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Madison County Journal
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Merged with The Comer News and The Danielsville Monitor, 2006
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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.
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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.
