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Craig resident
reports suspoct stole
from pkkup truck
At about 4:42 p.m. on April 12,
a Craig Road man told Dep. Chris
Sherrell that sometime between
April 6-12 someone entered his
white 2012 Dodge Ram truck
and stole his Springfield XD-40
pistol. The man said the pistol was
located in the center console and
said the suspect had left the hol-
ster behind. Sherrell then entered
the pistol as stolen.
1-475 after towed fire
truck bursts halo flames
At about 12:48 p.m. on April
12, Dep. Yolanda Mercer and
Cpl. Jacob Robins went to 1-475
South near mile marker 12 about
a vehicle fire. A male tow truck
driver told deputies he was towing
a fire truck when he heard a loud
explosion. He said he looked back
and saw the fire truck was on fire
and pulled over to try to put out
the fire. A male witness said he
was traveling in the lane next to
the tow truck in his white Chev-
rolet 2500 pickup truck when the
fire truck caught on fire. Deputies
saw the pickup truck had damage
to its hood, windshield and driver
side from the incident. A second
male witness said his white Mack
tractor trailer also suffered hy-
draulic/brake damage as a result
of the incident.
Hyundai driver faces
arrest after flipping car
at 1-75 South rest area
A Hyundai driver faces a charge
of fleeing or attempting to elude
after a high-speed chase on 1-75
South on April 13. At about 1:45
a.m Cpl. Christian Sawley saw
a tan 2003 Hyundai car with a
Texas tag traveling 94 mph in a
70 mph zone on 1-75 South near
mile marker 191. Sawley then
tried to stop the car, butit instead
changed lanes without signaling
and sped up to speeds inexcess
of 115 mph. The car thentried to
turn into the 1-75 South rest area
but lost control and hit a power
pole, a tree and then a light pole,
where the car rolled over. The
male driver was taken to Macon's
Medical Center Navicent Health.
Sawley then searched the car
and found a Coors Light in the
front seat. The driver will also be
charged with speeding, failure to
maintain lane, having slick tires,
open container violation, reckless
driving, driving while license sus-
pended and a seatbelt violation.
Man reports Ruger
hondgun missing after
visit to High Fogs Pork
On April 13, a Macon man told
Dep. Tyler Rodgers his Ruger
LCP .380 caliber handgun went
missing after a visit to High Falls
State Park The man said he put
his handgun, which was inside
a black wallet holster, inside his
hiking bag at about 9:.30 a.m. that
morning. The man said he left his
home and stopped at a Macon
grocery store before heading to
High Falls State Park. The man
said while at the park he walked
on the nature and tranquility trails
before returning home at which
point he realized his handgun was
missing. The man said he thought
he might have dropped his hand-
gun on the trails but wasn't sure.
Rodgers then entered the gun as
missing/stolen.
Man arrested after
medication stolen from
Dollar General store
A 41-year-old black Juliette man
was arrested and charged with
shoplifting after an incident at the
Hwy. 87 Dollar General on April
13. At about 12:07 p.m a female
assistant manager at the Hwy. 87
Dollar General store told Cpl.
Jacob Robins and Dep. Yolanda
Mercer that amale customer had
shoplifted medicine from the
store at about noon that day. The
store surveillance video showed
the male customer take medica-
tion, valued at between $3 and
$19, from the shelf. The male
customer hid the item under
his shirt and then put it into his
left front pants pocket. A female
cashier told deputies a female
customer asked her where to find
swim trunks and said she took
her to a separate part of the store
while the male customer took the
medicine. Deputies then went to
the male customer's workplace
and arrested him. The female
customer was not charged while
the male customer was taken to
the Monroe County Jail.
Rex man charged with
DUI after 1-75 South
traffic stop on April 13
A 48-year-old black Rex man
was arrested and charged with
DUI after a traffic stop on 1-75
South on April 13. At about 5:50
p.m Dep. Peyton Henderson,
Cpl. lake Justice and Dep. Robert-
son saw a gray Dodge Challenger
changing lanes without signaling,
speeding and failing to maintain
its lane on 1-75 South near mile
marker 192. The male driver told
Justice he last consumed alcohol
at about 2:45 a.m. that morning:
when he had a single beer. He =.
then changed his story and said
he drank three beers that day be?.
fore adding he was just trying to
get away from his wife in Stock-
bridge. The driver, who smelled
of alcohol, then failed several fie d
sobriety tests. Henderson then
took the driver to the Monroe ,
County Jail, where the driver gave
an insufficient breath sample on
a state breath test. However, he
tested a high positive for alcohol:
on a field breath test. The driver,
was also charged with failure to '
maintain lane and failure to signal
when changing lanes.
Hwy. 42 s. prope ! :
owner reports hearing
gunshots near cattle ii':
At about 7 p.m. on April 14, :
a male 42 South property,:
owner told Dep. Tyler Rodgers
he was moving his cattle into
another pasture when he heard
five gunshots. The property owner
said he then saw his male neigh='
bor walking back inside his hom&
The property owner, who said
cattle were all accounted for, said'
he thinks his neighbor was shoot'-
ing to antagonize his cattle;
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By Diane Glidewell ning & Zoning Commis-
news@mymcr.net sion recommended three
variances in the city code
On April 1 Forsyth Plan- for Wes Cone's property at
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setback to 20 feet on one
side of the property line,
a reduced variance to 15
feet from the intersection
and a variance to allow
unloading and loading in
front of the building.
Forsyth economic devel-
opment director Tammie
Pierson said that after city
council agreed to work
with Cone on building
sidewalks in front of his
climate-controlled stor-
age building at 51 Adams
Street, she realized that
the sidewalks would make
him out of compliance
with city codes unless he
obtained variances. She
said the issue is where the
cut needs to be and the
setbacks for the driveway
from the property line.
Planning & Zoning
member Hal Clarke asked
Cone if he had talked with
the engineer about drain-
age since the city has had
problems with drainage
on Adams Street at N.
Jackson Street, particularly
with water causing dam-
age at the masonic lodge.
Cone said the planned
raised sidewalks should
help with drainage be-
cause drivers running over
drainage pipes has been a
big part of the problem.
Planning & Zoning
member Steve Coleman
asked Cone about the
problem of people parking
all around his building,
up to the building, as they
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are shopping at the Circle
of Care Thrift Shop across
the street. Cone said
raised sidewalks should
eliminate 95 percent of the
problem.
"We're ready to get this
poured, but we need a
variance," said Cone. 'Tve
never seen anything like
it. They park everywhere
even though we already
have no parking signs. But
they've been doing it for
years."
Cone said he will make
the drive one-way where
people pull into the drive
to load or unload their
storage items. Planning &
Zoning chairman Martin
Presley Said itcouldbe
a good idea to make the
road one-way all the way
to the post office.
Clarke asked if Cone has
planned enough room
for trailers to pull in to
unload and turn around.
Cone said he has planned
4 feet off the building
everywhere and will plant
shrubs next to the build-
ing. There will be 10 feet
for turning, but few of his
customers use a moving
truck.
After the recommen-
dation to approve the
variances from Planning
& Zoning, Cone's request
ing Commission discussed
variances for the lot sizes .
at Juliette Commons, a ::
planned subdivision off "
of Frontage Road behind
the Hampton Inn that
abandoned in 2006 but "
has recently been bough(,"
by Hughston Homes of
Columbus, Ga. At the
March 25 meeting of :.!
Planning & Zoning, Edgar
Hughston told the com- .'
mission that his company'
is planning to re-start the
subdivision and talked "'
about updating the infra,',
structure that is in place
on the land. ',
Hughston was not pres~
ent at the April I called ,
Planning & Zoning meef-'
ing. Forsyth's economic '
development director ~'
Tammie Pierson said shei~
looked at the city's zoning
guidelines for subdivisions
and saw that the guide- ,:
lines now require 15,000
square-foot lots in subdi '"
visions, but most of the '('
lots in Juliette Common]I
are smaller than that.
Pierson said apparently
guidelines required only ,
14,420 square-foot lots in
2005 when the Original ~"
subdivision where Juliette
Commons.is located wa.~',
approved. "
Pierson said the develop-
for three variances Will be erbuilding in the Mont-. i:
advertised andhe will take pdier Manor subdivision
the request to city council is also basing his lots on
for a final decision.14,420 square-feet because
Montpelier Manor was .::
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,Larger lo, t sizes are go6
* The Planning & Zon- for the: city ! sai Ciarkei :
However, Presley ~ ~
pointed out that the lots ifi
Juliette Commons already;
have water, sewer and ,
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although each lot would.
only be shifted a little to :
get to the 15,000 sq. ft. i
currently in the city's code,
the effect on over 90 lots,
would be a mess. Plannifi'g
& Zoning directed Piers6ti
to determine exactly when
the lot size was changed ~ i
by finding the city council
minutes when the change~
was approved. ' "
The commission rec-
ommended that if the
change was made after the
lots were approved, they,
would be grandfathered -
and approved for a vari
ance. However, the small~"r
lots will be allowed in A-
Phase 1 of Juliette Com-
mons but not in Phase 2"',
where the lots are not yell,
surveyed and there are
water, sewer and power ,
meters in place. .
