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Crime - Topics from January, 2014

Upson man charged with molesting 12-year-old girl

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Tuesday, January 28. 2014

An Upson County man has been charged with child molestation after allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old girl. [Full Story »]

Another chop shop popped

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Monday, January 27. 2014

Area authorities have closed in on and shut down another active chop shop. [Full Story »]

Final overdose death defendant pleads guilty

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Tuesday, January 14. 2014

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Jessica Amanda Casteel of Williamson, the last unsentenced codefendant in the Ryan Lovick overdose case, entered a plea of guilty to one count of abandonment of a dead body in Lamar superior court Jan. 8.
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Suspect in armed robberies jailed

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Friday, January 10. 2014

A suspect in multiple area armed robberies has been jailed. [Full Story »]

Griffin officers make four arrests in vehicle and apartment thefts

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Monday, January 6. 2014

Griffin police have made four arrests in connection with two investigations into thefts from autos along E. College Street and a break-in at Pine Hill Apartments. [Full Story »]

Grand jury hands down indictments

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Saturday, January 4. 2014

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The following people were indicted by the Lamar County Grand Jury and will be arraigned in superior court on Feb.

13. Judge Bill Fears will preside.

James Linton Barnes, family violence battery;

Daniel Ray Nash, possession of a sawed-off shotgun or machine gun, possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of or attempt to commit a crime, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, driving while license suspended or revoked, possession of drug related objects and defective equipment; [Full Story »]