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i FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Thursday, Jun* 15, 2000
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graph test.
Hendrix said he wanted the
entire complaint investigated by
Atkinson, including the accusa
tion against Singletary, his chief
deputy.
“I asked him to come directly
to me with any problems and to
bypass chief deputy Earl
Singletary because he was named
in the accusation,” Hendrix said.
Atkinson was issued an order
to testify at the hearing but
became sick Monday and will be
recovering for a week, according
to Hendrix. The civil service
board will meet again June 29 to
hear the testimony of Atkinson,
Singletary and Fredieu, who testi
fied Tuesday but is expected to
take the stand again.
The sheriff testified that the
investigation of Fredieu’s com
plaint “took a different path” and
began to focus on Fredieu herself.
Coworkers Sarah Rees and
Teresa Greene testified earlier in
the day that Fredieu told them she
had gathered information against
the sheriff that she planned to use
in order to get a higher-paying job
within the department.
Fredieu’s lawyer, Rob Shaker
of Norcross, said internal affairs
never questioned the chief deputy
and suggested the whole interview
process was fixed from the start.
“An immediate witch hunt was
begun against my client,” said
Shaker, holding up a more than
200-page transcript of Fredieu’s
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might be the creation of a central location for
an Hispanic community services building that
could also house classrooms for English as a
Second Language courses and other informa
tion and education sessions.
Marett told the commissioners he is work
ing with local community leaders and mem
bers of the Hispanic community to find and
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because of water supply issues,
recreation, wildlife habitat issues
and things that are important to
people. So we plan to continue
talking about those issues.”
Talking, he stresses, soon
won’t be enough and so the time
to plan is now. The meeting,
which will include refreshments at
6 p.m. and speakers at 7 p.m., will
be at the Sawnee Center.
Focused on water quality and
quantity issues, the Alliance has
spent the past 18 months soliciting
opinions and comments from the
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I'm not saying he
didn't I'm going to
say I don’t recall.
- Hendrix, responding to
questions about his chief
deputy's involvement in
payroll discrepancies
interview with Atkinson as evi
dence his client was unfairly tar
geted. Fredieu was told the inves
tigation would focus on Singletary
and other top deputies authorizing
pay for work not performed,
according to Shaker.
Shaker said none of those top
deputies were interviewed as part
of the investigation that led to the
firing of his client.
Hendrix testified Atkinson told
him at some point during the
investigation that he could go no
further without delving into the
payroll issue. The sheriff said he
has since turned over the inves
tigative file to the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation. Hendrix several
times said he could not remember
specifics about the internal affairs
investigation and admitted he had
not read it thoroughly.
Hendrix said he fired Fredieu
after discussing her dismissal with
the county attorney.
The GBI currently is looking
pay for such a plan, either by renting a build
ing or constructing a new one.
He said the building could serve in the
future as a place to link employers with day
workers, and asked the commissioners to sup
port such a plan.
There was some discussion about the pas
sage of new laws designed specifically to
public, elected officials and tech
nical experts about the resources
in the Etowah Basin. The meeting
will serve as a forum to report its
findings and to discuss opportuni
ties for balancing development,
agriculture, recreation and eco
nomic growth in the region.
“The danger of doing growth
wrong is that, as anybody right
now can see, keeping that river
pure is challenging,” says
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into “payroll irregularities" within
the department and whether offi
cers billed the county for hours
they didn’t work, GBI Special
Agent Jim Hallman said.
Hendrix, who is in the middle
of a re-election campaign, testi
fied his officers were never given
permission to get paid for work
not performed.
Allegations of payroll wrong
doing first became public during
Sgt. Duane Piper’s May 11 civil
service hearing. During the hear
ing, Piper and two other officers
testified they were instructed to
add 11 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.
Department payroll records
examined by the Forsyth County
News suggest officers ranging
from 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.
The sheriff testified he did not
become aware of the accusation
about deputies padding their
timesheets until after Piper’s
appeal hearing. Hendrix said he
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then ordered Singletary to begin
gathering pay records for an
investigation.
The testimony prompted a
series of questions from board
members because Singletary dis
cussed the pay discrepancies with
them in January. Piper’s hearing
got under way in January but was
canceled and rescheduled for May
because the public was not prop
erly notified.
Board members Terry Smith
and Robert Ranaldi said the pay
issue was discussed with
Singletary present at the first hear
ing. They pressed the sheriff to
remember whether Singletary had
informed him about the pay dis
crepancies during the five months
before the second hearing.
“I’m not saying he didn’t. I’m
going to say I don’t recall,”
Hendrix responded.
The sheriff said he doesn’t
think he should take any action
against his chief deputy because
he is an honest individual and the
accusation against him is now in
the hands of the GBI.
Board chairman Dr. A.Y.
Howell ended the hearing with a
warning to the sheriff, who told
the board it is difficult to remem
ber exact conversations when a
person oversees more than 200
employees.
“I want to remind you of
something. Jesus Christ had 12
men and one of them turned him
in,” said Howell.
eliminate the hazards presented by the labor
ersy or stricter enforcement of loitering laws
already on the books.
Commission Chairman Bill Jenkins urged
caution in moving forward with such action.
“I don’t want to introduce any ordinance
that would lock somebody up when they are
looking for work,” he said.
low the governor’s advice, which
is to have adequate green space,
then you have runoff of pollution
that’s going into the water you’re
going to drink.”
Worker hurt in 30-foot fall
A 40-year-old construction
worker fell about 30 feet Friday
afternoon while working on a resi
dence in the 8400 block of Lanier
Drive in Cumming.
The man, identified by the
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office as
Stanley Bryan Wright Jr. of
Cumming, was transported by
emergency helicopter to Atlanta
Medical Center.
Deaths
Bessie Payne Bolton
Mrs. Bessie Payne Bolton,
93, of Cumming died Monday,
June 12, 2000. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Joel
Bolton.
Survivors include her chil
dren, J.B. and Alice Bolton,
Ruth and Hewlett Raines, Helen
Satterfield, all of Cumming,
Glen and Bettye Bolton of
Smyrna, Charles and Glenda
Bolton of Marietta; brother,
Amos Payne; sisters and broth-,
ers-in-law, Jessie Whitmire,
Nellie Kate and H.C. Williams,
Ivey and Maebel Hughes, Jean
Bolton, all of Cumming; nine
grandchildren; 14 great-grand
children; nieces, nephews and
other relatives.
Funeral services were
Wednesday, June 14, at Ingram
Funeral Home Chapel with the
Revs. Ken Neibel, Roger
Williams and Danny Orr offici
ating. Interment was in Sawnee
View Memorial Gardens.
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He remained in critical but sta
ble condition following the fall,
according to the Forsyth County
Fire Department.
Forsyth County firefighters
and paramedics responded to the
home about 11:59 a.m. after a wit
ness called 911. They found
Wright on the ground beside the
house.
Colby Jones
Judy McTyre
Mrs. Judy McTyre, 65, of
Young Harris died Monday, June
12, 2000.
Survivors include her husband,
Mr. Richard McTyre of Young
Harris; sons and daughter-in-law,
Toby McTyre of Alpharetta,
Robert McTyre of Dunwoody,
Gay and Jack McTyre of
Blairsville; sisters and brothers-in
law, Beverly Jane and George
Chandler of N.J., Bonnie and Phil
Holt of Orlando, Florida; brother
and sister-in-law, Maryanna and
Willard Daniel Smith Jr. of
Cumming; grandchildren, Ellie
McTyre of Alpharetta, Sarah
McTyre and Hannah McTyre of
Blairsville; several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be
Thursday, June 15, at 1 p.m. at
Indian Creek Baptist Church with
Dr. Charles Howell officiating.
Louie E. Jones Funeral Home
in Alpharetta is in charge of
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
June 15, 2000