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 | Questions of the week |
 Lt. Steve:
I was driving up 400 and a cop stopped me for speeding. There was traffic to my right so I pulled over to the left against the median wall. The officer was agitated with me and I didn't like his attitude. I couldn't pull over to the right because of the traffic. What should I have done? Was I dumb to do that?
Dear Dummy:
Having been there myself, I'm guessing the officer was a bit on the agitated side knowing that he was about to be run over. The only thing that would fit in that lane is a clown car so I'm sure half of yours and the cop's car, which of course is behind yours and will be the first one hit, was sticking out there to be hit by one of our fine drivers who just may be on his or her cell phone, texting something insignificant that could have waited.
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Posted on Thursday, March 13
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| Drug busts lead to 7 arrests in Towns County |
 Thursday, December 20 started the action of the Towns County Sheriff's department and Appalachian Drug Task Force. Acting on information from Lieutenant Mark Henderson and probation warrants obtained by the task force, 6 drug offenders were arrested and charged.
The full version of this story will be available to all readers after 1 week. Full versions of news stories from the current week are available to online subscribers only. Access to full versions of news stories from issues older than 1 week are available to all readers for free in our archive of all issues.
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Posted on Thursday, January 03
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| Smoke fire at BVR |
In the middle of fighting the Cedar Knob fire, Towns County Firefighters answered a call at Brasstown Valley Resort on Saturday night, November 10, around 8 p.m. Tankers 1, 2, 6 and Tanker 2 answered the call. This fire had nothing to do with the Cedar Knob fire, although rumors were heard to the contrary.
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Posted on Thursday, November 15
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| Good cop vs. non-cop |
Every once in a while you see a news story of someone impersonating a police officer. A young woman was robbed by a man who followed her and then pulled her over while she was on her way home. He asked for her license, walked back to his car, and then returned and took the contents from her wallet. She said he had a large knife in his belt.
This method is well documented all over the country. Years ago, Cherokee County authorities arrested a man who used a blue light to pull over and then sexually assault women. He placed a blue light in the dash of the car.
The term "Blue Light Rapist" has been used in cases throughout the country to describe this particular method of trickery used by sex offenders or robbers. Fortunately, In the case of the woman stopped in Barrow County this past week, all the man wanted was her money and credit cards.
Read the Atlanta Journal-Constitution article...
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Posted on Friday, October 05
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| Stampede in Towns sheriff race |
Four candidates had qualified at press time on Wednesday and several others were lining up at the starting gate, looking into their wallets, as the Towns County sheriff's race is about to get officially underway.
Qualifying ends at noon today, September 6, and the remaining want-a-be-sheriff's had to complete their forms and plop down $1,568.07 before that deadline in order to have a shot at the top law enforcement job in a county that has been plagued of late with corruption and a rash of crimes resulting in Sheriff Rudy Eller's forced resignation a couple of weeks ago.
Among the candidates who have already qualified are : the recently appointed Acting Sheriff Neal Dover, who served for many years as a deputy and has been appointed by the county probate judge to fill out the remaining four months of this year, until the newly elected sheriff takes over on January 1, 2008 for a one-year term.
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Posted on Thursday, September 06
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| Towns County's new Sheriff |
"I hope to restore confidence in the office of sheriff," was stated by Towns County Sheriff Neal Dover, after being sworn in on Monday, August 27 at noon.
Seventy-three-year-old Dover has been appointed sheriff to fulfill the term of previous sheriff, Rudy Eller, until a special election can be held in November.
Dover is a lifelong native of Towns County and has been semi-retired for the past few years. From 1996 to 2000, Dover served as Chief Deputy.
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Posted on Friday, August 31
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| Special election set to determine new Towns sheriff |
HIAWASSEE - A special election will be held in November to replace the north Georgia sheriff who pleaded guilty to lying to investigators and hiding evidence to protect two deputies charged with a drive-by shooting.
Towns County Sheriff's Office spokesman Robert Kern says the special election will be held November 6th.
Kern says Neil Dover, a 73-year-old retiree who previously was chief deputy, was sworn in Monday to serve as interim sheriff.
Read the AccessNorthGA.com article...
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Posted on Thursday, August 30
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| Eller pleads guilty, resigns |
"Do you fully understand the charges brought against you?" Judge Lynn Alderman asked Towns County Sheriff Rudy Eller as he stood in the courtroom Tuesday afternoon, August 21, 2007. Receiving a "yes" she asked, "Are you entering a plea of Guilty because you are guilty of them?" Again she received a "yes."
The Judge then asked Eller to tell her what happened and he told much the same story he had told the GBI at their investigation. He was trying to help his friend and Chief Deputy Eddie Osborn when Osborn asked him to clean and hide the barrel of his gun he had allegedly used to shoot up Garry Dean's house. Eller said he lied to investigators about the whole incident.
Eller has been charged with making false statements, tampering with evidence, hindering and obstructing law enforcement officers and violating his oath as a public officer. He has had a GPS monitoring system since his arrest and asked that it be removed, which the judge granted. But the Judge did not set a sentencing date.
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Posted on Thursday, August 23
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| The Case of the Fatal Error Message |
Monday was like every other Monday except that everything at work was different and a bunch of other things, but other than that it was the same. I left work, went home after a short hour-and-a-half drive, and got the mountain bike. I ride the mountain bike because everything about it is rugged—like me. I’m a rugged guy.
I was riding my rugged mountain bike without brakes. I don’t need brakes. Brakes are for sissy-boys. I was riding my rugged mountain bike, the one without brakes, down the rugged trails. I was sweating like most rugged guys do, as I rode the rugged trails. I left my phone behind because rugged guys don’t use cell phones on the trails. They use smoke signals or just yell really loud.
For the next hour I ruggedly rode the mountain bike down the trails, working up a good sweat—not glistening — as I watched the other riders pass me, at a high rate of speed, on my left of course. Rugged isn’t necessarily fast.
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Posted on Wednesday, August 22
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| Sheriff apologizes, resigns after pleading guilty in shooting coverup |
HIAWASSEE - Saying he was not above the law, a northeast Georgia sheriff resigned Tuesday after pleading guilty to four charges related to hindering a state investigation of a drive-by shooting involving two of his deputies.
Towns County Sheriff Rudy Eller, wearing a civilian blazer, pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge Lynn Alderman to charges of making false statements, tampering with evidence, hindering the apprehension or punishment of a criminal and violation of oath by a public official or officer.
His sentencing is pending but he faces prison time up to 10 ye"...to the citizens of Towns County...I have failed them, and for that I sincerely apologize."Sheriff Rudy Ellerars and up to $100,000 in fines for three of the four counts. Nearly 50 people, from children to senior citizens in overalls, packed the courtroom to witness Eller's plea.
Read the AccessNorthGA.com article...
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Posted on Wednesday, August 22
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