AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - The interim director of a juvenile detention facility in Augusta has been suspended with pay about six weeks after he took over.
Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice spokesman Jim Shuler tells The Augusta Chronicle (http://bit.ly/QWEdqx) that Augusta Youth Development Campus Interim Director Melvin Womble was suspended with pay. Shuler says the suspension is due to a pending Juvenile Justice investigation at the facility, but details weren't released.
Authorities say a corrections lieutenant at the facility has also been terminated in connection with a Dec. 2 assault between two youths that sent a 15-year-old to a hospital.
The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice on Oct. 31 announced the resignation of former director Ronald Brawner and Womble's appointment as interim director.
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The Woodstock Police Department says a police K-9 died after being left in his handler's patrol car.Spartacus, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, was found dead in his handler's patrol car. Authorities later
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The City Council of Chamblee has delayed a controversial land rezoning variance. The Council also issued a preliminary resolution saying that they wanted to fire their own manager.
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A local couple is happy to hear that members of a morning radio show fired for mocking a former ex-NFL star battling ALS now admit that they went too far.
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