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Monroe County Hospital has informed former patients
that a hacker rnay have accessed some of their personal
information with a cyber attack into the hospital's man-
agement company, Navicent Health.
An investigation determined the hacker accessed
employees' email accounts and could've viewed patients'
names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers
and limited health information. However the hospital said
that its investigation did not identify any "specific activity"
around patient information and that it is not aware of any
former patient experiencing fraud or identify theft as a
result of the security breach.
The hospital said it learned of the hacking on March
26, and notified law enforcement and sought help from
computer experts to determine whether patient data was
at risk. The hospital sent letters to affected patients on May
24, informing them that they can call 1-800-491-4302
from 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday to learn
more about the breach.
Hospital authority chairman Mac Brown apologized to
patients for the incident.
"The privacy and protection of patient information is
a top priority for us," said Brown. "We deeply regret any
inconvenience or concern this incident may cause to our
patients."
By Richard Dumas than raising property taxes because to evaluate county services and mo-
forsyth@rnymcr.net it would also charge tax-exempt tioned to contract with Carl Vinson
property owners, noting there are Institute for all four services, which
Monroe County Commissioners presently 555 tax-exempt proper- was seconded by District 4 corn-
are hiring the UG s Carl Vinson ties in the county, missioner George Emami.
Institute of Government to study Hedges, who said there are nu- After about 25 minutes of discus-
how much more the county should merous ways in which a fire service sion, commissioners approved by a
be charging for fire and water fee could be assessed, then sug- 3-1 vote to spend $20,000 to allow
service, gested asking the Vinson Institute Carl Vinson Institute to evaluate all
County manager Jim Hedges to propose fees for water, landfill four services with Evans the lone
said Monroe County is losing and building inspection while also dissenter.
about $2.4 million annually on evaluating whether to implement District 3 commissioner John
water ($1.1 million), landfill ($1.2 a fire service fee. Hedges said the Ambrose was absent from the May
million) and building inspec- Vinson Institute would charge 21 meeting.
tion ($66,000) once depreciation $20,000 to analyze all four services
is factored in. Hedges added that at once or $6,000 per service. He In other Board of Commission-
the county's fire/EMS services will said the study would begin on Aug. ers' news:
also need to grow with the county's 1 and would be completed by year's
population and said the county's end. Monroe County Commissioners
general fund and SPLOST collec- District i commissioner Larry spent $16,113 on Tuesday, May 21
tions won't sustain anticipated fire/ Evans said he opposes a fire service on training materials for the E-911
EMS growth. Hedges said there's fee, saying citizens would view it as department.
been a 30 percent increase in fire/ yet another tax. Evans also balked At the request of Monroe County
EMS call volume over the past six at hiring the Carl Vinson Institute, E-911 director Tim Self, commis-
years, saying the county has the capabil- sioners bought three Dell comput-
Therefore, Hedges asked com- ity in house to do that work, using ers with two monitors each in the
missioners to consider charging a Georgia Department of Commu-total amount of $5,613 as well as
fire service user fee, which he said nity Affairs (DCA) data. four licenses for Computer-Aided
is charged by other local govern- Despite Evans' concerns, District Dispatch (CAD) from Temple-
ments in Georgia. Hedges said 2 commissioner Eddie Rowlandbased Synergistic Software, Inc. in
the fire service fee would be fairer said he wants an independent party the total amount of $10,500.
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By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.nef
A Barnesville man faces a
charge of leaving the scene of an
accident after a two-vehicle wreck
on Old Post Road in Culloden on
April 24,
Regel Roshawn Perkins, 32, was
arrested alad charged with having
no insurance, operating a vehicle
with no registration, driving
while license expired and display-
ing tags that belong to another
vehicle.
According to the incident
report, at about 9 a.m a male
witness, identified as Eddie
Rowland, told Dep. Jaleel Brown
of the Monroe County Sheriff's
Office that he heard a crash
involving a copper 2004 Chev-
rolet S10 truck and a white 2004
Chevrolet Corvette. Rowland said
when he went outside to render
aid, he save the dreadlocked black
male S 10 driver, later identified
as Perkins, run inside an Old Post
Road home. Rowland told the
home's female resident, Deandria
Laniece Smith, that the S10 driver
had run inside her home. Row-
land then saw a black man and
Monroe County Dep. Jaleel Brown inspects a copper Chevrolet truck involved in a hit-and-run wreck with a
white Chevrolet Camaro on Old Post Road on April 24. (Photo/Will Davis)
black woman exit the home and
try to leave in a Mercury Grand
Marquis. Rowland approached
the Grand Marquis, and the man,
later identified as Denarius D.
Rutherford, said he had nothing
to do with the wreck. Rowland
then got the Grand Marquis' tag
information and told Brown he
suspected Rutherford might have
been the S10 driver who fled the
scene.
The male Corvette driver, James
Wilbur Brice, told Brown he
was headed eastbound on Old
Post Road when the $10 pulled
out of a driveway and hit his
Corvette's left front fender. Brice
said he saw the SI0 driver get out
and run past his car but said he
was distraught over his air bag
deploying.
Smith told Brown that she and
Rutherford went to give aid to
Brice. She said she didn't know
that the SI0 driver had run inside
her home, disputing that Row-
land had already told her. She
then denied Brown access to the
home.
Brown determined the S i0
truck's tag came back to a blue
Hyundai Sonata Sport registered
to a Forsyth woman, identified
as Ashley Bush. The $I0 did not
have insurance and its registra-
tion was cancelled.
Later that afternoon, Forsyth
Police Inv. Tellas Daniels told
Brown that Rutherford had iden-
tified the $I0 driver as Perkins
and said Perkins had fled because
he had arrest warrants.
Macon Regional Crimestoppers needs the public's help in locating these wanted persons for arrest. Macon Regional Crimestoppers offers rewards of up to $2,000 for tips that lead to ar-
rests. Leads or "tips" can be provided to Crimestoppers through its tip line at 478-742-2330 or 1-877-68CRIME or via its online tip submission, and all tipsters will remain anonymous.
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