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Police seek to ID sexual assault suspect
DCSO put out BOLO on Facebook after incidents at outlet mall
Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
Law enforcement needs the pub
lic’s help in identifying a man sus
pected of sexually assaulting multi
ple people at department stores in
Dawson County.
“The suspect is a white male,
approximately 5’5” to 5’8” tall,”
Sheriff Jeff Johnson said in an
emailed statement. “As depicted in
the photograph, the suspect is of
medium weight. The suspect is
described as having shoulder length
brown hair which he sometimes
wears in a ‘ponytail’.”
The Dawson County Sheriff’s
Office put out the initial BOLO
Monday, Oct. 18, for the suspect
regarding the assault of an employee
at North Georgia Premium Outlets.
The first reported incident happened
at the outlet mall’s Boss Leggings
Store on Oct. 15, Johnson said.
Over the past week, the sheriff’s
office has learned about “numerous
other reports of crimes committed by
this individual,” according to a fol
low-up Facebook post Wednesday.
Some female victims report that
the suspect rubbed himself against
them, and others said he fondled
himself, being unexposed while his
hands were in his pocket.
The sheriff’s office is asking peo
ple to continue sharing the BOLO
and to contact them with any infor
mation on the suspect.
People can contact Investigator
Boyce with any tips at (706) 344-
3535.
Dawson County News will update
this story as we learn more informa
tion.
Authorities
are seeking
more infor
mation
about a
man sus
pected in a
spree of
sexual
assaults at
North
Georgia
Premium
Outlets.
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Many Moonshine Festival-goers browsed products within local and regional vendors' booths at Dawsonville's
Main Street Park.
Histories of town, kindness go hand-in-hand at Moonshine Festival
Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
A tradition of altruism
has endured for genera
tions in Dawson County,
all the way through this
past weekend’s 54th
annual Mountain
Moonshine Festival.
Thanks to the event,
sponsoring non profit
K.A.R.E For Kids will be
able to help at least 700
children celebrate
Christmas and receive
needed winter wear and
school supplies.
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volunteers
sing him a
song of
thanks for
his efforts
uplifting
others and
preserving
Dawsonville
and racing
history.
Turnout low as
second week of
early voting ends
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Advanced voting for the Dawsonville
Municipal Election is nearing the close of
its second week, and according to Board of
Elections officials the voter turnout so far
has been lower than in past years.
Glenda Ferguson, Dawson County Board
of Elections director, said as of midday on
Thursday, Oct. 21, 65 city residents had
cast their votes in person and one absentee
ballot had been returned by mail.
“It’s been slow; we’re at a total of 65 for
all of advanced, in-person voting,”
Ferguson said, “and we’ve had about eight
requests for absentee ballots by mail and
only had one of those returned, so it’s
slower than I think it should be.”
The ballot for this election consists of
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Dawson Market
Place could gain
store, restaurant
next to Kroger
Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
Stores along the Dawson Market Place
commerce hub are one step closer to hav
ing a new neighbor in the future.
Tuesday night, the planning commission
recommended approval for all-offsite park
ing at a forthcoming restaurant or retail
space next to Kroger Marketplace.
They also gave the preliminary thumbs-
up for a driveway variance to the future
business.
Dawson County’s Board of
Commissioners will ultimately vote to
approve or deny these variances at its Nov.
16 meeting.
During the application presentation,
Ethan Underwood of Miles, Hansford &
Tallant, LLC represented Cory Cianci of
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