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Bad neighbors arrested for next-door burglary
By JonMhan Hammon
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' Neighbor* will uwally watch houses in
then ncighbothouds while rewdenu are out
us town
But Cumming police say 42yearo!d
John Alien Short and 20 year-old Daniel
Ckancti were not very neighborly. The two
were arrested Thursday night and charged
With burglary for allegedly attempting to
steal items from their neighbor's home
while he was out of town on a family emer
gency
Cumming police hast issued a warrant
for a third man they believe was involved in
the attempted burglary
The break in occurred in the 100 block
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spend the night al the time of the accident.
. The cause of the fatal accident remains
Under investigation by the sheriff’s office.
Chalker said it is unknown whether the dn-
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Wlfrsy’s 1988 BMW skidded off Watson
kdtid and slammed into a power pole. Alfrey
J* as running late for a meeting before school
end wjy> traveling an estimated 73 mph when
lie lost control, according to Cpl. Horace
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i* The posted speed limit on the road is 45
fnph.
Funeral services for Herstowski are
ihcdulcd for 5 p m. Sunday at Ingram
uneral Home in Cumming. His family
ceived visitors at the funeral home from 3-
p.m. Sunday.
» FCHS junior Sarah Putnam said she had
Attended classes with the victim since sec-
Jmd grade.
i “1 am really sad that the accident hap-
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year.
s The board could vote on a final redistrict
fjig plan at its June 15 meeting.
' In an unrelated redistricting matter, the
Soard considered a request that students liv
ing in St. Mario Country Club off Old
Road be moved into the Settles
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because of the ongoing GBI inves-
Igation.
* The sheriff has said in previous
Interviews the payroll allegations
|re part of a “character assassina
tion" attempt by his political
Opponents.
’ Hcndnx, who is in the middle
pf a re-election campaign, also
has said his officers were never
jiven permission to get paid for
Jvork qot performed.
i Department payroll records
Examined by the Forsyth County
fiews suggest officers ranging
rom sergeant to major the
highest rank possible below the
sheriff and his top deputy have
participated in either receiving or
Approving the pay under scrutiny
by the GBI.
! Allegations of payroll wrong
doing first surfaced during Sgt.
Duane Piper’s May 11 appeal civil
service hearing. During the hear-
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News of the most
recent tragedy reached
students the day before
graduation, where the
atmosphere at the
school had not yet
returned to normal after
a crash in May that
killed two students.
FCHS juniors Adam
Alfrey and Steven
Grant, both 16, were
killed May II when
ing. Piper and two other officers
testified they were instructed to
add H hours onto their timesheets
each month regardless of whether
they worked the hours. Piper said
the extra time was part of a
February 1999 plan by Hendrix
and Singletary to reward officers
holding “acting” ranks. An acting
position assumes all the responsi
bilities of a certain rank without
receiving its corresponding raise
in pay.
Several of the pay records
obtained by the newspaper include
the letters “APT” in a column
reserved for supervisor's notes.
An officer testified during Piper’s
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According to the
police report. Garrett
called the neighbor's
employer Thursday
morning to ask about
repairing a broken
window When repair
men responded to the
call, they found the
broken window along
with a broken televi
sion. a stereo on the
floor and a coffee table overturned in the
living room.
In other rooms they reported finding a
CD player, portable radio and remote-con-
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Students at Forsyth Central High School comfort each other as news spreads about the
death of their classmate.
pened.” she said.
“It is hard to believe that this happened
again," added junior Jaime Satterfield.
Many students went to the wreck scene
Bridge Elementary School district when
school resumes in August.
After expressing concerns about fairness
to other subdivisions that would not be
moved into new districts until the following
school year, board members agreed with a
staff recommendation to offer St. Mario par-
Short
hearing that APT refers to “acting
pay time.”
The acting title, Singletary
said, benefits officers by placing
them first in line for future pro
motions and by allowing them to
work extra hours.
According to Hendrix and
Singletary, the reward plan
involved allowing those in acting
positions to work up to 171 hours
each month instead of 160 like
other deputies.
Fredieu’s lawyer, Rob Shaker
of Norcross, has argued officers
routinely got paid for hours they
never worked with the approval of
their supervisors.
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beds.
They found a bro
ken baseball bat next
to a green Ford
Aerostar with a shat
tered w indshield in the
garage.
When police
arrived they received
conflicting reports
from Garrett and Short
about what had hap-
Garrett
pened.
Police said Garrett told them a third
man. who was very- intoxicated, entered the
neighbor's house through a back window'
Friday afternoon to see where their class
mate was killed, leaving with blank faces.
“It’s really bad,” said student Clarrisa
Kinley.
ents a chance to apply for an out-of-district
waiver to let their children attend Settles
Bridge beginning in August.
They would have to take their children to
school at Settles Bridge. Students in St.
Mario now attend Big Creek Elementary
School.
Hendrix is one of five sheriff’s
office employees ordered to testi
fy at Fredieu’s hearing. The others
are Singletary, Lt. Thurmond
Atkinson, Sarah Rees and Teresa
Greene. The sheriff’s office,
which will be represented by
Steve Barnhart of Atlanta, had not
issued any subpoenas for the hear
ing as of Friday afternoon.
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and took items. When the items were
brought to Garren's residence by the man.
they were placed in the carport for safe
keeping. Garrett told police the third man
left his home driving a Nissan pickup.
Police report the suspect said he crawled
through the window of his neighbor's home
and pit back the stolen items.
Short’s account of the incident differed
from Garrett’s, police said.
Short was also charged on an outstand
ing warrant issued by the Forsyth County
Sheriffs Office on a bad check charge.
Both men were taken to the Forsyth
County Jail. Garrett was released Friday
afternoon on $15,000 bond. Short remained
in custody.
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before it was strung up. Gnaw
marks on the 4-foot nylon rope
suggest the animal struggled
right up until the end. He said it
is the worst case of animal cruel
ty he has ever encountered.
The cat was found hanging 7
feet off the ground by Weldy’s
son and grandson about 6:30 a.m.
Weldy and his wife adopted
the stray cat after his son found it
abandoned in the driveway last
year.
They fed it milk from a baby
bottle and let it come and go out
of the home as it pleased.
Weldy’s 6-year-old grand
daughter named it Snickers and
often visited his farm to play
with the kitten.
Both cat killers, if caught,
could be among the first people
in the state to be charged with
felony animal cruelty.
The Georgia General
Assembly passed legislation dur
ing its most recent session mak
ing it a felony for anyone to
“knowingly and maliciously” kill
an animal or seriously disfigure
it.
The law, which went into
effect May 1, carries a sentence
of from one to five years in
prison and a fine up to $15,000.
Anyone with information
about the cases should call the
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office
at (770) 781-2222 or the
Cumming Police Department at
(770)781-2000.
Those wishing to contribute to
the reward fund can send checks
made out to the Forsyth County
Humane Society to P.O. Box 337,
Cumming, GA 30028.
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Deaths
John Hutand Carmical
John Huland Carmical. 104. of
Cumming died Friday, June 9.
2000. Mr. Camucal was bom Sept
11.1895 in Campbell County, Ga..
and graduated from the University
of Georgia m 1917 with a journal
ism degree. He continued his edu
cation with postgraduate work at
Columbia University in New York.
His career in New York spanned
more than 40 years following
financial markets, at first with JP
Morgan Company and later with
the New York Times.. His journal
istic assignments carried him to
many parts of the world, including
hex spots in the Middle East as oil
resources were being developed
there. In 1967, Mr. Carmical
retired to Georgia to a home in
rural south Fulton County. He is
the son of Dr. J.B. Carmical and
Annie Ballard Carmical.
Survivors include his nephew,
Albert C. Eagan of Gainesville;
niece, Rebekah E. Clarke of
Huntsville. Ala.; cousin. Ruby
Hefner of Cornelia; a number of
nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorial services will be
Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Ingram
Funeral Home Chapel with Rev.
Ken Neibel officiating. Interment
will be in College Park Cemetery
later in the afternoon.
Forsyth County News
June 11, 2000
Suellen Houghton
Mrs. Suellen Houghton, 52, of
Cumming died Thursday, June 8,
2000. Mrs. Houghton was a devot
ed mother, grandmother and wife.
She was blessed with a unique
spirit and zest for life, which was
contagious and uplifting.
Survivors include her husband,
Robin Houghton of Cumming;
mother, Marguarite Armstrong;
sisters, Barbara Evans and Allison
Largeman; daughter and son-in
law, Heidi and Omar Avila; son
and daughter-in-law, Jeremy and
Paula Orr; grandchildren, Faith
Marie Orr and Ethan Lewis Avila.
Funeral services will be
Monday, June 12, at I p.m. at First
Christian Church with the Revs.
Gary Armes and Larry Deckard
officiating. The committal service
will be Tuesday, June 13, at 11
a.m. in Park Hill Cemetery in
Columbus, Ga.
The family will receive friends
at the Ingram Funeral Home
Sunday, June 11, from 2-5 p.m.
Forsyth County News
June 11, 2000