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CHARLESTON, S.C.
Zoning board rules flagpole at house is too tall
MARIETTA
Sting snares Air Force
lieutenant colonel
Associated Press
A 60-foot tall flagpole put up
in a backyard in Charleston
must either be shortened or
taken down, the city’s Board of
Zoning Appeals has ruled.
David Abdo’s lawyer argued
before the board this week that
the pole and the American flag
on it was a monument to the
military service of his father-in-
law and brother-in-law and was
exempt from the zoning limit
ing structures in the area to no
taller than 35 feet, The Post and
Courier of Charleston reported.
But the board disagreed, say
ing a flagpole isn’t a monument.
The city’s height rules have
specific exemptions that
include church spires, domes,
water towers and transmis
sion towers, Board of Zoning
Appeals Chairman Leonard
Krawcheck said.
“It doesn’t say flagpoles,”
Krawcheck said. “If the
exception said ‘flagpoles,’ we
wouldn’t be here.”
Abdo can appeal the ruling in
Circuit Court.
No neighbors of Abdo
appeared at the hearing, but
the board did consider an email
written by someone who lives
near his Charleston home by
the Intracoastal Waterway.
“The extra large flag flap
ping in the breeze and halyard
banging against the metal pole
are audible problems as well,”
the email said. “On some days,
the halyard and pole sounds
like someone constantly ringing
a bell — we can actually hear it
in our house with the windows
and doors closed!”
MARIETTA
Woman accused of starving
child can represent herself
Tyler Perry pays balances
on $400,000 in layaways
Customers at two subur
ban Atlanta Walmart stores
received a holiday surprise
when they found out actor
Tyler Perry had paid for their
layaway items.
Perry, who intended the gift
to be anonymous, confirmed
the move in a video posted
Thursday to Twitter.
He spent $434,000 on items
at a Walmart in East Point and
another store in Douglasville.
That covered all but one
penny of the balances.
In the post, Tyler said cus
tomers only had to pay one
cent to get their purchases.
He says he knows people
are struggling and he’s just
“really, really grateful to be
able to be in a position to do
this.”
Associated Press
BABY
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charges, the newspaper
reported. The couple
checked into the Dothan
motel and Oakes briefly
returned to Georgia, where
she picked up her teenage
daughter. The infant was left
in the care of Mathis who
told Oakes the baby died.
The woman and her
daughter returned to the
motel and spent the night
with the infant’s corpse.
Oakes told investigators
the body was placed in the
freezer when the smell
became unbearable. Oakes
confirmed to investigators
she and Mathis were under
the influence of illegal drugs.
After investigators from
Georgia contacted Dothan
police in reference to a possi
ble infant death, authorities
learned Oakes and Mathis
had fled to central Florida.
Law enforcement officers
converged on them as they
tried to leave an apartment
complex in Bronson, Florida
in June. Officials said Mathis
was shot after he brandished
a handgun and held it to the
head of a driver of a vehicle.
The couple was together
when Mathis was captured.
Not until after the couple
was arrested did investiga
tors find the little boy’s body
in the hotel freezer. Police
believe it had been there for
five or six days.
Mathis remains jailed on
numerous charges. Oakes’
arraignment is scheduled
for Jan. 8. It’s unclear if
Oakes’ lawyer gave the
newspaper a comment on
the accusations.
Associated Press
The Georgia Supreme Court
declined to hear an appeal on
whether a woman accused of
starving her 10-year-old step
daughter to death is able to rep
resent herself.
That means Tiffany Moss is
now on track to represent her
self as she faces the
death penalty in the 2013
case.
The Atlanta Journal-
Constitution reports the
court declined on Thurs
day to hear an appeal
by two lawyers from the
state’s public defender
system who were try
ing to overturn a lower
court’s decision allowing
Moss to represent herself.
The case was scheduled for
last July but was postponed to
allow the appeal to go forward.
No new date has been set.
Authorities say 10-year-old
Emani Moss weighed only 32
pounds when her body was
found.
Criminal defendants have the
right to represent themselves
but it’s very rare that they do so
during a case where the death
penalty is on the table.
During a pretrial hearing
Superior Court Judge George
Hutchinson found her competent
to stand trial but also stressed
to her the importance of getting
legal representation.
“They are seeking to have you
executed, and I can’t be more
blunt than to say they are trying
to have you killed,” the judge
said. “That’s just as serious as it
can possibly get and I think it’s
best that you have an attorney.”
The judge also
appointed two public
defenders to serve as
standby counsel and
represent her if she
changed her mind. The
two lawyers appealed
the judge’s decision to
allow Moss to defend
herself to the state
Supreme Court.
One of the public
defenders, Emily Gilbert, Fri
day expressed disappointment
in the high court’s decision.
“We are extremely concerned
about her ability to navigate
through this death-penalty trial,”
Gilbert said. “At this point, we’re
still standby counsel but have
gotten no word from her that she
wants our assistance.”
Prosecutors had also sought
the death penalty against the
10-year-old’s father, Eman Moss,
but he agreed to testify against
Tiffany Moss in exchange for a
sentence of life in prison without
the possibility of parole.
Moss
An FBI sex sting has snared a lieuten
ant colonel in the Air Force, who is now
accused of trying to meet a 14-year-old girl
at a hotel after the two talked online.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports
47-year-old Air Force Lt. Col. Willie New-
son was arrested Tuesday at a Marietta
hotel on charges of child exploitation.
Authorities say Newson was trying to meet
up with a teen he met on a dating app. But
the teen was really an undercover officer.
Department of Defense Desiree Bamba
says Newson is on the command staff of the
state Air National Guard. He was placed on
leave pending the investigation’s outcome.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Woman jailed after heroin
found under child’s seat
GREENVILLE — Authorities say a
25-year-old woman from Laredo,Texas
has been sentenced to 32 years in prison
after police found nearly $7 million in her
oin in a compartment under her child’s
seat after a South Carolina traffic stop.
Solicitor Walt Wilkins said Victoria
Sanchez pleaded guilty in Greenville on
Wednesday to trafficking heroin and
unlawful conduct toward a child.
Wilkins says deputies pulled Sanchez
over on Interstate 85 in June 2017 for driv
ing too closely. They asked to search her
car because she had no driver’s license and
couldn’t give a good answer about how she
bought the car the day before in Atlanta.
Wilkins said in a statement more than
17 pounds of heroin was found.
Utility reaches $2 billion
settlement over failed plants
CAYCE — Troubled utility SCANA has
reached a $2B settlement with the South
Carolina customers who sued after they
were charged high rates to pay for the com
pany’s failed nuclear construction project.
SCANA announced the agreement Satur
day. As part of the settlement, South Caro
lina Electric & Gas Co. customers will also
receive $115 million that The State newspa
per reports had been set aside for soon-to-
be-ousted SCANA executives.
Before the settlement can be finalized,
it must receive the approval of a judge
and the S.C. Public Service Commission
must also approve Virginia-based Domin
ion Energy’s proposed buyout of SCANA,
SCE&G’s parent company.
Associated Press
OBITUARIES
Eugene Lee Logwood
Aug. 21, 1934-Dec. 6, 2018
Mr. Eugene Lee Logwood, age 84 of Gaines
ville, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 6,2018,
at Northeast Georgia Medical Center follow
ing a brief illness.
Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday,
Dec. 9,2018, at 3 p.m. in the
Chapel of Memorial Park
Funeral Home with inter
ment to follow in Memorial
Park Cemetery. The Rev.
Mike Taylor will officiate.
The family will receive
friends on Sunday, Dec. 9,
2018, from 1-3 p.m., prior
to the service, at the funeral
home.
Mr. Logwood was born Aug. 21, 1934, in
Lynchburg, Virginia, to the late Lee Log
wood and Annie Kate Cox Logwood. He was
retired from The Medical College Hospital
of Charleston, South Carolina. Lee was of the
Methodist Faith and was a member of the
Masonic Lodge in the different states where
he lived for 40 years. He was preceded in
death by his parents, his brothers, Louis Hum
phrey Logwood and Jack Logwood and his sis
ter, Lucy Logwood. God has blessed us with
a loving husband, grandfather and friend. He
loved his country and was honored to serve in
the Vietnam and Korean Wars.
Mr. Logwood is survived by his wife,
Dorothy Carlisle Logwood, his sons, Lee E.
Logwood, Louis Logwood, John Logwood,
Marion Logwood and William Thomas Log
wood, his extended family, Benji & Lynn
Carlisle, Lynn & Ray Nix and Pam & Jimmy
Orr and a number of grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
Flanigan Funeral Home, Buford
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Dec. 8, 2018
DEATH NOTICES
Dorothy Naslund Bruce
Oct. 4, 1932-Dec. 6, 2018
Dorothy Naslund Bruce, 86, of Cumming
died Thursday. Funeral mass, 12 p.m. Tues
day, Dec. 11, St. Brendan the Navigator
Catholic Church. Ingram Funeral Home &
Crematory, Cumming.
Lois Mozelle Chestnut
Oct. 21, 1927-Dec. 6, 2018
Lois Mozelle Chestnut, 91, of Maysville
died Thursday. Funeral service, 2 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 9, funeral home chapel. Ivie
Funeral Home, Commerce.
Zachary Woodhouse Coleman
Died Dec. 5, 2018
Zachary Woodhouse Coleman, 43, of
Woodstock died Wednesday. Memorial
service, 12 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, funeral
home chapel. McDonald and Son Funeral
Home, Cumming.
Eleanor Landress Cook
Died Dec. 2, 2018
Eleanor Landress Cook of Johns Creek
died Sunday. Memorial service, 10 a.m. Sat
urday, Dec. 15, funeral home chapel. Flani
gan Funeral Home, Buford.
Billie J. Cooper
Sept. 5, 1953-Dec. 5,2018
Billie J. Cooper, 65, of Cumming died
Wednesday. Funeral service, 2 p.m. Sun
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John Richard Ingrisano
Nov. 13, 1950-Dec. 2, 2018
John Richard Ingrisano, 68, of Gaines
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Crematory.
Gustavo Orozco
Died Dec. 6, 2018
Gustavo Orozco, 12, of Gainesville died
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Chapel Funeral Home, Gainesville.
Billy Lee Peppers
Died Dec. 6, 2018
Billy Lee Peppers, 72, of Elberton died
Thursday. Lawson Funeral Home, Hoschton.
Jamey Curry Simmons
Died Dec. 6, 2018
Jamey Curry Simmons, 47, of Cumming
died Thursday. Funeral service, 2 p.m. Mon
day, Dec. 10, funeral home chapel. Ingram
Funeral Home & Crematory, Cumming.
Jessie Leon Truelove
June 24, 1936-Dec, 7,2018
Jessie Leon Truelove, 82, of Clermont died
Friday. Little & Davenport Funeral Home,
Gainesville.
Deborah Sue Wright
Aug. 16, 1958-Dec. 6, 2018
Deborah Sue Wright, 60, of Lawrenceville
died Thursday. Funeral service, 2 p.m. Sun
day, Dec. 9, funeral home chapel. Flanigan
Funeral Home, Buford.
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