Stephen Neal Brehaut

Alleged Lighthouse arsonist to plead guilty

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Walter Geiger

in Crime and Arrests

Thursday, April 11. 2013

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Stephen Neal Brehaut is expected to enter a guilty plea in Lamar superior court April 24 in connection with the arson fire that destroyed his family's restaurant, The Lighthouse, on July 10, 2012.

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#1 M. C. on 04/11/13 at 02:44 PM

well folks lets see how light of a sentence the old family money,good ol boys of lamar county get him.i'm sure they will make it sound like its such a good deal for the community.while forgetting the danger he put law enforcement,firemen,EMT's, Ect..in.also putting all those people that worked at the light house out of work.trying to ripoff the insurance co.

this will be interesting

#2 It's Me on 04/11/13 at 10:38 PM

Good. Doing the right thing does save taxpayer money.

#3 Uncle Sam on 04/13/13 at 08:38 AM

Right on M.C......the scales of justice. Money and No Money.

#4 Uncle Sam on 04/13/13 at 09:22 PM

If he was doing the right thing he would have never started the fire in the 1st place

#5 Serenity McClure on 04/15/13 at 01:17 AM

I was an employee of the Lighthouse and had the pleasure of working with Stephen Brehaut and family. I have read the comments that people post for the last year I just couldn't keep quiet any longer people are so cruel! For Lamar co. to be a close community full of Christians I am ashamed to say I was raised there. My father was a minister and a judge there and I'm not sure how the people commenting were raised at but I was brought up in a Barnesville that was a giving and supportive community I was raised in to always give encouragement not to knock someone down when they were at a low point in life and not to believe everything you read. CORRECTION needs to be made- Stephen has never confessed to starting a fire for insurance money. I have not once turned my back on him and will not. He was a caring wonderful boss and still a true friend of mine. I do realize Lamar co is full of busy bodies and gossipers. I am so glad there are people on here that are without faults!

#6 Uncle Sam on 04/15/13 at 06:32 PM

he plead guilty and put many lives at risk..........you scare me lady, have fun visiting him in jail.

#7 Robert Tippin on 04/16/13 at 09:42 AM

While I appreciate how difficult it is to see someone you know in trouble, but truthfully he is pleading guilty and it is reported he confessed. Even if you say he did not confess, why would he plead guilty if he didn't do it? If I were in the same position, but was innocent I would not confess nor plead guilty even if it meant a lighter sentence (that demonstrates a lack of integrity).

As has been said, he put a lot of people in danger by setting the fire and cost a lot of taxpayer money. He may have otherwise been a nice person and a great employer, but that doesn't take away from the things which he is pleading guilty to and reportedly confessed to.

Barnesville is still a supportive community. However, patting people on the back for committing crimes is not my interpretation of being supportive. If you want to be supportive, encourage Stephen Neal Brehaut to make better choices in the future.

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