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Douglas Gass. A Fort Oglethorpe man sought in a deadly crash last month has been arrested in Florida.Douglas C. Gass, 23, is a suspect in a crash that happened around 11 p.m. on Oct. 7. Police said Gass fled from Fort Oglethorpe police after crashing his vehicle in the 2600 block of East 38th Street. The passenger in Gass car, 19-year-old Kobe Burchfield, died at the scene.The arrest happened Friday after authorities with the Bay County Sheriff s Office and the Unit adidas original campus ed States Marshal s office learned Gass had been staying at a home in Panama City, according to a post from the office on Facebook.When they arrived at the home, they saw Gass sleeping on a couch in the living room area. When officers knocked, Gass fled to anot adidas samba adidas her area of the home and refused to open the door.Officers forced open the door and tried to get Gass to surrender. He refused and hid under a bed.He was taken into custody without further incident.After the crash, Gass was added to the TBI s Most Wanted list.Because the crash and subsequent fatality occurred within the city of Chattanooga, the Chattanooga Police Department s Traffic Unit responded to take over the investigation.Gass faces multiple charges, including vehicular homicide, through Chattanooga Police Department and Georgia law enforcement agencies.He was booked into the Bay County Jail as a fugitive from justice. He will dunks be held pending an extradition hearing. insticator-wrapp Udiu Farmers have silently struggled with their mental health for years; are they ready to talk
Andy Arnold LaFAYETTE, Ga. -- LaF stanley ca ayette is looking at saving $714,113 by refinancing loans it took out for water and sewer projects -- and likely will use the savings to help fund a $2.2 stanley becher 5 million sewage plant upgrade, officials said.The city has three loans at slightly above a 4 percent interest rate from the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority on which it owes a total of about $9.2 million. Merchant Capital, which has offices in Atlanta and Montgomery, Ala., is willing to refinance the loans at 2.5 percent, which would reduce the city s total payment to about $8.5 million for a $714,113 savings.The City Council voted in favor of having Merchant Capital representatives come back at council s Nov. 12 meeting with more precise figures for refinancing the debt. That was a pretty easy decision, City Councilman Andy Arnold said. I wish they were all that easy. City Manager Frank Etheridge said the calculations are based on the city getting an A bond rating, and the city could do even better if it gets an AA or higher bond rating.What city officials also are trying to decide is whether it makes sense to have Merchant Capital refinance the loans and also finance a $2.25 million upgrade to improve stanley website phosphorous removal at the sewage plant. We have to do the project, Etheridge said of the sewage plant work. The state s pushing for it. The sewage plant upgrade likely won t prompt a rate increase, he said.The city also will see whether it can get a better deal refinancing i
Douglas Gass. A Fort Oglethorpe man sought in a deadly crash last month has been arrested in Florida.Douglas C. Gass, 23, is a suspect in a crash that happened around 11 p.m. on Oct. 7. Police said Gass fled from Fort Oglethorpe police after crashing his vehicle in the 2600 block of East 38th Street. The passenger in Gass car, 19-year-old Kobe Burchfield, died at the scene.The arrest happened Friday after authorities with the Bay County Sheriff s Office and the Unit adidas original campus ed States Marshal s office learned Gass had been staying at a home in Panama City, according to a post from the office on Facebook.When they arrived at the home, they saw Gass sleeping on a couch in the living room area. When officers knocked, Gass fled to anot adidas samba adidas her area of the home and refused to open the door.Officers forced open the door and tried to get Gass to surrender. He refused and hid under a bed.He was taken into custody without further incident.After the crash, Gass was added to the TBI s Most Wanted list.Because the crash and subsequent fatality occurred within the city of Chattanooga, the Chattanooga Police Department s Traffic Unit responded to take over the investigation.Gass faces multiple charges, including vehicular homicide, through Chattanooga Police Department and Georgia law enforcement agencies.He was booked into the Bay County Jail as a fugitive from justice. He will dunks be held pending an extradition hearing. insticator-wrapp Udiu Farmers have silently struggled with their mental health for years; are they ready to talk
Andy Arnold LaFAYETTE, Ga. -- LaF stanley ca ayette is looking at saving $714,113 by refinancing loans it took out for water and sewer projects -- and likely will use the savings to help fund a $2.2 stanley becher 5 million sewage plant upgrade, officials said.The city has three loans at slightly above a 4 percent interest rate from the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority on which it owes a total of about $9.2 million. Merchant Capital, which has offices in Atlanta and Montgomery, Ala., is willing to refinance the loans at 2.5 percent, which would reduce the city s total payment to about $8.5 million for a $714,113 savings.The City Council voted in favor of having Merchant Capital representatives come back at council s Nov. 12 meeting with more precise figures for refinancing the debt. That was a pretty easy decision, City Councilman Andy Arnold said. I wish they were all that easy. City Manager Frank Etheridge said the calculations are based on the city getting an A bond rating, and the city could do even better if it gets an AA or higher bond rating.What city officials also are trying to decide is whether it makes sense to have Merchant Capital refinance the loans and also finance a $2.25 million upgrade to improve stanley website phosphorous removal at the sewage plant. We have to do the project, Etheridge said of the sewage plant work. The state s pushing for it. The sewage plant upgrade likely won t prompt a rate increase, he said.The city also will see whether it can get a better deal refinancing i