Crime

Reward being offered for Lake Blackshear Retreat robbers

Submitted by Amber Eady, Web Producer

Thursday, July 12th, 2012, 3:44pm

Reward being offered for Lake Blackshear Retreat robbers

CORDELE, GA - News release from Planters First

Reward is being offered for information that Captures and Convicts those responsible for Robbery and Assault at Lake Blackshear Retreat. The incident occurred on Tues., July 3rd, 2012.
Tips may remain anonymous. Please report any information that you have to Crisp County Sheriff’s Department at 229-276-2600.
If you wish to donate to reward fund, please call Planters First in Cordele Georgia.

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Two arrests made in MBM Food Services fuel theft

Submitted by Amber Eady, Web Producer

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012, 4:30pm

Two arrests made in MBM Food Services fuel theft

CRISP COUNTY, GA - News release from Crisp County Sheriff's Office

According to Sheriff Donnie Haralson the Crisp County Sheriff Office was called to MBM Customized Food Service on April 4th, 2012.
The manager of MBM reported they had discovered approximately $20,000 in fuel theft.
According to MBM the loss for the year could be upwards toward $100,000.00 depending how long this activity was going on.

Source: Crisp County Sheriff's Office, Joshua Holly

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Suprmem Court: Guilty plea by Crisp Co. man invalid

Submitted by Amber Eady, Web Producer

Monday, January 9th, 2012, 12:38pm

Here is a summary of the 14-page opinion of the court:

FULLWOOD V. THE STATE (S11A1725)
The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed a lower court’s ruling and determined that a man’s guilty plea to drug charges more than 20 years ago was invalid because the trial judge did not ensure that he understood his right to have a lawyer present during his plea.

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Owner of DDL Transport, LLC indicted

Submitted by Amber Eady, Web Producer

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011, 1:48pm

CORDELE, GA – News release from Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia

Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Devasko Dewayne Lewis , age 33, of Cordele, Georgia, was taken into federal custody and appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Stephen Hyles in Columbus, Georgia for initial appearance and bond proceedings on December 21, 2011.

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1974 murder of Warner Robins girl solved

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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011, 12:52pm

PERRY, GA – News release from Georgia Bureau of Investigation

On August 1, 1974, Ima Jean Sanders, a white female then 13 years old, disappeared from Warner Robins, GA, where she resided. In April 1976, skeletal remains of a young female were found in a wooded area off GA Highway 96 in Peach County, GA. The remains could not be identified and were retained by the GBI Crime Laboratory in Atlanta.

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GA mayor arrested for attempted aggravated child molestation

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Friday, October 28th, 2011, 12:30pm

GA mayor arrested for attempted aggravated child molestation

ATLANTA, GA - News release from Atlanta Office of Federal Bureau of Investigation

Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Brian D. Lamkin announces, on behalf of the FBI’s Northwest Georgia Safe Child Task Force, the following arrest at Chatsworth, Georgia:
Cary Rhodes, 57 years of age, of Taylorsville, Georgia (Bartow County), was arrested on Thursday, October 27, 2011, by FBI agents and Task Force Officers after coming to the attention of undercover officers on the internet.

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