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Wednesday, February 1,2023 Fayette County News A5 PTC Police Arrest Man Wanted for Failure to Appear Leah Banks Investigative Reporter leah@fayette-news.net PEACHTREE CITY - What started out as a routine traffic stop led to the arrest of a man wanted for failing to ap pear in court. According to reports from Peachtree City Po lice Department, Officer Omar Mullins initiated a traffic stop on Jan. 22 due to a headlight vio lation near Huddleston Road and Fulton Court in Peachtree City. During the stop, Mul lins reported that he de tected the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle, which led to a probable cause search of the car. Although nothing was found within the car that pertained to marijuana, Mullins discovered that the passenger, 23-year- old Kevon J. Spellman, had an active warrant for his arrest. Spellman was ar rested for the failure to appear warrant and transferred to the Fay ette County Jail while the driver was released with no delay. State Court, Continued from Front house. Moore has been filling in for Thompson as state court judge since last year. Castilla is a lawyer who was also filling in for Thompson. The two were officially sworn in to their positions in hopes to make a positive difference within the community of Fayette County. “Moore is a friend, so I was glad we were able to do this together. It was also very rewarding to be able to serve in all three Tech Upgrade, Continued from Front distribution system pres sure and chain clubs,” Lee explained. “The proposal for $60,400 includes special ized software and custom ization with the two new SCADA computers, an up graded human machine in terface, full designing integration, and brings the upgrading system from Windows 7 to Windows 10,” she continued. Upgrading one item re quires upgrading a second item, according to Lee. “Item two is those two computers having the crosstown treatment plant that includes software up grades that puts them on par with the recent Filter Magic upgrades at the South Fayette Water Treat ment Plant,” she said. “These computers monitor and control filter operation and backwash sequence, as well as chemical beat sys tems at the crosstown plants. “There will be two new SCADA computers with specialized software and customization, an up graded human machine in terface, full designing integration, and again, up grading from Windows 7 operating system to Win dows 10,” Lee added. “That proposal is $140,000.” Lee concluded that the treatment plants will al ways need routine mainte nance and upgrades with age. She informed that after conducting research, there is plenty of funding for the two proposals. “The SCADA system re quires continuous mainte nance and upgrades as well as future improvements,” she said. “We’ve been funding the CRP and this year we’ve started the year at $510,000. There’s adequate funds available for these two proposals.” Hardship, Continued from Front reasoning behind the deci sion. In this meeting, however, Huelfer stood in front of the council to not only address the hardships that the clo sure of the path has placed on his family, but also to dis cuss the impact it has had on his daughter, Lily. “I spoke here last May, pleading to keep Crabapple Lane open so that my dis abled daughter, Lily, could get to her job at Kroger,” Huelfer said. Huelfer highlighted that, since closure of the path, not only have members of the council gone against their word, but they also broke their promise to PTC cit izens. “In November, certain council members refused to meet with Tyrone leader ship, and they instead broke their promise and closed ac cess on Dec. 1,” Huelfer ex pressed. “My wife and I now transport Lily up to 10 times per week. She’s completely isolated at home and stripped of her independ ence.” Huelfer continued to tell council about the statistics regarding traffic that flowed through the path and how the surrounding neighbor hood, Kedron Hills, com plained about the dangers and safety hazards that this volume of traffic posed. Al though the traffic was seem ingly not as high as they had once expressed, Huelfer said it could have been an at tempt to stoke fear. “The fear that thousands of Tyrone golf carts will flood Peachtree City in the near fu ture is simply fear-monger- ing,” Huelfer said. As councilmembers con tinued to listen, Huelfer placed a spotlight on the pre sumed isolationist views that some members of council may have when it comes to the path. “So, why deny access to Tyrone residents?” Huelfer asked. “It doesn’t happen on the south side where wealthy Fayetteville neighborhoods flow golf carts into [PTC] daily. It’s crystal clear. We’re facing the age-old ‘We don’t want your types in our neighborhood.’ The under tones have been expressed in this very room. “The mean-spiritedness of a couple of council members certainly does not represent the will and hospi tality of [PTC] as a whole. Let’s just call it for what it is: pure discrimination.” Huelfer continued to plead with council to keep the path open in efforts to cause a change of action. At the conclusion of his com ment, applause filled Peach tree City Hall as supporters of the Huelfer family praised Huelfer for his poise. Given that it was public comment, no executive deci sion on the matter was made. courts,” Moore said. Moore saw it as not only an opportunity to give back to the community, but also to work alongside Judge Jason Thompson and continue to learn from him and Castilla along the way. "Judge Thompson is a great judge who knows the law and administers it fairly. I am learning much from him, including his community service outside the court,” Moore said. “Hilliard Castilla and I are good friends, and although we were on opposite sides of cases in the practice of law, we always respected each other. I enjoy work ing with Hilliard.” As far as changes for the courts, Moore sees none currently and takes pride in working efficiently while serving his home town. “I see no changes cur rently at all, for Fayette County courts are working efficiently and properly. We have the best bench,” Moore said. “I saw [the swearing in] as a great op portunity to give back to the community and serve my hometown I love so much.” Turner, Continued from A4 work. We hope everyone who has picked up a copy of FCN during the past three weeks has noticed a difference. Unlike new cell phones which can recall texts, and unlike social media posts which can be deleted, we cannot “un print” a mistake. Also un like social media, and unlike most state and na tional news sources, readers can count on fair and balanced truth in re porting from FCN, your local newspaper. We are both excited and proud to be a part of this community. Happy Groundhog Day. FAYETTE COUNTY NEWS P.O. Box 96, Fayetteville, Ga. 30214 Phone: 770-461-6317 Fax: 770-460-8172 HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH welcow'e/konw. Holy Trinity a vibrant Catholic community in Peachtree City, GA invites and welcomes you to our parish. 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