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PAGE 10A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. AUGUST 18. 2022
State’s CASA Volunteer of
the Year comes from local
judicial circuit
Executive director Melanie Davis (left) with CASA Vol
unteer of the Year Becky Nunnally.
Becky Nunnally, CASA
volunteer with CASA of the
Appalachian Judicial Circuit,
has been chosen as the 2022
Karen N. Sibley CASA Vol
unteer of the Year in Georgia.
(The award is named in
honor of the late founding
board chair of Georgia
CASA.)
A retired educator, Becky
Nunnally became a CASA in
2014, bringing with her a
heart for children and a pas
sion to help them succeed.
A Blue Ridge resident,
Becky has been assigned 13
cases and advocated for 23
children and their families
during her tenure. Her exten
sive background working
with youth that have been
identified as having learning
and emotional disabilities has
been invaluable to our organ
ization. Given her involve
ment in advocating for
intellectually and develop-
mentally disabled children,
Becky was instrumental in
recommending that Geor
gia’s Independent Living
Plan (ILP) develop a more
focused transition program
for medically fragile and dis
abled foster children.
In addition to her CASA vol
unteer service, Becky is also
involved in other community
organizations including
Snack in a Backpack and
Toys for Tots. In all that she
does, Becky is diligent, com
passionate, and dedicated to
serving children and families.
Letters
totM Editor
To the Editor:
August 15 was the one-
year anniversary of the col
lapse of the government of
Afghanistan and the begin
ning of the final U.S. exit
from there, and Republicans
in Congress are furiously
rewriting history. For them,
the history of the U.S. in
Afghanistan began with the
Joe Biden administration
(January 20, 2021). The pre
ceding 20 years—especially
the four years of the Trump
administration—had ceased to
exist in their minds.
Oops, they forgot the
Doha Agreement, signed by
Trump's administration and
the Taliban on February 29,
2020. (Reminder: Trump was
defeated in the Presidential
election on November 3,
2020, and he remained in
power until January 20,
2021. ) The government of
Afghanistan that we had been
supporting for 20 years was
excluded from the Doha ne
gotiations and the "deal"
made by then-President
Trump.
Trump's "deal" committed
the U.S. to draw down all
U.S. and other NATO troops
and be out of Afghanistan by
May 1, 2021—handing the
country over to the Taliban
and leaving the ignored
Afghan government to deal
with them as best it could.
The "deal" was that we
would not attack the Taliban
and they would not attack
U.S. troops. But the Taliban
were free to attack Afghan
government troops—left to
fend for themselves—and
they did.
By January 2021, when
Biden became President, just
2,500 US troops had been left
in the country, and NATO
forces would fully evacuate
by the end of that summer.
President Biden extended the
exit date to August, since no
arrangements had been made
by the outgoing Trump ad
ministration to actually carry
out the final withdrawal.
The US completed its full
evacuation on August 30,
2021. Chaos? You bet. The
Afghan National Army had
previously collapsed and dis
appeared, presumably realiz
ing that, under the "deal,"
U.S. and NATO air support,
troops, supplies, and equip
ment were no longer there to
back them up. So the Taliban,
protected under the "deal,"
had taken full military con
trol of the country while we
evacuated whoever we could.
Air Force transports were
flown in from other countries
to evacuate them.
Republicans prefer to ig
nore that Trump had left
Biden with no resources to
support anything but evacua
tion of the few U.S. forces
left by Trump, as well as
Afghans who had supported
us and the abandoned Afghan
government. But "helpful"
forgetting is a signature of
the defeated Trump's more
revenge-obsessed disciples.
G. David Robinson
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In addition to the activity
from the Uniform Patrol Di
vision, Court Service
Deputies reported the fol
lowing statistics for the past
week:
Persons Scanned at
Front Door: 908
Weapons Found: 9
Courts Held: 11
Arrests Made in
the Courthouse: 1
Civil Papers Received: 36
Civil Papers Served: 24
In the Adult Detention
Center:
Total Jail population: 63
Total male inmates: 51
Total female inmates: 12
Sex Offenders:
There are currently 72 sex of
fenders registered with the
Pickens Sheriff’s Office.
PS(
REPORT
The Pickens Sheriff’s Office
responds to many calls for
service every day. The fol
lowing incidents are a few
deputies respond to each day.
Aggressive Dogs
A woman called deputies
because one of her dogs had
been attacked by a neighbor’s
dog. The woman keeps her
dogs inside a chain link ken
nel and the neighbor’s dog
came and started fighting
through the chain link ken
nel.
The neighbor’s dog tried
to pull the woman’s dog
through the fencing. The
woman’s dog suffered some
injuries to it’s nose and ear.
The neighbor did not have
his dogs contained, and al
lowed them to roam around
freely. The deputy and animal
control went to speak to the
neighbor and one of the dogs
aggressively ran toward the
deputy and animal control
person, the neighbor did call
the dog back and put it inside
his house.
The neighbor was not able
to produce any proof of ra
bies vaccinations.
Stolen Purse
A woman called to report
her purse had been stolen, in
the middle of July, by some
one she met on Facebook.
The woman said she met the
man through Facebook Mes
senger but did not really
know him. The woman said
the man showed up in a van
and asked her if she wanted a
ride.
She got in the van and the
man drove out a way and
tried to get the woman to
have a sexual relationship
with him. She told him no,
and her persisted so she
jumped out of the van. She
carried all of her stuff in a
cooler with a strap.
The man grabbed the strap
and took all of her items. The
deputy asked why it took her
so long to report it, the
woman said she was trying to
give the man time to do the
right thing.
Hit and Run
A woman called for a
deputy to report a hit and run.
The woman said she was
driving through the parking
lot at the Valero when a man
driving a SUV backed into
her. There was minor damage
done to her car. She told the
man she was going to call
911 and he got in his SUV
and left the area.
Wanted Person Found
Deputies went to a busi
ness because they had infor
mation that a person with an
active warrant was there.
When deputies arrived the
foreman said the wanted per
son was a contractor and he
was there and he would take
the deputies to him. As the
deputies were walking to an-
The Sheriff’s Beat
From the Pickens Sheriff’s Office
other location they saw the
wanted person walking.
They stopped him and told
him there was an active pro
bation warrant for him. The
wanted man told the deputies
there must be a mistake be
cause he wasn’t on probation.
Deputies called dispatch and
had it confirmed that he had
an active probation warrant
through Marietta. The man
was arrested.
Man Trespassing on a
Farm
The farm owner called
deputies because there was a
person, in a car, on his prop
erty that should not be there.
The deputy found the car and
driver on the property. The
deputy asked the driver what
he was doing and the driver
said he was changing his tire.
The tire was shredded and
needed changed. The farm
owner came to where the
deputy was and told him the
driver had driven his car by
the farm owner’s shop, down
the embankment, around the
farm owner, and back up the
embankment. The driver was
cited and told he could not be
on the property.
Neighbor Dispute Over
Mailbox
A homeowner called
deputies about his mailbox
being removed and thrown in
his yard. The homeowner
told deputies that a few
weeks earlier his neighbor
told him he did not like
where the mailbox was
placed.
The homeowner checked
with the postmaster and was
told it was in the correct
place. Then the homeowner
found his mailbox pulled up
and thrown in his yard. The
homeowner did not want to
press charges against the
neighbor, only to document
the incident, and have the
neighbor pay for damages.
The homeowner was advised
on how to pursue the civil
issue.
Stolen Tag in a Vehicle
A deputy was on patrol
when he saw a car with a tail
light out and no visible li
cense plate on the car. When
the deputy pulled the car over
he could see a tag in the back
window of the car.
The deputy ran the tag and
it was stolen out of Cherokee
County earlier that day. The
driver told the deputy his
brother had put the tag in the
window and he didn’t know
anything about it being
stolen. The deputy ran all the
information on the driver and
the driver’s license had been
suspended.
Tractor Trailer Wrecked
into Roundabout
A deputy responded to an
accident involving a tractor
trailer. The driver told the
deputy he was traveling at
about 50 miles per hour but
did not see the roundabout
and drove right through the
center of the roundabout
damaging some of the things
in the center of it. It damaged
his truck, but no people were
injured in the wreck.
Robbery in Progress turns
out to be false alarm
Deputies were called to a
gas station north of town for
a burglary in progress. When
the deputy got to the gas sta
tion there were three people
out in the front of the gas sta
tion.
One of the people told the
deputy he had been given
permission to be there to use
the wireless in order to help
set up his new phone. An
other one of the people told
the deputy they did not real
ize the gas station had al
ready closed.
The deputy was able to
determine that there was no
burglary and no crime had
been committed.
Incarcerated Man Re
ported Stuff Stolen from his
Garage
A man that is incarcerated
made a report that some peo
ple he knows have been
stealing things from his
home. The man said that
when he was arrested he told
deputies he wanted everyone
trespassed from his house.
The man had given per
mission to a woman to keep
her motorcycle in his garage
because he was trying to help
a person out, but she and her
boyfriend have ben at his
property while he is in jail
stealing his stuff, however he
did not know what things
were being stolen.
During this past week, the Pickens Sheriff’s Office responded
to or initiated 1,665 calls for service.
These numbers are taken
from the report provided directly from the 911 Center where all
calls are logged as they are performed. Below is a breakdown
of all dispatched calls by the call type for each incident.
Accidents
10
Suicide Threats / Attempts
4
Domestics
16
Theft / Burglary Related
13
Forgery / Fraud
1
Traffic Stops
157
Citations Issued
26
Animal Investigations
7
Suspicious Persons/Activity
22
Alarm Calls
5
Stranded Motorists
6
Street Hazards
6
Vandalism
4
Abandoned Vehicles
6
Extra Patrol - neighborhoods, businesses, residences 1,183.
In addition to these, other calls include search warrants, civil
service, 911 hang-up calls, assaults, disorderly persons, missing
persons, assistance with medical calls, natural death investiga
tions, demented persons, funeral escorts, harassment, trespass-
ing, and many more.
Breakdown of Charges for those Arrested:
17 individuals were booked into the Adult Detention Center on charges
from the Pickens Sheriff’s Office. Out of these, the following charges
were taken by PSO deputies (note: some individuals have multiple
charges):
Probation Violation - 2
Driving with Suspended/Revoked License - 4
Stalking -1
Battery- Family Violence - 1
Disorderly Conduct - 2
DUI-1
Hold For Another County - 2
Robbery -1
Possession of a Controlled Substance - 1
Bond Violation - 2
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