Around the Region: Parapro Sends Nude Pictures to Student, Woman Allegedly Assaults Employee With Car and Residents Demand Help With Coyotes

– Oconee Patch

A teacher's aide at is behind bars for allegedly sending nude photos of himself to a female student, officials announced Wednesday.

Jeremy Wetzel, 24, of Clotfelter Road, has been charged with child molestation stemming from the sending of electronic images of a sexual nature and not a physical act, according to a news release from the Oconee County Sheriff's Office.

A friend of the 15-year-old victim reported the situation to school officials who then contacted the and, within an hour, Wetzel was arrested at his home.

The incident remains under investigation.

– Barrow Patch

A Winder resident was arrested Dec. 4, 2011, following an incident in a local fast-food restaurant parking lot.  

Kimberly L. Elliott, 23, of 230 Wood Ave. in Winder, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault after a witness reported she attempted to run over a assistant manager.

Elliott told police she was trying to pull into the parking space and back into another when the McDonald’s employee confronted her, called her a name and told her to find another parking space. Passengers in the vehicle said the situation was blown out of proportion and the assistant manager was very rude and disrespectful.

– Decatur/Avondale Estates Patch

Christy Bosarge said she screamed in rage as the coyote ran down the street holding her cat in its mouth.

“The coyote was not deterred in the least when I chased it,” Bosarge told the Decatur City Commission Monday night. “When I showed aggressive behavior the coyote showed no fear.”

The commission sympathized with Bosarge over the death of her cat, but took no action.

Mayor Bill Floyd said the city wants to find a solution to the coyote problem in Bosarge’s East Parkwood Road neighborhood but "we're not sure what that should be."

Residents want the city to consider active and aggressive measures against the coyotes, such as trapping or eradication.

In the past, the city government has urged people to learn to live with the coyotes, saying eradication doesn’t work because new coyotes take the place of trapped ones.