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By Andy Kober
GOOD FRIENDS - Linda Prescott and Police Chief Moses Ector share laughs after she presented him with a lifetime
membership at the Hogansville Senior Center. Ector has been an avid supporter of the Hogar, ville Senior Center. See
additional photos Page 2A
. By ANDY KOBER
In many cities and
towns the police chief is
most often the target of
criticism and complaint,
but not in Hogansvflle.
"We're here to honor a
person I consider as a great
man," William Prescott
said at the beginning of a
luncheon held on Friday,
Feb. 14, to recognize
Hogansville Polic Chief
Moses Ector.
Ector will soon be leav-
ing the Hogansville Police
Department and assuming
the position of Director of
the Moses Ector Law
Enforcement Leadership
Academy, a part of Atlanta
Metropolitan State
College.
A crowd of county offi-
cials, city officials, senior
citizens and others gath-
ered to offer their appre-
ciation to Ector for the job
he has performed as police
chief in Hogansville.
In April 2008, Ector was
hired as police chief in
Hogansville, taking over a
troubled agency, and
immediately began mak-
ing change t0 restore.the
confidence . g nS ille
residents,
ment. ' :: i", ',
As p rt of that effort,
Ector instituted a numbe
of community programs
and it was largely because
of these programs that he
was honored with the sen-
ior center luncheon.
During his comments
opening the program,
Prescott noted Ector's sup-
port of the senior center,
the community vegetable
garden, participation in the
National Night Out, and
establishment of the
Civilian Police Academy
amid other efforts to get
the police department and
community working
together.
Prescott reported that
since the inception of the
Civilian Police Academy,
over 100 civilians had com-
pleted the program and
graduated from the course.
He added that 33 of those
were senior citizens.
HOGANSVILLE
Mayor Bill Stankiewicz
was city manager when
Ector was hired as police
chief and recalled that
when the city was looking
for a police chief to reor-
ganize the department,
Ector contacted them.
Ector had started his
law enforcement career as
a police officer in
Hogansville before taking
a position with the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation. At
the GBI, he achieved the
rank of Deputy Assistant
Director before retiring.
Retirement did not last
long as Ector accepted a
position with the
Homeland Security
Division of the Dekalb
County Police Department
while teaching at Atlanta
Metropolitan State
College.
See ECTOR, Page 2A
By STAFF REPORTS
On Feb. 5, deputies and inves-
tigators with the Troup County
Sheriff's Office received infor-
mation that a woman was being
held against her will at 157
Mallory Drive in LaGrange.
had been able to escape the res-
idence and call 911.
According t6 the woman she
had been beaten and was pre-
vented from leaving the home for
nearly'eight hours by Faulkner.
OFFICERS on scene entered
the home where they found
WHEN units arrived on the Faulkner hiding under a bed.
scene they were able to deter- Hewastakenintocustodyand
mine that Alan J. Faulkner 27 transported to the Troup County Faulkner
years of age, of Coweta County, Jail.
was hiding inside the house.Investigators are charging False Imprisonment, Simple
The wotnan and two children Faulkner with multiple counts of Battery, Cruelty to Children and
Obstruction of Officers.
$20,000 IN STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED - Investigators with the Troup County Sheriff's
Office have recovered an estimated more than $20,000 worth of stolen tools and related auto-
repair equipment from a residence in the Mountville area of Troup County. Investigators were look-
ing into a burglary that had occurred in the Grey Hill area and were able to recover these stolen
items during the course of the investigation. All property will be returned to the legal owner and
Investigators will be seeking charges against known suspect(s) in the immediate future. The names
of all charged parties will be released at a later date as this case continues to evolve.
By Andy Kober
LOCAL AUTHOR SIGNING BOOKS - Hogansville author Catherine
Thomas will be signing copies of her books 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Mar.
8, at Blue Train Books.
By ANDYKoBER books, "Shades of eccentric woman. She
Terror" and "Memory lives along and largely
Hogansville author Mountain". She is cur- isolated until at age 50,
Catherine Thomas willrently working on a third she decides to make a
hold a book signing on book. change.
Saturday, Mar. 8, at Blue In "Shades of Terror" Blue Train Books and
Train Books. 'a young woman travels Hogansville Coffee Club
A resident of back to her family home have hosted numerous
Hogansville for over 30 in a small Georgia town book signings, seekingto
years, Thomas enjoys to learn more about her provide publicity to new
the quiet life of a small family, and emerging authors
town. She finds that herwith Catherine Thomas
"Even as a child I can family was involved in a being the latest.
remember one of my reign of terror, control- During the special
favorite things to do was ling the community for event, held 1 p m. to 4
to climb a tree with a hundreds of years, p.m Thomas will be
good book and read for "Memory Mountain" signing copies of both
hours," notes Thomas.is about an orphaned girl, books.
About two years ago, growing up as a ward ofFor more informa-
Thomas discovered atal- the state, living in vari- tion on the book signing,
ent for writing and that ous fr ter homes until contact Blue Train
has led to publishing two be.;," : dopted by anBooks at 70 -6.W-9555.
