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Riverside Military suit alleges abuse
Former cadet claims school was negligent in preventing physical, sexual assault
BY NICK WATSON
nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com
A former Riverside Military
Academy cadet who was alleg
edly beaten, hazed and sexually
assaulted by older cadets claimed
the school did little to stop the vio
lence, according to a lawsuit filed
this month.
The plaintiff, listed by the ini
tials L.A. in a lawsuit filed Nov. 15
in U.S. District Court, claimed his
roommate would “beat, punch,
bang his head against the wall,
strongly (grab his) testicles and
recruited other cadets to inflict
such hazing and punishment.”
The former cadet and attorney
Laurie Speed are asking the court
to allow the case to continue only
using initials.
Speed and co-counsel Martin
Glink did not return requests for
comment this week.
“We have only been made
aware of the suit and are looking
into the matter. Because of this
we will not make any comment at
this time,” Riverside marketing
and public affairs director Chris
tian Mims wrote in an email.
The lawsuit made further sex
ual assault allegations regarding
the plaintiffs roommates.
During the cadet’s enrollment
at Riverside between 2012 and
2013, two cadets allegedly hazing
him had a history of being physi
cally abusive and should have
been denied admission, according
to the lawsuit.
“On various dates, Riverside
exchanged emails with R.R.,
L.A.’s mother, who reported to
Riverside Military Academy that
■ Please see RIVERSIDE, 5A
‘God had his hand on this child’
Photos by SCOTT ROGERS I The Times
Stormy Dean visits her burned-out mobile home Tuesday, Nov. 27, in the Dixie Mobile Home Park off Titshaw Drive south of
Gainesville. Dean and her daughter Jenna, 5, were at home when the fire started early Monday morning.
Moms hand burned, hair singed carrying daughter from burning home
BY NICK WATSON
nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com
Stepping carefully through
the scorched remains, Stormy
Dean pointed to the wall that
connects to her 5-year-old
daughter Jenna’s bedroom.
The Christmas tree withered.
The aquarium cracked.
But that wall, what Dean
called “a miracle,” bore no
marks from the flames.
“As bad as this fire is, God
had his hand on this child,
because there’s no fire damage
in her room,” Dean said.
Dean burned her hand try
ing to grab Jenna, a severely
■ Please see FIRE, 6A
Stormy Dean and
her 5-year-old
daughter Jenna
are staying at a
hotel after their
mobile home
caught fire, killing
their bulldog pup
named Blaze.
Hall County
Fire Services
responded to the
fire just after 5
a.m. Monday, Nov.
26, in the 3600
block of Titshaw
Drive south of
Gainesville.
‘In the 60 seconds it took me to carry (Jenna) down that hallway and start
back in for Blaze, it was engulfed and it was so hot I couldn’t get back in.’
Stormy Dean
SOUTH HALL
Bacteria levels
lowering in
creek after spill
BY MEGAN REED
mreed@gainesvilletimes.com
More than a week after 200,000 gallons of
sewage spilled into a South Hall creek, fecal
coliform levels in the water have lowered from
a height of 5,700 counts per 100 milliliters.
That number made the water in Sherwood
Creek unsafe for direct contact, according to
Marzieh Shahbazaz, a program manager for
municipal compliance with the Georgia Envi
ronmental Protection Division.
Counts should not be above 4,000 on any given
day for water used for recreation, according to
state regulations.
But even that high number is relatively low
for a sewage spill of this size, Shahbazaz said.
She said heavy rains could have diluted the spill.
“I have seen much higher numbers down
stream on the first day (after a spill), but most
rivers, because of dilution, they recover,” Shah
bazaz said.
Repairs on the broken pipe at Sherwood
Creek are expected to be complete later this
week, according to Ken Rearden, the county’s
■ Please see SEWAGE, 5A
Community weighs
in on parks plan
BY MEGAN REED
mreed@gainesvilletimes.com
At a Hall County Parks and Leisure meet
ing Tuesday evening, local residents said they
want the parks department to take advantage
of existing resources in the area, such as Lake
Lanier and local colleges.
They also said they would like to see pro
grams and parks staff distributed evenly
throughout the county and more trails for walk
ing or biking.
The county is seeking input for its new mas
ter plan, which will guide decisions about new
■ Please see PARKS, 5A
Provide input on county parks
Public meetings
■ 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29: North Hall
Community Center
■ 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5: Mulberry
Creek Community Center
■ 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6: Chestatee High
School
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