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Jury adds charges in assault case
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Jocelyn Brumbaugh
jocelyn@tribune-georgian.com
A Camden grand jury indicted a
Kingsland man on three previous
charges and four new charges in the
case of two sexual assaults.
Holden Nguyen, 43, was charged
by Kingsland police in late 2012
with enticing a child for indecent
purposes, false imprisonment and
child molestation for allegedly as
saulting a 12-year-old girl. In addi
tion, charges of statutory rape,
tampering with evidence, and an
additional count of child molesta
tion have been added.
The grand jury also indicted
Nguyen on one charge of aggra
vated sodomy in connection with a
second victim. That assault al
legedly took place in August 2012.
According to the indictments,
Nguyen know
ingly concealed
a camera on or
about April 4
that contained
evidence in
volving the
prosecution of
child molesta
tion, with the intent to obstruct his
punishment.
Nguyen is accused of driving on
U.S. Highway 17 south when he
called out to the 12-year-old victim
and offered her a ride home. After
buying the victim a meal at a fast
food restaurant in Kingsland, the
victim said Nguyen allegedly sexu
ally assaulted her in his home and
then returned her to the area where
she lived.
After a complaint about the situ-
See CASE, page 8A
Nguyen
see insert
More news
■ Kings Bay’s 35th
anniversary. see 3A
■ Combating human
sex trafficking see 8A
■ It’s Your Money: a
budget series see 9A
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2A
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4A
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Exit 3
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residents
Smoke, but no fire
Johna Strickland Rush | Tribune & Georgian
City of St. Marys employee Leslie “Smitty” Smith shuts off the fan used to blow smoke into the sewer sys
tem to identify places where rain could have infiltrated. After receiving nearly 10 inches of rain last week,
the treatment plant had to process about 2.8 million gallons a day instead of 1.5 million gallons because so
much rain water entered the system.
Authority, city headed to court
Johna Strickland Rush
johna@tribune-georgian.com
The St. Marys Hospital Au
thority filed suit Monday in Supe
rior Court against the City of St.
Marys asking that a 2007 consent
order be modified to reflect how
the authority spends its money to
benefit seniors.
The consent order came about
after the authority sold the conva
lescent center in 2006 and details
that the proceeds must be used
“exclusively” to provide medical
care for indigent residents in ac
cordance with state law, according
to the order. The authority could
not comply with the order be
cause it sold a nursing home, not
a hospital as specified in the law,
according to the suit.
“The lawsuit is to bring the par
ties into agreement on the senior
program,” said Jim Stein, the au
thority’s attorney. “It sets out the
history and documents that show
the city is in agreement with the
program. It is anticipated that
there will be an effort to resolve
this between the city and author
ity. ... The authority is waiting on
the city to work this out between
the parties.”
In 2008, Stein advised the at
torney general that the group
wanted to assist the city’s senior
center as the convalescent center
also benefited seniors.
“I take the position that the au
thority could continue to aid the
seniors in their many needs,”
See SUE, page 8A
Emily Heglund
editorl@tds.net
Noise pollution, light pollution
and safety were the chief concerns
of residents Monday at a meeting
regarding the $300 million adven
ture park proposed for Exit 3.
Kingsland leaders have approved
two tax incentives for the project,
which is set to feature a hotel and
convention center, movie theater,
bowling alley, water park, zip line,
baseball fields and more on approx
imately 500 acres of undeveloped
land on May Creek Drive just west
of Interstate 95.
“One of the draws of Kingsland
was the small-town feel,” said Scott
Griffiths, a retired sailor and
Greenacres subdivision resident
whose six children all attended
nearby David L. Rainer Elementary
School. “I work in Jacksonville daily,
and I don’t want that (big-city) feel.”
Griffiths’ neighbor Anita Morton
said she is also concerned for chil
dren in the area.
“We have small kids in the neigh
borhood there, and they’ve got to
get up and go to school,” she said.
Joe Yother, whose Cambridge
Circle home in the May Creek sub
division is near the proposed site for
eight tournament baseball fields,
See BUILD, page 8A
Downturn in
turn downs
Bed tax revenues hit slump
Johna Strickland Rush
johna@tribune-georgian.com
Bed tax collection continues to lag behind num
bers from a few years ago in Camden County.
“It has been tracking behind where we were last
year,” St. Marys tourism director Angela Wigger
said Tuesday.
St. Marys is in the peak months of tax collection
and the numbers may still even out, however, col
lection has been down in comparison to last year.
Kingsland is also posting a decrease.
See TAX, page 9A
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