On Tuesday of this week, Summerville Police received a call about a possibly impaired driver.  A Summerville Police officer spotted the car and followed it until it turned in at George’s Kwik Stop off Highland Avenue.  When the officer approached the driver, he could smell a strong odor of alcohol on the man.  When asked for his driver’s license, the man gave the officer a Georgia Identification Card because his license was suspended.  The driver told the officer that he had been arguing with his wife and his mother, and admitted to drinking earlier in the day.  Thirty-one-year-old Norberto Hernandez was arrested and charged with DUI and driving while license was suspended and was booked into the Chattooga County Jail.

Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, October 27, 2022:

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The Better Business Bureau® is partnering with Amazon to drive an education campaign aimed at helping consumers spot impersonation scams during this holiday season (BBB.org/ImpersonationScams). This scam tactic occurs when a scammer pretends to be a trustworthy organization or individual to steal a person’s money or personal information. This co-branded campaign will run through the holiday season when we typically see increased scam attempts with more people seeking to make purchases.

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Two Chattooga County residents have been arrested in neighboring Gordon County over the past week on separate and unrelated charges.

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Halloween is one of the deadliest days of the year for pedestrians. AAA reminds drivers to expect more pedestrians on the road, as millions of children and families across Georgia will be trick-or-treating through neighborhoods.

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This week, Georgia Fire & Insurance Commissioner John King’s office reported that a Walker County man was charged with first-degree arson.

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Motorist who travel Highway 27 in Floyd County need to be aware of new safety cameras that are in place at Armuchee Primary School.  The warning period for the cameras started on Monday of this week.

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A thirty-year-old Summerville man was stopped in Floyd County earlier this month for not having a tag light.  According to Floyd County Police, Olajuwon Sherriff Blair told the officer that he didn’t have his driver’s license because his license was suspended.  Blair also had a small bag of marijuana in the trunk of his vehicle.   The officer found that Blair had multiple warrants for his arrest.  Blair was taken into custody and charged with driving on suspended or revoked license, no tag light and four counts of failure to appear.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas as decorated wreaths are being turned in for Cancer Navigators’ annual wreath sale and auction.

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On Tuesday of this week, a  fifty-two-year-old Centre, Alabama man was charged with leading police on a high-speed chase in July of this year after fleeing from a traffic stop.  Police say that James Dale Amos fled from the traffic stop at high speeds – up to 50 mph over the speed limit.  Police say that Amos was driving aggressively and on the wrong side of the road while swerving from oncoming cars and “brake checking” police officers.  Amos has been charged with felony fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer and multiple misdemeanor charges, including: driving with a suspended license, reckless and aggressive driving, speeding and driving on the wrong side of the roadway among others.