A Canton man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in two separate cases after he was convicted of charges including rape, involuntary manslaughter, trafficking fentanyl and aggravated assault, the Cherokee County District Attorney’s office announced.
Nicholas Brian Gosnell, 23, pled guilty and was sentenced August 23, in total, to 25 years in prison, followed by life on probation, for two separate cases involving multiple crimes and three different victims. During the hearing, Gosnell admitted to charges of rape, involuntary manslaughter, violation of Georgia Controlled Substances Act (6 counts), trafficking fentanyl, and aggravated assault/strangulation. According to the district attorney’s office, in July 2018, Cherokee Sheriff’s Office deputies began investigating a drug-facilitated sexual assault. On the evening of the assault, Gosnell gave a young woman illegal drugs and later forced more intoxicants on her before raping her, prosecutors said. After an investigation that included a sexual assault exam, forensic extractions, DNA testing, and witness interviews, CSO deputies arrested Gosnell for rape. In September 2020, the Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad received information that Gosnell, who had been released on bond over the state’s objection, was selling narcotics. After CMANS initiated an investigation, undercover agents purchased drugs from Gosnell, which field-tested positive for fentanyl.
A search warrant at Gosnell’s home resulted in CMANS finding 36 oxycodone pills, fentanyl patches, 224 alprazolam pills, other pills, and $28,000 in cash. When agents forensically examined Gosnell’s cell phone, they found texts from John O’Connell, 40, who had consumed drugs containing fentanyl and died on Aug. 19, 2020. O’Connell’s death had previously been ruled an accidental overdose, but after reviewing these texts, CMANS began investigating this death as a homicide.
A father and daughter from Canton were killed in a crash on Knox Bridge Highway Thursday, the Cherokee Sheriff's Office reported.
According to the sheriff's office, deputies were dispatched to a four-vehicle crash at about 11:30 a.m. Thursday on Knox Bridge Highway near Scott Hudgens Drive in Canton.
The crash is still under investigation, but according to the sheriff's office preliminary indications are that a Ford F150 truck traveling east crossed the center line and struck a Nissan Armada traveling west. A man who was driving the Armada and his daughter who was in the back seat were killed, authorities said. His wife and juvenile daughter were transported to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The father and daughter were Chris Mynes, 52, and Alivia Mynes, 18, of Canton, the sheriff's office reported Friday.
The driver of the F-150, a 24-year-old from Canton, was also transported to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital with non life threatening injuries. No other injuries were reported.
A grand jury has formally charged a Woodstock man with armed robbery after authorities say he held another man at gunpoint and stole his money.
According to his indictment filed November 14, Oswaldo Ruiz-Garcia, 24, is charged with two counts of armed robbery, four counts of aggravated assault and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Per his arrest warrant filed August 19 by the Woodstock Police Department, he is charged with holding a man at gunpoint and stealing $200 and a wallet from him between 10:10 and 10:20 p.m. August 19.
Last Wednesday, he was in the Cherokee County jail without bond.
He has an arraignment scheduled December 9, according to court documents.
An indictment is a formal charge of felony offenses, and defendants are assumed innocent until proven guilty.
Cherokee Thanksgiving gave about 2,400 meals Thursday to families in Cherokee and Pickens County, an organizer of the event said.
La Catrina Tacos & Margaritas was the host for the event this year. Restaurant staff from both La Catrina and Williamson Bros. Bar-B-Q in Canton prepared the meals and volunteers assembled them and sent them out for delivery.
This year’s event was originally planned to be held from Williamson Bros. Bar-B-Q in Canton, which has helped provide food in the past, but moved to La Catrina after a fire shut down the restaurant earlier this month.
The Cherokee Thanksgiving meal this year was chicken, rice, green beans, dressing and gravy, a roll and a sugar cookie.
Additional trays of chicken rice green beans rolls and cookies were donated to Atlanta Mission for the homeless.
Over 200 volunteers contributed to the effort, now in its 30th year, Cherokee Thanksgiving coordinator Cheryl Mosley said.
"A huge shout out and thank you to La Catrina restaurant in Canton for hosting us this year. In addition to providing meals old friendships were renewed and new friendships were made among the volunteers," she said
The Rotary Club of Woodstock recently served a homemade Thanksgiving feast to residents of Colbert Square Senior Housing. The annual Thanksgiving dinner is a longtime favorite tradition for the club.
To connect with the club or for more information visit their Facebook page.
Cherokee County nonprofits and other charities across the state are participating in GA Gives on Giving Tuesday, which is today.
Held the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Giving Tuesday is an international day of giving to follow the traditional shopping days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
GA Gives, hosted by the Georgia Center for Nonprofits, invites people to donate to their favorite charities in the state through their website, GAgives.org. The platform is free to nonprofits, and they can use it year-round to raise funds through custom profile pages. Participating Cherokee County organizations include Cherokee Theatre Company, Reeling in Recovery and Service League of Cherokee County Georgia. Last year’s GA Gives on GivingTuesday campaign helped raise a total of $27,147,800 for Georgia nonprofits through more than 180,000 donations. Since its founding in 2012, the GA Gives movement has rallied over 556,000 individual contributions and raised more than $90 million for the nonprofits working to create positive and lasting change throughout Georgia.
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