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Murphy – Local artist Mike Lalone presented the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office with a pencil sketch of fallen Officer Francisco Flattes on Aug. 27.
Flattes was killed in the line of duty on June 30 while taking an inmate to a doctor’s appointment in Peachtree. The community profoundly mourned his loss.
The sketch took three different types of pencils and two weeks to complete.
The sketch was born out of a desire to do something for the family and the department. Deputy Robert Manning is the son-in-law of Flattes.
The atmosphere was evident that the loss of one of their own remains profoundly felt.