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INSIDE
It’s all on
the line for
the Dogs
on Friday
SEE PAGE 1C
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
OF THE WEEK
Thomas Wicker
Frankie Jones
Pam Taylor
Jim Wilds
Chris Walker
DEATHS m6A
Bruce Walker
Lucio Perez
Edna Pippin
Ann Pressley
Gal Houlihan
Sandra Lord
James Crook
Horace Channell
Mae Be Bengamin
Jail suicide faced big legal troubles
JEFFRIES
Charged with assault, rape, Jeffries was also under investigation for missing Shrine funds
A Forsyth man who hanged
himself with a towel in the
Monroe County Jail on Tues
day, Oct. 25 was accused of
assaulting and trying to rape
his wife and was also under in
vestigation for possibly stealing
money from the Macon shrine
lodge.
Roy Jeffries, 57, of Old Union
Gin Road, was found Tuesday
night in the jail hanging from
his bunk bed during a head-
count at a shift change around
5:40 p.m. He had apparently
hanged himself with a towel.
Deputies and a jail nurse pro
vided medical attention until
See TROUBLE Page C7
A family of Halloween dinosaurs was among big costumed crowd trick-or-treating on the Forsyth courthouse square
on Monday, Oct. 31. Among the dinosaurs are Jimmy Soto, Jimmy Soto, Dillon Soto, Nancy Lopez, Zachary Hobby and
Cobi Lundy. See more Halloween photos on pages B5 and 6D. (Photo/Will Davis)
Forsyth
mulls 20
applicants
for new
police chief
Police dept, loses
state certification
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
The city of Forsyth has
already received 20 ap
plications for police chief
with applications still being
accepted, and has hired an
$8,000-per-month consul
tant to help it hire a new
chief. However, that new
chief will now head up a
See CHIEF Page D6
Bank robbery suspect says he was only kidding'
By Steve Reece
stevereece@gmail.com
A 32-year-old
Monticello man
accused of trying
to rob Robins Fi
nancial in Forsyth
on Wednesday,
Oct. 26 said he was
joking when he
stuck his finger in
his jacket to make
the teller think it was a gun,
and begged police not to
arrest him.
Bank manager India
Crumpton told Forsyth
police that the
offender, Michael
Loftis, came into
the bank in blue
pants and a gray
jacket initially to
cash a $100 check.
Since he wasn’t a
bank customer,
Crumpton said she had
to pull staff from the
drive-through to cash his
check. While Loftis was
standing at the counter
with his arms crossed, he
lifted his finger, still in his
pocket, pointed it at her
and said, “Give me all your
money!”
The teller hit the panic
alarm and Forsyth Cpl.
Kimberly Barnett and
officer Richard Maddox
immediately responded to
the bank on East Johnston
Street.
The officers walked up
behind Loftis, and Bar
nett grabbed the back of
his jacket while Maddox
grabbed his right arm.
When asked what was
going on, he told them he
was trying to cash a check
and go help his mom with
some renovations. When
Barnett asked if he had any
weapons on him, he moved
his arms down towards his
midsection and began to
say he had something.
She then grabbed his
right arm and brought
it behind his back while
Maddox did the same with
his left arm. He was told
to stop reaching and that
he was being detained. He
asked why.
He was then taken out
side the bank where he told
officers that he was joking.
Barnett told him you don’t
joke like that in a bank.
After he was cuffed with no
See ROBBER Page D6
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