Sheriff: 2 accused in molestation case
Two men were arrested in connection with a child molestation investigation which began Sunday near the Dews Pond community.
According to Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston:
On Sept. 23, sheriff’s deputies began investigating reports of a statutory rape which reportedly occurred in a private residence.
Dustin Dakota Copeland, 19, of Chatsworth, is charged with aggravated child molestation, statutory rape and aggravated sexual battery. Another man William Taylor Dutton, 27, of 109 Jeep St., Apt 8, is charged with furnishing obscene material to a minor in connection with the electronic transmission of lewd images to a juvenile.
$100K in pot seized from storage facility
An anonymous tip led Marietta Police to find $100,000 worth of marijuana stashed in a storage facility, the department announced
Friday.
On Thursday, a resident called 911 to report possible drug activity at a self storage facility along Cobb Parkway.
Police brought K-9 Apex to investigate, and the K-9 officer alerted officers to a specific unit, according to police. Two undercover officers were then stationed nearby, according to Officer Chuck McPhilamy.
Those officers later observed Columbus residents Chuck Raiford, 40, and Telisha Passmore, 45, enter the locker and remove its contents, police said.
A subsequent search of the couple’s vehicle revealed 30 one-pound packages of marijuana and $1,660 in cash, according to McPhilamy.