
On 01/29/2009 Joseph Lee Cordell, 32, was arrested on a warrant for violation of probation. The original charge was possession of a controlled substance.
