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By Rid rd I)=n
forsyth@mymcmet
The Monroe County Plan-
ning & Zoning board denied
on Monday a request to build
a storage facility on Hwy. 41
South near Sanders Road.
JeffDdl asked the P & Z
board for a conditional use
variance in commercial to
build and operate a mini
storage facility on a 13.93-
acre tract at 6923 41
South, owned by Michael
Winger The project required
a conditional use because the
proposed site is within 300
feet of a residential district.
Dell said the facility would
have two buildings with a
total of I00 storage units,
lO-foot by 20-foot in size,
and said the ends of each
building would have a brick
facade. Dell added that a
security gate with a keypad
would be at the front of the
facility about 50 feet offthe
highway.
Winget, who lives on Pea
Ridge Road, said he bought
the tract, an abandoned trail-
er park, after it had been on
the market for more a year
and said he spent $20,000 to
restore its aesthetic appeal.
Winget identified Dell as his
contractor on the project and
said the storage fadlity won't
be "junky'; estimating the
property's assessed value at
$400,000 upon completion.
While Winget and Dell
were the lone proponents
of the project, a number of
nearby residents opposed it.
Heritage Drive resident
Glen Payne said if the project
was approved, he wanted a
fence between his adjoining
property and the storage fa-
cility. Heritage Drive resident
Garrett Gordon said he was
concerned about security. Dr.
Street Logan and Paul Harris
said they were not impressed
with W'mget's concem for his
neighbors, saying it would
increase traffic and crime.
" e don't need storage
units;' Logan said.
Klopfer Road resident Sta-
cey Nestor said a proposed
on-site retention pond could
be a breeding ground for
mosquitoes. She also feared
increased crime and said
there would be noise from
doors slamming and conver-
sations at all hours. Nestor
said she also was concemed
the facility would diminish
home sales at a proposed
nearby subdivision at the
comer of Hwy. 41 South and
Sanders Road.
"It's just not the place for
something like that;' Nestor
said.
Spdman Road resident
Kevin Daniel, who owns the
tract behind the proposed
facility, said he was wor-
ried about heavy lighting.
Another Spelman Road
resident, John Ga ; said the
facility would be visible from
his home, and he didn't want
to see it. hree other nearby
residents, Heritage Drive
resident Mary Katherine
Scroggs, Heritage Drive
resident Don Desroches and
Field Springs Court resident
KenT Howell, all also op-
posed the storage facility.
After about 30 minutes of
discussion, P & Z member
Jim Rollins motioned to
deny Dells re-zoning request,
which was seconded by Red
Ezelle. The P & Z board then
denied by a 4-1 vote the re-
zoning request with Chuck
Benson the lone member in
opposition.
Monroe County Co nis-
sioners are expected to have
the final say at their next
regular meeting at 6 p.m. on
Tuesday, Nov. 6.
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By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.net
A Clearwater, Fla. man
claiming to be a U.S. Secret
Service agent was arrested
and charged with theft by
receiving stolen property
after his stolen car broke
down on 1-75 South on
Oct. 25.
Joseph Aaron Marcum,
42, was booked into the
Monroe County Jail, where
he was also charged with
possession of drug related
objects,
According to the incident
report, at about 8:30 a.m
Cpl. Thomas Haskins of the
Monroe County Sheriff's
Office saw a white 2013
Chevrolet Malibu with
a Michigan license plate
pulled over on the shoulder
ofi-75 South near mile
marker 184. Haskins asked
the male driver, identi-
fiedasMarcum, ffhe had
a problem with his car to
which Marcum replied,
"The NSA (National Secu-
rity Agency) EMP'd my car
and disabled it." Marcum
told Haskins he works for
the Secret Service and was
on a
mission
that he
couldn't
tell the
deputy
about.
Howev-
er, when
Haskins
MARCUM asked
to see
Marcum's
Secret Service ID, Marcum
was unable to provide one.
Marcum, who appeared
mentally unstable and was
loud and boisterous, told
Haskins repeatedly that
he worked for the govern-
ment. He also said his car
belonged to the Secret Ser-
vice and was left for him at
a Walmart in Stockbridge.
Marcum then said his
friend was the car's owner,
but he declined to give any-
more information about
the car because he said
Haskins was not autho-
rized to receive top secret
information. Marcum told
Haskins,he was headed to
Florida for a Secret Service
mission. He then asked
Haskins to drop him off at
A 31-year-old Forsyth man has been charged with
statutory rape for having sex with a 14-year-old girl at an
English Road location on Oct. 8-9.
Quantez Demilo Brown of 187 Clayton English Drive,
Forsyth, was arrested on Oct. 19 and
charged with statutory rape.
Inv. Adam Blanks of the Monroe
County Sheriff's Office said that Brown
met the girl, who was living in Warner
Robins at the time, on-line before they
met in person on Oct. 8-9. Brown said
the girl has since moved in with family i
in Upson County. I
Meanwhile after the incident, saidBROWN
authorities, Brown wound up in Macon
where he was stabbed three times. Au-
thorities said they didn't think the stabbing was related to
the meet up with the girl.
Brown was ultimately released on bond to his mother.
the nearest Walmart, where
the Secret Service would
get him another car.
Dispatchers then notified
Haskins that the car was re-
ported stolen out Of Henry
County. Haskins searched
the car and found inside
a black book bag on the
passenger seat a glass pipe
used for smoking meth-
amphetamine with residue
inside. When Marcum
admitted the book bag was
his, Haskins asked Marcum
if the Secret Service allows
him to smoke metham-
phetamine to which Mar-
cum replied that they did.
Haskins also noticed the
car was disabled and did
not have any power.
Haskins then took Mar-
cure to the Monroe County
Jail. While en route, Mar-
cum told Haskins that the
car wasn't stolen, saying he
found the keys on the floor
.inside Walmart. Marcum
also told Haskins: "You're
going to die because you
are.keeping me from my
mission, and a lot of people
are going to get hurt unless
you let me go'.'
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