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Newspaper Page TextC M K Inside Deadly threat A suspect who allegedly threatened to blow up his girlfriend and sister is found with homemade bombs. see 3A Suspect held for Interpol Kingsland police arrest man wanted in Europe Johna Strickland Rush johna@tribune-georgian.com A Kingsland police officer re sponding to a call Sunday morning about an intoxicated person dis covered the man is wanted in Lux embourg for allegedly murdering a child, according to a Kingsland Police Department press release. Ricardo Chaves dos Santos, 31, of Charleston, S.C., was also charged with public intoxication and is being held at the Camden County jail. At 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, of ficer Steve Cloud arrived at the Flash Foods on Flighway 40 in Kingsland to see about a man who was intoxicated and causing a dis turbance in the store. Based on a description from the clerk, Cloud approached dos San tos, identified him and ran a rou tine inquiry through the Georgia and national crime information centers. The database showed that Luxembourg Federal Judicial Po lice want dos Santos in the slaying of a child. The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed the arrest in accordance with an extradition treaty between the U.S. and Luxembourg through Interpol, according to the release. dos Santos Crash kills suspect Spaceport talk The St. Marys council discusses the viability of a local spaceport. see6A Index Obituaries 2A Opinion 4A Upcoming Events 6A Sports 1B People 3B Classifieds 8B Legals 10B Today’s Poll Would you support consolidation of government services if it resulted in lower taxes? Submitted photo by Deputy William Terrell The fog glows blue Sunday around sheriff’s office patrol cars that responded to a fatal accident at the 24 mile marker of northbound Interstate 95. Christian Joseph Murphy, 21, died in the crash. Murphy was wanted by the Titusville Police Department in Florida in connection with the murder of 40-year-old Michelle Renee Chappell. A 15- year-old girl who was driving the car in which Murphy was the passenger escaped the incident with minor injuries. She is in police custody. Investigations into the accident and murder are ongoing. Five j oin race for seat on probate bench Qualifying ends Wednesday Jocelyn Brumbaugh jocelyn@tribune-georgian.com The qualifying period for the probate judge election opened Monday, with five local residents officially en tering the race. Those who had qualified as of press time Tuesday af ternoon were: • Debbie Middleton of Kingsland, owner of Beau’s Barnyard • Rich Gamble of St. Marys, a teacher at Camden County High School and coach of the Boomers swim team • Martin Turner of St. Marys, co-owner of Turner Brothers Air Conditioning. • Robert Sweat, an attor ney from Kingsland. • Alison Crews of Wood bine, current clerk of the court at the Camden County Magistrate Court. The qualifying period ends at noon Wednesday. Candidates who qualify will appear on the ballot for the probate judge election March 19. Vote online at tribune-georgian.com Tribune & Georgian P.O. Box 6960, St. Marys, Ga. 31558 Smith applies veto power to nix decision Johna Strickland Rush johna@tribune-georgian.com Volume 110, No. 5 26 pages* Two sections tribune-georgian.com © 2013, Tribune & Georgian, Community Newspapers Inc. 0 C .0 N 01 b c\i CO oo -Q 00 « C\T V T— 5* eg CO £ Less than 24 hours after Kingsland City Council voted 3-1 to appoint Bert Guy as its attorney for 2013, mayor Kenneth Smith exercised his authority to veto the decision. Council member Jim McClain moved to appoint Guy, who works out of St. Marys, at a regular meet ing Monday and garnered support from Alex Blount and Grayson Day for the split vote. Council mem ber Don Mounsey opposed. The council has retained St. Simons attorney Tom Lee since 2000 but at least two members wanted to see the legal fees stay in Camden. “I think there’s validity in trying to do business here when we can,” council member Blount said. “This is just one of the ways we can.” Smith gave three reasons upon filing his veto in writing with the city clerk. • Guy has been involved in a recent lawsuit against the city, he wrote. • Lee has supplied the city with “quality legal ex pertise” and “specializes in municipal law, as evi denced by the fact that he works for other nearby local governments.” Lee is also Woodbine’s attor ney See VETO, page 8A Good for the environment Submitted photo About 600 cars unloaded thousands of pounds of electronic items, paper and household waste for recycling and disposal at a recycling fair held Saturday, Jan. 12.Volunteers helped tote much of the load and were joined by St. Marys Public Works and Camden County Solid Waste employees. For the full story and more photos, see page 6A. 84264 (J (J (J U 3

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Tribune & Georgian. (Athens, Ga.) 2002-current, January 16, 2013, Image 1