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< *'■ SMKR I ■ HR I Photo/Audra Perry Cold walk Tonya Cook, 21, briskly walks from the parking lot to her job at Friedman's Jewelers in Lakeland Plaza Monday morning after temperatures dipped to the 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 I I ! EXPRESS* ■ Present this coupon . for a full 125% off! I our rack rates I ■ on all rooms. ■ Exit 14 at GA 400 | 835 Buford Rd. 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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. You can’t predict the future, but you can plan for it now. 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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 I Come Taste I _ WHAT ALL THE , , I Fun's about! Shake's Frozen Custard Grand Opening Saturday, March 27, Noon to 4 p.m. Want to kick your taste buds into high gear? Then head on over to the grand opening of the Shake's Frozen Custard at 518 H Atlanta Road and taste the best Frozen treat in town! We'll have - j music, prizes, fun and plenty of delicious Shake's Frozen Custard S I to go around. So stop by the grand opening and see just how good frozen treats can be! 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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. PAGE 3A