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Cherokee board member suspended after felony conviction

By Ty Tagami
April 28, 2014

Kelly Marlow has been suspended from the Cherokee County school board after her felony conviction Saturday on allegations that she lied to police.

Marlow and two associates had accused Superintendent Frank Petruzielo of trying to hit them with his SUV.

“Marlow was suspended from the Cherokee County School Board upon her initial conviction … of felony crimes,” school district spokeswoman Barbara Jacoby said in a statement Monday. “She will be removed from the school board upon final conviction at the conclusion of the appeals process.”

Prosecutors accused Marlow and two associates — her political adviser Robert John Trim and Cherokee County Republican Party Secretary Barbara Knowles — of fabricating their allegation that Petruzielo tried to run them down after a contentious late-night school board meeting on June 13.

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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