Police & Drug Agents Arrest Suspected Summerville Drug Dealer

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.

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Mr. Benjamin Daniel “Danny” Westbrooks, Obit (ER)

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.

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Arrest Report – Thursday – March 10, 2022

Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, March 10, 2022:

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Georgia Bill Targeting Social Media Platforms Being Considered

Republican lawmakers in Georgia are considering a bill that would prohibit giant social media companies like Facebook and Twitter from “censoring” content.

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Three Northwest Georgia Men Sentenced In Federal Court

U.S. Attorney’s Office for The Northern District Of Georgia Collects Over $108 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2016

 

Michael Lee Spears, Dustin Wayne Womack, and Jarrett Louallen have been sentenced for firearms and drug trafficking crimes that occurred in Rome, Georgia.

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Gun Found In Dade County School On Tuesday

A school resource officer in Dade County was notified about a gun in a classroom on Tuesday morning.

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Summerville Resident Reports Fraud

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A Summerville woman called police this week after she detected several fraudulent charges on her debit card from a local bank.  The complainant told police that there were three charges of $29.99 each on her account and all of the charges had been made at George’s Kwik Stop in Summerville on Sunday of this week.  The incident was turned over to an investigator.

Trion Basketball Players Honored

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Congratulations are in order to several members of both the Trion High School Girls and Boys Basketball Teams who were honored this past week by the Northwest Georgia Tip-Off Club

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Kemp Looking To Drop The Gas Tax

Hours after President Biden announced a ban on Russian oil imports, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced he is working with local legislators to temporarily drop the fuel tax in Georgia. The statement posted to Twitter follows days of soaring fuel costs all across the Peach State.

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Lookout For Fake Braves World Series Rings From China

U.S. Customs officials say they seized over a 100 fake Atlanta Braves World Series rings found in a shipment of bogus memorabilia from China.

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