Regional Roundup: Construction Worker Crushed, Sheriff's Employee Charged With Having Sex With Inmate, andVehicular Homicide Suspect Indicted

– Cumming Patch

A 46-year-old man operating heavy equipment on a home site under construction in a south Forsyth County subdivision was killed Thursday morning, according to authorities.

The accident occurred just before 11:30 on Bramble Bush Way in the subdivision off James Burgess Road, said Capt. Jason Shivers with the .

Jeffery McGhee of Cumming was operating a skid-steer loader (brand name "Bobcat") and is believed to have backed down a steep incline and hit a tree.

"The impact crushed him in the cab of the equipment," said Shivers. "He was dead upon the arrival of the fire department."

McGhee is survived by his wife and son and was employed with John P. Wood Grading and Hauling based in Cumming.

--Loganville-Grayson Patch

Duone Clark, an employee at the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office, was arrested Wednesday night after allegations that he had sexual activity with an inmate in the county's custody wsbtv.com reported.

Clark was charged with violation of oath by a public officer and sexual assault, the report said. An investigation is ongoing after enough evidence was secured for an arrest.

Clark has since resigned from the sheriff's office, the report said.

Clark is a Lilburn resident, according to the booking by the sheriff's office.

– Stone Mountain Patch

The woman accused in the death of an Atlanta Police officer, has been indicted.

Police say Chastity Jones, 22, of Stone Mountain was driving the vehicle that struck and killed Gail Thomas, a 15-year veteran of the Atlanta Police Department as she exited her patrol vehicle on I-75/I-85 last month.

Jones’ blood alcohol level reportedly tested .16 at the scene, twice the legal limit.