Mother leaves baby in hot car
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com
      A Burke County mother was arrested for leaving her baby in a parked car at Wal-Mart. Tabatha Gail Skinner, 20, was charged with cruelty to children in the second degree, a felony, after a shopper heard the cries from her 18-month-old son around lunchtime Monday.
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Driver backs into toddler, leaves scene
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com
      A Keysville man was arrested after he backed into a toddler at a convenience store. According to a report filed at the Waynesboro Police Department, 53-year-old Charlie Broxton was arrested for hit and run last Thursday. The 2-year-old was walking through the Jet Food Store parking lot with his...
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Deputies recover $6,000 in stolen coins
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com
      Around $6,000 worth of stolen coins were recovered when a teen tried to spend one on a soda. Burke County deputies were called to Del-Mac last Friday when the 17-year-old produced a gold Liberty coin worth about $1,000. Officers searched the teen and his two friends and found five more coins in...
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From the Blotter
      Scissors and bricks Police responded to two complaints involving nontraditional weapons. Saturday evening, two young Waynesboro residents said an older man and woman came into their yard without permission and started an argument.
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Waynesboro Police
      The following arrests and citations were reported by the Waynesboro Police Department for the past week: Friday, July 25 • Maurice Tremain Jones, 20, of 210 Independence Drive, Waynesboro, was arrested for battery and two counts of cruelty to children in the third degree (Family Violence ...
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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: Thursday, July 10 • Frank Sentell Walker Jr.
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Jurors drawn for Superior Court
      Jurors have been drawn for the April 2008 term of Superior Court criminal/civil session with Judge Duncan D. Wheale presiding. Jurors are to report Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 9 a.m. The list of jurors includes Lillie Lee Conner of Waynesboro; Daniel P. Zwick, Hephzibah; Johnny Leon Sales, Hephzibah; ...
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