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BY JOLEE VAUGHN
A new duplex can be built
at 512 Washington Drive
after Forsyth’s city council
approved a re-zoning for
the property of Brandon
Ogletree.
Council last Tuesday,
Dec. 2 voted unanimously
to re-zone the Washington
Drive property from R-3
residential to RM multi
family.
Ogletree said he needed
the re-zoning to construct
a duplex on the property.
The city’s planning board
had recommended
approval on Nov. 17.
Councilman Mike Dodd
asked, “Is there any RMs
(residential multi-family
units) in that area?”
Councilwoman Rosemary
Walker responded, “I don’t
think there are many
houses in the area now.”
Ogletree told council mem
bers he plans to make the
building attractive. The
current plans are for the
complex to be two units
with 2 bedrooms and 2
bathrooms each.
In other news:
• Council approved an
intergovernmental agree
ment with Monroe County
to issue bonds together so
they can begin sales tax
(SPLOST) projects before
all the revenues are col
lected.
• Councilman James
Calloway asked council-
woman Rosemary Walker
to plan the city’s
Christmas Party. Walker
said they are looking at it
already.
• Mayor Tye Howard
commended council mem
bers saying, “With the bill
and reports it looks like
everyone is trying to keep
the city’s finances in mind.
These are the lowest bills
this year.”
• City clerk Janice Hall
thanked the electrical
department for its help
with the Tree Lighting. -
She also thanked the police
department for escorting
Santa to the ceremony, and
she thanked Farmer’s
Furniture for supplying
Santa’s chair. Howard said,
“it was a excellent Tree
Lighting Ceremony.
Thanks to everyone for
coming.”
• Chamber of commerce
president Tiffany Andrews
thanked council for sup
porting the tree lighting
and parade. She also gave
information on plans for
the Forsythia Festival.
Belk’s is going to sponsor a
fashion show, and she is
looking for models. She
also announced they are
going to have a community
wide worship service on
the square on Sunday,
March 15, 2009. She
He came into court with a problem
and he left with a real problem.
- District attorney Richard Milam, talking
about Hal Rickey Andrews.
him the maximum, 10
years in prison, for the
offenses.
District attorney Richard
Milam said Andrews dis
played a pretty poor atti
tude, blaming his actions
on the deputy.
"He came into court with
a problem and he left with
a real problem," said
Milam.
Andrews' charges
stemmed from a March 9
encounter with a deputy
who was called to the
home after a family dis
pute. When the deputy,
Travis White, arrived, he
saw Andrews' wife and
daughter on a couch crying
and asked if they were OK.
But Andrews demanded
they not answer. Andrews
yelled at the deputy to
leave repeatedly, but the
deputy said he couldn’t
until his job was finished.
Andrews refused to let him
do his job so the deputy
tried to arrest him. Deputy
White got one cuff on him
when Andrews started
yelling that he was very
sick. Andrews was then
escorted to the patrol car,
but before the door was
shut Andrews spit in
deputy White's face. White
went back inside to talk to
the wife and daughter but
when returning to his vehi
cle he noticed Andrews had
kicked out the rear passen
ger’s side window and
escaped. White helped the
wife get some things
together to leave and when
he went back outside saw
that Andrews had returned
from out of the woods. He
was arrested without fur
ther struggle.
At last week's trial,
Andrew’s wife and daugh
ter testified on his behalf,
blaming the deputy, said
Milam, even though they
gave statements at the
time of the fracas to the
contrary But the jury did
n't buy their revised sto
ries, said Milam.
Along with the prison
term, the judge also
ordered Andrews to pay
$955 in restitution for the
repair of the patrol window
he kicked out. Andrews
had previous convictions of
sexual battery and obstruc
tion.
announced revenues from
the hotel/motel tax are up
$13,000 this year. And the
Department of Corrections
will update the community
on its progress at Tift
College at 10 a.m. on
Tuesday, Dec. 16 at the
annual Jingle Bell Java.
The event will take place
at Alderman Hall and
members of the community
are invited.
• Howard complimented
Andrews on the newsletter
and its layout.
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pants. Watts exited and
then returned to the store
wearing a white shirt.
According to deputy Miller,
Watts walked near the
fountain drinks and then
charged behind the count
er, grabbed one of the
clerks from behind and put
his arm around her neck.
While holding her he
grabbed money from the
cash drawers and then let
her go and left the store
and drove down Industrial
Park Road.
Dispatchers alerted
deputies of the robbery and
Miller was driving to the
scene on Hwy. 41 when he
passed a white Durango
driven by a black male.
Miller turned around to
give chase but the Durango
sped away. The pursuit
continued to the intersec
tion of Hwy. 41 and
Thornton Road where
Watts lost control and
wrecked into a field. Watts
took off running and
refused commands to stop.
Miller caught up with
Watts in some trees and
sprayed his eyes with pep
per spray before tackling
him.
Miller arrested Watts and
then gave him water to
wash out his eyes. He was
charged with robbery by
force, kidnapping, aggra
vated assault, fleeing and
obstruction.
Watts had just been
released from Johnson
State Prison on Oct. 25,
2007 after serving a 3-year
sentence for an October
2004 robbery in Bibb
County. Prior to that,
Watts had served a 7-year
prison term from 1996-
2003 for a March 1996 rob
bery in Monroe County
and an April 1996 robbery
in Bibb County.
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