Updated: 10:54 PM EDT April 10, 2021
SOUTH FULTON, Ga. Several pounds of methamphetamine worth over a quarter of a million dollars have been confiscated following an investigation involving multiple agencies.
The discoveries began when South Fulton officers executed a federal warrant on Tuesday at a home in the 5300 block of Stonewall Tell Road on Tuesday morning. Police said they found four pounds of meth.
But, while executing a second federal warrant in the 5900 block of Westbrook Road in Union City, Union City officers found much more - roughly 77 pounds of the drug. Police also discovered equipment used to dry and produce it.
MASSILLON The city is beefing up its speeding enforcement by the use of some bright, blinking lights.
Several locations have been designated as homes for new speed-monitoring equipment placed along well-traveled roads by the Street Department. Police Department officials are deciding where to place devices recently assigned to their agency.
Electronic speed signs have been installed along multiple Massillon locations, such as Lincoln Way W near 32nd Street NW; the 500 block of Lincoln Way E; Amherst Road NE, as well as a section of First Street NE.
In late 2020, City Council passed legislation to spend approximately $25,000 for vehicle-activated speed signs to be positioned along city roads. Overall, seven devices were purchased, five of which have been assigned to streets and two to police.
In April,
Mayor Frank Scott Jr. attempted to discourage the practice of vehicle caravans by issuing an executive order prohibiting groups of five or more vehicles from driving somewhere with the intention of getting out of the vehicles for recreational purposes.
The activity has continued and was a subject of critical remarks by city directors last night during a discussion of their satisfaction or dissatisfaction with
Police Chief Keith Humphrey.
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City Director Kathy Webb, who’s been following the issue, disclosed on Facebook today that the mayor had signed a new executive order yesterday. I requested it under FOI.
UPDATE: Facing contempt citation, lawyer exits suit against police chief
Circuit Judge Chris Piazza has found lawyer
Chris Burks in contempt of court for violating a protective order in the case in which he represented police officers suing
Police Chief Keith Humphrey.
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Khayyam Eddings, attorney for Humphrey, said the judge had granted his motion that Burks be held in contempt for releasing protected information, specifically text messages in which Humphrey commented on various members of the Police Department. Burks contended Humphrey had released the texts to a Washington Post reporter, which Humphrey and the reporter, Radley Balko, denied. The texts had made their way into an article in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the controversy came up at last night’s contentious City Board meeting. There, Mayor Frank Scott Jr.’s administration, with help from City Attorney Tom Carpenter, at least delayed an effort by
City attorney attempts to squelch no-confidence resolution on Little Rock police chief
BRIAN CHILSON
LANCE HINES: Urged to pull downn resolution on police chief.
City Attorney Tom Carpenter sent City Director Lance Hines a memo today encouraging him not to move forward tonight with his resolution seeking a
no-confidence vote from the City Board on Police Chief Keith Humphrey.
Carpenter cites pending litigation against the chief. Carpenter, it’s worth noting, answers to
Mayor Frank Scott Jr., who backs Humphrey and who controls the position. The resolution urges Scott to take appropriate action.
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Hines asked that the memo be sent to all directors and said he’d decide what to do at the meeting tonight. The resolution is on the board’s agenda for its 6 p.m. meeting.