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Arrests for May 27
• Jamie Andres, 22, 37 Fourth Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn., was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with aggravated assault and battery.
• Raymond Wilson Cantrell Jr., 20, 983 Beaverdale Road, Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, expired tag, driving without a license and a seat belt violation.
• Jacinto Chahal, 22, 314 McBrien Road, Chattanooga, Tenn., was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with aggravated assault and battery.
• Jose Luis Contreras, 22, 602 Morningside Drive, Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with first degree forgery, giving false information or a false name, driving without a license, driving with a suspended tag and no insurance.
• Andres Defelipe, 19, 2015 Bennett Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn., was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with aggravated assault and battery.
• Nicolas Ramirez Escobar, 224, 314 McBryan Road, Chattanooga, Tenn., was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with aggravated assault and battery.
• Felipe Francisco Marcos, 18, 2016 Bennett Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn., was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with aggravated assault and battery.
• Travis Scott Mathews, 35, 200 Weaver Spur, Chatsworth, was charged Sunday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with driving with a suspended or revoked license, speeding, DUI, open container of alcohol in the vehicle and habitual violator.
• Gabriel Meza, 35, 812 Park St., Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with possession of tools for the commission of a crime, failure to appear, open container of alcohol in the vehicle and driving with a withdrawn license.
• Jamie Lynn O’Kelley, 22, 3577 Highway 337, Lafayette, was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with DUI.
• Jerri Rennee Duck, 42, Eton, was charged Monday by the Chatsworth Police Department with DUI, hit and run and failure to drive within a single lane.
• Arturo Gonzalez, 27, 142 North Orchard, Lot 13, Ellijay, was charged Monday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with DUI, failure to drive within a single lane and driving without a license.
• Kimberly Wayne Griffin, 551, 156 Bethel Church Road, Dalton, was charged Monday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with DUI.
• Douglas Wayne Moon, 66, 2012 Tunnel Hill-Varnell Road, Tunnel Hill, was charged Monday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with terroristic threats and acts.
• Anthony Dewayne Ovbey, 28, 249 Blackfoot Drive, Crandall, was charged Monday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with illegal possession of prescription drugs and failure to keep drugs in the original container.
• Cassie Lynn Smith, 22, 1806 Shadow Lane, Apartment 2, Dalton, was charged Monday by the Dalton Police Department with failure to drive within a single lane, DUI and failure to yield.
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Bandy Heritage Center presents lecture on Georgia author Flannery O’Connor
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Bethel resigns council seat
The Dalton City Council voted 3-0 to accept Bethel’s resignation and to call for a special election on July 20.
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Cockfighting raid a multi-agency crackdown
More than 10 law enforcement agencies built a case for 14 months before taking down a cockfighting operation in southern Murray County on Saturday, authorities said.
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Students protest state budget cuts
About 20 Dalton State College students joined the ranks of hundreds of college students around Georgia on Monday in a budget protest rally at the state Capitol.
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Fugitive involved in local armed robbery
An armed robbery in north Dalton in mid-January led to two arrests in Massachusetts last week, authorities said.
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Springplace bypass gets green light
But the project to relieve traffic congestion at the Highway 52 Alternate and Highway 225 intersection has been scaled back — from a four-lane connector to a two-lane thoroughfare — between Ga. Highway 225 south of Springplace to U.S. Highway 76 west of Central.
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Chatsworth man charged with child sex offenses
A Chatsworth man has been charged with several child sex offenses in Whitfield County.
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DHS band headed to Savannah for St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The band of about 90 students will leave Dalton Tuesday around 4 p.m., then be ready to march at 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday.
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Sewer projects moving ahead
Projects that will extend sewer to the north end of Whitfield County are moving along smoothly, Dalton Utilities president and CEO Don Cope said Monday.
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Pennington creates blog to call attention to the importance of manufacturing
America needs to get back to making things, says Dalton Mayor David Pennington.
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