Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, February 15, 2024:
The Chattooga County Young Farmers will be meeting this evening at 7 PM at the Chattooga County Ag Center on Middle School Road in Summerville. The guest speaker for tonight will be Katie Holley, a Purina Livestock Specialist. She will be putting on an informative program about equine nutrition. An interactive game is planned with door prizes. Horse enthusiasts will want to attend. Contact Lauren Jarrett with the Chattooga County Young Farmers for more information. Email: LJarrett@chattooga.k12.ga.us
It is officially “Girl Scout Cookie Season”. This year’s theme, Unbox the Future, aims to remove social barriers that often keep girls boxed in. When bold, goal-getting Girl Scouts sell a package of cookies, they do much more than what’s seen at face value. Girl Scouts are entrepreneurial powerhouses creating a more equitable future for themselves and the world.
Yesterday, State Senator Colton Moore released the following statement celebrating the pass of Senate Resolution 543, a measure that supports increased protections for America’s borders:
At the direction of Governor Brian P. Kemp, the Georgia National Guard will deploy additional troops to the U.S. southern border to provide additional support to the Texas Guard in its mission to prevent the free flow of illegal migrants and threats to public safety from entering the country, known as Operation Lone Star. This deployment follows Governor Kemp’s trip to the border earlier this month — his fifth since taking office — where he was briefed by officials on the crisis and the ongoing efforts by multiple states to step in where the federal government is failing to act. Georgia has had the longest continuous presence of guardsmen on the southern border of any state, beginning in 2019 when Governor Kemp took office.
The Three Rivers Invitational Bull Riding event will be back at the Forum River Center in downtown Rome on Friday and Saturday nights.
The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shed fire that happened on February 7th on Rosser Road in Trion. Trion Firefighters responded to the fire at 64 Rosser Road and found the structure burning. The responding deputy was shown a pile of wood that appeared to have been used to start the fire near the back of the shed. The pile of wood was underneath the back of the shed and appeared to have been deliberately set. While on the scene, the responding deputy learned that Zach Rosser was known to occupy the shed, which does not have power. Rosser was incarcerated in the Walker County Jail at the time of the fire. The owner of the property, Stan Rosser, told the responding deputy that a female subject, identified only as “Selena”, has been known to hang around the property with the complainant’s son, Zach Rosser. Also, the complainant said that “Selena” has a history of arson. The incident was turned over to an investigator with the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office.
A seventeen-year-old Chattooga County teen was charged with battery after being accused of striking a victim in the face with his fist. The incident happened last Tuesday at a residence on Haywood Valley Road. A responding deputy spoke with the victim who said that the assailant had accused her of taking his belongings. The victim’s mother had called 911 about the incident. The alleged assailant lives across the road from the victim. The deputy went across the road and spoke with the teen who said that he as “sick of his things turning up missing”. The teen denied hitting the girl in the face, but the responding deputy reported that the victim showed signs of being hit in the face. The teen assailant’s father told the deputy that his son has a history of violence and “that it had only been getting worse”. Wesley Elijah Sweet was arrested and booked into the Chattooga County Jail on battery charges.
News Release:
The individual that was fatally injured in last nights shooting at 1802 Old Highway 27 Trion, has been identified as 44 year old Nathaniel James Pease who resided at the incident location. The shooter has been identified as 36 year old Dakota Dodd of a Trion address. Dodd surrendered to investigators after he left the incident location. The shooting appears to have stemmed from an argument from earlier in the day. More information may be released as the investigation is continuing. -Sheriff Mark A. Schrader