Georgia Florida ex-con’s rampage leaves 3 dead 13 wounded
Moses Pearson Jr., 31, killed three people and wounded 13 across Jacksonville Florida and Georgia before abducting women and stealing a car. He fled north into Georgia and surrendered his escape with his suicide, as investigators described possible drug ties and robbers. The victims included both black and white, with witnesses noting his erratic behavior and cocaine use.
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Jackson, Ga
Georgia
Florida
Susie Critton
Moses Pearson Jr
Jacksonville
Fla
Bay
Ohio
Pearson
Mike Gould
Gould
Horace Fallen
Fallens
Fallen
George Quarles
Cordele
Critton
Sharon Cockfield
Pinehurst
George Griffin Jr
Leslie Janda
Janda
South Carolina House Moves Toward 6.2 Million Tax Increase
The South Carolina House plans to approve a state budget bill that raises overall taxes by 6.2 million dollars for the fiscal year starting July 1. Proposals include a higher liquor tax and ending the newspaper sales tax exemption while reducing prescription tax relief, with possible vetoes and a Senate review ahead.
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Columbia
House of Representatives
South Carolina
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
South Carolina Press Association
Finance Committee
James B. Edwards
Edwards
Hunger Strike Shuts Down On Death Row Protests
Twelve of twenty death row inmates at Central Correctional Institution in Columbia interrupted a three day hunger strike and ate Sunday night. The protest targets new death row rules including single cells and limits on media and devices. Warden Joe R. Martin says tighter rules stem from rising death row numbers and guards cannot reliably monitor meals.
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Columbia
Central Correctional Institution
Earler
DCI
Joe R. Martin
Public Defenders Association elects new president
John Young named president of the Public Defenders Association at its Columbia meeting. He says a dedicated public defenders office is needed. John Douglas of Charleston County Public Defender's office was elected secretary treasurer. Young notes that while the state attorney general's office represents circuit solicitors on appeals, indigent defendants in appeals deserve public defender representation as well.
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Columbia
John Young
Public Defenders Association
Young
Richland County
John Douglas
Charleston County Public Defender’s Office
State Supreme Court
State Attorney General's Office
Large cockfight bust nets 250 arrests in Wilkes County
Sheriff Bill Anderson said state and local officers raided an eastern Wilkes County cockfight in an old building. About 250 people were arrested and transported to the Wilkes County Jail. four dead chickens, sharpened cockfighting Spurs and a three foot rooster trophy were seized.
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North Wilkesboro
N.C
Wilkes County
Bill Anderson
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Carl Chappell
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Chappell
Dial
Dan Bacot
Atney
Citizens Band
Macon
Byron
Capital Focus
State Department of Corrections
Aiken Memorial Park
Bath Water and Sewer
Clearwater Water and Sewer
Langley Water and Sewer District
Warrenville
Bath Fire Department
Clearwater Fire Department
Langley Fire Department
Aiken County Election Commission
Eugene England
SE Aiken
Mary Baker
Gloverville, $.C
Mrs
Sore Black
Green Jackson
P.O. Box
Wagoner
M. McKibben
Ponderosa Dr
North Augusta
S.C
Fiat
Anderson
Penn
Bonker
Mitchell
Whiskey Rd
Air Force
Reynolds ST
Augusta
Whispersoft
DuPont
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