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NCSO looking for ice cream truck driver
Parents allege inappropriate behavior
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Amber Pittman
Updated: Jul 4, 2010, 4:30 AM
Published: Jul 3, 2010, 8:55 PM

Deputies from the Newton County Sheriff’s Office were called to a home in the Alcovy Mobile Home Park Monday afternoon by parents who alleged an ice cream man inappropriately touched their daughter.

When deputies arrived they were informed that the victim, an 8-year-old girl, went with her siblings to buy ice cream from the ice cream truck around 4:37 p.m. As the girl was leaving, the ice cream man reportedly told her to come back and that she had a bug on her back, according to NCSO Public Information Officer Corporal Anthony Washington.

The girl walked back to the man was and the ice cream man allegedly stroked her hair and neck. The actions were reportedly witnesses by her siblings. When they told their parents, they confronted the ice cream man, who then left the area.

The man is described as a white male, about 5-foot-8-inches tall, who goes by the name “Nathan.”

Anyone with information about incident is asked to contact the NCSO at (678) 625-1400 or online at www.newtonsheriffga.org. All tips can be given anonymously.
April 3 crash kills two young adults, injures third
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Kate Verity
Published: Apr 4, 2025, 10:29 PM

NEWTON COUNTY — Around 10 a.m. on Thursday, a head-on collision on Highway 212 left two young adults dead and a third hospitalized.

Joe Navarro, 21, was driving the vehicle and Breanna Smith, 18, was in the passenger seat. Katie New, 20, sat between them.

According to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle lost control while going around a curve and crossed the centerline, where it collided head-on with a box truck. The crash report shows that their vehicle traveled another hundred feet after impact before coming to a stop. It spun, ended up facing the opposite direction on the shoulder of the opposite lane.

Navarro and Smith were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. New was airlifted to Grady Hospital. Her current condition is not known. 

Navarro, Smith and New were not believed to be wearing seatbelts when the collision occurred.

The driver of the box truck was not reported to have suffered any injuries.

This is an ongoing story. The News will post updates as they are made available.