Second rape reported in northern Burke
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com
      A second Richmond County woman says she was raped in Burke County. Early last Wednesday morning, the 34-year-old victim told deputies two black men in a white car offered her a ride when they saw her walking along Bobby Jones Expressway just after 4 a.m.
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Teens arrested for consensual sex
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com
      Two teenagers were arrested for what appears to have been consensual sex. A Waynesboro mother took her 13-year-old daughter to the emergency room Aug. 23 after learning she'd had sex with a 17-year-old.
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Mother of neglected children could face charges, bond denied for father
By Diana Royal dianar@thetruecitizen.com
      While Christine Long, 38, wasn't charged when authorities found her and her 11 children living in fetid conditions on July 31, the grand jury now has the power to say whether she should have been ... and she could still face indictment.
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Waynesboro Police
      The following arrests and citations were reported by the Waynesboro Police Department for the past week: Sunday, Aug. 17 • Ike Cunningham, 52, of 753 Hwy. 25 South, Waynesboro, was arrested for probation violation. Tuesday, Aug.
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From the Blotter
      Hard worker A wanted felon was apprehended, thanks to her son on a speeding four-wheeler. According to a report filed at the Burke County Sheriff's Office, residents in the Perkins Road area called deputies to report a boy driving through the neighborhood at "extremely high rates of speed.
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Jurors selected for Superior Court
      Jurors have been drawn for the April 2008 term of Superior Court criminal session with Judge James G. Blanchard presiding. Jurors are to report Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 10 a.m. The list of jurors includes Mae Ruth Dixon of Girard; Toni L. Bush, Waynesboro; Jeremy Shane Yates, Keysville; Mamie B.
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Padgett appointed judge
From Staff Reports
      The governor has appointed Columbia County's Chief Magistrate Judge as the newest Superior Court Judge on the Augusta Judicial Circuit. Wade Padgett, 43, will officially take the bench on Jan. 31 when Judge Duncan Wheale retires.
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