Police and Fire
Thief targets LaFayette storage facility
A storage facility in LaFayette was burglarized earlier this week. According to LaFayette Police Department: Fourteen storage units at LaFayette Rentals Inc., 1897 N. Main St., were burglarized aft...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Walker County’s “Most Wanted”: Charles Franklin Wheeler
Charles Fanklin Wheeler is wanted on a Superior Court bench warrant for terroristic threats, simple battery, cruelty to children third-degree and disorderly conduct. Description: White male, 47 yea...
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Crime Stoppers: Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office
· Between 8 a.m. on May 3 and 2 p.m. on May 9, an entering auto crime occurred at Budget Sales at 4193 U.S. 41 in Ringgold, resulting in the theft of more than $500 worth of tools and electronics. ...
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Former gym teacher’s background check "clean"
by Rachel Brown, Dalton Daily Citizen News
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A gym instructor arrested Friday for sending inappropriate texts and photos to a 15-year-old former student had a background check before he was hired which came back clean, said Creative Arts Guil...
The Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office report: May 3-9, 2013
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The Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office, during May 3-9, answered 1,315 calls, including 48 that were booked on a total of 103 counts. The violations included both misdemeanor and felony charges and we...
Fort Oglethorpe Police Department report: May 3-9, 2013
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Arrests Nicholas Braden, 25, of 103 Barnhardt Circle Apt. 17, Fort Oglethorpe, was arrested on May 3 on charges of felony obstruction and possession of Schedule II drugs (two counts). Steven Sanche...
Nearly $2,000 in property stolen from Rossville storage unit
by Adam Cook
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
A Fort Oglethorpe man recently returned to his storage unit to find that it had been burglarized, with nearly $2,000 worth of his belongings stolen. According to the Fort Oglethorpe Police Departme...
LaFayette man fell asleep at wheel, police say
by Matt Ledger
May 16, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
An accident involving a single vehicle is suspected to have been caused by the driver falling asleep at the wheel. According to the LaFayette Police Department: Jared Lee Marsh, 19, of Darwin Lane,...
Fire destroys mobile home in Walker County
by Matt Ledger
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
An early morning fire destroyed a family’s home south of LaFayette. According to Walker County Emergency Service: At 8:37 a.m. a 911 call reported a structure fire at 85 Baker Drive. All eight occu...