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Between Monday, February 17 and Monday, February 24 the Barnesville Police Department made the following arrests: [Full Story »] 

UPDATE 4 FROM MCSO:
As you know on Thursday, February 27, 2020, at approximately 3:30 am the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and Monroe County Emergency services responded to a residential fire on Old Zebulon Road in Monroe County. Upon arrival, the house was fully engulfed and Firefighters worked to extinguish the flames. Unfortunately, Investigators discovered two bodies in the home.

During the initial investigation, Investigators discovered that the homeowner/renters, Tasha Vandiver’s vehicle was missing. The Sheriff’s Office immediately entered the vehicle’s information into the system.

At approximately 4:00pm, authorities from the McCraken County Sheriff’s Office (in western Kentucky) contacted us stating that they had stopped Vandiver's vehicle and inside the vehicle was Candace Walton. Authorities took Walton into custody and two Investigators traveled to McCracken County to speak with Walton.

Upon further Investigation, enough probable cause was obtained to charge 16 year old Candace Walton with Two (2) counts of Felony Murder, Arson, and multiple counts of Theft by Taking. Walton’s picture is below.

At this time, we are still waiting on the GBI Crime Lab to positively identify the bodies found in the home.

UPDATE 3:
Sources tell The Herald Gazette the mother, Tasha Vandiver, actually died in the fire and the Monroe County coroner misidentified the body. The daughter, Candice Walton, is being questioned and is suspected of setting the fatal fire.

UPDATE 2 FROM LEWIS:

We have just received information that the female individual in the residential fire is not Candice Walton. At this time, we are unsure of the identification of the female and we will wait for positive identification to come from the GBI Crime Lab on both individuals. Also, we will not comment on the information that we have received just yet. We will update as more information is available. In addition, we have located the white Chevrolet Malibu. We will not comment at this time where the vehicle was located. [Full Story »] 

Two drivers were cut out of their vehicles by first responders following a high-impact crash at the intersection of Zebulon Road and Ga. Hwy. 7 Wednesday morning.

Initial indications were a Ford Escape was eastbound on Zebulon Road and pulled out in front of a Ford Focus which was southbound on the four-lane about 8:20 a.m. Three people were taken to Spalding Regional by ambulance. None of the three as thought to have life-threatening injuries.

Both vehicles were totaled. The state patrol is investigating.

For more on this story, see the 3.3.20 print edition of The Herald Gazette.

Between Friday, February 14 and Thursday, February 20 the following were processed through the Lamar County jail: [Full Story »]