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ACCORDING TO UPSON COUNTY SHERIFF DAN KILGORE, JUSTIN PAUL LEWIS, 31 , OF FRANKLIN, GA. HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ACTS THAT WERE COMMITTED BETWEEN 2007 AND AUGUST 2013 WHEN HE LIVED IN UPSON COUNTY.
THE VICTIM, A FEMALE CHILD IN HIS CARE , WAS NINE YEARS OLD WHEN THE EVENTS BEGAN AND CONTINUED UNTIL SHE WAS FIFTEEN.
LEWIS IS UNDER BOND OF $145,000 AT THE UPSON COUNTY JAIL.
JOHN CHRISTIAN PEOPLES, AGE 33, OF HENRY CO. WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH JULY I, ON GA. 42 . THE DRIVER OF THE CAR, BONNIE MARIE FUTCH, AGE 30 OF THE SAME ADDRESS , HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND DUI.
HENRY COUNTY POLICE SAID HER BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT, WHEN SHE LEFT THE ROAD, HIT SOME TREES AND OVERTURNED. PEOPLES WAS EJECTED AND DIED AT THE SCENE.
HENRY COUNTY POLICE SAID THE CASE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND MS. FUTCH IS BEING HELD IN THE HENRY COUNTY JAIL PENDING A BOND HEARING BEFORE A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE.
STATE SENATOR VINCENT FORT OF ATLANTA TOLD THE THOMASTON MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THURSDAY, HE HAS SENT A LETTER TO THE GBI REQUESTING THAT THE INVESTIGATION OF TOBIN BE WIDENED INTO AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ENTIRE THOMASTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ABOUT 25 SPOKE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT— MOST INCENSED THAT TOBIN HAD NOT BEEN DISMISSED WITH OVER 70 COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST HIM IN THE 10 YEARS HE HAS BEEN WITH THE P.D.
AT THE START OF THE MEETING—MAYOR HAYS ARNOLD TOLD THE CROWD CITY HALL WOULD HAVE NO COMMENT UNTIL THE GBI COMPLETES ITS INVESTIATION AND AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION BY THE P.D. IS FINISHED.
AT MONDAY’S JULY MEETING—AN ATTORNEY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE UNTIL THE SEPT. 8 MEETING.
THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER APPROVED A REZONING FOR OVER 300 ACRES OF THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY FROM P-M TO A-R. THAT RECOMMENDATION GOES ON TO THE UPSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
ACCORDING TO THE HENRY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, JOHN CHRISTIAN PEOPLES, AGE 33 OF MCDONOUGH , WAS EJECTED FROM A NISSAN AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
HE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE 2012 NISSAN ALTIMA DRIVEN BY A FEMALE WHO LOST CONTROL AND HIT SOME TREES. THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE E.R.
HENRY COUNTY POLICE LT. JOEY SMITH SAID LACK OF SEAT BELT USE AND ALCOHOL MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN THE WRECK ON HIGHWAY 42.
PEOPLES WAS THE SON OF BILLY AND ROBIN PEOPLES OF THOMASTON.
TWO MALES WEARING BANDANAS TO COVER THEIR FACES , ENTERED ROCKY’S CONVIENCE STORE , BARNESVILLE STREET, WITH A RIFLE. THEY DEMANDED MONEY FROM THE FEMALE CLERK.
ONE STOOD-BY WITH A RIFLE WHILE THE OTHER WALKED AROUND AND TOOK $600 FROM THE CASH REGISTER, ACCORDING TO LT ANDREW PIPPIN.
THE FEMALE CLERK WAS NOT INJURED.
101 NEWS WAS TOLD, JUSTIN CHASE BOYT , AGE 21 , WAS LIFE-FLIGHTED TO THE COLUMBUS MEDICAL CENTER AFTER THE ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 36 WEST.
AN EYEWITNESS SAID HE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND CRASHED. ITS SPECULATED A MEDICAL CONDITION COULD BE THE CAUSE. GSP MANCHESTER, INVESTIGATED.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE TUESDAY, 2PM AT MOUNTAIN VIEW BAPTIST CHURCH.
ACCORDING TO THE HENRY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, JOHN CHRISTIAN PEOPLES, AGE 33 OF MCDONOUGH WAS KILLED JULY IST ON HIGHWAY 42 IN MCDONOUGH.
PEOPLES WAS A PASSENGER IN A 2012 NISSAN THAT LEFT THE ROAD , HIT SEVERAL TREES , OVERTURNED, AND HE WAS EJECTED. THE FEMALE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE E.R. WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
THE VICTIM WAS THE SON OF ROBIN AND BILLY PEOPLES OF THOMASTON.
COGGINS FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS.
DOZENS OF CITIZENS ASSEMBLED IN FRONT OF THOMASTON’S CITY HALL TO CALL FOR THE FIRING OF POLICE INVESTIGATOR PHILLIP TOBIN BECAUSE OF ALLEGED BRUTAL POLICE TATICS.
TOBIN IS ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WHILE THE GBI INVESTIGATES TWO INCIDENTS, INCLUDING A TASER CASE JULY 11 AT HANDY MART ON EAST WALKER.