Sex offender released after providing address

Dennis Wayne Beard, 48, of Twin Oaks Mobile Home Park, Jasper, was arrested and charged with violating the Community Notification Act for failing to report his address to law-enforcement as required of convicted sex offenders. Beard was charged because he did not have an address before being released from the Limestone Correctional Facility, said Chief Investigator Stanley McNatt. Beard has since provided a suitable address and has been released.

Beard was registered as a sex offender in October 2007 following a second-degree rape conviction in Kentucky involving a 12-year-old female, according to Alabama Department of Public Safety records.

County arrests

The Limestone County Sheriff’s Department reported the following arrests Wednesday, some of which are the result of recent grand jury indictments:

• Daniel Lincoln Barksdale, 55, of 24742 Craft Road, Athens, driving under the influence, improper lane use and no insurance

• Bryan Keith Brewer, 30, of 14290 Mooresville Road, Athens, second-degree forgery, (grand jury indictment)

• Gregory Ray Brooks, 25, of 12220 Lukers Way, Athens, loitering on property and public intoxication (grand jury indictment)

• Robert Lee Cook, 43, of 15759 Huntsville-Browns Ferry Road, Athens, two counts of violating the Community Notification Act by failing, as the law requires of convicted sex offenders, to notify law-enforcement officials of address and moving too close to a school. Released after posting $20,000 bond. (grand jury indictment)

• Eric Carnell Crutcher, 22, of 1502 W. Market St., Athens, throw/shoot into occupied vehicle and third-degree criminal mischief, (grand jury indictment)

• Dennis Allen Freeman, 35, of 807 Horton St., Athens, probation violation (DUI)

• Douglas Norman Kelley, 39, of 12524 Cambridge Lane, Athens, first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree sodomy, (grand jury indictment)

• Tiffany Michelle Malone, 30, of 121 Scotland, Athens, three counts of negotiating a worthless negotiable instrument

• Brett Michael McCleary, 22, of 125 Lillian’s Way, Madison, DUI