A Calhoun, Georgia, man was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for attempting to kill his girlfriend, according to a press release from the Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.
Terry Lee Chamlee, 68, formerly of 135 Dawn Drive, Calhoun pleaded guilty to attempted murder after stabbing his girlfriend multiple times inside Roses department store in Dalton. Conasauga Superior Court Judge Bert Poston sentenced Chamlee to the maximum sentence allowed under Georgia law.
According to court records, Chamlee purchased a knife at Lowe’s on Cleveland Highway on Oct. 24, 2024, and then walked to Roses, where he attacked the victim in the back of the store.
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Witnesses said customers and coworkers assisted the victim as she ran toward the front of the store. Chamlee fled into a nearby Kroger, where surveillance footage showed him changing his appearance. He was confronted by an off-duty Dalton police officer but stabbed himself before being taken into custody.