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SPORTS ► ►►
Golf Dawgs
make state
tourney
SEE PAGE 4B
Forsyth
remembers
Billy Graham
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Welcome
TO THE FAMILY
Jessica Strebeck
Barbara Baker
Joshua Ayer
Jo A Davis
Julian McCarty
Cade Hendricks
Miriam Freeman
Mike Beasley
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William Scotty Hawkins
Thomas James Glennon
Roy T. Bankston
Dorothy Ann Davis
Doris Ogletree
WiHie B. Chambliss
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Opinion & Letters
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Sports
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Community Calendar
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Church News
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Pub lie Record
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www.MyMCR.net • Vol. 47 • No. 19 4 Sections • 28 Pages • Wednesday • May 9,2018
Cafeteria worker accused of
inmate sex in walk-in freezer
By Will Davis
publisher@mymcrnet
A cafeteria worker at the Georgia
Public Safety Training Center (GP-
STC) in Forsyth has been arrested
and charged with having sex with a
prison inmate in the walk-in freezer
of the cafeteria.
Adalya Vanice Jones, 33, of 737
Juliette Road, Apt. 7, Forsyth, was ar
rested Thursday, May 3 and charged
with sexual assault against a person
in custody and giving tobacco to
JONES BENTON
an inmate.
Warrants accused Jones of hav
ing sex with inmate Robert Jamel
Benton, 34, in the walk-in freezer
from March 29 to April 27. Cor
rections officials are also reportedly
executing a search warrant on Jones’
phone looking for more evidence of
wrongdoing and more charges are
possible.
Inmates from the A1 Burruss
prison are used as trustee labor in the
kitchen and other places at GPSTC.
Benton, who’s been in and out of
prison six times, was charged with
having tobacco. He’s serving a 4-year
sentence for fleeing police in Savan
nah, and has previous convictions
for drugs, obstruction and traffic
offenses.
GPSTC officials said Jones had
worked there for five years. A source
close to the situation said Jones
would sometimes disappear for a few
hours after her shift and that GPSTC
added surveillance cameras through
out the facility.
A supervisor reportedly told the
cafeteria staff about the arrest last
week and told them anyone else
caught doing the same would be go
ing to prison.
‘Leave us the h— alone’
By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcnnet
Monroe County Commis
sioners rejected by a 4-0 vote
on Tuesday, May 1 plans for a
72-unit, low-income apart
ment complex just inside
the Monroe County line on
New Forsyth Road while also
vowing to update the county’s
commercial zoning ordinance.
About 200 citizens attended
the meeting, which was
moved to the Monroe County
Conference Center to accom
modate the crowd, to express
opposition to Alabama-based
Vantage Development’s
proposed project at the loca
tion identified as 101 Preston
Court. Lubbock, Texas-based
Wilkerson Group LTD owns
the 18.5-acre tract located
just east of New Forsyth Road
abutting the Cross Creek
subdivision.
Jordan Whiteside of Vantage
Development asked commis
sioners for a conditional use
variance in commercial to
build a complex that would
consist of 12 one-bedroom
units, 40 two-bedroom units
and 20 three-bedroom units.
Following a 45-minute-long
hearing, District 3 commis
sioner John Ambrose, who
represents the district where
the complex would have been
constructed, motioned to
deny Vantages request. After
District 2 commissioner Eddie
Rowland seconded Ambroses
motion, commission chair
man Greg Tapley called for a
vote. All four commissioners
in attendance unanimously
denied Vantages request, caus
ing the crowd to erupt into
applause.
Near the conclusion of the
May 1 meeting two hours
later, Ambrose made a sepa
rate motion to place a 90-day
moratorium on all mixed-use
or highway-oriented com
mercial development projects
within the county. Ambrose
said he wanted the county’s
outdated zoning ordinance to
See REJECTED . Page 7C
What do you love about MC?
Monroe County will celebrate
Founders Day the week of May
13-19, and for the sixth year in a
row, residents can win big prizes
by submitting an essay on the
topic, “What I love about Mon
roe County”. The essays are due
at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 10.
Monroe County residents
Todd and Stacy Tolbert, own
ers of Tolbert & Associates, an
insurance and financial plan
ning firm, are offering $700 in
prizes for the “What I love about
living in Monroe County” essay
contest. Judges will name a first
and second place in two catego
ries, youth (up to 18) and adult
(over 18). Essays must be at least
400 words and may be emailed to publisher@
mymcr.net, faxed to 994-2359 or mailed to P.O.
Box 795, Forsyth, GA 31029. The deadline is 5
p.m. on Thursday, May 10. The winning essays
will be published in the May 16 edition, along
with Founders Day information including
specials offered by local businesses encouraging
Monroe County residents to shop at home. The
county will celebrate its 197th birthday this year
as it was created by the Georgia legislature on
May 15,1821.
Look who’s back
About 88 young men grades 8-11 hit the
Mary Persons practice field on Monday
for the first day of spring practice. Coach
Brian Nelsons Bulldogs, after making the
Final 4 in back to back seasons, are ex
pected to have another strong year.
