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Man arrested for possession of narcotics
Methamphetamine, Cocaine included in substances allegedly seized during late-night traffic stop
By Alexander Popp
apopp@dawsonnews.com
Methamphetamine,
cocaine, MDMA,
Oxycodone and Hashish
were allegedly seized dur
ing a recent traffic stop in
Dawson County, authori
ties say.
According to Dawson
County Sheriff Jeff
Johnson, Jonathan Walter
Putnam, 42, of Atlanta,
was arrested on Tuesday,
June 29, 2021,
after a traffic stop
on Ga. 400 and
Dawson Forest
Road led deputies
to discover multi
ple illegal narcotics
and drug parapher
nalia in Putnam’s
vehicle.
An incident
report associated
Putnam
with
Putnam’s arrest states that
he was stopped at 2:15
a.m. on June 29 for
allegedly failing to
maintain lane.
Upon investiga
tion of Putnam’s
vehicle, deputies
located 3.4 grams
of methamphet
amine, 5 MDMA
pills, 6.19 grams of
cocaine, 1.31
grams of crushed
Oxycodone, 4.4 grams of
hashish and 3 grams of
THC wax, Johnson said.
Putnam has been
charged with six counts of
possession of a controlled
substance with intent to
distribute, one count for
possession of drug-related
objects and failure to main
tain lane.
He is being held in the
Dawson County Detention
Center under no bond.
Seized nar
cotics
included
metham
phetamine,
cocaine,
MDMA,
hashish and
THC.
Photo courtesy
Dawson County
Sheriffs Office
Shreddin’ it up
Erica Schmidt Dawson County News
A skate park is coming soon to Dawsonville's Main Street Park. So far, the city has only installed the future skate
park's concrete pad, but officials say that equipment will soon be installed.
Skate park coming soon to Dawsonville’s Main Street Park
By Erica Schmidt
eschmidt@dawsonnews.com
The City of Dawsonville will soon
have its very own skate park, which
city officials hope to open during the
first weekend in September as part of
Main Street Park’s next phase of devel
opment.
According to Dawsonville Finance
Administrator Robin Gazaway, the city
has already poured a concrete pad
where the skate park will be installed
at Main Street Park, once the park’s
equipment is delivered.
“We’ve already got everything on
order and they’re hoping to deliver it
by the end of this month,” Gazaway
said. “So this is one of our next addi
tions — we keep trying to change it up
and add little things here and there to
just kind of improve everything in the
downtown area.”
The skate park, which was designed
by an American company specializing
in skate park and bike park design, will
include several different ramps and
seating for riders and spectators.
“There’s gonna be various ramps
above ground on top of the concrete
pad,” Gazaway said. “And we’re still
kind of in the development phase
about how we wanna position every
thing, but we’d like to have some kind
of seating there for them so they can
change shoes or change the wheels or
whatever, or if somebody wants to
watch there’s some seating there for
people to sit and relax.”
Gazaway said that she and other city
officials are excited to bring the skate
park to the community as part of ongo
ing efforts to improve the city’s park.
One of the biggest reasons they’re
excited, she said, is because the new
park will provide a fun hangout spot
for the county’s teenagers.
“I think this is gonna be awesome
for everybody to use, and we’re hop
ing to keep the teenagers a little bit
busy,” Gazaway said. “Especially
when school’s in there’s a lot of
teenagers that skateboard from the
school, so they’ll be able to come
use it.”
But the city officials aren’t the
only ones looking forward to open
ing the park, she said. The city has
reportedly talked to young local
skateboarders, and Gazaway reported
that they are just as excited about the
park’s installation.
“We have talked to some of the
teenagers around and they seem to be
excited about it,” she said. “They
actually are already using the con
crete pad without the ramps or any
thing — they’re just skating on the
concrete pad.”
The new skate park will be located
on the end of Main Street Park clos
est to the Dawson County
Professional Development Center, 28
Main Street, Dawsonville.
Gazaway said that, if all goes as
planned, they hope to install the
skate park equipment at the end of
July, with an official grand opening
tentatively scheduled in conjunction
with the city’s Sept. 3, 2021, Food
Truck Friday event.
Food Truck
Friday event
draws crowd
despite rain
By Erica Schmidt
eschmidt@dawsonnews.com
Despite rainy weather, dozens of com
munity members gathered at the
Dawsonville Farmer’s Market Pavilion
and Main Street Park on Friday, July 9, to
take part in the city’s Food Truck Friday
and an outdoor movie night event.
Several local food trucks drew crowds
to the farmer’s market pavilion, offering a
range of foods from barbecue to ice
cream and chocolate dipped bananas.
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Sheriff: Suspect
arrested after
manhunt in
Lumpkin Co.
By Alexander Popp
apopp@dawsonnews.com
A manhunt in Lumpkin County ended
on Monday afternoon when authorities
located and arrested
Gerardo Jonathan
Flowers, a man accused
of firing a gun at sheriff’s
office deputies during a
chase on Sunday.
In a statement posted
on Facebook Monday,
Lumpkin County Sheriff
Stacy Jarrard announced
that Llowers, 29, had
been apprehended at about noon after
hours of searching throughout the night.
Llowers is accused of firing a gun at
officers during a car chase in the area of
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