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Qunechous Posley
Tenn. woman allegedly connected with outlet mall thefts
Calhoun Police have charged 36-year old Qunechous Christina Posley of Chattanooga Tenn. in connection with several thefts from the Prime Outlet Mall located at 455 Belwood Road. On June 7, Calhoun ...
Jun 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Graduates standing from left: Judd Whitfield, Ricky Turner, John Thatcher, Jr., Shade Nix, Joseph Lewis, Joseph Land, Matthew Harvey, Tyler Gebelein, and Cassie Defoor.
Police Academy graduates honored at GNTC commencement
A total of eight men and one woman were honored during a graduation ceremony from the Basic Law Enforcement Training Class at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) on Friday, May 31, 2013. ...
Jun 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Joanne McCrary
Money trail leads to Calhoun woman
A Calhoun woman is currently in jail in Kosciusko County, Ind. after being charged with money laundering. Joanne Karene McCrary, 74, of Calhoun, has been charged with two counts of felony money l...
Jun 04, 2013 | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Johnny Shehan
Calhoun man arrested for aggravated assault
Johnny Michael Shehan, 30, of Resaca has been charged him with Aggravated Assault. Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, May 28 deputy sheriffs were dispatched near the Resaca community in response t...
May 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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Calhoun Police Chief Gary Moss places a lifesaving medal on officer Jeremy Thompson while his family looks on.
Calhoun officer earns medal
Jeremy Thompson, officer with the Calhoun Police Department, recently received national recognition for his actions that saved the life of an 88-year-old man. Thompson was recognized locally by th...
May 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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CPD announces $8k grant for new equipment
The Calhoun Police Department has been awarded a grant of $8,000 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety for the purchase of an Intoxilyzer 9000. The I9000 will be replacing the I5000 which ...
May 21, 2013 | 6 6 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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EMS workers load the body of Terry Releford into an ambulance outside a room at the Budget Inn in Calhoun Monday afternoon. Releford reportedly died from a self inflicted gun shot wound he suffered inside the room hours earlier. (Tasha Bunch/Staff)
Tennessee Murder Suspect Commits Suicide After Being Cornered in Local Motel
On Monday, May 20 Terry Lee Releford, age 34, of Soddy Daisy, Tennessee, wanted in connection to a Sunday, May 19 murder in Hamilton County, Tenn. was located at a local motel on US Highway 41 Nor...
May 20, 2013 | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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James Coulter
Traffic stop leads to methamphetamine bust
John William Dale Coulter, 30, of Louisville, Ky. and James Leland Coulter, 33, of Shepherdsville, Ky. - understood to be brothers - were both arrested on Wednesday, May 15 for trafficking methamph...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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Deputies arrest two Rome men for an alleged residential burglary
May 10, 2013 | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
The sheriff's office says, Jorge Luis Nava, 17, and Michael Martinez, 17, both of Rome, were arrested after an alleged residential burglary. At about 3:20 p.m. on May 9 a 911 call was broadcast r...
Foot chase led to alleged drug possession
by AARON MANN
May 10, 2013 | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
Authorities say, Ronald E. Stiles, 29, of Cartersville took off running after he was stopped for a traffic violation, and caused authorities to collaborate and search for him for several hours. At...
Tunnel Hill Man Arrested For Attempted Burglary
May 08, 2013 | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
Augustin Hernandez, 30, of Tunnel Hill, was arrested for speeding, attempting to elude officers, criminal trespass and attempted burglary. According to the sheriff's department: At about 6:30 a.m. ...
Two Johnson City, Tennessee Men Arrested For Drug Trafficking
May 08, 2013 | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
Brian Keith Long, 38, and Kenneth Alan McKinney, 42, both of Johnson City, Tenn., were arrested possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and trafficking in cocaine. According to Gordon C...
Calhoun Police looking for the man who robbed a store clerk at gunpoint
May 06, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
According to the Calhoun Police Department, at 5:25 a.m. on Monday, May 6 an officer responded to a armed robbery call at a Kangaroo, 1305 N. Highway 41. The store clerk said he stepped out of the ...
Calhoun Man Arrested For Child Molestation
May 06, 2013 | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
On April 1 the Sheriff’s Office initiated an investigation into allegations of child molestation against a juvenile. The events are believed to have occurred in Gordon County as well as in Pickens...
Fire Department receives smoke alarm donations
by TASHA BUNCH
May 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
After purchasing 120 smoke detectors with the allotted fire prevention budget, Home Depot donated 120 more to the city fire department. Fire Prevention Officers Burton Fox, Tim Duvall and Deputy F...
Judgement dismisses claims against Sheriff's Office
by ABBEY LENNON
May 04, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
No appeal is being sought in the summary judgment to dismiss a case filed in 2011 against the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office by sisters Cindy Downing and Kelli Clark, of Downing Clark HOPE Center. ...