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Chattooga Escapee Recaptured!

Posted under Police, Chattooga County on November 15th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings0 comments

A lookout for one of the two Hays State Prison escapees from the escape in early October has been canceled after he was recaptured overnight.
The lookout was canceled for Floyd County Authorities for prisoner Johnny Mack Brown around 11:15 AM Saturday. Brown was capture in the city of Lavonia, Georgia.
Readers may remember Brown as […]

Hays Escapee Abducts Summerville Girl

Posted under Crime, Chattooga County on October 21st, 2008 by RomeNewswire1 Comment

The Georgia Department of Corrections states that the investigation continues into the apprehension of Hays State Prison escapees Johnny Mack Brown and Michael A. Tweedel. Additionally, the Department confirmed that a Chattooga County woman was abducted from her home on Monday, October 20th, by escapee Johnny Mack Brown. She was not harmed, and has been […]

Escaped Inmates Still On Run, One Has History Of Violence

Posted under Crime, Chattooga, Chattooga County on October 15th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

(at left, photo of scene taken shortly after escape)
New information concerning the two escaped inmates from the Hays State prison in Summerville has some people even more concerned for their safety in the Southern Chattooga County and Northern Floyd County area.
According to records, inmate Johnny Mack Brown who escaped with fellow inmate Michael Tweedel has […]

Missing Inmates Thought To Still Be In Southern Chattooga County Or Northern Floyd

Posted under Crime, Chattooga, Chattooga County on October 14th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

According to sources, the two prisoners that escaped yesterday may still be in Chattooga County or northern Floyd County hiding in someone’s home.
State prison officials will not confirm this, or anything else for that matter. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Hays Warden are dodging media contact concerning this situation according […]

Chattooga Man Fires on Police Then Kills Self

Posted under Crime, Chattooga, Chattooga County on October 8th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

A man took his own life outside Summerville Tuesday afternoon following a standoff with authorities.
Sheriff Ralph Kellett said the incident occurred on James Street.
A woman went the Sheriff’s department to make a complaint in a domestic dispute. A Bolo was put out for the man she was concerned about. Summerville Police said the […]

Vines Case to be Heard by Bartow Judge

Posted under courts, Chattooga County on October 3rd, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Former Chattooga State Court Judge Carlton Vines will be arraigned on election fraud charges Monday and Cherokee Circuit Judge Judge G. Carey Nelson of Bartow County has been chosen to hear the case after all four judges in the Lookout Mtn. Circuit were recused from the case.
Vines faces multiple charges including false […]

Good News From Mt. Vernon Mills

Posted under Business, Chattooga County on July 28th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

The denim plant at Mt. Vernon Mills in Trion is experiencing a bit of a turnaround, thanks in part to the recent Farm bill. It allows farmers to get an increase in price for the cotton, while providing some help for mills at the same time.
Vice President for Manufacturing Don Henderson says […]

Woman Indicted In Two Year Old Fetus Case

Posted under courts, Chattooga County on July 17th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

A grand jury in Summerville has indicted a Chattooga County woman who allegedly dumped a fetus that had belonged to her daughter in the Holland community in November of 2006.
Angela Green of Summerville is formally charged, nearly two years later, with abandonment of a dead body and making false statements to police.
Dogs discovered the remains […]

Summerville Councilwoman Arrested In Floyd County For Battery, Simple Assault

Posted under Police, Chattooga County on May 19th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

A domestic dispute involving a handgun has landed a Summerville City Councilwoman in the Floyd County jail.
81 year old Betty Kellett Bush, who serves as Mayor pro tem on the City Council, was arrested on Friday the 16th by Floyd County officers and charged with Battery and Simple Assault.
The police report states that Ms. Bush […]

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