Booster club president
arrested, accused of fraud
A Snellville woman who is president of a Walton County athletic booster club was arrested Friday and charged with three counts of credit card fraud for allegedly making personal purchases on club credit.
Gwinnett County jail records show Amber Nicole Dowell posted bond, which was set at $5,700 on each count, and was released early Saturday.
The West Walton Football & Cheerleading Boosters organization lends financial and volunteer support to the West Walton Park football and cheerleading program, according to its website.
The Walton Tribune reported that thousands of dollars in personal purchases were made and police were looking into the possibility that a second suspect may have been involved.
CHRISTOPHER SEWARD
Racial slurs painted
on bar owner's home
A bar owner from Gwinnett County says residents in northeast Atlanta are so opposed to a liquor license they have resorted to painting racial slurs and graffiti at his home.
David Johnson, who is black, says he’s been threatened recently and found a racial slur and “Leave Kirkwood” comment painted on his garage door at his home near Grayson. A phone message said, "Leave Kirkwood or die."
Johnson owns the Kirkwood Bar and Grill on Hosea L. Williams Drive and is fighting the city for a liquor license. The bar has been closed for several weeks
Johnson blamed Kirkwood neighbors opposed to the bar. A spokeswoman for the local neighborhood group, however, told Channel 2 Action News it had nothing to do with the slurs and graffiti.
CHRISTOPHER SEWARD
Henry County Kennel
closed by authorities
A Henry County kennel that advertised it provided purebred dogs to top entertainers has been put out of business by animal control authorities.
The Department of Agriculture has given Premier K-9 until the end of the month to return dogs in its care to their owners, according to Channel 2 Action News.
Premier K-9 owner Art Washington, who authorities said was operating on a revoked business license and did not have a breeder’s permit, pleaded nolo contendere to charges, neither admitting or denying that he was at fault for the way the animals were treated. He was fined $14,039.
CHRISTOPHER SEWARD
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