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www.MyMCR.net • Vol. 51 • No. 50
the Monroe County
Reporter
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4 Sections, 24 Pages • Wednesday • December 14,2022 • $2.00
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NEW SUBSCRIBERS
OF THE WEEK
Linda Frederick
William Hickman, Jr
Roy Keith Blackstone
Al Underwood
Milton Hale
DEATHS
Robert Martin
Wade Edwins, II
Dale Barbour
Richard Graham, Jr
Jean Jackson
Linda Morrison
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Restaurateur jailed for obstruction
By Will Davis
publisher@mymcr.ne
The owner of the La Pas-
adita restaurant in Forsyth
was sentenced to 12 months
in jail on Tuesday for a
tussle with a deputy during
a 2021 traffic stop that was
caught on tape.
Before this weeks trial,
district attorney Jonathan
Adams had offered Raul
Guzman probation and
a fine in exchange for a
guilty plea to misdemeanor
obstruction and three traffic
citations. But Guzman, who
videotaped the encounter
in which he was Tased,
insisted on a trial. A local
Facebook commentator
had posted about the case
and originally accused the
sheriffs office of abuse in
the case, and a Macon TV
station carried the story too.
But after 2 days of testimony
this week, a Monroe County
jury took about 30 minutes
to find him guilty on all four
counts.
Assistant district attorney
Dorothy Hull told Judge
See TRIAL Page 7A
The biggest crowd ever
enjoyed the Bolingbroke
Christmas Parade on Saturday,
including the first-ever “Hon
orary Little Miss Christmas
Bolingbroke, Na’Lani Proctor.
Earlier this year Na Lani lost
her mother Tori Proctor.
A young and vibrant “Tori
was known to many as she
watched children, family
members and friends children
at Little Angels Daycare in
Bolingbroke. This past March,
Tori was murdered by her
then boyfriend, leaving family,
friends and our community
heartbroken. Bolingbroke gath
ered gifts to give Na Lani, who
is being raised by her grand
parents. See more photos on
4C. (Photos by Will Davis/
Drone and Debra Bennett)
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Vehicular homicide in motorcycle fatality
A 58-year-old Thom-
aston man was
killed Saturday
night when his
motorcycle was
struck head on by
a Braselton man
now charged with
vehicular homi
cide.
Harold Turner,
58, of Thomaston,
WARREN
was heading west toward
his hometown
around 7:25 p.m.
when he was struck
by Terry Warren,
76, of Braselton,
in north Georgia.
Warren was going
east in his F-150
when he left the
road, struck a
culvert and hit
the motorcycle head on.
The accident happened on
Hwy. 74 near its intersec
tion with Oxford Road.
Turner was pronounced
deceased on scene.
Warren was treated at
the scene for minor inju
ries. He was then taken
to the Monroe County
Jail where he is charged
with Failure to Maintain
Lane, Driving Under the
Influence and Vehicular
Homicide in the First De
gree. He remained in jail
at press time on a $15,000
bond.
The crash is still un
der investigation by the
Monroe County Sheriff s
Office.
STOP IT:
Arrest
in yet
another
teenage
shootout
By Will Davis
publisher@mymcr.net
A Mary Persons student
is in a Youth Detention
Center after a teenage
shootout at an Orchard
See SHOOTOUT
Page 5A
Hickman
to retire
Monroe County school
superintendent Mike
Hickman told school board
members on Tuesday that
he will retire at the end of
the school year.
Hickman has been a
teacher, coach and admin
istrator in Monroe County
Schools for most of his ca
reer since he began in 1993.
He was named superinten
dent in 2015 after then-su
perintendent Anthony
Pack was ousted. Hickman
guided the system as it rose
to No. 9 in the state by test
scores, through the closure
of the Hubbard Middle
campus, the addition of
sports teams like wrestling
and swimming, through
the COVID crisis and now
the new Career Academy.
The Monroe County
BOE will have its first con
servative majority in recent
years in January when Rob
bie Jenkins replaces Nolen
Howard on the board.
Assistant superintendent
Jim Finch has been touted
as a possible replacement.
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