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Fayette County arrest reports — March 26 – April 1

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the time period indicated. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty. Rather than the age of those arrested, only the year of birth will be indicated below due to law enforcement procedural changes.

Tuesday, March 26 - Monday, April 1

Fayette County Sheriff’s Office

Christopher J. Stamey, born in 1978, of Beacon Drive, Fayetteville, for probation/parole violation.

Terrell R. Tripp, born in 1991, of Treilledge Lane, Peachtree City, for probation/parole violation. Read More»

PTC employee sues city, alleging discrimination

Suit claims demotions followed EEOC complaint; police chief accused of intimidating witnesses

A former administrative assistant with the Peachtree City Police Department has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the city, each individual city council member, City Manager Jim Pennington and also Police Chief H.C. “Skip” Clark. Read More»

Wounded Warriors prevail on the tennis court

Wounded Warriors prevail on the tennis court

Alumni of the Wounded Warrior Project, including these wheeled athletes, turned out for a few rounds of tennis March 30 at the Peachtree City Tennis Center. The activity on the courts was the culmination of events held earlier in the day when the vets participated in the Soldier Ride at the Serenbe community in Chattahoochee Hills. The ride featured various types of adapted cycles. Photo/Ben Nelms.

East Coweta Middle teacher gets international award

East Coweta Middle School engineering and technology teacher Blaire Booth (R) recently received a Program Excellence award from Steve Price, president of the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA). Photo/Special.

Teachers in the Coweta County School System are no strangers to receiving a variety of awards. The most recent was East Coweta Middle School engineering and technology teacher Blaire Booth who received a Program Excellence award from the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) at the organization’s March 7 annual conference in Columbus, Ohio.

School system spokesman Dean Jackson in commenting on the award said ITEEA recognized Booth and the Technology Education program at East Coweta Middle School with the honor. Read More»

Senoia man arrested for residential burglary

A Senoia man was arrested April 3 in connection with a residential burglary and is a suspect in four other residential burglaries that occurred in recent months on Senoia’s northeast side.

James A. Robinson, age 38, of Bridge Street, was charged with burglary, theft by receiving stolen property and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, according to Senoia Police Det. Jason Ercole. Read More»

Tipster receives $5K after arsonist convicted

Sometimes it does pay to keep a watchful eye out for crime. An anonymous tipster will be receiving a pay day for providing information that led to the arrest and conviction of a Newnan man on charges of serial arson.

The anonymous tipster will receive $5,000 for providing the information that lead to the recent conviction of Willie Claude Mack, according to Newnan Public Information Officer Gina Snider. Mack was convicted on four counts of intentionally setting four fires on southeast side of downtown Newnan, Snider said. Read More»

Newnan-Coweta Chamber awarded 5-Star accreditation

There are more than 6,900 chambers of commerce in communities throughout the United States. Of those, approximately 1 percent have attained a 5-Star rating with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. And one of those is the Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce. Read More»

Rabid raccoon killed in south Starr’s Mill area

A rabid raccoon found March 24 in southern Fayette County off Padgett Road has the county’s Animal Control department asking that residents be aware of the unusual behavior and to have their outside pets vaccinated for rabies.

Animal Control Director Frederick Sisson on Friday said a raccoon was reported on March 24 by a resident on Lone Oak Drive off Padgett Road. That’s directly south of the intersection of Ga. highways 85 and 74 in the Starr’s Mill area. Read More»

No more meningitis cases at Rising Starr

A recent letter was sent to parents of Rising Starr Middle School students advising that a student at the school had been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. The good news is that no other cases of the disease have been reported.

The eighth-grade student had been confirmed with bacterial meningitis and had been absent from school for five days. The student is being treated at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and is responding well, said Fayette County School System Health Services Coordinator Debbie King in a March 22 letter. Read More»

3 on short list for state court judge

Three finalists have been recommended to fill the vacant State Court judgeship in Fayette County.

Two of the nominees come from Fayette’s magistrate court: Chief Magistrate Robert A. Ruppenthal and fellow Magistrate Jason B. Thompson; the other candidate is private practice attorney Rhonda B. Kreuziger.

Gov. Nathan Deal has the responsibility to select which of these three will become the next state court judge for Fayette County. Whomever is elected will inherit very busy trial calendars on both the criminal and civil side along with hearings for county ordinance violations. Read More»