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Escapee turns self in,
accomplice arrested
By Kayla Robins
krobins@forsythnews.com
An inmate who escaped from the
Cumming police headquarters turned
himself in after nearly 48 hours on the
loose.
According to the Forsyth County
Sheriff’s Office, 38-year-old Koby
Matthew Blanchard walked away from
a work detail Friday at the police
department’s building near downtown
Cumming.
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Sandy Beaver, executive director of The Place of Forsyth County, is retiring after 15 years with the non-
Director retiring from The Place after 15 years
By Kayla Robins
krobins@forsythnews.com
The Place of Forsyth County may
always have its doors open in a com
mitment to help anyone in need, but
as of Thursday those doors will no
longer be held open by the organiza
tion’s iconic leader.
Governor unveils Ebola policy at local stop
with the disease.
“We have put together
an Ebola emergency team
to be able to deal with this
issue should it present
itself in our state,” Deal
said while visiting
Norman’s Landing res
taurant on Peachtree
Parkway.
“Since Atlanta
Hartsfield-Jackson
Airport is one of five
points of entry for indi
viduals who may be com
ing from affected areas
Wants Georgia
to be Cautious
By Kelly Whi
kwhitmiri ' BWS.Com
At a cax;xpaign stop
Monday in Forsyth
County, Gov. Nathan Deal
announced the state’s new
Ebola policy, which wiil
require quarantine for
people who have had
direct contact with those
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He had been loaned out of custody
for janitorial services, according to a
sheriff’s report.
She’s both ready — and sad —
about that.
Even in the last week before she
retired, Sandy Beaver, who has been
the executive director of The Place
for 15 years, worked tirelessly to
make sure everything she “can pos
sibly do in advance is done.”
“I love my work, and I have a pas
around the world, we
believe that we should put
some more stringent poli
cies in place.”
Deal’s stop was part of
a statewide Republican
“victory tour” leading up
to the Nov. 4 General
Election. Deal faces a
challenge for a second
term from Democrat
Jason Carter.
Earlier at the rally, Deal
had encouraged residents
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Blanchard arrived at the police sta
tion about 8 a.m. and was apparently
picked up by Cheryl Hewatt Broome,
57, some 30 minutes later. The sheriff’s
office wasn’t notified he was missing
until about 2:35 p.m.
An investigation into his where
abouts stretched into the weekend with,
help from the Dawson County Sheriff’s
Office and Georgia State Patrol.
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sion for what we do, and I will miss
it and the people,” Beaver said. “So
that part will be very difficult.”
Beaver won’t completely disap
pear from the nonprofit’s life,
though. She said she will continue to
be “in the background” and support
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Directing traffic
in early morning
By Kayla Robins
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A Forsyth County Sheriff’s deputy
was struck by a vehicle Monday morn
ing while directing traffic on Hwy. 369
in front of Coal Mountain Elementary
School.
The 39-year-old driver was traveling
west when he collided with the deputy
in the highway’s travel lane, according
to Georgia State Patrol Sgt. Tim Meyer,
who worked the accident.
| “It was at that gray time of morning
E\ right in between darkness and day
i\ light,” Meyer said.
| The deputy was wearing his yellow
\ reflective coat and directing traffic with
T! an orange baton.
| “It wasn't a matter of wearing the
f right clothing.” Meyer said. “It was the
| motorist not being as attentive as he
| should have been.”
| The driver did not have any passen
| gers and was passing through the area,
i‘ not dropping a child off at school.
| “[Drivers] need to anticipate that
there is going to be someone in the
roadway at that time of the morning [by
a school],” Meyer said, “and not pro
| ceed until you identify where they are.”
‘ According to the sheriff’s office, the
| deputy was taken to an area hospital
{ with what were described as serious but
[ not life-threatening injuries.
| Robin Regan, a spokesman for the
| sheriff’s office, said the deputy was dis
’ charged later in the day, but will have to
| return for “multiple surgeries.”
j The deputy’s name has not been
| released, but Regan said the man has
! been on the force for about two and a
| half years.
f The state patrol, the agency handling
| the investigation, cited the driver for
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| directing traffic.
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