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Lighting the way for Alexander City & Lake Martin since 1892 June 15, 2016 Vol. 124, No. 119 www.alexcityoutlook.com
City council votes to keep police jurisdiction Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett, left, thanks Alexander City Council member Bob Howard for his support in the police jurisdiction issue.
Mosquito spraying to resume By MITCH SNEED Editor
Mitch Sneed / The Outlook
Alexander City’s police jurisdiction will remain at three miles out from the city limits and the city’s mosquito spraying program will resume as soon as possible. It was the police jurisdiction that drew a large crowd including Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett, county commissioners,
police and emergency personnel from all over the county and officials with Russell Lands. Talk of the reduction was born from the passage of a new law that allows municipalities to approve the size of their police jurisdictions. In many areas of Tallapoosa County, including areas just outside Alexander City, city police now provide coverage for an area as far as three miles outside the actual city limits. Now municipalities now have the choice of what they want to do and can pull back to a See COUNCIL • Page 7
County schools make staff adjustments
Jury takes just 8 minutes to find McInvale guilty of abuse
By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer
By MITCH SNEED and CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
It took a jury just eight minutes to find a father accused of nearly beating his child to death guilty on all charges Tuesday. James Edward McInvale Jr., 24, of Davis Circle in Jacksons Gap was found guilty of second-degree domestic violence assault and aggravated child abuse, with the jury returning the verdict before most McInvale who were in the courtroom had time to gather their belongings and go to await the decision. The case was tried before Judge Steven Perryman, who set a June 27 sentencing date for McInvale. Gene’s mother Susan Brown said the verdict brought justice for her son and that she felt a burden had been lifted. “I feel relieved and it shows that God is on Gene’s side,” Brown said. “Everyone knew the truth and who was responsible for what happened to my son. The jury just confirmed that.” Chief Assistant District Attorney See TRIAL • Page 2
Cliff Williams / The Outlook
TRAINING DAY Despite the hot weather, the Alexander City Fire Department took advantage on the lack of wind to use a vacant home on Madison Street to teach inexperienced fire fighters the ropes.
The Tallapoosa County Board of Education approved the movement within the system of three employees to new leadership positions at its June meeting on Monday night. The board approved the employment of Fred Ford, most recently assistant principal at the now-closed Councill Middle School, as the new director of the Edward Bell Career Technical Center; Chris Dark, most recently assistant principal at Dadeville Elementary School, as the new principal at Dadeville Elementary School; and approved the transfer of Chad McKelvey, most recently principal at Dadeville Elementary School, to principal of the Edward Bell Career Technical Center. Tallapoosa County Superintendent Joe Windle said that Ford would serve as director of the programs at Edward Bell while McKelvey will oversee the day-to-day operations of the center. See SCHOOL BOARD • Page 7
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Trash can, limbs no help in hiding from long arm of law BY MITCH SNEED Editor
Submitted / The Outlook
New Site Police found a vehicle suspected in a Dadeville hit and run accident covered with limbs Tuesday morning.
Hide and seek was apparently not the strong suit of the driver of a vehicle suspected in a hit and run accident Tuesday morning in Dadeville. Dadeville Police Department Chief David Barbour said that a white 1998 Ford Mustang was seen leaving the scene of an accident near the intersection of W. Lafayette Street and Broadnax Street in Dadeville at about 8:15 a.m. Tuesday. Barbour said there was property damage in the crash, but no injuries were
reported. “Witnesses were able to give a description of the vehicle and driver and the general direction it was traveling when it left the scene,” Barbour said. Police sent out a countywide radio alert with a description of the vehicle when New Site Police Department’s Philip Weddle was on patrol on Hamlet Road. He spotted something that just didn’t look right. On closer examination, Weddle found a white Mustang with damage on the front. To say that the car was out of sight, hidden or See CAR • Page 7
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