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UPDATE: Video released of pursuit that ended with Statesboro man's death
GSP investigating fatal crash
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Ashton Mingle
A Statesboro man died Sunday in a single-vehicle accident during a pursuit with deputies from the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office who were attempting to make a traffic stop.
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Commissioners table action on 20-year, $60 million bond to expand county jail
Projected interest cost $20M, financing only Phase 1
Jail Schematic
Courtesy of Bulloch County Public Safety / This conceptual layout by the Goodwyn Mills Cawood firm in the county facilities study blocks out Phase 1 of the Bulloch County Jail expansion as a single building containing a 160-bed men’s housing unit and a 128-bed women’s housing unit, plus an outdoor recreation area.
After hearing a financial consultant’s recommendation on borrowing $60 million in the form of 20-year bonds for expansion of the Bulloch County Jail and repay at a cost of about $24.5 million interest over the full term or early after 10 to 12 years with about $20.8 million interest, the county commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to table a decision until their next meeting.
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