Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor A Cherokee Village contractor will not see the light of day until he is at least 74 years old. A Fulton County jury heard testimony from witnesses in the Charles Slater, II rape trial in Fulton County Circuit Court on Jan. 30. Slater was on trial for raping his then 10-year-old half-sister as she slept at her mother, Mary Pickle Kirby’s home in Fulton County. After hearing of…
Long tops off child rape sentences with total of 620 years By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor The last of convicted Sharp and Fulton County child rapist Terry “Woodstock” Long’s cases were adjudicated on Jan. 13 in Fulton County. He had already been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. But, additional time was added after he accepted a negotiated guilty plea to six…
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…
