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Four women booked after car chase
Charges include shoplifting, reckless driving, fleeing, possession of marijuana, forgery
Canty Heard Stephens Thomas
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
Four women have been arrest
ed and charged after an alleged
theft from a store at North
Georgia Premium Outlets in
Dawson County and chase on
Ga. 400.
Following a high-speed chase
along the Forsyth County por
tion of Ga. 400 on Saturday,
Aug. 6, authorities apprehended
Jasmine Canty, 21, of Conyers
and Deshauna Heard, 20;
Brenaldia Stephens, 27 and
Marquita Thomas, 23, all of
Atlanta.
Canty and Heard were
charged with one felony count
each of theft by shoplifting.
Stephens was charged with mis
demeanors for reckless driving,
fleeing or attempting to elude
and possession of marijuana.
Thomas received one charge for
second-degree forgery, a felony.
Canty and Heard were taken
to the Dawson County
Detention Center, while
Stephens and Thomas were
taken to the Forsyth County Jail.
Dawson County Sheriff’s
Office issued a “Be on the Look
Out” or BOLO for a silver Ford
Focus missing a front bumper
and a temporary tag with four
females inside the vehicle
around 6 p.m., Aug. 6.
They had allegedly shoplifted
from the Marc Jacobs store and
were driving south along Ga.
400, according to a FCSO inci
dent report.
An FCSO Crime Reduction
Unit deputy spotted a Ford
Fusion driving erratically on Ga.
400 South near Matt Highway
with a temporary tag and four
female occupants.
According to the FCSO inci
dent report, the deputy tried to
catch the car, but was unsuc
cessful, despite driving 90 mph.
The deputy approached the Ford
Fusion near Exit 14 and ran the
temporary tag, which returned
as belonging to Heard.
Based on the alleged reckless
driving and BOLO, the deputy
subsequently initiated a traffic
stop with the vehicle on the side
of Ga. 400 south.
The Ford Fusion coasted for
about a mile along the side of
the highway before coming to a
stop. The deputy issued com
mands over his intercom for the
driver to exit the car. After the
second command, the driver fled
on Ga. 400.
The deputy performed a preci
sion immobilization technique,
or PIT, maneuver to stop the car.
At that point, the vehicle’s
See Chase 12A
‘She was as good as gold’
Julia Fechter Dawson County News
Sheriff Johnson, center left, presents a framed display to Hoenie's mother, Louise Gordon.
Road named to honor Dawson officer who died during tornado
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
Dawson County officer Bobbie Sue
Hoenie had just finished her shift at
the jail on March 20, 1998, when a
tornado touched down in northern Hall
County.
On her way to a part-time job as a
911 dispatcher, she stopped to help a
driver who had run into a ditch on Ga.
53 before attempting to clear the road
of fallen debris.
Minutes later, she was struck and
killed by another vehicle.
On Monday, Aug. 8, family, friends
and colleagues gathered to remember
her in a ceremony to rename a portion
of Ga. 53 from the Hall/Forsyth
County line to Little Hall Road as the
Officer Bobbie S. Hoenie Memorial
Highway.
The Georgia Department of
Transportation has installed signs near
that county line and across from the
entrance to Little Hall Park.
“This means the world to us. Thank
you so much,” said Hoenie’s mother,
Louise Gordon.
“It meant a whole lot that they’re
still honoring her memory,” added one
of Hoenie’s daughters, Jessica Jones.
Hoenie was the first of 13 people
who died in the tornado. She had only
been with the Dawson County
Sheriff’s Office for three months,
Dawson County Sheriff Jeff Johnson
said.
Colleagues of Hoenie’s as well as
fellow officers from DCSO, the
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Bobbie Sue Hoenie
Two soldiers
killed, three
injured by
falling tree
By Nick Watson
DCN Regional staff
Two soldiers were killed and three Army
Ranger candidates were injured after a tree
fell on them during a storm Tuesday, Aug.
9, in a training exercise on Yonah
Mountain, according to Army officials.
Second Lt. Evan Litzgibbon and Staff
Sgt. George Taber died after being trans
ported to the hospital.
Along with three Army Ranger candi
dates, Litzgibbon and Taber were struck by
a falling tree around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday
“while sheltering during a weather-induced
training hold,” according to a news release
by Army officials.
“We are all deeply saddened by the loss
See Yonah 12A
The Human
Bean coffee
shop opens
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Dawson County coffee lovers now have
another option to satisfy their cravings. The
Human Bean’s new Dawson location is
officially open for business and is provid
ing a wide range of espresso, coffee, tea
and other drinks to the community, all
available through the shop’s drive through
or walk-up window.
The coffee shop opened last weekend,
and the Dawson County Chamber of
Commerce held an official ribbon cutting
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