An Extreme Cold Warning is in effect for today. Temperatures are below freezing and the wild chill could be as low as two below. Dress in layers today if you have to go outside. Over 75% of the country is expected to face freezing temps this week.
The Walker County government offices and the landfill will be closed today for observation of the Martin Luther King Jr holiday. The city of LaFayette will be closed today as well. Today’s garbage service will be picked up tomorrow along with the regular Tuesday service. City workers who are working on the installation of the DAF system at the Lee School Road Water Treatment Plant will be working. The final piece of equipment to complete the install will arrive today. City crews received training over the weekend on the new system. The water boil advisory remains in effect.
The GBI is investigating the death of a woman after a body was found in Ringgold Saturday morning. The body was found around 10am down the embankment near South Chickamauga Creek off Emberson Drive. The body was discovered by a person walking in the area. The GBI along with the Ringgold Police Department are working to identify the person. No arrests have been made.
A father son burglary team from Murray County have been arrested for a LaFayette robbery. The Dollar Tree in the Walmart Shopping Center was robbed during the overnight hours of January 12th. $3,000 was stolen from the business’ safe. A business like The Dollar Tree was robbed the same night in Chattooga County. Authorities were able to obtain surveillance footage in Chattooga County. The suspects were identified as Clifton Mitchell, 66-years-old and his 41-year-old son, Richard Mitchell. Both the father and the son were on probation for numerous other burglaries. As part of Clifton Mitchell’s parole, he was required to wear an ankle monitor. The GPS from the ankle monitor placed Mitchell behind a strip mall in Rome that had also been robbed. Last Wednesday several law enforcement agencies combined to arrest the Mitchells. The sticky-fingered father and son are currently being held in the Walker County Detention Center. Several charges are pending against both for burglary, violation of probation and more.
A 20-year-old Dade County man has been arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of children. Seth Roberts was booked into the Dade County jail. Back in September the GBI began an investigation into Roberts online activity. The GBI had received a tip about the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. Dade County Sheriffs office and Trenton Police assisted the GBI in the search warrant and the arrest of Roberts.