Crime

Man, woman arrested after being rescued from rocks in Chattahoochee River

Raymond Reese (left) and Kateria Johnson (right) were both charged with not wearing a personal flotation device while on the Chattahoochee River Saturday, July 8.
Raymond Reese (left) and Kateria Johnson (right) were both charged with not wearing a personal flotation device while on the Chattahoochee River Saturday, July 8. Columbus

A man and a woman who had to be rescued from the Chattahoochee River Saturday have been arrested.

According to a police report, Raymond Reese and Kateria Johnson were both charged with not wearing a personal flotation device while on the Chattahoochee.

It was about 7 p.m. when a city rescue team had to get Reese and Johnson who were stranded on rocks near the 14th Street Bridge.

A Fort Benning soldier, Pvt. 1st Class Michael Ferreira, died last week when he jumped into the Chattahoochee to swim without wearing a floation device.

Larry Gierer: 706-571-8581, @lagierer

This story was originally published July 9, 2017 at 11:58 AM with the headline "Man, woman arrested after being rescued from rocks in Chattahoochee River."

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