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Apparent home invasion probed

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Tuesday, July 21. 2009

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Sheriff's investigators continue to probe an apparent home invasion burglary that occurred in the 1800 block of Highway 36 East in Milner July 16 and left an elderly man with head injuries. [Full Story »]

Modern day Zorros busted by cops

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Sherri Ellington

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Sunday, July 19. 2009

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(from the Thomaston Times/Michele Ford).

Two Barnesville teens were arrested and a third was on the run after attempting a robbery in Thomaston July 14 that would certainly qualify them for the Dumb Crook News – especially if they were wearing the Zorro masks.
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Domestic squabble turns violent

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Walter Geiger

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Saturday, July 18. 2009

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An Atlanta Street man is in an area hospital after being stabbed twice early this morning in a one-room shed he calls home behind a residence at 402 Atlanta Street. [Full Story »]

Crashed vehicle allegedly stolen

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Thursday, July 16. 2009

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Sheriff's investigators and deputies have determined a car that crashed into a tree on Fredonia Church Road near the C&B convenience store at approximately 2:30 p.m. Thursday was stolen.

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Burousas death confirmed a homicide

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Sunday, July 12. 2009

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"It's been ruled a homicide," Pike County Coroner Terrell Moody said Friday of the recent death of Concord resident Jimmie "Buzz" Burousas Jr. [Full Story »]

Authorities probing Caldwell Bridge Rd. killing

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Walter Geiger

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Thursday, July 2. 2009

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Pike County deputies and other authorities are investigating an apparent home invasion at 560 Caldwell Bridge Rd. near Concord July 1 in which a man was reportedly shot to death and his wife savagely beaten.

Pike County coroner Terrell Moody identified the dead man as 60-year-old Jimmie (Buzz) Burousas Jr., son of former Lamar County chief magistrate Jimmie Burousas Sr.

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Chief Worthy goes to trial

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Tuesday, June 30. 2009

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The case of Morehouse police chief Vernon Worthy will be on the criminal court calendar that will be heard Wednesday, July 1. The trials themselves will begin July 20 with Judge Tommy Wilson presiding.
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DNA links burglar to more crimes

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Sherri Ellington

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Thursday, June 25. 2009

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A Milner man serving time for burglaries in Lamar County has been linked to two more break-ins in Spalding County. Robert F. Funderburk, 28, incarcerated in Wheeler County, is headed back to Griffin to face the additional charges.
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Supreme Court weighs in on Mangrum counsel

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Walter Geiger

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Tuesday, June 16. 2009

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The Georgia Supreme Court has remanded the case of Jamerson Mangrum back to Cherokee County superior court for hearings to determine if he received effective counsel during his December, 2005 trial. [Full Story »]

Abreu deemed incompetent; ordered institutionalized

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Walter Geiger

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Tuesday, June 9. 2009

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Former Barnesville municipal judge Henry Abreu has been deemed unfit to stand trial and unfit to assist his legal counsel following a court-ordered mental evaluation.

Following a lengthy probation revocation hearing that delayed grand jury proceedings Monday, Judge Tommy Wilson ordered Abreu held at Central State Hospital in Milledgeville for 90 days or until he is deemed fit to stand trial. [Full Story »]

Abreu faces the music June 8

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Walter Geiger

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Thursday, May 28. 2009

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Former Barnesville municipal judge Henry Abreu will go before Judge Tommy Wilson at 9 a.m. Monday June 8 for his second probation revocation hearing in less than a month. [Full Story »]

Two more jailed in cocaine conspiracy probe

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Walter Geiger

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Tuesday, May 26. 2009

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Two more suspects have been arrested and jailed in connection with the cocaine conspiracy investigation here. [Full Story »]

Abreu in hot water again

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Saturday, May 23. 2009

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Just 10 short days after he was fitted with an ankle monitor to track his whereabouts after an alleged probation violation, former Barnesville municipal judge Henry Abreu is in trouble again. [Full Story »]

Alleged meth killer gets $1 million bond

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Saturday, May 23. 2009

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(from the 5.19.09 print edition of the herald-gazette)

A man charged with murder in a drug deal gone bad was granted a $1 million bond following a hearing in Lamar superior court May 15.
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Firefighters, sheriff's investigators probing suspicious fire

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Walter Geiger

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Tuesday, May 19. 2009

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Firefighters called investigators from the Lamar County sheriff's department to the scene of a mobile home fire that broke out at about 4 p.m. May 19 at 201 Midway Road. [Full Story »]