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Area arrests for September 14
• Jodee Morgan Duke, 31, 104 Mallory Drive, Dalton, was charged Saturday by the Varnell Police Department with simple battery against a law enforcement officer, theft by taking, battery, terroristic threats and acts, a felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer, driving on a suspended license, and driving the wrong way on a one-way.
• Samuel David Keeler, 28, 5498 Highway 411 N., Chatsworth, was charged Saturday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with simple battery, terroristic threats and acts and interference with government property.
• Adan Lara-Estrada, 25, 439 11th Ave., Dalton, was charged Saturday by the Dalton Police Department with aggravated stalking.
• Ronald Jacob Eastwood, 21, 2903 Hickory Lane, Rocky Face, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with DUI.
• Adan Nicolas Rangel-Alvarez, 20, 304 N. Spencer St., Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and DUI.
• Michael Anthony Redman, 40, 1231 Shadow Ridge Drive, Tunnel Hill, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with aggravated stalking.
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