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VOL. 19 NO. 46 G FRIDAY NOVEMBER 17 2017 75 CENTS
GREENE COUNTY
Man nabbed for attempted
robbery at McDonald's
T. Michael Stone
michael@lakeoconeenews.us
Reminiscent ofa scene from the film “Pulp
Fiction,” a Greensboro man walked into the
McDonald’s on Main Street last Monday
afternoon and announced “this a robbery.”
He is nowin jail.
According to the Greensboro Police
Department, James Derek Walker, 38,
of 1770 Allen Valley Circle, Lot No. 130,
Greensboro, entered into McDonald’s
located on 2231 South Main Street, made
his intentions known and then ordered
everyone to lay down on the floor.
Greensboro Police officers soon arrived
on the scene, however, and made contact
with Walker.
No weapons were found on his person. He
was arrested and charged with terroristic
threats and criminal attempt to commit
robbery.
James Derek Walker
GREENE COUNTY
Test scores show school improvement
Dr. Thomas
McClendon
unveils the
improved
CCRPI
scores
Monday to
the Greene
County
BOE.
Dave Brown/
Staff
Dave Brown
dave@lakeoconeenews.us
For a government entity that has
suffered its fair share of slings and
arrows over the recent years, a true
sense of healing and a feeling of tri
umphantly rising up from the ashes
like The Phoenix was clearly evident at
the Greene County Board of Education
meeting Monday.
First and foremost, the board has
been vindicated and truly validated
with the release of the 2017 College
and Career Readiness Performance
Index. Greene County’s scores show a
remarkable turnaround.
SEE BOE » All
Lynn Hobbs/Staff
Frank Causey and defense attorney Keri Thompson
review cell phone records presented by the
prosecution.
State, defense
rest in Causey
murder trial
Ex-girlfriends testify
about being abused
Lynn Hobbs
lynn@lakeoconeenews.us
Both the state and
defense rested Tuesday
afternoon in the murder
trial of Frank Don Causey,
as of The Eatonton
Messenger’s press time.
Testimony was expected
to resume Wednesday
morning with rebuttal
witnesses.
The trial began Nov.
6 for Causey, who was
charged with the Dec. 2,
2016, murder of Lydia
Ivanditti by strangulation
and drowning.
Throughout the
week, defense attor
ney Keri Thompson, of
Milledgeville, presented
several alternatives to the
charge, including that
Ivanditti’s death was an
accident, a suicide, a result
of erotic asphyxiation or
SEE TRIAL » A10
index
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Churches B8
Classifieds D4
Community B1
Obituaries A8
Opinions A4
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MORGAN COUNTY
Husband in
jail despite
fire, suicide
attempt
T. Michael Stone
michael@lakeoconeenews.us
A Morgan County man being served with
arrest warrants after allegedly assaulting his
wife apparently tried to
slice open his arms and set
fire to his own house when
Morgan County deputies
arrived on the afternoon
of Nov. 8.
KimberlyDaniellePaden
told Sergeant DerrickReid
of the Morgan County
Sheriff’s Office that her
husband, William Howard Paden, 47, of
1101 Vfw Lane, punched her in the stomach,
grabbed her by the arm and threw her into a
glass coffee table.
She also said Paden took her cell phone and
keys and would not let her leave the home for
two days.
According to the incident report obtained
from the Morgan County Sheriffs Office,
Paden also kept her in a bedroom closet for
hours at a time by holding his body against
the door.
Paden
SEE HUSBAND » All
Leila Scoggins/Staff
Talley Toro and Zeke Lambert - who won the Mirror Ball Trophy Judge's Choice Award - end
their stunning performance at last week's fundraiser for the Madison-Morgan Boys and Girls
Club. The event raised more than $95,000. SEE STORY AND PHOTOS » B1
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