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VOL. 19 NO. 38 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22 2017 75 CENTS
GREENE COUNTY
GREENSBORO MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER
T. Michael Stone
michael@lakeoconeenews.us
A Greensboro man has been
charged with murder and vehicular
homicide in the death of 19-year-
old Dominique Shantay Butler,
according to the Greene County
Sheriffs Office.
Butler was a passenger in a car
driven by Damien Ja’Won West,
20, and died when West crashed at
the conclusion of a police chase on
Aug. 18.
According to an accident report
obtained from the Georgia State
Patrol, West was attempting to
elude Greene County Sheriffs
Office deputies while traveling
south on Gray Horse Road at ap
proximately 10:30 p.m.
The report says West ran the stop
sign at the intersection of Leslie
Mill Road, passed through the in
tersection and struck an embank
ment on the other side, turning the
car on its side as it did.
The vehicle caught fire immedi
ately after the accident, but deputies
were able to extinguish the flames.
Deputies broke the windshield
and pulled West out; Butler was
pronounced dead at the scene.
The Georgia State Patrol Special
ized Collision Reconstruction Team
is continuing its investigation into
the accident and has already com
pleted forensic maps of the scene
and collision analysis.
Additional charges may follow.
James M. Morton/Staff
Hospital leaders join local and state officials to break ground on the new Morgan Memorial Hospital Tuesday.
Dr. Zant: This will be our hospital
T. Michael Stone thority members held a ceremonial ground- “Terry Evans steered the hospital through
michael@lakeoconeenews.us breaking Tuesday. some rough times to get us to this day,” Castillo
The hospital’s CEO, Ralph Castillo, intro- said. “His leadership and ultimately his sacri-
The mood was one of celebration at the duced several local and state officials who fice is a very big reason we are here today.”
future site of the new Morgan Memorial have been involved in the process, including
Hospital Tuesday morning as Hospital Au- former authority chairman Terry Evans. SEE HOSPITAL » A2
PUTNAM COUNTY
Ticket
broker
arrested
James M. Morton
james@lakeoconeenews.us
When Putnam County
Sheriff Howard Sills said he
would throw an Eatonton
man’s [expletive] in jail for
not delivering UGA football
tickets, he wasn’t joking.
And that’s just what
happened on the morning
of Sept. 15 when Sills and
his deputies went to the 100
block of Lake Forrest Drive
in Eatonton to serve two
warrants on Jeffery Martin
Cook at his home.
Cook has been charged
SEE ARREST » A2
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Calendar B4
Churches B8
Classifieds D4
Community B1
Obituaries A8
Opinions A8
Recipes D1
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LAKE COUNTRY
Prison escapees indicted
Death penalty sought for defendants charged with killing officers
Lynn Hobbs
lynn@lakeoconeenews.us
The two inmates who escaped
a Georgia Department of Correc
tions bus traveling through Putnam
County after reportedly overpower
ing and killing the two GDC officers
on board June 13 were indicted by a
Putnam County grand jury Monday.
Prosecutors are seeking the death
penalty, and court documents show
that there were mitigating circum
stances in this case that warrant
capitol punishment.
Ricky Allen Dubose, 24, of
Madison County, and Donnie
Russell Rowe, 43, of Lewisburg,
Tenn., each were indicted separately
on two counts of murder, two counts
of felony murder, one count of escape
and one count of hijacking a motor
vehicle, according to records from
Putnam County Superior Court.
At the time of their escape, Rowe
had been serving life without parole
since 2002 for aggravated assault,
armed robbery, possession of a
firearm and other crimes.
Dubose was serving a 20-year
sentence for aggravated assault,
armed robbery, entering vehicles,
SEE INDICTED » A3
Inmates
Ricky
Dubose
and Donnie
Rowe enter
Putnam
County
Superior
Court June
21, clad in
chained
shackles
for their
first
appearance
hearing.
File Photo
MORGAN COUNTY
Mayor Fred Perriman needs four more years
Mayor Fred Perriman has
been involved with city gov
ernment in Madison for almost
34 years, and he would like to
serve as mayor for four more.
Perriman served on the
Madision City Council for 30
years, joining the city’s govern
ing body in 1983.
“I decided to run again
because there are a few projects
I would like to see completed,”
Perriman said.
Perriman says he would like
to see the West Washington
Street Gateway project on
Madison’s west side brought
to fruition with final removal
of blighted properties and the
addition of new office space
and parking areas.
Some renewal in the area has
already been accomplished, ac
cording to the mayor, including
the Silver Lake Community,
the Gilmore House project,
Canaan Corner Store and
improvement of storm water
systems for neighborhoods off
of West Washington St.
Perriman says the Madison
City Council and staff have
worked well together in recent
years.
SEE MAYOR » A10
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