Free Republic

Police trainee charged in fatal shooting    By Rob Peecher Telegraph Staff Writer TOOMSBORO - A McIntyre police officer trainee was arrested Monday and charged with murder in the early morning shooting death of a 51-year-old Englehard employee. Wilkinson County Sheriff Richard Chatman said Rodney Carswell, 26, may face additional charges as the investigation continues. "We feel like the motive may have been robbery," Chatman said. Chatman said his office was notified at about 1:15 a.m. that an apparent gunshot victim was on the side of the road on Ga. 57 near the Washington County line in an area known ...

Posted on Sun, Jan. 26, 2003 For Putnam sheriff, Nuwaubian leader's fate is a battle won By Rob Peecher Telegraph Staff Writer EATONTON - Since Sheriff Howard Sills first took on Malachi York and the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors in 1998, he has been at the center of a storm. It all started when he filed suit to force York's group, to close down a nightclub at the group's Putnam County village. Since then, the Nuwaubians, in fliers distributed across Middle Georgia, have called Sills a racist, accused him of beating his ex-wife, and said he was responsible for...