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6 Face Burglary Counts
Fire Marshal Investigates Trion Explosion
. Two men have been charg
ed with burglarizing the manse
of a Teloga churci and four
more who were chased down by
their victim have been charged
with stealing an expensive auto
gart, accordin§ to Chattooga
ounty Sheriff Ron Turner.
Chris E. Oglesby, 32, and
Jeffery E. Sharp, 23, both of
LaFayette, have been charged
with "burglarizing the Beer
sheeba Presbyterian Church
manse on Highway 337 in the
Teloga community last week.
Both men were arrested last
Thursday following the Feb. 12
incident.
Sheriff Turner said Robert
Shamblin was driving by on
Highway 337 when he saw a
man knocking on the front
door of the manse, which is
located adjacent to the church.
When Shamblin turned his
vehicle into the manse
driveway and went to the rear
door, he saw a man with a
television set in his hand, the
sheriff added. The suspect put
New Detroit Police Chief Proud Of Summerville
By TOMMY TOLES
Editor
When Detroit’s new police
chief is asked where he’s from,
he doesn’t say Detroit or
Atlanta.
“T've always been proud of
Summerville,” sai(f Chief
Stanley R. Knox. “‘I don’t say
Detroit. I always say Summer-
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TRUCK ALMOST BURIED BY FLYING BRICKS DURING BLAST MONDAY
Fire Marshal, Sheriff's Office Investigate Suspicious Fire
the television set down and fled
into adjacent woods while the
second man drove away in a
late-model car, Turner said.
An undetermined amount
of damage was reported to the
front and rear Sc?ors of the
manse. Inv. Ladon Lively pro
bed the incident.
FOUR CHARGED
Four people were arrested
in the South Trion area Thurs
day evenin? and charged with
burglary after they had been
chased down by the victim,
Sheriff Turner said.
Charged were Brian C. Gen
try, 19, David Leon Marks, 18,
Richard A. Cargle, and Shelia
F. Vaughn, 18, all of Summer
ville Rte. 2, according to the
jail docket.
Sheriff Turner said Jackie
Coley and Michael Coley,
brother and son of the victim,
Donald Coley, respectively,
reported seeing Cargle at a
sliding door at Donald Coley’s
shop, 1202 Cherry St.
ville, Georgia! I'm proud of it.
Some folks like to say they're
from a big city like Detroit or
Atlanta, but I always say I'm
from Summerville. ftell them
it's about 90 miles north of
Atlanta, just above Rome.
Most people have some idea
where Rome is, at least.”
Detroit Mayor Coleman
Young last Wednesday, Feb.
13, stunned that city’s news
media and political observers
bfi'l atppoint';lf Knox as police
chief. He had been serving as
commander of the city’s 10th
precinct since 1986.
GOOD STUDENT
Chief Knox's relatives and
friends in Summerville recall
him as a small boy who was
born in a tiny house on Hill
Street, who was a good stu
dent, and who visits his
hometown on a regular basis.
Mayor Young had suspend
ed Chief William L. Hart, who
was indicted early last week on
charges of stealing $2.6 million
from a secret police fund.
Young passed over numerous
deputy chiefs and the ex
ecutive deputy chief to name
Knox.
Other Detroit lawmen have
described Knox as ‘‘a straight
arrow, a by-the-book cop.”
Detroit refi)orters also describ
ed the 10th precinct, which was
once the city's worst, as now
the best one in Detroit.
When they yelled at him,
Carglsran, they reported to the
sheriff and Inv. P. R. Hill
They chased him but lost him.
Jackie and Michael then went
to Donald’s home and the three
found the four suspects in a car
on Pine Street, Turner con
tinued. The Coleys stopped the
car and a scuff?; ensued, the
sheriff added, with Donald Col
ey ending up in a ditch with
Brian Gentry.
Donald Coley recovered an
‘‘expensive’’ intake head
allegedly taken from his shop
and traveled to a nearby con
venience store to call the
sheriff's office, Turner said.
Deputies picked up the four
an(i) arrested them on burglary
charges. Turner said Ms.
Vaug%m was driving the car on
Pine Street when it was
stopped.
EXPLOSION
Meanwhile, Turner said his
office and a state fire marshal
are investigating a suspicious
Stanley Knox Often Visits Chattooga County Relatives, Friends
He is the son of Doris Knox,
Detroit, and the late Roy
Knox, both originally of
Summerville.
Chief Knox fondly recalls
hunting in the woods on the
rigfif behind his house and
walking to school every day.
He attended Summerville
schools and left when he was 15
or 16 to attend Washington
ngh School in Atlanta. He left
before graduating and joined
the U. S. Army, where he com
pleted his high school
education.
BASKETBALL
“I remember ripping up and
down the street (in Summer
ville) in an old 1941 Chevrolet,”
‘Chief Knox recalled this week.
“I remember playing basket
ball on a clay court there.”
-ooHe serveX most of his tour
in the Army in Germany. His
Earents hag moved to Detroit
y that time and he recalls get
ting a picture of his wife,
Dorothy, from his mother.
‘““Mother worked in a
restaurant that my wife’s un
cle owned and motier sent me
a picture of her.”” When he got
out of the Army in 1959, he
stopped in Summerville brief
ly and headed to Detroit. ‘lt
took me about three days to
find her and we got married
about nine months later,”” he
said. They were married on
Oct. 23, 1960.
When he first arrived in
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1991
Disaster Avoided
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explosion and fire thd¥
destroyed a house in the Moun
tain View community nor
theast of Trion Monday.
The home of Stacey A.
Brown, Trion Rte. 1, was
destroyed by the explosion and
blaze, the sheriff in(fi)cated. The
incident was reported at 3:36
a.m. Monday, agded Inv. Hill.
The Trion Fire Department
responded to the blaze. Glass
from the exploding home was
blown 200 to 250 feet away and
a heavy wood-core metal door
was blown far down a hillside
from the house, the sheriff said.
Glass was imbedded in nearby
trees from the blast and a truck
was smashed with flying brick.
Fire Marshal Ray Merritt
of Cedartown was called to the
scene and is involved in the in
vestigation, Turner added.
Brown, owner of the house,
was in Gatlinburg, Tenn. at the
time of the blast, reports
indicated.
see 6 FACE, page 14-A
Detroit, he did landscaping
work with his grandfather,
James Braziel. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Braziel are now deceased.
EARLIER JOBS
Knox then started to work
at an industrial laundry and
worked his way up to super
visor. The future chief left and
started working at Chrysler
Motor Co., “‘painting Dodge
trucks. I got sick of the paint
sticking to my eyelashes and 1
got out of there,” he said. He
joined the Detroit Police
Department as a patrolman in
May 1966, and was assigned to
the 7th precinct. He was pro
moted to sergeant in 1974 and
transferred to the 10th
precinct. While serving in the
10th, he was assignef to the
Western Operations Section
and later to the Executive
Deputy Chief's staff.
He was promoted to lieute
nant in 1977 and assigned back
to the 7th precinct. He was pro
moted to inspector in 1978 and
remained at the 7th as a patrol
inspector. In 1980, he tool: over
the precinct’s Traffic Section
and served there until being
promoted to commander of the
10th precinct in 1986.
He holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in criminal
justice from Wayne State
University. :
SMALL TOWNS
Chief Knox said Tuesday
Brown Murder Trial
Scheduled Tuesday
Lawson Case Set For Second Week
The arson and double
murder trial of a Cloudland
man is expected to begin Tues
day morning in Chattooga
County Superior Court.
Timothy Brown, 27,
Cloudland, is expected to be
re;c)resented b% famed criminal
attorney Bobby Lee Cook of
Summerville. Brown has been
charged with slaying his
estranged wife, Teri M. Brown,
27, éloudland, and her
boyfriend, Gary Sentell, 39,
Alpine and Gaylesville, Ala.
The incident occurred in front
of Menlo City Hall on primary
election day July 17, 1990.
He was also charged with
arson in the burning of the
Brown home at Cloudland.
Mrs. Brown and the couple’s
children had resided in the
house after Tim and Teri
separated in the spring, 1990.
Then-Sheriff Gary McCon
nell said he found Brown’s
truck jammed against the back
of the house and the house afire
when he arrived a short time
after the double slaying. Brown
‘couldn’t be found. Lawmen
first thought he might be in the
burning house but a search fail
ed to turn up a trace of a body.
SURRENDER
Brown turned himself in the
following afternoon on a dirt
road in the Cloudland com
munity. He surrendered to
then-Inv. Larry Kellett, who is
now running for sheriff.
Kellett's campaign time is ex
pected to be limited next week
since he is the key witness in
the murder case.
. Tim Brown has been out on
$250,000 bond since Oct. 20,
1990.
In civil dpa ers filed in a
child custody gattle and at a
Ereliminary hearing, Brown
as said he is not guilty of the
charges.
Ralph Van Pelt, Lookout
Mountain Judicial Circuit
district attorney, is expected to
try the case himself next week.
Brown was residing with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
night that many fine officers in
Detroit come from small
Southern towns. ‘“You can’t
beat those small towns.” |
He often visits Summer
ville, the last time being in
1990. He came to visit a
97-year-old friend who has
since died. ““‘She always liked
me a lot and I made a quick
stop by there.”
Other local relatives and
friends include Willie Mae
Scott and Mamie Ludy and Ira
Pollard Jr., a Summerville city
councilman, Chief Scott said.
“He was a good student,”
recalls the new chief’s former
brother-in-law, Charles
Hoskins, 118 Seventh Ave.,
Summerville. ‘‘He worked hard
at whatever he wanted to
achieve. He worked hard at it.”
Hoskins’ ex-wife is Sara Jo
Hoskins, who resides in
Detroit. She is the sister of
Chief Knox. Hoskins said he
and his ex-wife communicate
frequently and he is still good
friends with the chief. In fact,
Sarah Jo called him last
Wednesday, Feb. 13, to let him
know that i,\er brother had been
appointed chief.
ENCOURAGEMENT
The 57-year-old Hoskins
said he has talked with Chief
Knox since then. ‘I was con
g‘ratulating him. I told him it
was good for someone comigfi
from Summerville, a sm
town, to achieve something like
Dewey Brown, Cloudland,
before the shooting took place
last summer. Teri Brown resid
ed in the estranged Brown cou
ple’s home, with their two
small children, Dustin Shane,
4, and Candice Nichole, 9. She
resided next door to her
garer.lts. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
razier.
McConnell said at the time
that witnesses told him and
Kellett that Sentell and Mrs.
Brown were standing outside
city hall when Tim Brown
drove up in his truck on July
17
SHOOTING
After a brief discussion and
an apparent quarrel, Mrs.
Brown turned back toward the
front door of city hall. Brown
allegedly fired a .12 gauge
shotgun at her and then fired
Vote On Board Uncertain
Perry Mulls Signatures On Petition
By BUDDY ROBERTS
Associate News Editor
It was uncertain this week
if local legislation would be in
troducec?l in the Georgia
General Assembly this year
calling for a referendum on a
five-member board of commis
sioners for Chattooga County.
That's the latest from Fifth
District Rep. Tim Perry, who
said Wednesday morning that
he is ‘“still researching™ the
issue.
A group of county residents
backing the referendum
resented Perry with a petition
Fast weekend requesting that
the legislature authorize a
referendum for a public vote on
a board of commissioners. The
this. We talked about
everything. I told him it (his
promotion) might encourage
someone and show them that
they can make it if they study
andy work hard.”
Mrs. Emily Knox Stewart,
102 Hill St., Summerville,
remembered Knox as a baby
and small boy. Although her
maiden name is Knox, tfie two
families aren't related, she said.
Both families resided on Hill
Street, the west end of Georgia
Avenue, at the time Stanley
was born in a small house.
Stanley played with her son,
Zack, Mrs. Stewart said, when
he was growing up.
Hoskins said that Knox's
brother, Earl Warren Hayes, is
a former police officer who also
grew up in Summerville. War
ren is o?f duty dueto a disabili
ty, Hoskins said.
VISITS
Chief Knox visits his fami
ly in Summerville and a cousin
in Atlanta quite frequently,
Hoskins said.
Knox would often ride his
motorcycle to Summerville,
Hoskins said. Both Chief Knox
and his wife are avid
motorcyclists.
~ “Chief Knox comes from
the ?recincts," Mayor Young
said last week. ‘‘Most of his ex
ferience as a Detroit police of
icer has been in the precincts,
and in uniform. In nearly 25
Pure Hand Play
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at Sentell when Sentell ap
parently rushed to her defense.
Sentell died instantly.
One blast of buckshot
ellets smashed through city
Eall's front door and into the
small lobby or alcove.
Witnesses said that Mrs.
Brown was almost inside the
inner city hall door when her
husband came in, grabbed her
around the neck and told them
not to move. He then apparent-
H' dropped her on the alcove
oor and ran to his truck and
fled the scene. She died a short
time later. The truck was found
a short time later by Sheriff
McConnell rammed into the
rear of the couple’s Cloudland
home.
Family members negoti
ated Brown's surrender the
next day following an exten
see BROWN, page 14-A
petition was signed by more
than 1,900 residents, including
1,084 who were allegedly
verified registered voters.
EVIDENCE
Perry had asked for the
petition as evidence that ‘‘more
than just a handful of folks are
interested in this.” He in
dicated thatif 1,000 registered
voters siq:led the petition, he
would look at introducing the
local legislation in the House of
Representatives.
“I was thoroughly surpris
ed that they got up that many
names this quickly,”” he said.
“Evidently there is a large
group that wants the chance to
vote on it.”" Perry added that
he is double-checking the
names on the petition with
voter registration records on
his personal computer.
years as a Detroit police officer,
he has compiled an outstan
ding record o’s) dedication%o ser
ving the public he is sworn to
protect.”
“OUTSTANDING”
Continuing, the mayor said
“Chief Knox is an outstanding
example of the quality of the
men and women who make up
this department. Under his
leadership, the 10th precinct
has been outstanding in work
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A legal advertisement was
deliverefi Tuesday to The Sum
merville News for publication
by referendum supporter Mike
Veatch, Trion, but was not
published at Perry’s request.
Legal advertisements for local
legislation must be considered
by legislative counsel, and the
ad had not yet been considered,
Perry said.
Local legislation takes
about five days to pass once it
is introduced, and Perry could
introduce the proposal on a
Monday after the advertise
ment is published in The News.
He planned to talk with Com
missioner Jim Parker and sup
porters of the five-member
commission before taking
action.
The petition, similar to one
circulated in Dade County,
see VOTE, page 14-A
ing with and cooperating with
the citizens it serves. Chief
Knox has made that a top
priority of his leadership of the
precinct. He will now bring
that same philosophy to the of
fice of chief.”
Young said he directed
Knox to reorganize the
4,400-member department and
put more officers on the street.
Knox's wife, Dorothy, pinn
ed the chief's badge on her hus
see NEW DETROIT, page 14-A