Monday, May 20, 2013
A Clarke County judge rejected a request from William Heaton, who has been charged in the Emily Bowman hit-and-run accident, to remove his ankle monitor and move to Bartow County.
A Clarke County judge rejected a petition from the man accused of running over Emily Bowman in an Athens hit-and-run accident to remove his ankle monitor and leave Oconee County. A judge last week denied William Wilson Heaton's request to remove the monitor and move back to Bartow County with his grandfather, according to WSB-TV. Heaton lived in Rydal and worked in the farming industry when Bowman was hit the night of Feb. 16, according to his Cartersville attorney, Tony Perotta. WSB-TV reported Heaton made the request so he could return to work in order to pay for his legal expenses. But he must remain in Oconee County with his mother. Bowman, a former Kennesaw State University student and Woodstock High School graduate, was hospitalized…
Friday, March 8, 2013
Emily Bowman, 19, hasn't spoken, but her eyes are open, relatives say.
She has been off the ventilator and breathing on her own for a few days. Her eyes are open and she's responding to stimuli, reports the Athens Banner-Herald . And now, Emily Bowman, 19, hospitalized since a hit-and-run accident almost three weeks ago, is moving to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta for intensive rehabilitation. Bartow County resident Wilson Heaton, 22, of Rydal, is the suspected driver who fled the scene and abandoned his red pickup truck nearby. He surrendered to police Wednesday night to face charges including DUI and serious injury by vehicle. A judge set his bond at $50,000 and said he'd have to move, if released. Bowman had been in a coma at Athens Regional Medical Center since the Feb. 16 incident on Athen's Oak Street. …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
William Wilson Heaton Jr. faces six charges in connection with the Feb. 16 hit-and-run that critically injured a former Kennesaw State University student.
Bond was set at $50,000 this morning for the alleged hit-and-run driver accused of injuring a former Kennesaw State University student. William Wilson Heaton Jr., 22, of Rydal, must relinquish his driver’s license, abstain from drinking alcohol, and remain under house arrest from 9 p.m. until 7 a.m. each day, according to the Athens Banner-Herald. But before Heaton can be fitted with an ankle monitor, Athens-Clarke County Magistrate Court Associate Judge Benjamin Makin said Heaton must find a place in Athens-Clarke or Oconee counties to live, the Banner-Herald reported. Heaton has been living in Bartow County and working in the farming industry, according to Tony Perrotta, his attorney. He surrendered himself to the Clarke County Sheriff's…
Monday, March 4, 2013
Police continue gathering evidence in the case of Emily Bowman and likely will charge the 22-year-old local resident.
Updated 4 p.m. Attorney Tony Perrotta tells Cartersville Patch that Wilson Heaton, who apparently grew up near Athens in Oconee County, has extended family in Bartow County, where he works in the farming industry. Perrotta said Heaton would turn himself in if charged in connection with the alleged hit-and-run in Athens. "We've offered to surrender since the Saturday it happened," Perrotta said, adding he "can't say" whether Heaton was driving the red pick-up truck that struck Emily Bowman and left the scene. "We're not running, we're right here in Cartersville." Perrotta added the Heaton family is praying for the 19-year-old hit-and-run victim. "The family holds daily prayer vigils for Emily and is praying for her recovery," he said. …
Friday, February 22, 2013
Athens-Clarke County Police continue their investigation into a hit-and-run that critically injured a 19-year-old Woodstock woman, and the truck involved is registered to a Cartersville man.
As Athens-Clarke County Police continue to piece together a case to make an arrest in the hit-and-run that left a Woodstock woman in a coma, a local man may be in their crosshairs. Emily Bowman, 19, a former Kennesaw State University student, was in Athens last weekend to celebrate the birthday of a friend when she was hit by a pick-up truck that fled and was found abandoned not far from the scene. The red Mazda pick-up truck is registered to a Cartersville man, but police have neither released his identity nor the names of any suspects. But police have found evidence that could suggest the suspect most likely was drunk at the time of the incident, according to the Athens Banner-Herald. Police found a bottle of liquor inside the pick-up …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Former Kennesaw State University student Emily Bowman remains in a coma at Athens Regional Medical Center.
The red Mazda pickup truck that authorities located shortly after a former Kennesaw State University student was critically injured in an Athens hit-and-run accident is registered to a 22-year-old Cartersville man, according to a story in the Athens Banner Herald. Neither the man nor his parents are cooperating with the Athens Clarke County Police Department, the story says. His mother lives in Watkinsville and father in Lawrenceville. Also, police found a bottle of liquor inside the truck, the story says, and empty beer cans in the truck bed. Former Kennesaw State student Emily Bowman, who is from Woodstock, was in Athens to attend a friend's birthday party. As she walked on the grassy shoulder of Oak Street just after 3 a.m. Saturday, a…
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7:56 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013
Just stop drinking and driving it hurts everyone more ›