Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Friday, June 10, 2022:
A Canton tire retailer and auto shop shortchanged 19 workers by withholding first paychecks and paying overtime at rates lower than required, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has determined.
The Trion Golf Course will be hosting the Fourth Annual Trion Cheerleading Golf Tournament. The tournament is a fundraiser that helps provide money for Trion’s Cheerleading program on July 23. The tournament will be a four-man scramble starting at 8:30 AM. Lunch will be provided. There will be cash prizes for the top teams and raffle items. There is a registration fee of $200 per team. To register, visit the Trion Golf Course at 207 Golf Course Lane or email Hayley Tanner at hayley.tanner@trionschools.org
Chattooga County Probate Judge and Election Superintendent Gary Woods issued the following reminders about the June 21, 2022 Democratic Primary Runoff Election:
A Summerville man was arrested this week after he was found rummaging through items left for donation at a local thrift store.
The name is changing, but the purpose, mission and services will remain the same. That’s the word from Lookout Mountain Community Services that provides services to citizens in the Catoosa, Walker, Dade and Chattooga County region.
A forty-six-year-old Gaylesville, Alabama man was arrested and charged with shoplifting over the weekend after he was accused of taking several items from Walmart near Trion. According to the report from the sheriff’s office, Walmart employees witnessed Derrick Thrift attempt to walk out of the store with several tools and a pellet gun without paying for the items. Thrift was arrested and charged with shoplifting and booked into the Chattooga County Jail on Sunday.
A Turner Street, Summerville woman called the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office this week after she said her dogs were poisoned. Kenzie Howard told the responding deputy that she had checked on her dogs around 8 AM on Monday morning. Later that day, two of her dogs were dead and one “was actively dying”, according to the report from the sheriff’s office. The complainant said that she had video surveillance of someone on her front porch earlier that day. The incident was turned over to an investigator.
Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced this week that Jessica Church, 41, of Rome, has been arrested for Insurance Fraud, Forgery, Conspiracy, Concealing the Identity of a Vehicle, and Tampering with Evidence. The case also resulted in the arrest of David Dover, 45, of Rome, for Insurance Fraud and Conspiracy.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has named Lisa Pearson, Student Success coach at GNTC’s Walker County Campus in Rock Spring, as its 2022 ROSE Award winner.