District Attorney's Office


  

Conasauga Judicial Circuit of Georgia




   Serving Murray & Whitfield Counties

DALTON MAN CONVICTED OF HOME INVASION CHARGES
May 16, 2012 (Dalton) - At almost 1 P.M., following eight days of trial and approximately an hour of deliberation, a Whitfield County jury convicted Lavalis Sentell Ward, 29, of 1609 Antioch Road, Dalton, of several crimes related to Ward's home invasion robbery of a Dalton man and his infant daughter last year (MORE...).

WOMAN GETS PRISON FOR VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
May 1, 2012 (Dalton) - Alicia Maria Chandler (28), of 158 Browning Way, Dalton, today maintained the guilty plea she had entered on March 14th to Homicide by Vehicle in the First Degree, Driving Under the Influence and Reckless Driving (MORE...).

CANTON MAN CONVICTED IN TRAVELER CASE
April 11, 2012 (Dalton) - At approximately 6 PM Wednesday a Whitfield County jury returned a verdict of guilty on one count of criminal attempt to commit aggravated child molestation and one count of criminal attempt to commit child molestation against Lenwyn Ramkellawan (51) of 503 Woodbrook Lane, Canton, Georgia (MORE...).

FORMER DALTON STATE COLLEGE PROFESSOR INDICTED
March 30, 2012 (Dalton) - Former Dalton State College professor Monte Gale Salyer, 58, of 3000 Marran Drive, Rocky Face, was indicted yesterday by the Whitfield County Grand Jury for six (6) counts of aggravated child molestation, four (4) counts of child molestation, two (2) counts of rape and one (1) count of statutory rape involving offenses that occurred over a period of several years involving three separate victims (MORE...).

DALTON MAN CONVICTED OF DRAGGING COP
March 29, 2012 (Dalton) - At almost 7 P.M., following two days of trial and three hours of deliberation, a jury of nine men and three women convicted Duandre Jamar Dorsey, 28, of 409 E. Hawthorne Street #8, Dalton, of several crimes related to Dorsey’s dragging Dalton Police Officer Steven Collins with his vehicle (MORE...).


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Bert Poston,
District Attorney


As District Attorney, I represent the State of Georgia and the people of Murray and Whitfield Counties in all criminal cases in Superior Court as well as in delinquency actions in the Juvenile Courts of both counties. Through the efforts of my dedicated staff, the District Attorney’s Office prosecutes criminal conduct and defends the rights of victims while ensuring that everyone is treated fairly by the criminal justice process and while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism.

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