Kingston pleads guilty in 20 year old Fulton County murder case By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Less than a month after being found fit to proceed to trial, the fate of 66-year-old Dennis Kingston of Salem was sealed just short of a year after his Feb. 23, 2024 arrest for Murder in the First Degree in a 20-year-old cold case. Kingston accepted a negotiated guilty plea agreement in place of a jury…
Tammy Curtis, from interviews with Fulton County Sheriff's Jake Smith and Sharp County Sheriff Shane Russell ORIGINAL POST - 4:20 p.m Feb. 18, 2025 The Fulton County Sheriff’s Department is currently searching for a suspect who escaped police custody in the late night of Feb. 17 or early morning hours of Feb. 18 at 438 Griffin Road in Hardy in Fulton County. According to Fulton County Sheriff Jake Smith, a Fulton County…
Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor and Probable Cause Affidavit from FCSO A couple of employees of the Glencoe Valero have found themselves jobless after their attempt at ingenuity in one of the newest type crimes, theft of cryptocurrency from a Bitcoin machine located inside the business. Elizabeth Jane Austin, 52, and Dennis Kemp, 41, both of Glencoe were arrested on Feb. 4 for the crime of breaking an entering and theft. According to…
Tammy Curtis, Publisher Editor's Note: In a story we first brought you in our print edition on Oct. 23, the suspect, James Meese, was transported to Fulton County and is being held in the Fulton County Detention Center in lieu of a $300,000 bond. Meese appeared before Circuit Judge Tim Weaver on Nov.18 and was assigned public defender S. Briese after filing out an affidavit of indigency. Meese waived a formal arriangment…
From Press Release from Fulton County Sheriff Jake Smith Two suspects who were taken into custody after a man was found at Hardy on Jan. 8 stabbed to death have been released after questioning. According to the release, officers responded to a 911 call at the 100 block of Seminole North of Hardy. Upon arrival, the 26 year old victim, Derek Hamilton was found dead with what appeared to be multiple stab…
