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Three from NC charged with drug trafficking
Jones Ownby Dockery
BY NICK WATSON
nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com
Three people from Mur
phy, North Carolina, are
facing fentanyl and meth-
amphetamine trafficking
charges after a traffic stop
Tuesday, Feb. 14, in Gaines
ville, according to authorities.
David Nathaniel Jones, 45,
Andrew Carter Ownby, 25,
and Hope Dockery, 19, were
arrested during the stop in
the 400 block of Jesse Jewell
Parkway.
They were booked in to the
Hall County Jail, where they
remain with no bond.
The Hall County Sher
iff’s Office said authorities
found 40 grams of fentanyl,
90 grams
of meth, a
handgun
and $3,000 in
cash during
the stop.
The drugs
seized had
an estimated
street value
of $19,000.
The Sheriff’s Office
worked with the Appalachian
Regional Drug Enforce
ment Office, the Cherokee
County Sheriff’s Office in
North Carolina, Georgia State
Patrol, Gainesville Police
and the Drug Enforcement
Administration.
The Times reached out to
the Sheriff’s Office for more
information but was told noth
ing further would be released.
Jones was additionally
charged with possession of a
firearm by a convicted felon
and possession of a firearm
during the commission of a
crime.
No additional arrests are
anticipated.
Photo provided by Hall County Sheriff’s Office
Roughly $19,000 worth of fentanyl and meth were
seized after a traffic stop Tuesday, Feb. 14, and led
to three people from North Carolina being arrested on
fentanyl trafficking charges.
Taking care of business
Photos by SCOTT ROGERS I The Times
The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce held its annual Business Expo on Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Lanier
Technical College Ramsey Conference Center. Some of the booths at the expo included Georgia Mountain Food
Bank, Georgia Department of Public Safety and Disc Centers of America.
Hit-and-run
driver sought
in Braselton
BY NICK WATSON
nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com
With his car needing repairs, Bryson Moore,
21, walked from his Braselton apartment to his
job at the nearby Publix around 5:45 a.m. Fri
day, Feb. 10.
A stone’s throw away, Moore was near the
intersection of Spout Springs and Thompson
Mill roads when he was hit by a car.
Minutes later, an off-duty Gwinnett County
firefighter called Moore’s girlfriend to let her
know what had happened.
“The firefighter who stopped actually had
to position his vehicle around Bryson so that
no other cars would hit him or run him over,”
Moore’s aunt Chrissy Burley told The Times.
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Bed Bath &
Beyond is
closing store
in Gainesville
BY BRIAN WELLMEIER
bwellmeier@gainesvilletimes.com
Bed Bath & Beyond is closing its Gainesville
store.
Store officials say it is one of the 150 closing
as the beleaguered home goods chain cuts costs
as it works to stave off a bankruptcy.
The news came as the chain has been reduc
ing its footprint dramatically over the past year.
According to a regulatory filing, it will have
shuttered more than 400 stores, nearly half of
its fleet. That includes the remaining 50 stand
alone Harmon Face Value Stores, which sells
beauty and household products.
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