Georgia councilman charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats
By Tim Darnell, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT A Fort Valley city councilman is out on $50,000 bond and has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor after being arrested on charges of aggravated assault and making terroristic threats. Jimmy Barnes was arrested in Peach County earlier this week. He was released Thursday. A July 3 incident report from the Peach County Sheriff’s Office, according to WMAZ, said Barnes allegedly threatened to shoot a woman and called her a racial slur at the Highway 49 Food Mart. On Thursday night, Barnes’ arrest was a topic during a City Council Zoom meeting,…