Woman’s Note To Cashier Helps Deputies Track Down Gerald Man

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said a woman who slipped a note to a cashier informing them the man she was with had a gun helped authorities track him down.

According to Sheriff Steven Pelton, deputies were dispatched to the 9000 block of Excelsior Road in Gerald on Jan. 16. The reporting party said they had received a distressed phone call in the middle of the night from the suspect's phone.

When the reporting party tried calling back, the call was disconnected.

Deputies attempted to contact the suspect at his residence, but nobody was home. 

Read more on this story in the Jan. 27 issue of the Independent News.