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VOL 151, NO. 14
WEDNESDAY, April 5,2023
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Special Election for House
District 68 Rep is May 16
PTC PD Arrests Man
for Child Abuse
Two Men Charged with
First-Degree Forgery
Leah Banks
Investigative Reporter
leah@fayette-news.net
TYRONE — Following
the recent death of Georgia
District 68 House Rep. Le-
titia “Tish” Naghise, Gov.
The Peachtree City Ele
mentary School media
center was visited by an
“out-of-this-world” author.
Deborah Lee Rose, a chil
dren's author whose book
was sent to the Inter
national Space Station, re
cently visited with
kindergarten and second
grade students.
Rose is the author of
multiple children's books,
including “Astronauts
Zoom!,” which was sent
with astronauts to the Inter
national Space Station and
will be recorded and read to
students from space. Stu
dents enjoyed learning
about a scientist’s life on the
space station and also learn
ing about what it takes to
become a book author, ac
cording to school officials.
Media Specialist Dr.
Amanda White says she was
thrilled to connect Rose
with the young Panthers.
Rose is a close friend of the
Tolawak family at the school
who arranged for the visit
and also donated a set of the
author's books to the library
collection.
Brian Kemp issued an
order for a special election
to be held on May 16 to fill
the vacancy.
Advance/early voting
for Tyrone residents will
be held from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. daily, April 24-29,
May 1-6, and May 8-12 at
the former police station at
945 Senoia Road in Ty
rone.
If a runoff is needed, it
will take place on June 13.
The candidate filing dead
line is April 5.
On election day, Tyrone
residents will cast ballots
at their regular polling lo
cation, which can be found
by utilizing the Georgia My
Voter webpage or by con
tacting the Fayette County
Registrar’s Office.
Fayette County resident
Marius L. Lehmann, 65, was
taken into custody on
March 24 by Peachtree City
Police and charged with two
counts of child molestation
and two counts of enticing a
child for indecent exposure
and sexual battery, accord
ing to reports.
Authorities reported this
is not the first time Leh
mann has been accused.
“We have two separate
incidents. [The first] in 2021
involved this subject and
the same victim. I can’t de
scribe what happened, but it
was inappropriate physical
touching,” said PTC PD per
sonnel.
Lehmann was taken to
Fayette County Jail.
In an unrelated incident,
PTC PD report the arrests of
two men for first-degree for
gery, which officers said
they believe was “inten
tional.”
According to the report,
officers responded to Home
Depot on Highway 54 re
garding suspicious activity
and the possibility of theft.
When officers arrived, one
male subject fled on foot but
was caught after a brief pur
suit.
Officers began investi
gating and identified the
two men as 32-year-old Jus
tin C. Eubanks and 30-year-
old Kevin B. Terrell.
According to officials,
Eubanks had active war
rants for robbery in Newton
County.
Eubanks was charged
Marius L. Lehmann
Justin C. Eubanks
Kevin B. Terrell
with forgery in the first de
gree and financial identity
See Arrests, A6
PTC Elementary Welcomes
( Out-oJ-this- World’Author
Fayetteville Planning & Zoning Approves
Variance Request, Revised Building Elevations
BOE Addressed by Bus
Driver Seeking Change
Resident Requests Board’s Assistance
to Prevent Package Store Near Bus Stop
Sydney Spencer
News Reporter
sspencer@fayette-news.net
During its March 28
meeting, the Fayetteville
Planning and Zoning Com
mission unanimously ap
proved a zoning variance
request for a new Sonic
drive-thru, as well as re
vised building elevations for
a previously approved pack
age store on North Glynn
Street.
The variance request
came from Juan Del Rio,
who presented conceptual
site plans and building el
evations for the property as
Planning Specialist Nicole
Gilbert presented the appli
cant’s prior request to the
board.
“In 2021, Atwell LLC re
ceived their approval to con
struct a Sonic at 885 North
Glynn Street. Their concep
tual site plan and building
elevations were approved.
The proposed restaurant
was to be just over 1,200
square feet with a single
lane drive-thru, outer seat
ing, and drive-up parking
with canopy stalls. It was
approved with several con
ditions,” explained Gilbert.
Gilbert described how
the conceptual site plan and
building elevations have
been improved.
“The current request is
for special exception to
allow a restaurant with a
drive-thru in order to con
struct a 1,200-square-foot
restaurant with a two-lane
drive-thru. Based on this,
staff reviewed the special
exception request based on
See Variance, A6
Sydney Spencer
News Reporter
sspencer@fayette-news.net
School bus drivers are
looking for change after the
March 27 storm that af
fected their routes and pick
ing up students, requesting
the Fayette County Board of
Education “at least” imple
ment a delay in school start
times when impactful
storms impact the area.
Carla Cannon, a Fayette
County school bus driver of
more than 17 years, voiced
her concern at the March 27
BOE meeting to bring atten
tion to the safety of students
and bus drivers.
“Most of you in this room
don’t know me. You don’t
know my heart or my love
See BOE, A6
McIntosh AD Hammond Wins State Honor
McIntosh High School’s Leon Hammond has
been named the Class AAAAA Athletic Director
of the Year by the Georgia Athletic Directors As
sociation (GADA).
The mission of the GADA is to assist Geor
gia’s athletic directors and coaches with their
essential efforts of developing student-athletes
both in and out of the classroom, nurturing stu
dent-athletes to become productive citizens in
society, and preparing student-athletes for a
brighter future.
Courtesy of Fayette County Schools
Leon Hammond
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