Jailer Fired After 'Inappropriate' Inmate Contact

Jailer Fired, Another Resigns Amid Allegations of 'Inappropriate' Contact With Inmate

No charges will be filed against two former Oconee County jailers who allegedly engaged in conversations that were "sexual in nature" with a female inmate and sent the woman Facebook "friend" requests while she was housed at the jail last month.

Chief Deputy Lee Weems said Dewayne Powers, 34, of Covington, was terminated and Andrea Rogers, 40, of Hull, resigned on Aug. 3. Both had been employed by the Oconee County Sheriff's Office since 2010.

Powers sent a text message with his phone number to the woman's cell phone, which, at the time, was still in the custody of the jail, Weems said. Both Powers and Rogers sent the woman requests to be "friends" on Facebook, he said.

Weems described the contact as "highly inappropriate," but said, "there was no evidence to suggest that anything physical had ever taken place."

Man Airlifted with Severe Injuries, Doesn't Remember What Happened

A 29-year-old Marietta man was airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital on Friday, but Jacob Elisha Downer doesn't remember anything that happened about 10:20 p.m., said Gordy Wright, spokesman for the Georgia State Patrol.

Downer was found in the roadway on Meadowview Road in Lithia Springs.  There was no visible evidence on his clothing, no witnesses, no one who heard anything, no roadway evidence and no vehicle evidence at the scene, Wright said.

The father of three sustained broken bones and a severed thigh muscle, and he may need bone skin grafts from road rash, according to a Fox 5 report.

‘Panhandler' Convicted in Tourist's Midtown Death

Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr. announced Monday a conviction by jury trial in the murder case against 29-year-old Wanique Odwin.

Jurors returned guilty verdicts against Odwin on charges of murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during a felony in the shooting death of 48-year-old tourist Kashma Avery and one count of aggravated assault against 33-year-old Jay Abernathy, who was traveling with the victim.

Police: Second Salon Camera Led to Arrest

Cobb police arrested the landlord of a Northeast Cobb salon after evidence uncovered at another salon owned by the man gave authorities cause to press charges.

Mark Allen Storch, 54, was arrested at the Acworth location of Salon Avenue Suites on Aug. 10. He has been charged on three counts of felony unlawful eavesdropping or surveillance.

Disney Film Shot in Canton Opens

Disney's The Odd Life of Timothy Green, which was filmed in Canton and other locations across metro Atlanta, made its big-screen debut Wednesday.

Part of the movie, which stars Golden Globe Award winner Jennifer Garner, was shot at the Cherokee Arts Center in March 2011.

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