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Order to quash made official
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Amber Pittman
Published: Jul 3, 2012, 9:27 PM
The order to quash was made official when Newton County Superior Court Judge Eugene Benton filed his order Thursday. After hearing arguments in the civil motion of Alcovy High School Principal LaQuanda Carpenter versus several anonymous bloggers on the Newton Citizen website and against school board District 1 representative Jeff Meadors, Benton declined to grant Carpenter's attorney Stephanie Lindsey the IP addresses and other identifying information for the bloggers. According to the order, Benton found that the Georgia Shield Law did apply for the Citizen, and that Lindsey was required to
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April 3 crash kills two young adults, injures third
Newton County Sheriff Car---WEB
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.