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Report: Booze takes bruising
Accused of killing jailer, another attack reported at Monroe County Jail
By Steve Reece
stevereece@gmail.com
A Monroe County
inmate awaiting trial for
killing a Bibb County
jailer in April is accused
of a third attack on a
jailer this year on Sunday
night, Halloween.
Here’s what happened,
all according to the
sheriff’s report: inmate
Albert Booze drew jailers’
BOOZE
attention when he kept striking
the kiosk in H block with a tray
Deputy Daniel Ahlstrom
responded to the racket
along with Sgt. Tyler
Rodgers and deputy Julie
Lucas who found Booze
sitting on a table in the day
room.
Ahlstrom asked him why
he was hitting the kiosk
and as the deputy looked
over towards the kiosk,
Booze struck the left side of
his face with his right hand. Ahl
strom then tackled Booze across
the table landing on the floor.
Booze refused to follow deputies’
orders and as he continued to fight
on the floor, Ahlstrom hit him
in his head and face. Booze then
said “I’m done,” yet continued to
resist and refused to put his hands
behind his back.
Once they were able to handcuff
him, the deputies helped him to
his feet and escorted him to his
cell without further incident. He
refused medical treatment. He
damaged both the kiosk and a food
tray and is now charged with for
battery on a peace officer, three
counts of obstruction, and two
counts of interference with govern
ment property.
One month ago, on Sept. 29,
Booze was accused of biting a
Monroe County jailer and attack
ing several of them with a folding
chair.
See ATTACK Page 6A
Jeff Treadway, left, of Monroe County, was the only player ever to score in a World Series. At right, Treadway
Georgia native on the 1991 Braves and the first Atlanta and wife Mollye attend the NLCS last month.
Monroe County is ....
Home of the Brave
Jeff Treadway reflects on World Series runs past and present
By Will Davis
publisher@mymcr.net
The first Atlanta Brave ever to score
in a World Series is watching this year’s
series from Monroe County with
almost as much anticipation as when
he wore the uniform in 1991.
“I’m a fan like everybody else,” said
Jeff Treadway, the Braves’ second base-
man from 1989-92. “I have the same
excitement and anxiety and am acting
just as crazy as everyone else.”
Treadway has lived on Estes Road in
southern Monroe County for almost a
decade. He won four state titles as the
head softball coach at Stratford Acad
emy in Macon, but now just helps the
Eagle softball and baseball coaches.
But Treadway is best known as the
second baseman of the famed Worst-
to-First Braves in 1991. That’s the team
that brought long-suffering Atlanta
fans their first National League title just
one year after losing 100 games and
finishing in last place. Treadway was
the only Georgia native on that roster
and thus was a fan favorite, especially
when he became the first Atlanta Brave
to score in a World Series in Game 1
against the Minnesota Twins.
Thirty years later, the Braves are
back in the World Series with a 3-2
lead over the Houston Astros, and
Treadway is in south Monroe County
watching just as intently as when he
was on the team. Treadway was at
See TREADWAY Page7A
Road tax
passes
County voters approved
a road tax 1,367 to 930 on
Tuesday. After five tries,
commissioners finally suc
ceeded in raising the sales
tax from 7 to 8 percent for
roads. Chris Hewettwas
reelected to city council over
Walter Goodson 268 to 170.
Forsyth man
shoots self
in the foot
A Forsyth man was hospi
talized just after midnight on
Halloween after accidentally
shooting
himself in
the foot.
According
to a Mon
roe County
sheriff’s
report,
Brenden
Harvey, 26,
had a towel wrapped around
his foot and was apply
ing pressure when deputy
Dalton Mosely arrived at his
home at 1521 Smith Road.
Harvey told Mosely he was
getting his Ruger .22 caliber
pistol from his vehicle be
cause he didn’t like to leave
it outside overnight. He said
he thought the handgun
was unloaded but when he
grabbed it, it fired, and a
bullet struck him on the top
of his foot. He told Mosely
he dropped the gun around
his vehicle. It was found on
the passenger side where the
door was left open. Monroe
County EMS wrapped up
Harvey’s wound and took
him to the hospital.
Forsyth nurse treated COVID patients
for year, now fired for vaccine refusal
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By Will Davis
publ isher™ mymcnnet
A Monroe County LPN
treated COVID patients for a
Griffin hospice company for
more than a year without get
ting the vims, but lost her job
on Friday for refusing to take
the vaccine.
“I’m very upset,” said Jenni
fer Ritch. Ritch, 48, had been
with Brightmoor Hospice in
Griffin for three years, and
before that had been with a
sister company, Brightmoor
Nursing Center, for four
years. She said Brightmoor
was the best company she
had worked for in 25 years of
nursing, opening each day in
prayer.
Ritch said Brightmoor had
accepted her request for a
religious exemption from the
vaccine mandate. But then
they dismissed her saying
that her being unvaccinated
would be a hardship for the
company. But then, as she
approached her final day, the
company asked her to keep
worldng.
During the COVID pan
demic, Ritch said she had to
suit up head to toe in protec
tive gear and underwent
twice-per-week testing to
care for patients. She said she
never asked for a raise despite
the hardships and risks. She
said Brightmoor put up a sign
in her yard saying “A Health
care Hero Lives Here!”
But then the company
announced it was requiring
the vaccine for employees.
See FIRED Page7A R'TCH
