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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
•lournal Hay Lightner
Houston Medical Center Administrator Skip Philips shows Hospital Authority members
the second entry perspective artist rendering of the hospital with the northwest tower
addition.
HOSPITAL
From page iA
Road. Philips told the
authority, the designers are
working to minimize the
noise of the plant for our
neighbors.
BASE
From page iA
the Russell Parkway gate,
closed Sept. 4, as part of a
group of construction proj
ects totaling approximately
$1.6 million to provide cano
pies over both inbound and
outbound traffic. 78th Air
Base Wing Public Affairs
spokesman Lt. Evart C.
Lagasse said the project is
supposed to be finished by
December.
He said the base has made
accommodations at the other
gates to accommodate the
traffic from Gate 14 includ
ing additional hours of oper
ation.
One additional gate was
also opened.
The Marchbanks Drive
Gate, located south of the
Museum of Aviation, was
opened for Ga. 247 north
bound, right turn entry only
traffic, Monday to Friday
HOLDUP
From page iA
He faces a maximum of 40
years in prison, said Chief
Assistant District Attorney
Katherine Lumsden.
Dean provided informa
tion about the store’s staff,
customer patterns and cash
availability to another man
who is alleged to have been
the gunman, Lumsdem said.
Dean also drove the gun
man to and from the store,
provided the weapon for one
robbery, and used his rela
tionship to the staff to help
the gunman gain entry to
the store.
The co-defendant, and
MEETING
From page iA
Returning the ballot, which
was wrapped around the
September edition of Georgia
Magazine, qualifies mem
bers for the mail drawing
prizes, according to Jimmy
Autry, Flint Energies senior
vice president of Member
and Community Relations.
Attendees at the meet
ing will also qualify for a
prize drawing to be held just
before the barbecue lunch
that will be served at noon.
The top prize is a $1,500
Flint Energies shopping
spree that can be used to pay
a member’s electric bill or to
SUSPECTS
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look to see if they recog
nize anyone, said Det. Tom
Williams of the Warner
Robins Police Department
Criminal Investigations
Division.
Police said the suspects
should be considered armed
and dangerous.
Anyone with information is
urged to contact Williams or
Det. Art Cumutte of Warner
Robins Police Department
Criminal Investigations
Division at 929-1163 or 929-
6911.
While originally set for
completion in 2010, Philips
said, if everything stays on
schedule, the project should
be finished in 2009.
Hospital Authority
Chairman Ed Dyson said
with this project, “we are
trying to do things to bring
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A vehicle heads down Russell Parkway in Warner
Robins.
from 5 to 8 a.m. only.
Gate One (Green Street
gate) and the main gate,
Gate Three (Watson
Boulevard gate) will contin
ue normal operations. Gate
Five (Martin Luther King
alleged gunman Christopher
Vann is awaiting trial
on armed robbery and
Aggravated assault charges
arising from these incidents.
Dean was
charged
by Warner
Robins
Police
about two
weeks after
the second
robbery,
following
the inves
tigation by
Det. Mark
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VANN
Wright of the Warner Robins
Police Department Criminal
Investigations Division.
Vann was arrested near
purchase appliances at the
Flint Appliance Center.
Entertainment for the
morning will be provided by
the Northside High School
Jazz Band.
The business meeting will
include reports from the
Chairman of the Board John
Neely, financial and business
reports, and a presentation
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about the best care for the
community.”
Philips said, “one of the
things that allows us to
move forward is the quality
of people working behind us,
to provide the community
access to the best quality
services.”
Boulevard gate) is scheduled
to be open every day from 5
a.m. to midnight with one
outbound lane scheduled to
be used as a third inbound
lane to alleviate the large
inbound traffic flow.
the scene following the April
2 robbery of the store at
1202 Moody Road and later
charged with both robber
ies.
According
to Wright,
Vann was
found walk
ing in area
within an
hour of the
11 p.m.,
April 2, rob
bery.
Lumsden
prosecuted
the case
DEAN
before Superior Court Judge
George Nunn. Sam Hart and
Caroline Harrington repre
sented Dean.
by Chief Executive Officer
Bob Ray.
Members are asked to
bring the back page of their
Georgia Magazine cover
wrap/Official Notice with
them to the meeting.
That page includes the
agenda for the meeting and
other necessary informa
tion.
LOCAL
Two armed career criminals
each get mandatory sentences
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Two Warner Robins men
will be spending the next
15 years in federal prison.
According to Maxwell
Wood, United States
Attorney for the Middle
District of Georgia, the
two were sentenced on
Wednesday in federal court
for violations of federal
firearms laws. Both had
pled guilty to possession of
a firearm by a convicted
felon and were sentenced
by United States District
Court Judge Duross
Fitzpatrick to 180 months
imprisonment.
Jason Whittaker, 24, of
Warner Robins, had previ
ously entered a plea of guilty
on June 22. He was appre
hended by officers from
the Warner Robins Police
Department and found in
possession of several sto
len firearms. Whittaker
had prior convictions for
burglary, aggravated bat
tery and rioting in a penal
institution, which qualified
him as an armed career
criminal, Wood said.
The second man, Michael
Joseph Sarber, 23, of
Warner Robins, entered his
plea of guilty on May 23.
His charge stems from the
Aug. 26, 2005, burglary of
Northside Pawn Shop, in
which he stole a firearm
from the shop. Sarber had
three prior convictions for
burglary, which qualified
him as an armed career
criminal, Wood said.
“These prosecutions
represent the effective
ness of the Project Safe
Neighborhoods Initiative.
Targeting armed career
criminals will make our
community safer,” Wood
said.
“These two young men
amassed serious criminal
records in a very short
time. Under the Armed
Career Criminal Act, seri
ous offenders received
serious time,” Wood said,
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SARBAR
Upon entering, the
employee reportedly noticed
a man poke his head out
of one of the rooms. The
employee was then con
fronted by the gunman.
Police said several shots
were exchanged between
the gunman and the
employee who was also
armed. Gunshots reported
ly broke out the front door
window and damaged the
employee’s vehicle outside,
but he was uninjured.
Sarber was arrested by
Laurens County deputies
on Sept. 1,2005. Police said
Sarber has known ties to
Laurens County and depu
ties were actively looking
for him in their jurisdic
tion. He was charged with
aggravated assault, bur
glary, possession of a fire
arm during the commis
sion of a crime, possession
of a firearm by a convicted
felon and violation of State
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conviction of driving on
with a suspended license.
Both cases were inves
tigated by the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives and Warner
Robins Police Department.
Assistant United States
Attorney Michael Solis
prosecuted both cases for
the government.
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respond
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burglary
alarm but
Sarber
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Sarber was
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