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Man punches mother, smashes candy jar on her
W JERRY DONTA ALLEN
Jerry Donta Allen
A man attacked his mother Friday, punching her repeatedly before smashing a candy jar into her head. Jerry Donta Allen, 24, of Simmons Lane, fled after the attack and evaded arrest for two days, but was apprehended Sunday, Bulloch County Sheriff Lynn Anderson said. Deputies were dispatched around 6:30 p.m. Friday to the victim’s G.W. Oliver Road home, responding to a call about a “violent domestic dispute,” Anderson said.
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Mayor clarifies: Panel on homelessness not meant to plan downtown shelter
Council approves small rental assistance fund through Action Pact
Mayor at meeting - city homelessness
Mayor Jonathan McCollar, center, speaking to City Council, staff members and the public Tuesday, May 6, clarifies what he says was "some misinformation" regarding the aims of the Ad Hoc Committee on Housing Instability and Homelessness. (AL HACKLE/staff)
The Ad Hoc Committee for Housing Instability and Homelessness recently appointed by Mayor Jonathan McCollar is not aimed at creating a homeless shelter in downtown Statesboro, he clarified during the Tuesday morning, May 6, City Council meeting. Instead, the 10-member panel will consider such questions as the availability of temporary "transitional housing" for families who lose their homes and how services for addressing mental health issues and addiction can help prevent homelessness, McCollar said. When he named the committee back at the April 1 council meeting, he gave it an initial 120-day timeline to study the issue and make policy recommendations.
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