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Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia’s Lake Country \ www.LakeOconeeNews.us VOL. 19 NO. 48 G FRIDAY DECEMBER 1 2017 75 CENTS GREENE COUNTY GBI closer to concluding shooting investigation Dave Brown dave@lakeoconeenews.us Accordingto the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, there should be a forthcoming report on the investigation into the shooting of a 47-year-old man by a Greene County deputy a little more than three months ago. “This case is in its final stages and will be turned over to the (District Attorney’s) office in thenear future,” said Nelly Miles, the director of the Office of Public Affairs for the GBI. Niles released the information this week in an email to the Lake Oconee News. Greene County deputy sher iff Conrad Easley remains on administrative leave while the GBI examines evidence from an Aug. 29 traffic stop-related incident in Woodville where Charles David Robinson allegedly fled the scene on foot, got in an altercation with Easley, was tased and ultimately killed by a shot from the deputy’s service weapon. Robinson, who was convicted of obstructing a law officer in greene County in 2012, was pronounced dead on arrival at Good Samaritan Hospital in Greensboro after the Aug. 25 incident. Joe Wooten, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation special agent in charge of the case, recently said an SEE DEPUTY » A12 GREENE COUNTY PUTNAM COUNTY Apparent suicide at Ingles Police tape marks the area where a white male was pronounced dead on the scene Tuesday afternoon in the Ingles parking lot in Greensboro. According to the Greensboro Police Department, officers arrived at Ingles about 2:40 p.m. Police would not comment on the cause of death. The deceased, whose next of kin have been notified, was identified as Wilbert Harold Moore, 69, of Union Point. Moore was discovered in a white Corvette in the parking lot. The incident is also under investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Ingles store manager Loree Looney said it was company policy not to comment on police matters. The incident was investigated at the scene for about two hours before evidence was turned over to the GBI. Dave Brown/Staff Mclver gets new attorney Remains in Atlanta jail for wife's death Lynn Hobbs lynn@lakeoconeenews.us Claude “Tex” Mclver remains in jail in Fulton County but now has a new attorney representing him. A prominent Atlanta attorney, Donald F. Samuel, recently joined Mclver’s defense team. Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills described Samuel as “the No. 1 criminal attorney in the state.” SEE MCIVER » A12 index Calendar B4 Churches B8 Classifieds D4 Community B1 Obituaries A8 Opinions A4 Recipes D1 Sports C1 Sports C1 FRIDAY 66/48 Partly Cloudy WEATHER »D7 0 94922 87855 7 Published by Smith Communications Inc. MORGAN COUNTY Local firefighters have a busy Thanksgiving T. Michael Stone michael@lakeoconeenews.us Just about the time some of Madison’s firefighters were getting ready to sit down for Thanksgiving dinner, several had to postpone the annual feast and respond to a fire that had broken out at a home located at 1030 Bramblewood Drive in Madison off of Washington Street. Three engines, one squad truck, one service truck and one ambulance arrived at the scene at approximately 6:46 p.m. to douse the fire that appears to have been the result of SEE FIRES » A12 T. Michael Stone/Staff Three engines, one squad truck, one service truck and one ambulance arrive at the scene of a fire on Bramblewood Drive. MORGAN COUNTY Man charged with intent to sell T. Michael Stone michael@lakeoconeenews.us A Lithonia man was arrested for possession of marijuana last week after beingstoppedfor having expired registration. Morgan County Sheriffs Deputy Christopher Lash stopped a gray Nissan Maxima traveling eastbound near milepost 114. According to the incident report, Lash noticed the odor of marijuana as soon as he made contact with the driver, Malik Jordan, 20. Jordan was asked to get out of the car, and Lash told him the car would be searched. Malik Jordan When Lash asked Jordan where the marijuana might be found, found he declined to answer. Jordan was handcuffed and searched while Lash conducted his exploration. Lash found a cigar pack age in the console containing four cigars withagreenleafy substance inside, according to the report. 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