DeKalb Commissioner Nancy Jester’s chief of staff arrested
article reposted with permission from Reporter Newspapers. Credit also CBS 46 Oct 25, 2016
DeKalb County Commissioner Nancy Jester’s chief of staff was arrested and charged Oct. 24 for allegedly making false statements to police and saying he was being held against his will, according to a DeKalb County Police report.
Jeffrey Breedlove, chief of staff to DeKalb County Commissioner Nancy Jester, was arrested Oct. 24.
Jeffrey Breedlove, 49, was charged arrested at a Budget Inn and Suites on Memorial Drive. Jester did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Jester fired Breedlove on Monday after he failed to show up for work and was booked in jail, according to broadcast partner CBS 46.
According to police report, DeKalb County Police responded to a call at the Budget Inn and Suites on Memorial Drive on Monday after a call came in about a gun on site with a person in trouble.
Officers knocked on the door of the room where the person in trouble call came from and asked for Jeff. A woman who answered the door said there was nobody in the room named Jeff.
Officers then saw a man in a white tank top, his belt unbuckled and barefoot come from the bathroom. He identified himself as Breedlove, according to the report.
Another man was also in the room and Breedlove and officers then asked if there was a gun in the room. Breedlove said the man had a gun and police took possession of it.
An officer pulled Breedlove aside and asked him what was going on. Breedlove at first stated, “I don’t want to get in trouble and I am a very important person,” according to the report. Breedlove told the officer he was the chief of staff to Commissioner Jester and then stated “he uses crack and has a crack habit,” the report states.
“Mr. Breedlove kept repeating, ‘I do not want to get in trouble or incriminate myself,'” states the report.
At no point did Breedlove tell officers he was being held against his will, according to the report.
(LinkedIn photo)
DeKalb County Commissioner Nancy Jester’s chief of staff was arrested and charged Oct. 24 for allegedly making false statements to police and saying he was being held against his will, according to a DeKalb County Police report.
Jeffrey Breedlove, chief of staff to DeKalb County Commissioner Nancy Jester, was arrested Oct. 24.
Jeffrey Breedlove, 49, was charged arrested at a Budget Inn and Suites on Memorial Drive. Jester did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Jester fired Breedlove on Monday after he failed to show up for work and was booked in jail, according to broadcast partner CBS 46.
According to police report, DeKalb County Police responded to a call at the Budget Inn and Suites on Memorial Drive on Monday after a call came in about a gun on site with a person in trouble.
Officers knocked on the door of the room where the person in trouble call came from and asked for Jeff. A woman who answered the door said there was nobody in the room named Jeff.
Officers then saw a man in a white tank top, his belt unbuckled and barefoot come from the bathroom. He identified himself as Breedlove, according to the report.
Another man was also in the room and Breedlove and officers then asked if there was a gun in the room. Breedlove said the man had a gun and police took possession of it.
An officer pulled Breedlove aside and asked him what was going on. Breedlove at first stated, “I don’t want to get in trouble and I am a very important person,” according to the report. Breedlove told the officer he was the chief of staff to Commissioner Jester and then stated “he uses crack and has a crack habit,” the report states.
“Mr. Breedlove kept repeating, ‘I do not want to get in trouble or incriminate myself,'” states the report.
At no point did Breedlove tell officers he was being held against his will, according to the report.
(LinkedIn photo)
Dunwoody High School news affecting neighborhoods
October 23, 2016
There are currently more than 1,800 students attending Dunwoody High School (though capacity is 1,500), and DeKalb Schools and some residents want a large increase in these numbers. There are recommendations to add 600 more permanent seats to DHS by constructing additional buildings and even a parking deck! With the proposed large increase in students going to the high school, along with the additionally suggested large increases at nearby Peachtree Middle, traffic will be horrible. Recall that Vanderlyn and Dunwoody Elementary are both just a couple blocks from Dunwoody High, as is GA State University.
As you likely recall, the city of Dunwoody fought with neighbors around the high school when the city wanted to install a roundabout at the Vermack and Womack Road intersection. A roundabout was sought by the city to increase traffic flow. Fortunately, the idea was defeated since it would remove a needed entrance to the school and it was not in the best interest of pedestrians or bikers. Neighbors were also worried the city would be encouraging a greater volume of cars on their residential streets: “build it and they will come”. And here we are again: have a massive increase of students at the high school and more cars will definitely come.
Here’s where you can do something about this.
While Dunwoody High School’s attendance is controlled by DeKalb Schools, they apparently would still need permission from the city of Dunwoody to proceed with any construction. Thus, if the city of Dunwoody were to prohibit more buildings or a parking deck at the school, DeKalb would not be able to proceed.
Our city officials have remained mostly silent about DeKalb School’s plan. Yet, our quality of life and home values will likely suffer. The city of Dunwoody needs to hear from you or they will sit back and allow DeKalb Schools to damage our neighborhoods.
You can email the Dunwoody City Council and Mayor at: [email protected]
You can email Dunwoody’s Public Works Director (in charge of roads) at: [email protected]
You can email our DeKalb School representative at: [email protected]
And, you can share your voice during the public comment portion of city council meetings. You get two minutes to give your thoughts to the city at the beginning or end of the meetings. There is a council meeting tomorrow, Monday, October 24th at 6pm and another meeting on November 14th. They can ignore emails, but they have to sit through your comments. http://dunwoodyga.gov/index.php?section=for_residents_view_city_calendar
If you don’t like the proposal to add hundreds of more students (plus additional staff and their cars), don’t wait. Once DeKalb sees that Dunwoody officials are capitulating, the deals will be made. It is outrageous for Dunwoody leaders not to voice an objection to the deliberate increase of traffic that will ensue. When running for office, each city council member said they want to preserve the residential neighborhoods in our city. Yet now, their desire seems only to be appeasement to DeKalb schools – our neighborhoods be damned.
A more detailed explanation of DeKalb School’s proposals and suggested alternatives can be found on the Dunwoody Talk blog: http://dunwoodytalk.blogspot.com/2016/10/adding-700-seat-to-dunwoody-bad-idea.html (We have no affiliation with that blog.)
Please share this email and information with others.
Thank you. Remember, if you don’t voice concern now, you will soon be sitting in traffic wishing you had done so.
WHO IS SAVEDUNWOODY?
SaveDunwoody is one of several grass roots civic groups in our community. SaveDunwoody is a very diversified and non partisan issue oriented organization.
SaveDunwoody has grown to about 850 members in less than 12 months. There are members of every political party and independents all working together in favor of practical common sense improvements that make Dunwoody better – not worse. We have found from our experience that when it comes to local government, national political party affiliation or preference is completely irrelevant. It has actually been very refreshing to see so many people of different ages, genders, backgrounds, religions and national political party preference or affiliation working together in agreement. The common denominator is the desire to maintain the unique character of our high quality residential community. We advocate following the example of the Spruill Farmhouse – keep what we have and make it better. We also favor high quality schools and education for our children – something everyone agrees with.
We are proud of what we stand for and respect those who may not agree with us.
SaveDunwoody has grown to about 850 members in less than 12 months. There are members of every political party and independents all working together in favor of practical common sense improvements that make Dunwoody better – not worse. We have found from our experience that when it comes to local government, national political party affiliation or preference is completely irrelevant. It has actually been very refreshing to see so many people of different ages, genders, backgrounds, religions and national political party preference or affiliation working together in agreement. The common denominator is the desire to maintain the unique character of our high quality residential community. We advocate following the example of the Spruill Farmhouse – keep what we have and make it better. We also favor high quality schools and education for our children – something everyone agrees with.
We are proud of what we stand for and respect those who may not agree with us.
SaveDunwoody.com is a coalition of Dunwoody voters who are establishing a voice for the citizens of Dunwoody. We do not want our city controlled by hired consultants who may not be working for the best interest of residents. We are not affiliated with any group or political party.
We suggest practical solutions, fiscal responsibility and logical government priorities. The high cost of several projects take funds away from badly needed infrastructure improvements including road repaving and repairs.
We support efforts in favor of excellent Dunwoody schools and education for our children that also increase home values and promote economic development. We applaud the hard work and individual initiative by Dunwoody City Councilman Terry Nall to achieve dual accreditation for our schools - and the important work of State Senator Fran Miller to maintain DeKalb's accreditation.
Some of our concerns include:
● cost of city projects often escalate incredibly
● drastic changes to projects are done without citizen input
● elaborate projects are considered before essentials
● residents must monitor city officials to prevent multi-million dollar decisions being made without oversight
This page will be updated periodically. Please check back.