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Suspect captured after fleeing from deputies on I-75

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Monday, March 23. 2009

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A man fled on foot after Lamar deputies stopped his car on I-75 this afternoon. The suspect was later captured on Unionville Road after an intensive search.

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Murder suspect commits suicide after Zebulon traffic stop

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Saturday, March 21. 2009

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A man wanted for murder in Cobb County shot himself with a rifle after being pulled over in downtown Zebulon Saturday afternoon. The man, identified as 43-year-old Randall Keith Fisher, subsequently died at a Griffin hospital from the self-inflicted wound. [Full Story »]

Alleged burglar no mental giant

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Friday, March 20. 2009

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According to a witness, a Locust Grove man charged in a string of local burglaries was "not the sharpest tool in the shed." [Full Story »]

Alleged killer appears in court

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Thursday, March 19. 2009

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The man charged with murdering his Grove Street neighbor in a drug deal gone bad appeared before chief magistrate William Thomas today during a preliminary hearing. [Full Story »]

Another serial church arsonist is out on parole

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Wednesday, March 18. 2009

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A third serial church arsonist, part of a group of young men who vandalized and burglarized churches throughout middle Georgia, has been paroled. [Full Story »]

LCSO, NTF make meth arrest

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Walter Geiger

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Monday, March 16. 2009

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Lamar sheriff's deputies and agents of the Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant at 131 Bulldog Court today, making one arrest and seizing four grams of methamphetamine and a quantity of marijuana, according to sheriff Larry Waller.

Bulldog Court is located off Unionville Road in Lamar County. [Full Story »]

Cops get stimulus money

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, March 13. 2009

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With the local crime rate spiraling upward at a dizzying pace, local law enforcement agencies learned last week they are eligible for stimulus funds. [Full Story »]

Morehouse police chief indicted

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Walter Geiger

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Tuesday, March 10. 2009

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The Herald-Gazette has confirmed Morehouse College police chief Vernon Worthy was indicted today by the Lamar County grand jury on charges of false imprisonment, aggravated assault and pointing a gun at another. The charges arose out of a confrontation in which Worthy allegedly pulled a gun on a local man whom he claimed was trespassing.

Testimony at a magistrate court hearing last year, however, indicated Worthy was the trespasser.

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Bank security footage of robbery

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Walter Geiger

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Monday, March 9. 2009

Captain Craig Cooper of the Barnesville Police Department has released the following images of alleged bank robbery suspect Leonard William Willis inside the bank. [Full Story »]

Shots fired; alleged shooters crash car

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Walter Geiger

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Saturday, March 7. 2009

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More wanton violence erupted in Barnesville today when shots were fired in the area of Sims Street, Johnstonville Road and Crawford Road. No one was hit by the gunfire but two people were injured in a subsequent car crash in which a vehicle overturned. [Full Story »]

Two busted for meth

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, March 6. 2009

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A probation violation investigation resulted in two arrests for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute here March 5. [Full Story »]

Attorney general to keynote meth summit

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, March 6. 2009

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Sheriff Larry Waller has announced that Georgia attorney general Thurbert Baker will keynote a meth summit to be held in Lamar County on June 2, 2009 at the Middle School Auditorium. The summit was prompted by a series of stories on the local meth problem in The Herald-Gazette. [Full Story »]

Bank robbery a family affair for United Bank heist suspect

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, March 6. 2009

Reporter Joe Kovac Jr. of The Macon Telegraph profiles Leonard William Willis Jr. whose wife is also in prison for bank robbery. [Full Story »]

Arrest made in Milner murder

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Walter Geiger

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Thursday, March 5. 2009

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Authorities have made at least one arrest in connection with the weekend murder of William Charles (Bubba) Milner of Lamar County. Here is the report from the Jackson Progress-Argus. [Full Story »]

Cops: Man hit banks to buy drugs

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Thursday, March 5. 2009

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Employees at United Bank in Barnesville may have been in more danger than originally thought Wednesday. Information has surfaced indicating Robbery suspect Leonard William Willis hit eight banks in a short period of time to get money to feed a severe drug problem.

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