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Court curtailed
Commissioners voted
Tuesday to limit the
amount of fees that the
probate judge may
collect as personal
income.
see 3A
Technology
upgrades
Camden County
Schools continue to
add new teaching tools
to classrooms.
see 7A
Index
Obituaries
2A
Opinion
4A
Upcoming Events
6A
Sports
1B
People
4B
Classifieds
5B
Legals
7B
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Swearing in
Submitted photo
Camden County’s newest county commissioner,Tony Sheppard, (from left) is sworn in to
office at aTuesday meeting in Woodbine by probate judge Martin Gillette. Also pictured
are Chuck Clark (seated) and Chip Keene, who was later elected chairman to replace
outgoing commissioner David Rainer.
Submitted photo by Deputy William Terrell
A team from the Atlanta Humane Society was able to
evaluate and take custody of the dozen dogs removed
from the site of a suspected dog-fighting operation.
Dog fighting
suspected at
meth house
Single-car crash kills motorist
Jocelyn Brumbaugh
jocelyn@tribune-georgian.com
Frederick Ryan De-
zouche, 21, of Kingsland
died early Thursday morn
ing after a single vehicle
accident on Interstate 95
north of Woodbine at mile
marker 18.
At about 2:17 a.m.,
Georgia State Patrol and
Camden County police re
sponded to the scene. Ac
cording to accident
records, Dezouche’s 1998
Ford Ranger pickup truck
traveled from the north
bound lane, overturned,
struck a guardrail, ejected
the driver and came to rest
on the passenger side in the
southbound emergency
lane.
The vehicle traveled
more than 600 feet from
roadway to the final resting
position.
Dezouche was the only
person in the vehicle and
was wearing no safety re
straints. Steven Drury, sec
retary at the Georgia State
Patrol’s Brunswick post,
said that “blood tests are
pending.”
Dezouche was pro
nounced dead at the scene.
Man charged with molestation
Jocelyn Brumbaugh
jocelyn@tribune-georgian.com
A Camden County
Grand Jury indicted a
Woodbine man after he al
legedly molested a child
over a two-year period.
Theodore Edward
Steenworth, 54, was ar
rested Jan. 4 and charged
with stalking, contributing
to the delinquency of a
minor, obscene Internet
contact with a child and
two counts of child mo
lestation.
According to the indict
ment, which was issued in
December, Steenworth
committed immoral and
indecent acts to a female
under the age of 16, con
tacted her through her
Facebook profile page,
sent her obscene messages
over the social networking
site and encouraged her to
smoke marijuana over the
past two years.
The abuse allegedly oc
curred from August 2010
to August 2012.
Steenworth
Jocelyn Brumbaugh
jocelyn@tribune-georgian.com
After an alleged meth
lab was shut down on New
Year’s Day at 12127 High
way 17, a search warrant
was served Tuesday in
hopes of finding further
evidence of an alleged dog
fighting operation.
The warrant, which
stemmed from an ongoing
investigation by the Cam
den County Sheriff’s Of
fice (CCSO), resulted in
the removal of 12 dogs,
some of which were very
thin and scarred. The dogs
belong to Domonique M.
Hargrave, 32, of Kings
land.
Deputy William Terrell,
CCSO public information
officer, said Hargrave “ac
knowledged that they were
his dogs and relinquished
custody.”
Besides the dogs, a sus
pected fighting pit and
other equipment used in
criminal activity were
found at the home.
Investigators from an
Atlanta-based private se
curity and investigative
firm, Norred & Associates,
assisted with the seizure of
the dogs at the request of
Camden County Sheriff
Jim Proctor.
The Georgia Bureau of
Investigation (GBI), Geor
gia Department of Natural
Resources (DNR), Kings
land Police Department
and Camden County Ani
mal Control also helped at
the scene. A team from the
Atlanta Humane Society
was able to evaluate and
take custody of the dogs
due to space constraints at
the Camden County Hu
mane Society.
Hargrave does not face
any charges at this time,
but the investigation is not
yet closed.
“It’s hard to say when an
arrest will be made,” said
Terrell.
The case may be taken
to the grand jury due to all
of the evidence found,
Terrell said.
“The case is active and
ongoing,” he added.
Archives seeks African-American county artifacts
Jocelyn Brumbaugh
jocelyn@tribune-georgian.com
There’s more to come at
the Bryan-Lang Historical
Archives.
The library, which cele
brated its 2 5 th anniversary in
November, includes more
than 1,000 historical files,
6,000 pictures and 5,000
books that offer insight and
details about the county’s his
tory and culture.
Recently, an effort has
been made to begin seeking
out more African-American
histories to add to the collec
tion. So far, about 150 docu
ments have been collected
and added to the library.
Judy Buchanan, director and
archivist, said a “well at
tended” genealogy workshop
held in April helped to kick-
start the efforts. Many fami
lies returned afterward to
submit and share their his
tory. One piece of family files
in particular has been very
helpful.
“We’ve had quite a few fu
neral programs,” Buchanan
said, which are good sources
of information for family ties.
Buchanan added that the
library is still looking for
more members of the
African-American commu
nity to share their history
Family information is the
emphasis of the search —
birth, death and marriage
certificates especially
Buchanan explained that
while birth certificates are
the most difficult to locate, a
state law that requires proof
of birth for driver’s licenses
has many people searching.
The Bryan-Lang staff are
also interested in adding the
birth records of Camden
County residents who now
have those files.
Some families have even
written books about their
family’s past that Bryan-Lang
would want on its shelves.
The library can archive the
original record or have the li
brary make a copy to file,
Buchanan said.
The library also started the
“I Found It in the Archives”
program in January 2012. Al
though the program started
in anticipation of the library’s
25th anniversary, Buchanan
said it will continue.
“It’s not going to stop just
because our anniversary is
over,” she said.
Buchanan explained that
the program focuses on
“people who come into the
archives, what they were
looking for, what they found
and what it meant to them.”
Buchanan encourages
those who visit and find
pieces of their family’s history
to participate in the program
and share their discovery
story. Staff include them in
the monthly newsletters and
enjoy hearing about what
people found.
“There’s stories every day
that happen here,” Buchanan
said. “That’s what we hope
they do.”
Those interested in new
additions to the archives can
visit www.co.camden.ga.us
and click the Bryan-Lang
link under the Departments
tab or call the library at
(912)576-5841.