Taco Bell employees thwart armed robbery Wednesday
News October 24, 2019
JAMES MCCORMICK
CLEVELAND, Ga. – Cleveland Police have identified the man who attempted to rob the Taco Bell on Parkway Plaza shortly before midnight Wednesday as 27-year-old James Dennis McCormick of Lawrenceville.
Chief John Foster said the man entered the fast food chain just before midnight and brandished a 45-caliber handgun. But employees overpowered the man and held him until police arrived and took the man into custody.
McCormick received some minor injuries in the encounter and White County Emergency Services arrived and cleared him medically. He was then transported to the White County Detention Center. He has been charged with armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of or attempted commission of certain crimes.
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Cleveland City Council to meet at new time today
News May 7, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ga. — The Cleveland City Council will begin meeting at a new time, 6:30 p.m., today in the City Annex.
Callie Armour of Keep Cleveland Beautiful will give a presentation of a beautification project proposed for the town square.
Council will consider a resolution to reduce the speed limit in front of Truett McConnell University.
There will also be a discussion of an intergovernmental agreement with the White County Board of Commissioners to accept the Oak Springs School and property.
Police Chief John Foster, Fire Chief Ricky Pruitt, City Attorney Grant Keene and City Manager Tom O’Bryant are expected to present departmental reports.
White County Sheriff Neal Walden will discuss a new agreement with the city relating to operation of the White County Detention Center.
There will also be status updates on the Windstream audit, Appalachian Regional Commission grant and 2020 special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST), strategic housing plan for the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and the 2018-’19 budget.
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Police Chief John Foster Says Apartments are a Hub for Drug Deals
News July 13, 2016
CLEVELAND — The dilapidated Blue Ridge Apartments in Cleveland are not just an eye sore, they have become a “hot spot” for drug activity and earlier this month a gang member was arrested there.
Police Chief John Foster said Wednesday he told the owner to clean up and renovate the apartments or he will shut them down.
“We don’t want to do that but if we can show that it has become a drug haven, it can be declared a public nuisance and they can be made to close down,” he said.
At Monday’s Cleveland City Council meeting, Foster said police have a lot of problems at the apartments at 105 Bryant Street. He said Monday morning they had been called out for an incident in which a female resident had her throat cut. Foster said it turned out that she cut her own throat in an attempt to commit suicide.
On July 1, he said a suspected gang member was arrested on drug charges by Cleveland Police and the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Agency
Foster said the apartments are falling down and that they no longer have a single outside light because of the drug activity. All of them have been knocked out.
“We need to look at a maintenance ordinance for apartment buildings,” Foster told the city council.
Cleveland Pastor Calls Forum to Avoid Civil Unrest That Has Plagued Other Communities
News July 9, 2016
CLEVELAND Ga. — Like many Americans, Travis Gaston, pastor of Travis Chapel United Methodist Church in Cleveland, is troubled by the racial unrest in this country and the recent killings in Dallas, Baton Rouge and Minnesota. So, he’s called for a community forum Sunday at 3 p.m at the little chapel at 387 Hood Street.
Cleveland Mayor Shan Ash, Police Chief John Foster and White County Sheriff Neal Walden are expected to attend as well as other community leaders.
The forum will be an open discussion, and the public is encouraged to attend and will be given the opportunity to ask questions.
Gaston is a retired Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office deputy who wants to make sure the community is protected from violence.
For more information, call the church at (706) 865-1813.