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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.
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this community.
Happy Groundhog
Day.
FAYETTE COUNTY NEWS
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Fayetteville, Ga. 30214
Phone: 770-461-6317
Fax: 770-460-8172
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