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o o APRIL 27, 2017 Madison County Journal ■, r v < -—-w v < ■# # ^ v i r « /\ ^ ^ A T r» /41 nrvvi T /~vi a 1 r I Y^A I A A n Merged with The Comer News and The Danielsville Monitor, 2006 MadisonJoumalTODAY.com 50< Vol. 34 No. 14 • Publication No. 1074-987 • Danielsville, Madison County, Georgia 30633 • A Publication of MainStreet Newspapers Inc. • 24 Pages, 2 Sections Plus Supplements BOC CONOLUS SCOTT Scott named to P&Z board By Zach Mitcham zach@mainstreetnews.com Madison County com missioners unanimously approved Conolus Scott Jr. to the county planning commission Monday night. Scott will replace John Stuedemann on the zon ing board. Madison County com mission chairman John Scarborough nominated Scott for the position. He noted that Scott is a life-long Madison County resident, who has near ly 30 years work experi ence with Westinghouse and 15 years experience in plumbing and elec trical repair work. He has been married for 49 years and has two chil dren. He’s a member of Tabor's Chapel C.M.E. — See “BOC” on 2A INSIDE Index: News — 1-3A Opinions — 4-7A Crime — 8A Socials — 9-10A, 12A Churches — 4B Obituaries — 11A Legals — 8-9B Sports — 1-3B Classifieds — 6-7B Schools— 10B Contact: Phone: 800-795-2581 Mail: P.O. Box 658, Danielsville, Ga. 30633 Web: MadisonJournalTODAY. com Mailing Label Below Region champs! Red Raiders win tide, open state Friday — Page IB ‘Ag Day’ in D’ville Liam McCarty, 1, Colbert, rides a horse Saturday at the Madison County Ag Day at Memorial Park in Danielsville. Photos by Zach Mitcham Laura Depooter of the Stardust Equestrian Center in the Sanford community shows some love to “Patrick” at Ag Day Saturday. Jameson Barnett, 21 months, Ila, drives a “tractor” at the Madison County Ag Day Saturday in Danielsville. FINANCES The law and the numbers Sheriff offers breakdown on first three months on the job By Zach Mitcham zach@mainstreetnews.com New Madison County Sheriff Michael Moore requested an interview recently to go over financ es and his first three months on the job as the county’s top law officer. Moore and his chief dep uty Jeffrey Vaughn out lined the finances for sher iff’s office and jail over the first quarter of 2017 and said they aim to pro vide regular updates to the public on where finances stand. Right now. the sheriff’s office is 1.5 percent over budget. The total expenses for the jail and sheriff’s office for January through March was $785,735. The total budget for 2017 is $3,104,932. “I wished I could say that the sheriff’s office will be under budget and operate within the allotted funds,” said Moore. “I can honestly say that the cost of operations will exceed what the commissioners set for the 2017 budget. Currently, we are manag ing within a 1.5 percent increase to the allotted budget.” Moore said he will “strive to keep a cost-ef fective basis for opera tions.” “Please be aware I took office and accepted the budget that was given from the financial commit tee and have committed to remain open to all expen ditures. There was no way of knowing the true cost of operations without giving it time so we can have our hands on all expenses.” Moore said the call vol ume for the sheriff’s office is high. “In three months. I have already seen the call vol ume our deputies answer has far surpassed what I could have imagined.” said Moore. “The increase in calls from 2014 to 2017 is startling.” Madison County 911 Center provided the sta tistics for calls for service from the dates of Jan. 1 through March 31. The department responded to 5,714 calls in three months. There were 564 arrests. Of those arrests. 85 were related to drags. 53 were DUIs, and 177 were for probation viola tions. There were many other arrests for burglaries, thefts and multiple traffic offenses. The jail has 96 beds and typically has a population of 110-to-120 inmates per day. There are 16 beds for females and there are typically 20-to- 30 female inmates at a time. Moore and Vaughn both say the number of female inmates seems to be on the rise due to meth. There was a total of 532 written incident reports and a total of 203 acci dents to which deputies — See “Sheriff” on 2A CRIME Carlton man charged with child molestation A previously registered sex offender was charged with child molestation that stemmed from an April 2014 incident involving a 4-year-old family member. David Eugene King, 28, of Carlton, was charged with two counts of child molestation, one count of aggravated child moles tation and one count of failure to register as a sex offender/failure to comply with requirements/provid ed. Captain David Patton said the case was brought before a grand jury, who chose to indict. He said the DAVID EUGENE KING incident appeared to be “a touching case.” King remains in the Madison County Jail and no bond has been set.
