Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The Douglas County Sheriff's Department has released the videos taken by the teenagers convicted of burning down the historic Douglasville cotton mill.
Douglasville Patch obtained the cell phone videos captured by the teenagers sentenced for their roles in destroying the historic Douglasville cotton mill last May. Adrian Bond, 19, Terry Carringer, 19, and Jeromie Hand, 18, were sentenced to 60 to 120 days in a probation detention center and seven years of probation after each pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and second degree arson on Nov. 14. In the attached videos, the teens can be heard joking and cursing while they watch and record video of the mill's destruction. "This is so cool," one is heard saying. "Look, those power lines are hanging down in the fire," another comments. One teen is heard saying he watched sunrises from the roof of the mill. In one video a teen is heard …
The Douglas County Sheriff's Department has released the videos taken by the teenagers convicted of burning down the historic Douglasville cotton mill.
Douglasville Patch obtained the cell phone videos captured by the teenagers sentenced for their roles in destroying the historic Douglasville cotton mill last May. Adrian Bond, 19, Terry Carringer, 19, and Jeromie Hand, 18, were sentenced to 60 to 120 days in a probation detention center and seven years of probation after each pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and second degree arson on Nov. 14. In the attached videos, the teens can be heard joking and cursing while they watch and record video of the mill's destruction. "This is so cool," one is heard saying. "Look, those power lines are hanging down in the fire," another comments. One teen is heard saying he watched sunrises from the roof of the mill. In one video a teen is heard …
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Chief Magistrate Judge Susan Camp denied bond to three of the four men accused of being involved with the General Western Cotton Mill fire on May 12.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Chief Magistrate Judge Susan Camp denied bond to three of the four men accused of being involved with the General Western Cotton Mill fire on May 12, according to wsbtv.com. According to the report, bond has been denied to the three men charged with arson: Jeromie Hand, 17, of Douglasville, Terry Carringer 18 of Hiram and Adrian Bond, 18 of Shelbyville, TN. Christopher Roberts, 20 of Douglasville, was charged with the lesser crime of criminal damage to property. He was granted $3,500 bond and ordered to go to substance abuse counseling. A lead sent to Douglasville Police Chief Chris Womack via Facebook was a main focal point of the investigation. The four kids, described as goth, were using aerosol cans to get high in the building and lit …
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
See Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller's Press Conference in its entirety.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
See Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller's Press Conference in its entirety.
Jeromie Hand, 17 of Douglasville, and Adrian Bond, 18 of Shelbyville, TN, have been arrested and charged with arson and several other charges in connection with the burning of the General Western Cotton Mill on May 12, Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller said in a press conference this afternoon. Terry Carringer, 18 of Hiram, and Christopher Roberts, 20 of Douglasville, will face the same charges, including interference with government property, criminal damage to property and burglary, as soon as they are arrested, either this afternoon or Wednesday morning, according to Miller. A lead sent to Douglasville Police Chief Chris Womack via Facebook was a main focal point of the investigation. The four kids, described as goth, were using …
Four teens are expected to be arrested today by the Douglas County Sheriff's Department in connection with the General Western Cotton Mill fire that was deemed suspicious by authorities.
(Editor's note: Update available here.) Four warrants have been issued for teenagers in the General Western Cotton Mill that was destroyed by fire on May 12, Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller said. "Our guys are out now trying to make the arrests," he said. Two of the teens lived on Ellis Street, near the Mill, and one was from Hiram and one from Lithia Springs, Miller said. The Sheriff expects to have a news conference sometime this afternoon. The structure, which dated back to 1897, smoldered for several days and authorities tried to keep photographers and on-lookers away from the area. The building had been abandoned and in derelict condition for many years, with the property surrounding the mill grown up with vegetation. Nothing was …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Some people have crossed the taped/declared fire line to enter the property, take photographs, and to take bricks and other structural mementos. This is extremely dangerous and illegal.
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
The fire at the Cotton Mill in Douglasville is still active with visible flames in hot spots throughout the mill property. One area, thought to be the original boiler room, is still producing a lot of smoke that continues to drift northward across Bankhead Highway/US 78 causing visibility problems. The Douglas County Fire/EMS Department is keeping an active truck at the fire scene 24 hours until the fire is out. The City of Douglasville Police Department is monitoring the smoke levels, and will close Bankhead Highway if necessary to ensure driver safety. Some people have crossed the taped/declared fire line to enter the property, take photographs, and to take bricks and other structural mementos. This is extremely dangerous and illegal. …
Saturday, May 12, 2012
The structure, which dated back to 1897, had been abandoned and in derelict condition for many years. Nothing was stored in the building.
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
The General Western Cotton Mill in east Douglasville at 6398 E. Broad St. (Bankhead Highway) was destroyed by fire early this morning. The structure, which dated back to 1897, had been abandoned and in derelict condition for many years, with the property surrounding the mill grown up with vegetation. Nothing was stored in the building. Douglas County E911 received the call at 12:07 a.m., and Douglas County Fire/EMS were on the scene in two minutes. They found the structure engulfed in fire with flames showing through the roof. Because of the dilapidated condition of the building, and the presence of numerous old timbers with creosote (high flammability), the Fire Department decided to allow the engulfed structure to burn itself out, and …
Lori Tomas
11:51 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
They should have been sentenced to studying and restoring historic structures. I'm still saddened every time I pass the mill site :( . more ›