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LARGE CROWD NEAR OLD FAIRGROUNDS DISPERSES AFTER ARRIVAL OF SHERIFF
Potentially Dangerous Situation Defused Last Thursday Afternoon
Situation Defused Here
A potentially dangerous
situation involving about 150
to 200 people was defused in
North Summerville last Thurs
day afternoon by Chattooga
County Sheriff Gary
McConnell.
As a result of the incident,
William Henry ‘“Little Bill”
Adams, 25, Summerville, was
charged with criminal damage
to government property, two
counts of assaulting a police of
ficer, and fleeing and attemp
ting to elude an officer. He was
released from the county jail on
$25,000 in bonds Thursday
within a couple of hours after
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his arrest
BRIBERY
Adams was arrested on
April 4, 1988 on bribery
charges along with his brother,
Ronald **Danny Boy" Adams,
28, 18 Fourth Ave. Danny Boy
was convicted last August in
Chattooga Superior Court and
sentenced to a total of 135
years in prison.
The panel acquitted Little
Bill on cEl:narges 0(} bribing Ron
Turner, chief investigator for
the sheriff's office. Turner had
notified McConnell after the
first contact as well as the
Georgia Bureau of Investiga
tion, which participated in the
arrests.
Chattooga Deps. Richard
Gifford and Joey Norton were
attempting to serve simple bat
tery and good behavior war
rants on Little Bill Thursday
afternoon in connection with
an earlier domestic dispute, the
lawmen said.
FLED SCENE
Adams was stopped around
Sixth Avenue but fled the
scene on foot, reports said. He
was caught near Seventh
Avenue, L%le lawmen said, and
while enroute to a patrol car,
Adams said he was ill, Norton
said.
A crowd began to gather
around Adams and the
deputies and they called for ad
ditional assistance. A handcuff
had been placed on at least one
of Adams’ arms, said Summer
ville Police Chief Arlen
Thomas, but because of
Adams’ strength, lawmen
couldn’t get the cuffs on both
arms. One end of the cuffs was
attached to Adams' belt but he
jerked and tore the belt away,
the chief said. Although it
angered at least one deputy,
Thomas said he removed the
cuff from Adams’ arm because
the suspect was allegedly
swinging it at lawmen.
During the struggle with
Adams, Thomas said a
member of the crowd attemp
ted to grab the pistol in his belt
holster. He knocked the hand
away with his elbow and
another officer grabbed the
juvenile responsible, the chief
said.
At one point, according to
various accounts by the
lawmen, Adams had lgeputy
Gifford in a headlock that in
jured his ears. Both Gifford
and Adams were on top of
Deputy Norton, officers said.
Gifford said Adams struck him
with an open hand on the left
side of his face. Norton said
Adams also struck him twice
on the left side of his face and
tore off his left shirtsleeve.
FIGHTING
While Adams was fighting
the officers on the gmunfi‘ Nor
ton said, the suspect decided he
wouldn’t go to jail. A crowd
began gathering and Adams
resisted arrest.
At one point, city officers
were walking Adams toward
the emergency room of Chat
tooga Hospital. County
lawmen, who had initiated the
arrest on simple battery and
good behavior charges, said
Adams would have to be plac
ed in a patrol car.
The procession was halted
on Allred Street by a large
crowd of angry blacks shouting
at the officers. Additional city
and county lawmen and
(ieorgia State Patrol trocpers
from Floyd and Walker Coun
ties began converging on the
scene to provide assistance. At
one point, an unidentified of
ficer was heard to radio for tear
gas.
CROWD PARTED
Sheriff McConnell arrived
moments later and the crowd
parted at his approach. He told
Adams that he would have to
get in the car. The suspect got
in the vehicle and Adams was
taken to the hospital emergen
cy room to be checked. He was
released after being examined
and carried to the county jail.
A number of lawmen gathered
near the emergency room exit
in case the crowd reassembled.
At one point on Allred
Street, Adams screamed at a
photographer-reporter with
The News and demanded that
no photos be made of him. In
itially, several blacks had ask
ed the reporter to take photos
of the incident. But when
Adams screamed at the
photographer, several men
headed toward the camera
man, but were grabbed by
others in the crOW(%before they
could touch the reporter.
After Adams was arrested
by McConnell, the sheriff ad
vised the crowd to disperse. It
did.
Chief Thomas said he
understood that Adams had
suffered a broken jaw in a
domestic incident prior to the
arrest attempt.
Myers Resigns;
Dodd Oversees
Chattooga EMS
Herbert Dodd, assistant
director of the Chattooga
County Emergency Medical
Service (EMS) is heading the
ambulance service until a new
director is named as the result
of the resignation of the
previous director last
Thursday.
Chattooga Commissioner
Jim Parker said Wednesday
that he had set up a meetin
with Dwayne Nf;/ers, EMg
director, last Thursday to
discuss morale and com
munication problems within
the ambulance service. But
prior to getting into that issue,
Myers said he wanted to sur
render the director's post and
return to being a cardiac
technician because of health
problems, the commissioner
continued.
He and Myers then discuss
ed the problems Parker said he
had noticed at the EMS.
Dodd was asked to oversee
operations of *he EMS until a
permanent director is named,
the commissioner added.
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Assessors Start With Equalization
The Chattooga Count
Board of Tax Assessors wifi
proceed on the assumption
that a massive tax equalization
program for the county will be
done in-house.
That was the concensus of
a meeting last Friday morning
between the board and County
Commissioner Jim Parker. But
if a more attractive equaliza
tion proposal is received from
a private company within the
next few weeks, the board
could transfer the project to
that firm without any signifi
cant delay, the group indicated.
STATE PROGRAM
It also appeared likely that
the board mafy end up with a
computer software equaliza
tion program being developed
by the state rather than a com
mercial program, based on
comments by Commissioner
Parker,
Meanwhile, the board has
filled a vacant staff position as
part of its effort to %‘et the tax
assessors' office in shape to be
ing the egualization project. It
emplo‘ye Joyce Watson of
Trion [ast Thursday to assist in
clerical and mapping work in
that office. The post had been
vacant for several years.
James D. Millican and Tom
Hogg. two members of the
board, had indicated on March
17 that they favored purchas
ing a commercial software pro
%gram. rather than usin? the
ree state program. Millican
said the county might end up
1 the long run having to ob
tain one of the commercial pro
grams if the state program pro
ved inadequate.
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Hogg wasn't present at last
Friday morning's meeting with
Parker. The commissioner and
Richard Greeson, chairman of
the board, again said they
favored the state cor:f)uter
program. ‘‘My personal opi
nion is to go with the state pro
gram,”’ Parker s?id. His view
may ¢ a significant amount
of xeiwwitflhe board since
the commissioner would
authorize fiayment for any
board purchases.
The board should plan on
handling the equalization pro
gram in-house, Parker said,
and if a ?roposal for quality
work at a lower or equal cost is
submitted, the tax project
could be transferred to that
company.
Leonard Barrett, chief tax
assessor, said letters have been
sent to a number of appraisal
and mapping companies and to
foresters who would help
evaluate timber resources in
the county. Not enough time
had passed as of last Friday to
receive written responses, he
said, although a couple of firms
had called to inquire about the
project.
RECEPTIVE
Parker and the board also
seemed receptive to Millican's
suggestion tgat a local resident
who is familiar with the aerial
maps used in the assessors’ of
fice in a part-time basis to up
date those maps. New ones
won't be available for three
years and the most recent
aerial photos lack clarity on the
edges, Barrett indicated.
The board and Parker
agreed to place Barrett in
charge of the equalization pro-
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ject. Barrett's “knowledge is
unsuapassed" and the board
would make a wise decision in
naming Barrett to head the
prog'ect. the commissioner said
at Friday's meeting.
Parker said his main con
cern in the equalization pro
gram is fairness for all proper
ty owners, followed by cost
concerns.
The board still plans to
review computer software and
hardware and receive proposals
for appraising companies
before making a final commit
ment to do the work in-house.
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The panel also discussed
the neecr for additional office
space but no final decision was
reached on a location
The equalization project
resulted from legislation pass
ed in 1987 that will require
Chattooga and all other coun
ties in the state to equalize
their property for tax purposes
by 1991. If previous errors
haven't been corrected in the
1990 digest ?}y 1991, the state
will cut off highway money to
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However, county tax digests
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