Last Friday the GBI’s Calhoun office and the Walker County Sheriff’s Office, the TBI, Federal Probation office and Hamilton County Sheriff’s teamed up to arrest a man for murder. 41-year-old Nicholas Antiono Cheaton of Chattanooga has been charged with the murder of William Oliver Jones of Chickamauga. Jones was found dead at this home on March 14th. Cheaton was booked into the Hamilton County Jail, he was extradited Monday to Walker County. The results of the autopsy on Jones have not come back from the GBI Medical Examiner’s office. The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to call the Walker County Sheriff’s Office. Once the investigation is complete, the files will go to the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit DA’s office for review.
Five felony arrests on Monday in Walker County. Among those booked, 17-year-old Willnatyle Merril Barlow was charged with loitering and prowling, two counts of criminal attempt to commit a felony, enticing a child for indecent purposes, 2 counts of obscene internet content with a child. 40-year-old Dustin Dewayne Burton was charged with 3-counts of willful obstruction to law enforcement, 3rd degree cruelty to children, simple battery and aggravated assault. You can view the entire arrest report on our website at Discover Walker.com.
More states are moving to ban or restrict cellphones in school, a trend that continues to win bipartisan support. Senators in Georgia voted 54-2 yesterday to give final approval to a bill that would bans students in grades K-8 from using phones or other personal electronic devices during the school day. The measure goes to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature or veto. Currently, nine states ban phones in school, but that number will likely soon rise. Similar bills this year have passed by wide margins in New Mexico, Tennessee and Utah and await action by those states’ governors. Measures are also progressing rapidly in other states. The push for cellphone bans has been driven by concerns about the impact screen time has on children’s mental health and complaints from teachers that cellphones have become a constant distraction in the classroom.
LaFayette High School Golf teams picked up wins yesterday. Both the boys and girls teams were winners. The Rambler took down both Ridgeland the FLO in a 9-hole match. The boys team took down Ridgeland with a 15 shot win. LFO was 28 strokes back. On the girls side LaFayette recorded a 9 shot win over LFO and Ridgeland was 20 strokes back. LaFayette boys golf is back in action on Thursday. It’s the second round of the NGI. The Lady Ramblers will compete again April 8th.
