Posted on 02/14/2023 3:44:32 AM PST by marktwain
According to Ellijay Police, on January 9, 2023, at about 6:30 p.m., Shawn Sutton, 39 years old and a convicted felon, posed as a customer ready to purchase an energy drink at the Ideal Mart on at 31 Old Northcutt Road in Ellijay Georgia.
Ellijay is the county seat of Gilmer County, Georgia, about 60 miles north of Atlanta. Gilmer County was founded in 1832 on the junction of the Coosawattee River and the Etowah River. It is a thriving rural county with 31,000 residents.
There were two real customers and a store clerk inside the Ideal Mart with Sutton. Outside, there was one customer at the gas pump. Melody Sutton, Shawn’s wife, was in a parked car outside the store.
One of the customers produced his concealed firearm and intervened. The other customer went outside to retrieve his pistol from his vehicle and returned to help subdue Sutton. The third armed customer at the gas pumps came inside to assist as Sutton was attempting to leave. The first armed customer told the other two armed customers not to shoot Sutton, as Sutton had been disarmed.
At this point in time, law enforcement officers arrived at the scene. It was 6:36 p.m. Sutton was still attempting to leave. One officer ordered the suspect to get down. Sutton did not comply. The officer used a Taser to engage the suspect, who was then taken into custody. As other officers arrived on the scene, one of them discovered Melody Sutton in the parked car. She was taken
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SPJNK.
Just post a link to it...
Gilmer County is heavily white and very pro police. Makes for a quiet, attractive area.
This is what happens when cousins marry.
They threw the book at him ... After all the felonies, they also have him up for misdemeanor “Smoking in Public Places”.
See my post above. He’s confirmed as a current guest of the Gilmer County Adult Detention Center.
Yes, I got a chuckle out of that!
That is a great point I didn’t think about. I’m a little to the SW in Loudermilk’s district.
She’s probably charged as an accessory to the crime(s), especially if there’s security video of her driving the car on the lot, and perp getting out of it.
Love mw some McCayesville Drug and Gun. Awesome store. Aspirin and ammo, pistols and prescriptions. Gotta see it to believe it.
“Code of Silence?” Let me guess, their golden rule on par with their oath to their freemason brotherhood, to never, ever rat on another cop, no matter what they do?
Two thugs decided to rob a bar - a bar filled only with cops
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