Barrow Journal

The following cases were heard in Barrow County Magistrate Court on March 16, 2010 with Judge June Davis presiding. Those charged and their sentences are as follows: [Full Story »] 

A former Barrow County School system bus driver who was terminated last week for “inappropriate contact” with a student has been accused of soliciting sex from a 16-year-old student.

The student’s stepfather contacted police after learning his stepdaughter and the bus driver had been texting each other. The stepfather said he sent a text to the bus driver asking why the man was texting his stepdaughter. In responding to the text, the bus driver wrote that he did not recognize the number from which the stepfather’s text originated. The stepfather said he later discovered that the bus driver changed his number immediately after receiving the text.

When questioned by police and school officials, the student admitted she and the bus driver had been engaged in a phone relationship. The student said the two had also been in contact on Facebook. [Full Story »] 

The Barrow County Superior Court recently sentenced the following people. Those charged and their sentences are listed below. Charges listed as nolle prosequi are those in which the prosecutor or plaintiff indicated they would not proceed with the case. In criminal cases, a disposition of nolle prosequi may be entered when evidence proves innocence or charges cannot otherwise be proved. [Full Story »]