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Four jailed in AC/copper thefts

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Sunday, August 29. 2010

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Four Barnesville residents are in area jails on multiple counts after being arrested in connection with a string of air conditioner/copper thefts. [Full Story »]

Johnson case tips continue to accumulate

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Sunday, August 29. 2010

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Investigators from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Lamar sheriff’s office continue to investigate the now 26-year-old mystery of the murder of Donna Ogletree Johnson. [Full Story »]

GBI busts Upson woman for child porn

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Thursday, August 26. 2010

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Deborah Dawn Brantley, 44, of Upson County has been arrested by a specialized unit of the GBI on child porn and other charges.
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Two locals arrested in Upson break-in

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Thursday, August 26. 2010

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A Barnesville man and his male juvenile companion were arrested for a break-in at a speculative building at the Thomaston-Upson County Airport earlier this week. [Full Story »]

Clark granted change of venue

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Friday, August 20. 2010

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Accused killer Jennifer Clark has been granted a change of venue, moving her trial out of Lamar County. [Full Story »]

Hey! Get a room

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Thursday, August 19. 2010

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Two Barnesville men were charged with public indecency by Monroe County authorities after residents on Mayfield Road there observed them engaged in a sex act. [Full Story »]

Vaughn motion to recover property denied

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Wednesday, August 18. 2010

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During a brief hearing Aug. 12, Superior Court Judge William Fears denied all motions related to Randolph 'Rudy' Vaughn's attempt to recover property confiscated during his arrest and conviction in an interstate theft ring. [Full Story »]

Johnson case: Exhumation laid some rumors to rest

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Friday, August 13. 2010

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Part 13 in a serialization of interviews published on the 26th anniversary of the brutal murder of Donna Johnson:

As part of his revisitation of the Donna Johnson murder case in 2005, then-sheriff Joe Buice had the victim’s body exhumed from Crystal Hill cemetery in Thomaston and examined at the GBI crime lab in Decatur.

The exhumation took place on March 17, 2005. [Full Story »]

Crawford, Sams selected for judgeships

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Tuesday, August 10. 2010

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Pike County's Mack Crawford and Fletcher Sams of Fayette County will be appointed to the two vacant Griffin circuit judicial posts. [Full Story »]

Cops: Johnson crime scene preserved

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Monday, August 9. 2010

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Part 12 in a serialization of interviews published on the 26th anniversary of the brutal murder of Donna Johnson:

Two law enforcement officers who were engaged in the search for Donna Johnson 26 years ago dispute claims made by others that evidence at the scene was destroyed by responding rescue personnel.

Larry Whitlock was the GBI agent assigned to Lamar County at that time. [Full Story »]

Johnson case: Family sought special prosecutor

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Saturday, August 7. 2010

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Part 12 in a serialization of interviews published on the 26th anniversary of the brutal murder of Donna Johnson:

Members of murder victim Donna Johnson’s family, working through a prominent local minister, attempted to have a special prosecutor appointed to the case in 2006. [Full Story »]

I-75 crash kills one, snarls traffic

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Friday, August 6. 2010

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A fatality accident on I-75 in Lamar County near the High Falls Rd. exit killed one and left traffic snarled for about nine hours Friday.
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Johnson case: Byron Smith, Chuck Ledbetter, Rick McCreary

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Thursday, August 5. 2010

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Part 11 in a serialization of interviews published on the 26th anniversary of the brutal murder of Donna Johnson:

Judge E. Byron Smith:

Smith was Flint Circuit District Attorney at the time of the murder and is now a senior judge serving in the Griffin circuit.

“When I got to the scene, I remarked that they better catch somebody tonight because people had trampled all over the evidence. “Over the years, we had all kinds of suspects and evidence come up but none of it ever panned out. I always figured it was a serial killer just passing through the area or a random event. [Full Story »]

Johnson case: Richard Walter, Richard Milam

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Monday, August 2. 2010

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Part 10 in a serialization of interviews published on the 26th anniversary of the brutal murder of Donna Johnson:

Richard Walter:

Richard Walter is a forensic psychologist, criminal profiler and member of The Vidocq Society.

“Since 2005, I have talked with the sheriff (Larry Waller) and former sheriff Buice, about going over the pieces in the Donna Johnson case. I think that in 2005, if they (the investigators and district attorney) did not understand the scenario, then it becomes ‘just information.’ [Full Story »]