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freezing point overnight in metro Atlanta.
Two men arrested for drugs
take separate paths of justice
By Nicole Green
Staff Writer
Two men arrested in
Cumming for possession of
illegal drugs in late February
opted to take different
avenues in the Forsyth
County justice system.
Jason Aaron Kee. 24, of
Cumming and Joshua Brian
Hart. 21. of Dahlonega were
arrested Feb. 27 on Ga 400
southbound at the Pilgrim
Mill Road exit
They were stopped for a
window tint violation on a
green Honda Accord belong
ing to Kristi Holbrook,
according to sheriff’s office
reports. Kee was driving w ith
a suspended license, reports
Man found guilty of obstruction
after deputy dragged by vehicle
By Nicole Green
Staff Writer
Paul Perri was found guilty
by a superior court jury of two
counts of obstruction of a
police officer and a traffic vio
lation.
The case was heard by
Chief Judge Jeffrey S Bagley.
In March 2003. Perri was
driving under the influence of
alcohol when he was stopped
by a Cumming police officer
on Marketplace Boulevard.
The officer was directing traf
fic because of the motorcycle
accident that killed Sgt. David
Land of the Sheriffs Office.
Perri refused to step out of
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Sheriff’s deputies
searched the vehicle and
found metharnphetamine.
marijuana, scales and multi
ple plastic baggies, according
to the incident report.
Kee and Hart were
charged with possession of
methamphetamine and mari
juana with intent to distrib
ute. both felony charges.
They were also charged
w ith possession of Lortab. a
painkiller.
Kee pleaded guilty on
March 16 to possession of
methamphetamine and mari
juana with intent to distrib
ute. possession of a schedule
II narcotic and driving with a
suspended license. He
the truck and tried to leave the
scene. The officer reached in
to turn off the ignition, got
caught and was drug dow n the
roadway.
Pern was not convicted of
the aggravated assault charge.
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entered the Drug Court pro
gram.
Drug Court is an 18-
month alternative sentencing
program used to rehabilitate
drug users. Participants meet
weekly with Chief Superior
Court Judge Jeffrey S.
Bagley to discuss their
progress in the program.
If they test positive for
drugs, they are given sanc
tions jail time —by the
judge. Upon completion of
the program, the judge is
more likely to impose a
lighter sentence or even give
the participant a clean slate.
Hart opted to fight the
charges. He remains in the
Forsyth County Detention
Center awaiting trial.
The defendant was represent
ed by local attorney Charles
Hald'i.
It was newly-hired
Assistant District Attorney
David Lyles' first case in
Forsyth County.
Man charged with threatening
girlfriend with butcher knife
By Nicole Green
Staff Writer
A Cumming man with a
history of domestic violence
was booked into the Forsyth
County Detention Center on a
variety of charges last week
after he threatened his girl
friend with a butcher knife,
sheriff’s officials said.
On March 16 at 10:30
p.m., the Forsyth County
Sheriff’s Office responded to a
911 hang-up call at 3245
Continental Drive in
Cumming.
Investigators: Fatal Cherokee
fire started with extension cord
By Nicole Green
Staff Writer
CANTON Cherokee
County fire department inves
tigators have determined
where the fire started that
killed two former Forsyth
County Schools students on
Feb. 9, but they are still unsure
of the cause.
Christopher and Jeffrey
Johnson. 11 and 13. died in a
fire that consumed their
Cherokee County home at
13778 Cumming Hwy.
Based on the scene analy-
Teen missing for four months
found with an acquaintance
By Colby Jones
Staff Writer
Forsyth County sheriff’s
detectives have located a local
teen missing for more than
four months.
Detectives have been
searching for the girl, who
was not identified by detec
tives. since she ran away from
home on Nov. 1, 2003. said
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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Wxjrxtdty, Match 24,2004 -
Fernandez
Edgar Za
vala Fernan
dez, 25, re
portedly was
involved in a
domestic dis
pute with his
girlfriend.
She had
locked her
self in a room
of the home
with the telephone.
Fernandez had snatched
the phone out of her hand, pre
venting her from completing
the call, the report stated.
sis and witness statements, the
fire originated in the right
front room where the power
connections were located.
No conclusive evidence
was found to say the extension
cord used to connect the gen
erator to the circuit breaker
panel caused the fire, but I
can't eliminate it either,” a
Cherokee County fire investi
gator said Thursday.
Tim Cavender, spokesper
son for Cherokee emergency
services, said the toxicology
reports for the two victims
Capt. Ron Freeman with the
Forsyth County Sheriff’s
Office.
The girl is 15 or 16 years
old. She was unharmed and in
the company of a male
acquaintance at his home in
the 5700 block of Royal Court
in north Forsyth. Freeman
said.
She was hiding in a closet
Fernandez threatened his
girlfriend with a butcher knife,
officials reported.
The woman received face
and head injuries during the
dispute.
Fernandez was arrested
and charged with aggravated
assault with a weapon, battery,
interfering with a call for
emergency assistance, terroris
tic threats/acts of intimidation,
stalking and two counts of
aggravated stalking.
Fernandez remains in jail
without bond.
have not returned from the lab.
By the time firefighters
arrived at 4:30 a m. on Feb. 9,
lhere was nothing they could
do to save Christopher and
Jeffrey.
The children’s parents,
John and Belinda Johnson,
arrived shortly after the fire
fighters. They had left the
house brietly that morning to
run an errand, they told fire
fighters at the scene.
The two boys attended
Liberty Middle School until
October 2003.
at the house when deputies
arrived, he added.
The acquaintance. Michael
Anthony Mooney. 17, was
charged with interference with
custody in connection with the
case.
The crime is a misde
meanor carrying a maximum
sentence of a year in jail and a
SI.(XX) fine.
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