Morgan County Sheriff's Department

Morgan County Sheriff's Department

By Patrick Yost
Editor

A Morgan  County Jury last Thursday returned two guilty verdicts against a man charged with breaking his wife's jaw.
According to Morgan County Superior Court records, Terry Lee Bishop, 39, Rutledge, was found guilty of aggravated assault and aggravated battery and was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Hugh V. Wingfield, III to 30 years, with the first 15 years to be served in confinement and the remainder to be served on probation. The court also assessed more than $6,000 in fines and fees to Bishop. He was also banned from the Ocmulgee Judicial District.
The jury returned the verdict in less than 30 minutes after the day and half trial. Assistant District Attorney Alison Burleson prosecuted the case for the state.
As part of the sentencing, records indicate, Bishop was sentenced as a repeat offender. Records state that Bishop had 10 other convictions from 1991 to 2008 ranging from burglary, escape to possession of methamphetamine and cocaine.
According to arrest warrants, Bishop was arrested on March 21, 2011 and charged with striking his wife three times in the face and breaking her jaw in several places. In a letter to the court dated June 26, 2012, Bishop wrote the court and said he was under the influence of alcohol and drugs during the incident and that he "blacked out and awakened in the county jail..."
The court also accepted a plea agreement for Eli Thomas Peek, 24, Madison. Peek pled guilty to one count reckless driving. Peek was sentenced to 12 months probation, 40 hours of community service and ordered to complete a DUI Risk Reduction program. Peek was arrested by the Georgia State Patrol on May 8, 2011, court records state.

Printed in the January 31, 2013 edition

Madison Police Department

• On Jan. 24 a burglary complaint was filed at a Markhams Drive location after a woman reported that someone had thrown a rock through a window and then opened the window and gained access to the house. The complainant said nothing appeared to be missing.
• On Jan. 26 Thomas Bucknell, 22, Newborn was arrested and charged with possession of dangerous drugs, possession of marijuana and drugs not in original container after he was stopped during a license check on Lion's Club Road. According to reports, an officer stated that he detected the smell of green marijuana in the vehicle. Consequent to a search of the vehicle, reports state, the officer allegedly located a small plastic bag of suspected marijuana and several pills which Bucknell told the officer were hydrocodone. The officer also retrieved a bottle of beer, cold to the touch, from the vehicle.
• On Jan. 19 a counterfeiting complaint was filed at Wal Mart after an employee reported that a customer attempted to use a counterfeit $20 bill to make a purchase. The customer told authorities that she had received the bill from an ATM machine. The bill was confiscated.

Morgan County Sheriff’s Office

Morgan County Sheriff’s Office

• On Jan. 16 a battery complaint was filed at an Atlanta Highway, Rutledge, location after a man alledged that his son, who he said is bi-polar and has AIDS, struck him in the back of the head with his fist as the man was attempting to transport the son to Morgan Memorial Hospital. The man requested that the son be removed from his house.
• On Jan. 15 warrants were issued for giving false name to a law enforcement officer for John Lewis, 33, Anderson, S.C. after an officer responded to a stranded motorist call on Interstate 20. According to reports, when the officer arrived Lewis told the officer he was another person. Lewis requested a jump start for his vehicle and told the officer that his grandmother was in a nearby motel. The officer could not confirm his identity and could not confirm that his grandmother was at a motel. The officer determined that the grandmother owned the vehicle and called the grandmother. The grandmother told the officer that Lewis had stolen the car while she was in a bank in Anderson, S.C. and that the car had been reported stolen. The officer also discovered that Lewis had outstanding warrants for his arrest in both Florida and South Carolina.
• On Jan. 15 a verbal dispute complaint was filed at a Hawkins Avenue, Rutledge, location after a woman reported that after she asked her sister where she had been the sister called the complainant's mother a derogatory name. The complainant requested that the sister be evicted.
• On Jan. 14 a harassing phone call complaint was filed at a West Main Street, Rutledge, location after a woman reported that she had received harassing phone calls.

Madison Police Department

Morgan County Sheriff's Office