The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the time period indicated. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty. Rather than the age of those arrested, only the year of birth will be indicated below due to law enforcement procedural changes.

Tuesday, April 16 - Monday, April 22

Fayette County Sheriff’s Office

Rodriguez R. Baltimore, born in 1982, of Stillwater Drive, Riverdale, for probation/parole violation and abandonment of spouse or child (3).
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An employee of the Senoia branch of the Bank of the Ozarks was arrested Tuesday for theft and forgery after she activated dormant accounts, forged withdrawal slips and withdrew more than $39,000 from the accounts.

Kathy Graham, 56, of Senoia, was charged with four counts of felony first degree forgery and one count of felony theft by taking, according to Det. Jason Ercole. Read More»

Banesa Perez of Fayetteville looks like she’s ready to battle a fire, as she donned firefighters’ turnout gear as part of a fair April 20 designed to spread the message of child abuse prevention. Fayette County firefighter/EMT Cory Crosbie helped Banesa into and out of the gear, and judging by her smile we may have a new firefighter for the ranks in a dozen years or so. Photo/John Munford

Starr’s Mill sophomore Adam Goodman was not scheduled to start Thursday night's game against Whitewater, but he fired a complete game four-hitter to lock up the Panthers first outright region title since 2006.

Goodman threw 90 pitches and gave up just two earned runs, getting out of a rough jam in the sixth in which the tying run reached third.

“He came through for us. He was pushed into duty and he pitched a great game. I’m proud of him,” said Starr’s Mill Head Coach Brent Moseley. Read More»