Paulding Sheriff Sets Up Reward Fund in Silver Comet Trail Attack

by Scott Bernarde

The Paulding County sheriff has created a reward fund to find the person whobrutally attacked Tina Waddell on the Silver Comet Trail last week.

Sheriff Gary Gulledge set up the Tina Waddell Reward Fund at the Bank of North Georgia branch in Hiram for information leading to the arrest and prosecution in the case.

Waddell was attacked on July 29 on the trail near the Vernot Aiken bridge. She was reportedly dragged into the woods and brutally beaten. A bicyclist found her after she had crawled out near the trail. She suffered several facial injuries and will need to have her jaw wired shut for four to six weeks.

“The creation of this fund will hopefully prompt someone to break their silence that may be holding that key piece of information that could help us break this case. It is our hope that this reward will be the catalyst that helps us find our suspect(s),” Gulledge said in a news release.

If you have information in this case, call the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division at 770-443-3015.

The reward fund will remain in place until Aug. 5, 2016 and donations can be made anonymously. The Bank of North Georgia Hiram Branch is located at 75 Metromont Road in Hiram (phone number 770-943-4348).

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