A Rome man was arrested Tuesday on felony warrants charging him with three counts of aggravated child molestation, and one count of child molestation. Twenty-three-year-old Demarcus Isaiah Creamer was taken into custody at his Church Street residence on the warrants issued by the Rome Police Department. No other details concerning the arrest were available in the warrants Wednesday morning at the jail.
As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues, crude prices soar, leading to higher pump prices in the U.S. with Georgia gas prices surpassing the 4-dollar a gallon mark. Gas prices are going well above $4 per gallon – up from an average of $3.88 per gallon earlier this week. In Chattooga County, prices are averaging $4.18 per gallon as of Thursday afternoon. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced earlier this week he is calling for legislation that will temporarily suspend the state’s motor fuel tax, which will save you about 29-cents a gallon.
A two-day child pornography sting around Floyd County netted seven arrests, including a youth minister, on various child sex charges.
MRS. ZOLA MOORE JOHNSON- Age 84, Of Summerville, Georgia passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022 with the love of her family around her. She was born December 9, 1937 in Gaylesville, Alabama. She was predeceased in death by her parents, Johnny Johnson, Sr. and Fleedie Moore Johnson, son, Edwin Johnson, sisters, Sybil Stallings, Edith Reese, Laura Terhune, Lola Evans, Edna Moten, Sue Moore and brothers, Felix Moore and Johnny Moore, Jr.
More have qualified for local races this week. On Thursday morning, incumbent State Court Judge Jon Dennis qualified for another term. That race is nonpartisan. Also on Thursday, Lori Ann Brady qualified as a Republican for Seat 3 on the Chattooga County Board of Education.
Summerville Police and agents with the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force arrested a suspected drug dealer on March 2nd, after asking a suspect to search his apartment and finding a large quantities of illegal drugs.
MR. BENJAMIN DANIEL “DANNY” WESTBROOKS, I, age 73, of Elberton, Georgia, formerly of Chattooga County, Georgia, passed away Tuesday evening in an Atlanta nursing home. He was born in Trion, Georgia to the late Leroy and Angeline Romine Westbrooks on June 25, 1948. Mr. Westbrooks was retired auto mechanic for Chrysler.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, March 10, 2022:
Republican lawmakers in Georgia are considering a bill that would prohibit giant social media companies like Facebook and Twitter from “censoring” content.
Michael Lee Spears, Dustin Wayne Womack, and Jarrett Louallen have been sentenced for firearms and drug trafficking crimes that occurred in Rome, Georgia.
