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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Monday, February 26, 2024:
The Democratic Party of Chattooga County sponsored a community celebration of Black History Month this past Saturday. The event, titled “Celebrating Our Heritage Through Poem and Song,” featured local talent performing songs, dances and spoken word tributes to black history.
The SkillsUSA Georgia State Championships were held this past week at the World Congress Center in Atlanta and Chattooga High School was no stranger to the awards stage.
A twenty-six-year-old Chattooga County man was arrested on Friday of last week after a theft investigation by the Summerville Police Department. According to reports from the police department, Joseph Walton Parker of a Back Penn Road address, is accused of going into Marvin’s home improvement store and purchasing over $7,000 worth of tools from the store on the account of his former employer. The purchases happened over a period of months, stretching back to August of last year when Parker was terminated. Parker was pawning the new tools at a local pawn shop, according to police. Warrants were taken out on Thursday of last week and Parker was booked into the Chattooga County Jail on Friday on charges of theft by deception and forgery.
Nobody took home the Powerball jackpot on Saturday night, meaning there’s still an opportunity for players to win the grand prize coming up tonight.
Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry has released a list of roads planned for paving this year are in the Gore area, the Teloga area and the Lyerly area. Roads included on the list are: Silver Hill Road, Old Teloga Crossroads, Harrisburg Road, Railey Road, Lyerly Dam Road, Bethel Church Road and Sling Alley Road. Commissioner Elsberry said that since he has become commissioner, the county has spent around $3.85 million on road paving. The commissioner says that this list is the first round of paving for the year and more will be announced as the year progresses.
At the request of the Rome Police Department, GBI agents are investigating an officer involved shooting in Rome, Georgia. Kelvin Gerard Jackson, age 34, of Augusta, GA, died in the incident. No officers were injured.