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Canned, banned, thank you ma'am’
Fired deputy baniShed from county,
By W‘ll Davis
publisher©mymcrnet
A former Monroe County
deputy has been banned from
the county and from law
enforcement jobs after admit—
ting to asking a DUI suspect v
for sexual favors to have her
charges dropped last summer.
Former deputy Bill Miller
was sentenced to eight years on
Ashlie Roberts, 33,
recorded the bribe.
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probation and banished from
the Towaliga Judicial Circuit
after pleading guilty to brib—
ery and violation of his oath
in Monroe County Superior
Court on July 30. He was also
fined $2,000.
Miller was fired from the
sheriff ’s oflice and charged in
August 2018 after a High Falls
woman he arrested for DUI
recorded him trying to propo-
Hoicokes o pupy or Hcr
More than 800 friends and family enioyed a pancake supper and bid on silent
auction
items to raise over $20,000 for the family of Hatcher Davis on Saturday at
Forsyth
UMC. nIt overwhelms me," said Hatcher's mom, Pam Davis. “I
can't begin to thank every-
one that helped in front and behind the scenes. 'It was above and
beyond our expecta-
tions!" Hatcher, l7, suffers from muscular dystrophy and is under
hospice care. But he
was able to come by the church long enough to adopt a puppy that was set to
be
auctioned off. Hatcher named the dog nRoxy . Organizers Joy Sanders and
Cathy Ste-
vick thanked all the volunteers who cooked pancakes, sausage and bacon or
donated
auction items. Funds raised will help the family cover Hatcher's
mounting medical bills.
"Our family is definitely loved and you all are just as loved right
back," Davis wrote on
her Facebook page. “I love my community and my tribe. Thank
so loved and I hope you all know how much‘w'e love you."
you all for making us feel
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for dropping her Bi" Muller plej
criminal charges. is 1:31:20
District attorney Pennsylvania.
Jonathan Adams said
that Miller agreed
not to plead under
the first offender
program,
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for arson
By mu Davis
publisher©mymcmet
A Monroe County
grand jury indicted a
Forsyth man on Mon-
day, Aug. 12 for trying to
burn down the Mead-
ows Gun Club manager’s
home and clubhouse
with his Wife inside back
in April.
Leonard Rogers was ,
indicted on two counts of arson for allegedly trying to burn
down the home he shared with his wife while she was inside
of it.
“It could’ve been very bad,” sheriff Brad Freeman told the
Reporter when it happened back in April.
At about 1 1:49 pm. on April 11, Monroe County deputy
Cpl Nicolas Ortiz went to the manager’s home and club-
house at Meadows at 1064 Rumble Road about a fire.
Leonard Rogers (top right) is i
charged with trying to burn
down the clubhouse and man-
ager's-home at The Meadows.
- Meadows is a big attraction for sporting clay competitions in
Monroe County. By the time Ortiz arrived, Monroe County
firefighters had extinguished the blaze. Ortiz left thescene
but was called back about an hour later at 12:50 am. on April
12 when Monroe County firefighter Cpt. Jason Lott told
Ortiz he thought the fire was arsen.
Meadows general manager Jenny Rogers had been inside
the home at the time of the fire and called 9-1-1. Rogers
said a company credit card regularly used by her husband, .
Leonard Rogers, was taken from the building and used at 3
the Hwy. 42 Shell station. When Ortiz returned, hesmelled a’
strong odor of gas in the home. Leonard Rogers was arrested?
later the same day in Taylor County. ‘
Freeman said-the fire was extinguished quickly, and the
home, which doubles as Meadows’ oflice/ gift shop, remains
habitable. However, Freeman said it could have been a bad t
situation because the steps were lit on fire, and Jenny. Rogers
could haVe been trapped on the second floor. Leonard Rog—
ers remained in jail until April 24 when he was released on a
$ 10,000 bond, with the condition that he not contact his wife
by phone or in person and that he take his medications.
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Refrigerated warehousecompany buys land lOr $3.9 million ~
A Michigan-based company has bought 91 acres
in the IDI Logistics Park off-L75 at Rumble Road
far $3.9 million with plans to build a refrigerated
warehouse there. '
Lineage Ga Forsyth LLC purchased about 90
acres for theproject next to the new Five Below
warehouse. The transaction was filed in the Mon-
roe County courthouse on Aug. 1 and is expected
to bring more than 100 jobs to the county. 3
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Lineage is a worldwide refrigerated logistics
company with warehouses already all along 1-75
including in Macon, Perry, McDonough, Unadilla
and Gordele.
. The Monroe County Development Authority
has been negotiating with Lineage, which it was
calling Project X, on a property tax discount to
entice the company to bring jobs here. "the author- .
Baugh to handle those negotiations. Authority ; 3‘
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