By CHRIS JOYNER | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Published: April 26, 2021 ATLANTA (Tribune News Service) The recent indictments of two more men connected to an alleged neo-Nazi terror cell in Floyd County shine new light on the reach of the group known as the Base. Duncan Christopher Trimmell, 23 of Austin, Texas, and Brandon Gregory Ashley, 21 of Hayden, Ala., face charges of animal cruelty related to the alleged theft and ritual beheading of a ram or goat on Halloween 2019, according to an indictment handed down by a Floyd County grand jury earlier this month. The charges, first reported by the Rome News-Tribune, reveal more of the web of what authorities describe as a criminal gang whose members planned to kill a Bartow County couple they suspected of being anti-fascist activists. Group members were arrested as part of a undercover investigation by state and federal law enforcement before they could carry out the plot.
Chris Berg7 hours agoLast Updated: April 6, 2021
Charles City, IA – An early Tuesday morning house fire was caused by direct lightning strike.
The Charles City Fire Department responded to a 911 call at approximately 3:47am on Tuesday morning to 2198 Old Highway Road for a report of a lightning strike to a home.
Firefighters arrived on scene to find smoke and flames visible from the roof.
According to Fire Chief Eric Whipple, the home is owned by Russell Bornstein, who is a 20-year C.C.F.D veteran firefighter.
The fire was mainly contained to the attic, with substantial smoke and water damage throughout the rest of the home.
A Hueysville couple was arrested recently on several charges, including trafficking in methamphetamine, heroin and other charges after an investigation by the Floyd County Sheriffâs Office.
According to court documents, on March 5, deputies received information from another police agency that Timothy Bates, 34, and Brandy Conley, 27, were trafficking drugs out of their residence at Jefferson Road, Hueysville.
Deputies, along with officers with the Martin Police Department, went to the residence and received permission to search.
According to the citation, written by Deputy Darrin Lawson, while searching the living room where Bates and Conley slept, deputies found five sets of digital scales, a large bag which contained 51 white pills believed to be gabapentin and three glass pipes used for smoking methamphetamine.
Floyd County Sheriff’s Office officials need help in finding a man who is responsible for causing property damage on Saturday.
Officials said the man drove his car into a carport causing it to collapse. It happened around 1:20 p.m., near the 3000 Block on RT 2030 in the Frog Town Community of Printer.
The man left the house in a black-pickup truck.
If you have any information on the man’s identity you are asked to call Floyd County Dispatch at 606-886-6171 or the department’s anonymous tip line at 606-949-2020.
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