Shotgun, drugs seized from injured drivers
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com
      A loaded shotgun and a cache of drugs were found after a violent wreck in downtown Waynesboro. According to Trooper Bruce Rowell of the Georgia State Patrol Office, the head-on collision occurred just after 4 a.m. Saturday when Keysville resident Robert Lee Drayton Jr.
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Animal cruelty cases
Couple slapped with 70 charges
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com
      A Richmond County couple was jailed after hiding 12 malnourished dogs on their Burke County home site. Kendrick Jennings, 33, and Jennifer Ruhl, 31, will face 35 charges apiece, including 17 for cruelty to animals, 17 for failure to provide inoculations and another for obstructing or hindering an...
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Waynesboro Police
      The following arrests and citations were reported by the Waynesboro Police Department for the past week: Tuesday, March 18 • Neisheena Kiera Griffin, 20, of 720 Briarwood Court, Waynesboro, was arrested for shoplifting.
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Burke County Sheriff
      The following arrests and citations were reported by the Burke County Sheriff's Office for the past week: Wednesday, March 19 • Francoise Dionysus Roberts, 39, of Apt. 17 Ashton Village, Waynesboro, was arrested for theft by taking, escape, simple battery (Family Violence Act) and proba...
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From the Blotter
      Invisible house A Florida woman is hot after paying 40-grand for a house that was never finished. According to a report filed at the Burke County Sheriff's Office, the woman said she bought a lot on Bates Road several years ago and paid a builder up-front to build a house there.
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Road rage pits son against mom
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com
      A Hephzibah man was arrested for forcing his mother's vehicle off the road in a fit of rage. Jody Lee Eacho, 30, was jailed last Tuesday on charges of aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident with injury, aggressive driving and obstructing or hindering a law enfor...
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Burglars busted by angry girlfriend
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com
      Two teenage burglars are behind bars, thanks to a digital photograph and an angry girlfriend. Lamar Coleman, 17, and Jamal Anfield, 19, were arrested last Thursday when deputies found stolen goods hidden in holes and trenches behind the former's Moxleyville Road home.
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