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Two indicted on 196 counts of identity fraud
Johna Strickland Rush
johna@tribune-georgian.com
The Camden County
Grand Jury returned a 198-
count indictment this week
against two people who have
been accused of stealing mail
to commit identity fraud
against about 150 people and
more than 30 businesses and
obtain more than $100,000.
The grand jury indicted
Catina Charleet Riddle and
James Lamar Stewart, both of
Kingsland, on 196 counts of
identity fraud and one count
each of possession of a firearm
by a convicted felon.
There is still an active in
vestigation that involves sev
eral law enforcement agencies
in Florida and Georgia and the
U.S. Postal Service, according
to the Camden County Sher
iff s Office.
Riddle has been in jail
without bond since October
on numerous fraud and theft
charges. Stewart isn’t in Cam
den’s custody yet.
The indictment cites sepa
rate criminal cases on the pos
session counts where Stewart
pleaded guilty in 2009 to pos
session of cocaine with the
intent to distribute and Rid
dle in 2013 to hindering the
apprehension or punishment
of a criminal. Riddle was also
convicted in 2006 of posses
sion of cocaine with intent,
See CHARGES, page 6A Riddle
Holiday fun
abounds in
Kingsland
Downtown Kingsland was a winter
wonderland last week for the city’s
annual Christmas Celebration, featur
ing snow, a visit from Santa Claus, live
entertainment and refreshments. Perry
Hill was one of hundreds of kids who
took a turn sledding in the manmade
snow. Senior girls from Lisa Allen’s
Dance Works, Alex Cooper, Grace
Newton, Alexis Stone, Abby Crosby and
Sarah Richardson, performed “Let it
Snow” for the crowd.
Jill Helton I Tribune & Georgian
A gift in the spirit
of Christmas
Jill Helton I Tribune & Georgian
Nathan Pearson of St. Marys and Tracy Sudduth of Woodbine share a new
bond since his kidney transplant surgery in October. After searching far and
wide for a compatible donor, Nathan found what he was looking for right
across the street.
St. Marys man waits five years for a
kidney, then friendship leads to a donor
Jill Helton
publisher@tribune-georgian.com
Nathan Pearson will have some
extra blessings this Christmas when
he gathers with family at his St.
Marys home.
After five years of waiting on a
kidney transplant list, he is now re
covering from transplant surgery
and his new kidney just in time for
the holidays. With Type O blood, it
was especially challenging to find a
compatible donor.
He traveled states away in his
search for a new kidney, but in the
end, didn’t have to look any farther
than across his street in Crooked
River subdivision.
Nathan’s transplant story be
gins with a friendship between two
women, his wife, Dorothy Pearson,
and her neighbor across the street,
Joan Heckenlaible.
Joan passed away this fall, but up
See GIFT, page 6A
A 13-year-old boy
and the pool table
Camden man recalls getting a table of
his own, looks for new family to love it
Johna Strickland Rush
iohna@tribune-georgian.com
Leaning over the pool
table, Ron Stallings was
lining up his shot when the
door of the pool hall flew
open.
“I kinda glance up and
here my dad is,” Ron said.
“He didn’t say a word and I
went, gulp, I’m in trouble.”
Walter Stallings just
beckoned his son with one
finger. That was it. The jig
was up.
Thirteen-year-old Ron
Stallings had been caught
— but getting caught meant
getting the present of a life
time. A present that would
be with him longer than
his parents, that he would
move from state to state,
that he would spend count
less hours with over five de
cades.
See TABLE, page 6A
A farewell to
scissors after
four decades
Johna Strickland Rush
iohna@tribune-georgian.com
At 78 years old, Hilda Martin is call
ing it quits. She’s been cutting, dyeing,
perming and styling hair in Camden
County for 36 years but it’s time to
travel and embrace being retired.
“It’s something that I wanted to do,”
Martin said of working as a stylist. “And
I enjoyed it because every customer is
different. It’s one job I’ve never really
disliked coming to work but now I’m
See MARTIN, page 5A
With laughter and
spiky hair, Hilda
Martin, aka Nana, is
heading into full-time
retirement after cut
ting hair in Camden
County for 36 years.
Martin, who is 78
years old, wanted to
go to beauty school
for about 10 years
before she signed up
in 1971 and has been
working in the indus
try ever since.
Johna Strickland Rush
Tribune & Georgian
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