A Chattooga County teenager was arrested last week in neighboring Cherokee County, Alabama. Cedar Bluff Police say that eighteen-year-old Jordan Roan of Summerville was wanted on charges of failure to appear on previous driving violation charges. Roan is also accused of driving with an open container of alcohol. Roan was arrested on Thursday of last week.
A shoplifter was arrested at Walmart in Trion earlier this month. According to a report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, Raymond Armoni is accused of pushing a buggy with $175.32 worth of items out of the doors of the store without paying for any of the items. Walmart Asset Prevention employees told a responding deputy that Armoni went out the door “with no attempt at paying”. Employees were able to stop Armoni in the parking lot and brought him and the buggy back inside the store without incident. Armoni was booked into the Chattooga County Jail and charged with shoplifting.
The Washington Nationals recalled right-handed pitcher, and Chattooga County native, Amos Willingham from Triple-A Rochester on Sunday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.
Multiple area fire departments responded to a shed fire on Spring Creek Road in Trion on Sunday morning. The call came in around 11:15 AM and Trion Fire Department responded. When they arrived a shop building in the 4000 block of Spring Creek Road was fully involved. Firefighters from Trion, Summerville and Hays Correctional Fire Departments extinguished the fire and stopped it from spreading to any other structures. No word on the cause of the fire.
Today is the opening day of voting for the 11th Annual American Association of State Troopers “America’s Best-Looking Cruiser” Calendar Contest.
Over the past weekend, WZQZ News reported that the Appalachian Regional Commission has released a report listing Chattooga County as a “distressed” county within the region. That designation makes Chattooga County the only Appalachian County in Georgia to receive the designation.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, July 14, 2024:
