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. FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Friday, July 19,1998
OFFICERfrom 1A
Wallace also resisted being pulled out
from his car by holding onto the frame
above the passenger side door.
When filling out his report on the inci
dent later that evening, Swansey failed to
put the striking in his report.
Mills honed in on this point as part of
his basis for the sentencing. “I think you
didn’t put it in the report because you
knew you had messed up,” Mills said.
“The thing that bothers me is the
One also charged with DUI
Three arrested for possessing and
transporting explosive devices
By Jennifer Eskew
Staff Writer
When a Cumming Police offi
cer saw a pickup truck driver
almost throw someone out of the
back of the truck, he decided to
pull the driver over.
Little did he know the driver
and two passengers had seven
bombs in their possession.
Johnny Lynn Kersey, 33,
Jimmy Earl Kersey, 28, both of
Saxony Place Apartments,
Cumming and Anthony Dewaync
Ferguson, 29, of Mountain View
Drive, Cumming, were charged
with possession and transportation
FORUMS from 1A
On Wednesday, July 31, candi
dates for sheriff and commission
Post 4 will be invited to speak.
Sheriff candidates are incum
bent Jerry Padgett and challenger
Denny Hendrix.
Commission Post 4 candidates
are incumbent David Sexton and
challenger Andy Anderson.
Both forums will be held in the
Commissioners’ Conference
Room of the Forsyth County
Administration Building from
7:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m.
Melvin Stancil, superintendent
CAR from 1A
Singletary said he is impressed
with the car.
“It has all the bells and whis
tles,” he said.
The vehicle’s features include
heated scats, individual air control
and side air bags.
Singletary said he expects the
department to have use of the car
for six to eight months.
Also Tuesday, the council
approved a variance in zoning to
save an old white oak tree.
In 1991, Lamar Properties, Inc.
received approval to rezone a sec
tion of land off Tribble Gap Road
for a senior citizens’ care facility.
Developers originally agreed to a
50-foot landscaped buffer between
the facility and residential areas.
To comply with the buffer, the
builders would have to cut down
an old tree.
“They don’t want to do that,”
said Emory Lipscomb, a local
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cover-up, twice. Once then and now,” he
said.
Mills added he felt if Swansey had
come forward immediately then it was
possible the case never would have come
to court or if it had it would have been a
reduced charge. Certainly, Mills said, a
jury never would have found Swansey
guilty of murder, one of Swansey’s origi
nal charges.
Testimony from a forensic pathologist,
of illegal explosive devices.
When the officer attempted to
pull the truck over Sunday night,
Ferguson, the driver, refused to
pull over, said Cumming Chief of
Police Earl Singletary.
When Ferguson finally did pull
over he ran into the woods and
into someone else’s house, where
he was finally caught.
In addition to the explosive
charge, Ferguson is charged with
DUI, criminal trespass, expired
tag, fleeing or attempting to elude
and driving with a suspended
license.
Singletary called a special
force of the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation (GBI) in place for
of Forsyth County elections, said
candidates who chose a
Democratic ballot July 9 can only
choose a Democratic ballot for the
Aug. 6 run-off.
Candidates who chose a non
partisan ballot can choose either a
Republican or a Democratic ballot.
Other races in the run-off
include the Republican nomina
tion for retiring U.S. Sen. Sam
Nunn’s seat.
Guy Millner and Johnny
Isakson are competing for the
nomination to face Democrat Max
Cleland in November.
attorney representing the facility.
Nearby residents have agreed
to a 20-foot buffer with a fence,
Lipscomb said.
The council approved the vari
ance unanimously.
The council also approved a
rezoning request Tuesday for more
than 56 acres of land on Pilgrim
Mill Road. A new subdivision
with individual lots of at least
30,000 square feet is proposed.
Included in other business dis
cussed by the City Council
Tuesday was the approval of a new
base radio for the Police
Department. The city accepted the
lowest bid for the new radio at a
cost to the city of $9,708.
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Kris Sperry, who performed an autopsy on
Wallace, after he was exhumed, indicted
the cause of death could not be deter
mined.
Wallace suffered from a bone disease
causing his spine to fuse, limiting his
movement and forcing him into a bent
posture.
Among the injuries, Sperry noted were
the Olympics, as well as the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms.
The bombs are not believed to
be related to the Olympics and the
GBI referred the case to their local
branch in Gainesville.
Ferguson has a previous arrest
record in Gilmer County on simi
lar charges. In October 1995 he
was arrested for terroristic threats,
attempting to elude, obstruction of
a law enforcement officer, DUI
and child endangerment.
As of press time, the three
remained in the Forsyth County
jail.
Court date is changed
A court hearing for an apart
ment developer and the city of
Cumming was not held Thursday
morning due to a scheduling con
flict.
Tim Tise, vice-president of
Realty Development Corporation,
said his attorney, Douglas Dillard,
signed up for the Thursday, July
18 court date but was unaware of
the conflict with Judge Stan
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voice mail boxes now at Central office
By Laura Boggs
Staff Writer
Parents, students, teachers and
concerned citizens can now reach
Board of Education members by
calling their new voice mailbox
numbers.
Being on the school board is a
part-time job, and some members
suggested Technology Director
David Allen set up away for the
public to always be able to leave a
message.
To reach the voice mailboxes,
dial 887-2461 and the following
extension numbers:
•Sherry Sagemiller, 306;
•Ben Benson, 307;
•Don Hendricks, 308;
•Eddie Taylor, 309;
Gault’s calendar.
The conflict was not known
until after press time for the
Wednesday edition of the Forsyth
County News.
The new court date, expected
to be the week of July 29, has not
yet been set, Tise said.
The case involves the rezoning
of land for a 240-unit apartment
complex in the city of Cumming.
Council.”
The land had already been
rezoned for apartment use, there
fore, the construction plans went
through the city planning depart
ment, not the City Council.
lacerations on the head, hematomas
underneath the skin, a broken thigh bone
and a broken neck.
Sperry agreed the broken neck could
have been caused from the car wreck and
not from blows administered by Swansey.
Swansey received plenty of support
from his family as well as past and present
fellow police officers. All testified to
Swansey’s professionalism and his ability
•Arthur Wright, 310.
The voice mailboxes are part of
a new telephone system at the
Ceritral Office. Callers reach a
recording but can punch in exten
sion numbers or dial “0” to talk to
the receptionist.
With the old phone system,
dialers often reached a busy signal
or an “all circuits are busy”
recording.
Phone systems are also being
updated at all the schools, and
telephones are being installed in
every classroom to make it easier
for teachers to communicate with
parents.
The phone upgrades are being
funded by part of $8 million in
bond funds designated for technol
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to remain calm in any situation.
While his mother and daughter testi
fied, Swansey kept his salt-and-pepper
haired head down, occasionally rubbing
his brow or his eye.
He did the same gestures while he
stood before Mills with his hands behind
his back and told the judge just before his
sentencing, “I’m sorry. I wish it never
happened.”
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Board of Education chair
person Sherry Sagemiller
can now be reached by call
ing 887-2461, ext. 306