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HCKANSVILLE, GA
PERMIT NO. 35
Formerly The Hogansville Herald
Sen00g the Hogansville-Grantville Area Sim:e 1944
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iOi__ 59, NO. 52 HOGANSVILLE, GEORGIA- THURSDAY, DEC. 26, 2002 8 PAGES • 1 SECTION ° 50€
4 Jailed for Dol00, Gambling
Sheriff's Department Raid
! HE CAME, HE SAW, HE CONQUERED VlLLE- Crocker P.T.O. presented a Christmas program recent-
ly and Santa happened to drop by. The children chatted with him and had their pictures made with Santa. Top
i Photo: Sitting in Santa's lap is Kayla Bailey at the program.
00170 EnjoyAnnual
Kent Yule Party
iBy BRYAN GETER
:! Mo¢e than 70 members of the Robert Louie
i and Odessa Kent family met at the Corinth United
Methodist Church Saturday, December 14 for
!their annual Christmas Party.-
Seven of Mrs. Kent's ten children were pres-
3 " Rose Bone, a daughter, came the furtherest
":hs she came from Walton County.
Other children present were Skeet Kent,
iMary Gladney, LeRoy Kent, Agnes Driessens,
lPeggy Seymour and Jack Kent.
!i Barbara Cargill of Colorado, Bonnie Morgan
Arizona and Katherine Christian of Alabama
not present.
The children along with the grandchildren
great-grandchildren enjoyed the gospel
by the Highlanders from MountAUe.
Afterwards, the tables were filled with turkey
dressing plus ham prepared by the
All enjoyed the vegetables, bread and
provided by-other family members.
After all were filled, everytme joined in the
of the Christmas gifts.
Granny Kent, 87, seemed to enjoy the event
:the most and was thankful to the Good Lord for
fiber health and strength. "
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Follows Two-M0nth Probe
By BRYAN GETER
Troup County Sheriff's
Department arrested 14 peo-
ple Monday night on Btxrr,
Elm and Ware Streets in
Hogansville for drug and
gambling charges.
Troup County Sheriff
Donny qarner said county
drug agents had spent more
than two months making
undercover buys in
Hogansville.
Turner said his depart-
ment has beerl so busy with
methamphetamines lately
that they haven't had time to
deal with the street sale of
drugs.
"When many complaitats
came from the housing proj-
ect area," he said, "we had to
do something."
The raids began around 9
p.m.
Agents found seven peo-
ple playing cards for money
in a back bedt'oom at the res-
ident of Billy Ray Rutledge,
36, of 106 Boozer Street.
More than $4,700 in cash
wa s seized along withcards,
untaxed liquor d suspe,
ed cocaine and marijuana.
Rutledge, six other gam-
blers and two other people
were taken into custody.
Arrested were:
• Billy Ray Rutledge, 36,
of Boozer Street- five counts
of selling cocaine; one count
each of keeping a gambling
place, possession of untaxed
liquor and gambling.
• Charlie lee Boyd, 46, of
Elm Street - three counts of
selling cocaine and one count
each of possession of cocaine
with the intent to dtribute,
possession of marijuana with
intent to distribute and gam-
bffng.
Agents said Boyd was
found with 25 rocks of sus-
pected crack cocaine and 22
bags of suspected marijuana
at the time he was arrestect
At his residence, about
one ounce of suspected mar-
ijuana, two large $100 rocks
and five smaller rocks of sus-
pected crack cocaine were
seized.
• Charles Edwaxd
Cameron, 45, of Ware Street
four counts of selling
cocaine, possession of
cocaine with intent to dis-
tribute and gambling.
Cameron allegedly had three
rocks of suspected crack on
him when apprehended,
deputed stated.
• Nathaniel Evans, 47, of
Hightower Road - once count
of possession of cocaine.
Deputies said Evans had two'
suspected crack pipes in his
possession when agents raid-
ed the house.
• Emma Lou Glanton, 40,
of Boozer Street - one count
each of selling cocaine and
possession of cocaine. Drug
agents found two suspected
crack pipes on her.
• Larry Donnell Cotton,
. Sr., 37, of Boyd Road - gam-
bling.
• Michael Antonio
Hardaway, 24, of Ware Street
- gambling.
* Mario Kavinique
Blk, 18, Hearthstone
Drive in LaGrange - gam-
bling.
• Charles Jantavious
Sanders, 22,,of Ware Street -
gambling.
• ?! Allison Demetrius
Beasley, 24, of 128 Ware
Street - selling cocaine and
misdemeanor possession of
marijuana. Deputies said sev-
eral undercover cocaine buys
were made from Beasley's
residence over the course of
the operation. A
amount of suspected mari
ju&n_a was seized was seized
on Monday night.
• Willie Henry Reeves,
Jr., 40, - one count of selling
cocaine.
• Jamichael Jerome
Norman, 20, two counts of
selling cocaine and one count
of giving false name to an
officer.
• Roderick Raymond
King, 22, three count of sell-
ing cocaine.
• Carlos Demond
Cameron, 26, one count of
selling e.
Followup Results
In 2 More Arrests
By JOHN KUYKJENDALL
After arresting 14 people
in a drug sting operation last
week, the Troup County
Sheriff's Department arrest-
ed two more Hogansville men
on Wednesday, December 18.
Sgt. Rick White, of the
Troup County Sheriff's
Department, and other
deputies executed arrest
Warrants at two Hogansadlle
homes on Wednesday.
Roma Lee Banks was
taken into custody on Ware
Street, the scene of a recent
drug raid which occurred on
Monday, December 16.
Banks was arrested on
outstanding warrants for
seven counts of sale of sus-
pected cocaine in the
Hogausville are
According to Sgt. White,
undercover agents pur-
chased drugs from Banks on
the following dates and
counts: October 30 (one
count); November 2 (three
counts); November 22 (two
counts) and November 23 (1
count).
According to Sgt. White,
approximately 30 minutes
after Banks was taken into
custody, Santron Burden was
arrested at the same resi-
dence on Ware Street.
Burden was also arrest-
ed on outstanding warrants
for four counts of sale of sus-
pected coeaine and two
counts of sale of suspected
marijuana in the Hogansville
area.
According to Sgt. White,
undercover agents pur-
chased drugs from BAn__A on
the following dates and
counts: October 21 (one
co,.mt); October 30 (one coun-
ty); November 2 (one count)
and November 23 (three
counts).
