By Laura Halm
April 8, 2011
Gwinnett Broadcasting Company (GBC)

Officials with the Sheriff’s Department say a female inmate punched a female deputy in the face Friday. Ernesteen Crawford was in a lineup with other female inmates, when she began shouting. The deputy approached Crawford to talk, and that’s when she threw the punch. Deputies had to use a taser to get Crawford under control – she was then put in a restraint chair. Crawford will be charged with Obstruction of a Law Enforcement Officer. She was moved to a maximum-security unit for female inmates. Crawford has been in jail since January on a felony probation violation. The deputy was not seriously injured.

Police are still looking for 2 men they believe shot and killed a Snellville man. 48-year-old Marvin Tyus was shot just once, and police say there was a scuffle between the suspects and Tyus. Detectives are staying tight lipped on the motive and details on the suspects are vague. The suspects are described as 2 black males – one tall with dreadlocks in his early 30’s. The other is short with short/cropped hair in his early 20’s. The men got away in a red passenger car, and there could be a 3rd suspect.

District 3 County Commissioner Mike Beaudreau will hold April’s monthly meeting Saturday April 9th. The meeting will be held at the Mountain Park Activity Building in Stone Mountain at 10 – 11:30 AM.