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The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 5A
Police: Family Dollar employee injured
when approaching shoplifting suspect
BY NICK WATSON
nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com
A Family Dollar employee was sprayed
with “what it is believed to be pepper
spray” after approaching a woman who
left without paying for her items, police
said.
Gainesville Police are investigating an
incident from 9 a.m. Sunday, June 21, at
the Atlanta Highway Family Dollar.
Cpl. Jessica Van said a Black woman
wearing a face mask was putting items into
a plastic tote and walked out of the store
without paying.
“When the employee approached the
suspect, the employee was sprayed with
what is believed to be pepper spray,” Van
wrote in an email.
The employee suffered superficial inju
ries and irritation from the spray, Van
said.
“The suspect left with an accomplice in
a(n) unknown vehicle,” Van said.
The case is still under investigation.
Police did not release any further details.
STERLING
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approximately 50 such cases in the devel
opment, with roughly 30 credit and/or
debit cards among the stolen items,” Booth
wrote in a news release.
Sterling was found in a victim’s pickup
truck around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday in the
6000 block of Cedar Springs Lane, Booth
said. He was arrested after a short chase
on foot, and deputies had help with officers
from the Braselton and Flowery Branch
police departments.
“Detectives with the Sheriff’s Office also
continue to follow leads for other potential
suspects in the crimes,” Booth wrote.
More than 50 charges were listed on the
Sheriff’s Office’s jail database, including
burglary, entering auto to commit theft,
financial transaction card theft and pos
session of firearm/knife in commission
of a crime. Authorities did not clarify the
possession of firearm/knife charge when
contacted by The Times.
Booth said one of the entering auto cases
involved a vehicle owned by the city of
Gainesville. He added Sterling allegedly
conspired with a second person on the
entering autos and burglary.
That person has been identified by law
enforcement but is not in custody.
Defense attorney Chris van Rossem
declined to comment.
SARDIS
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Sardis Road will go back to
two lanes, while Ledan Exten
sion will become a four-lane
road, going past intersections
for Chimney Rock Lane and
Windsor Trail.
Ledan Extension would be
four lanes up until the inter
section with Thompson Bridge
Road, where the connector
would end near the Kroger
shopping center.
The connector will follow
the path of existing roads in
some places but will split from
Ledan Road just past the Wind
sor Trail intersection.
Maps are available on the
county website.
Yamala said the right-of-
way acquisition is expected to
be done in July 2022. Then, the
state will take over, with con
struction projected to be done
in 2024.
Commissioners will vote on
the contract with the state at
their 6 p.m. meeting Thursday,
June 25 at the Hall County Gov
ernment Center, 2875 Browns
Bridge Road in Gainesville.
Although the meeting will be
streamed live on the county
website, public comments will
only be heard in person.
SCOTT ROGERS I The Times
The Hall County Board of Commissioners is voting Thursday
on a contract with GDOT for right-of-way acquisition for the
Sardis Connector that will impact the intersection of Brackett
and Ladd Drives.
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