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Crime and Arrests - Topics from February, 2012

Body found off Hwy. 18 in Monroe Co.

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Wednesday, February 29. 2012

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Monroe county investigators are working a case in which a body was found in a car there Wednesday evening. [Full Story »]

Jurors called for March 5 excused

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Tuesday, February 28. 2012

Jurors called for criminal trial duty March 5 have been excused due to the guilty plea entered by Shameik Spinks Monday. [Full Story »]

11 arrested in gang shooting

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Monday, February 27. 2012

On Monday night, Feb. 20, sheriff’s deputies were called to the Amberwood Subdivision in reference to shots being fired. A description of the vehicles involved in the shooting were given to law enforcement officers and deputies located one vehicle on Cowan Road. The Griffin Police Department located the second vehicle on the N. Expressway near Ellis Road. Investigators determined the violence was gang related and suspects arrested were affiliated with either the Ratchet Boys or Southside Gang. [Full Story »]

Spalding arrest records

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Monday, February 27. 2012

Spalding County Sheriff's deputies made the following arrests between Feb. 19 and Feb. 26., including:

WILLIAMS, DECORIUS JAQUAN
620 N 9TH ST, GRIFFIN, GA
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 6 COUNTS, GA STREET GANG TERRORISM [Full Story »]

Spinks trial starts Monday

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Sunday, February 26. 2012

Shameik Spinks goes on trial for murder Monday in Lamar superior court with Judge Tommy Wilson presiding. [Full Story »]

Party over at Eat & Play?

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Friday, February 24. 2012

By Walter Geiger

Tommy's Eat & Play, a rowdy club located at 130 Matthews Street in Barnesville, faces the loss of its business license and mandatory shutdown after the second bust there in three weeks and the third is the past two years.
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Sheriff's Report

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Tuesday, February 21. 2012

Between Friday, Feb. 10, and Wednesday, Feb. 15, the Lamar County sheriff’s office made the following arrests:
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Police Report

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Tuesday, February 21. 2012

Between Saturday, Feb. 11, and Friday, Feb. 17 the Barnesville police department made no arrests.
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Spalding County arrests

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Tuesday, February 21. 2012

The following people were arrested between Feb. 12 and Feb. 19 by the Spalding County Sheriff's Department:

WALWORK, CHRISTOPHER
1362 N 9TH ST, GRIFFIN, GA 021612
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FVA, POSS F/A-KNIFE DURING COM OF CRIME
TERRORISTIC THREATS FVA, STALKING FVA, KIDNAPPING FVA, FALSE
IMPRISONMENT FVA [Full Story »]

Murder trial witness list is lengthy

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Saturday, February 18. 2012

The witness list for the upcoming murder trials of Shameik Spinks and Lekievius Eleby is a lengthy one.

Jury selection for Spinks' trial will get underway Monday, Feb. 27 at 9 a.m. in Lamar superior court.
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Body found at Powell Place

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Thursday, February 16. 2012

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Barnesville Police and coroner Jim Smith are investigating a possible overdose death. UPDATE: The victim has been identified and the death was not drug related. [Full Story »]

Sheriff's Report

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Tuesday, February 14. 2012

During the past week the Lamar ounty sheriff’s office made the following arrests:

Nicholas Cody Huddleston, 20, Villa Rica, computer pornography;
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Police Report

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Tuesday, February 14. 2012

Between Saturday, Feb. 4, and Friday, Feb. 10, the Barnesville police department made 15 arrests:

Juan Fernando R. Valerio, 38, 1531 Hwy. 341 S., Barnesville, no license on person;
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Country Rock, employee cited

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Monday, February 13. 2012

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Spalding County sheriff Wendell Beam reports two citations issued to the owner and an employee at the Country Rock bar in Griffin. [Full Story »]

All but one suspect in rap case cleared

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Friday, February 10. 2012

All but one of five local men charged with making a rap video threatening the life of Barnesville police investigator Al Moltrum last year have been cleared. [Full Story »]