Regional Roundup: Missing Monroe Man's Body Found in Well, Early Morning Attempted Bank Robbery, and Chickens ‘in Various Stages’ Cause Road Closure

Body of Missing Monroe Man Found -- Athens Patch

For the past month, his family in Monroe never lost hope.

They prayed and publicized the fact that Charles Steven Parker went missing one Sunday after church on a trip to Athens to look at a possible business investment. They offered $10,000 for information leading to finding him.

On Monday, authorities found the body of the 25-year-old Bank of America assistant manager in Oglethorpe County, according to a story in the Athens Banner-Herald.

Jim Fullington, who's the head of the GBI's Athens field office, told the newspaper the death is a probable homicide. A local resident found the man's decomposing body in an abandoned well in Oglethorpe County's Sandy Cross community.

That's only a few miles from the Smithonia community, where authorities tracked his cell phone after he was reported missing, the Athens Banner-Herald story says.

Attempted Armed Robbery in Loganville -- Loganville-Grayson Patch

Loganville Police are looking for a man who attempted to rob the Athens First Bank and Trust about 7:20 a.m. Tuesday.

“What we know is that he is a black male, about 5 foot 10 - 6 foot, thin, and he was last seen wearing dark pants and jacket and a light colored stocking cap – the kind with flaps that come down over your ears,” said Lt. Mike Westbrooks of the Loganville Police Department. “He was also wearing material of some sort covering his mouth.”

Westbrooks confirmed that the witness, a bank employee arriving early to open up, did see a gun in the man’s hand.

Call 770-466-8087 if you have any information information.

More than 100 Live Chickens Fall off Truck – Cumming Patch

About 150 live chickens crammed into a cage fell off a truck late Monday morning causing authorities to shutdown Matt Highway (SR 369) between Wallace Tatum Road and Whitmire Road in north Forsyth County for awhile.

According to Capt. Jason Shivers of the Forsyth County Fire Department, many of the chickens in that cage were killed on impact.

"And that's what shut the road down for some time was the fact that the cage fell off the truck and there were chickens in various stages on the highway," said Shivers.