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VOL. 19 NO. 9 G FRIDAY MARCH 3 2017 75 CENTS
GREENE COUNTY
AUTHORITIES NAB BANK ROBBER
T. Michael Stone
michael@lakeoconeenews.us
The Greensboro Police Department
arrested a man who allegedly robbed
the BB&T bank in Greensboro on the
afternoon of Feb. 22.
According to the police department,
Anthony Craig Yearwood, 30, of a
Greene County address, walked into
the bank sometime after noon and
demanded money.
He told bank employees that he had
a gun and was prepared to use it, but
it was later determined that he had no
gun.
After the cash was put into a Mc
Donald’s bag and given to him, he left
the bank and walked to his car which
was parked in the post office parking
lot.
He didn’t get far, however.
He made a couple of right turns out
the parking lot with two unmarked
Greensboro Police units already in
pursuit.
According to reports from the
Greene County Sheriff s Office, Deputy
Sergeant Moore positioned his vehicle
in front of the suspects vehicle to block
it.
Moore then exited his vehicle and
ordered the suspect out of the vehicle
at gunpoint.
SEE ROBBER » A2
Yearwood
PUTNAM COUNTY
Causey
denied
bond
Lynn Hobbs
lynn@lakeoconeenews.us
The man charged with murdering
an Eatonton woman was denied bond
by Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Superior
Court Judge E. Trenton Brown III
Tuesday.
Frank Don Causey, 26, was charged
Dec. 20 with one count murder of 63-
year-old Lydia Huggins Ivanditti. She
was found dead in her Walnut Street
home Dec. 2 by a family member.
SEE BOND » AlO
GREENE COUNTY
Truck accident
halts traffic;
no one injured
Mark Engel
engel@lakeoconeenews.us
Two trucks and a car were involved
in a chain reaction accident around
6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24 on 1-20 east-
bound at mile marker 128. No one
was hurt but traffic was backed up for
about two hours just two miles from
the Greensboro-Lake Oconee exit as
SEE WRECK » AlO
An automobile transport truck was
involved in a three-vehicle accident
on 1-20 eastbound at mile marker
128 on Friday, Feb. 24. Police say
this truck hit the back of another
truck that was carrying railroad
axles, some of which flew back into
the cab of the truck that hit it. No
one was injured. Contributed
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Morgan County firefighters descend into an abandoned well to
rescue a family pet.
Firefighters rescue
dog trapped in well
Elements of the Morgan County
Fire Department with an assist
from Bo’s Wrecker Service pulled
a dog out of a well more than 40
feet deep last Saturday, according
to Fire Chief Jeff Stone.
Morgan County dispatch
received a call from a Morgan
County resident of 1771 Centenni
al Road around noon who stated
that the family’s dog had fallen in
to an old well.
They reported that the well was
approximately 30 to 40 feet deep,
and that the dog could still be
heard barking.
According to Chief Stone,
Morgan County units from stations
16 (Madison), 9 (Rutledge), 12
(West Road), 5 (Godfrey), and 2
(Central) as well as National EMS
responded.
SEE RESCUE » AlO
Justin Hubbard/Staff
Tatyana Davis watches one of her two 3-pointers against Pierce fall
through the net. She dropped 21 points in the first half of Morgan's
56-39 victory over the Lady Bears in the Sweet 16 round of the
CHSA Class AAA state tournament. SEE SPORTS » Cl
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