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Crime - Topics from January, 2012

Drug, alcohol sales busts made

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Tuesday, January 24. 2012

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Spalding deputies and investigators have made two arrests for drugs and arrested several store clerks for selling alcohol to minors. [Full Story »]

Lookout issued for armed robber

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Wednesday, January 18. 2012

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Barnesville police investigators have identified through fingerprint evidence the man they say robbed a clerk at B& L Convenience Store at gunpoint January 11. [Full Story »]

Murder trials get underway

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Tuesday, January 17. 2012

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From the 1.17.2012 print/e-edition of The Herald-Gazette

By Walter Geiger

The Lamar County courthouse will be a beehive of activity Monday, Jan. 23 when over 150 traverse jurors report to superior court. Juries will be chosen for two murder trials. [Full Story »]

Alleged copper thieves jailed

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Wednesday, January 11. 2012

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Two men have been jailed by Spalding sheriff's deputies for allegedly stealing copper wire. [Full Story »]

High speed chase; 10-year-old shot in Spalding

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Tuesday, January 10. 2012

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On Wednesday, Jan. 4, James Christopher Vickers, 23, of 2150 Patton Road in Pike County was arrested by members of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Department Special Operations Division. According to Sheriff Wendell Beam Vickers was arrested following a vehicle chase which exceeded 100 miles per hour. The pursuit ended at the intersection of Georgia Hwy 16 and Hollonville Road. [Full Story »]