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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
POLICE
BEAT
Alleged thief
confesses
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
As police were questioning
a local shop owner, Thomas
Morgan, 21, 204 Grove
Lane, Warner Robins,
reportedly confessed to
stealing items from the
store and pawning them on
the previous day. The shop
owner reportedly had
allowed Morgan to hang
around the store because he
was going through “some
difficult times.”
Morgan told police he took
the items from the store, hid
them behind a trashcan out
front and then hid the items
in the bed of a truck. He was
charged with theft by taking
for stealing $835 in elec
tronics from the store and
pawning it for sllO. The
property was retuned to the
store and the money
returned to the pawnshop.
Don't rock and roll
If your license is revoked,
don’t drive around with
crack in your pocket.
Ernest Bernard
Middlebrooks Jr., 25, 127
Tinker Blvd., Warner
Robins, reportedly learned
that lesson on Thursday.
According to police,
Middlebrooks was observed
driving a blue Lincoln Town
Car by an officer familiar
with him and his license sta
tus. The officer confirmed
the license was revoked,
then made contact with
Middlebrooks and placed
him into custody. A search
of his person reportedly
found an off-white rock-like
substance in the top left
pocket of his clothing. Also
found were six more off
white rock-type items in the
same pocket. The rocks
field-tested positive for
crack cocaine, according to
reports. Middlebrooks was
charged with driving while
license revoked and posses
sion of crack cocaine with
intent to distribute.
Bad habits
If you’re a habitual viola
tor for DUI and your license
is revoked, driving around is
not recommended.
Dennis A. Harris, 48,
Hawkinsville, was stopped
Thursday on U.S. 341 at
Short Road after deputy
reportedly saw him cross
both the centerline and the
fog line more than once.
Harris reportedly appeared
to be very nervous, was
unable to stand still and had
the slight smell of alcoholic
beverage coming from his
person.
According to reports, the
driver could not complete
sobriety tests. He also
refused tests after being
read implied consent. Harris
was charged with failure to
maintain lane, DUI, driving
with a revoked license and
habitual violator.
Person(s) unknown
Between Jan. 15 and 18,
person(s) unknown busted
the light, and damaged the
sign and the personal vehi
cle of the owner of a Fox
Meadow Court business.
The victim suspects it is the
juveniles who use the park
ing lot to skateboard and
ride bikes. No trespassing
signs have been repeatedly
removed as well.
On Jan. 16, person(s)
unknown stole a S2OO mail
box from a Laverne Drive
home. On Thursday, per
son(s) unknown left a bicy
cle with no serial number in
the bushes of a Wisconsin
Avenue home. Also
Thursday, person(s)
unknown egged and wrote
obscenities with permanent
marker on a vehicle parked
at a Corder Road apart
ment. Person(s) unknown
also have been stealing car
tags of late, with incidents
in the county and in the city
of Warner Robins.
Centerville plans for future with road annexations
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
CENTERVILLE
Friday’s town hall meeting
was to let people know of
the city’s plans.
Centerville is asking the
state legislature to annex
parts of three roads and
their 40-foot rights of way
into the city to allow the
city to build sewer and/or
water infrastructure.
City Manager John
Harley noted that the
requests will not create
“islands” or annex any pri
vate property.
“We want to go on right of
way under city control, not
under the control of some
one else, so we can maintain
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sees how quickly you can
move through the surgery
process and recuperate at
home they will see it is a
good thing.
The three weeks the
surgery center has been
open it has already seen
about 200 to 250 patients.
Frank Aaron, CEO of
Houston Healthcare, said
the planning of this facili
ty has been in the works
about four years.
“From 2001, forward
we’ve been extremely
busy in the surgery area
that is housed in the mid
dle of the hospital,” he
said. “That area is also
extremely hard to expand
without disrupting other
areas of the hospital. Here
at the other location we
have more than enough
room to expand if needed
without disrupting serv
ice.”
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Karen Kirby, a staff nurse at The Surgery Center, directs a walking tour of the facili
ty’s eight-bed recovery room.
Perry library to host
afterschool tutoring
PERRY - The After
School Homework Club
will begin at the Perry
Public Library on Feb. 9
and meet every Wednesday
from 3:30-5:30 p.m. until
March 23.
Students will have access
to computers and the
Internet (with parental
permission), and help will
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it,” Harley said.
The request to the state,
so the city can provide serv
ices in the city’s state-desig
nated service delivery area,
Harley said, include por
tions of Houston Lake
Road, 1.03 miles from
Dunbar to Wellston Circle;
Dunbar Road, 2.43 miles
from Houston Lake Road to
Heritage Road; and U.S.
41/Ga. 11, 1.88 miles from
Old Dunbar Road to Ga. 49.
State Rep. Robert Ray,
who Mayor Ronnie Brand
called, “our representative
in Atlanta,” was present at
the sparsely attended meet
ing.
Ray said the city could
use eminent domain and
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with homework, research
strategies and writing
skills. Parents may register
their children for this serv
ice at any time at the front
desk of the Perry Public
Library.
For more information,
contact Susan Mixon, chil
dren’s specialist, at (478)
987-3050.
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LOCAL
condemn private property
for the sewerage projects.
“This is not taking any
one’s private property,” Ray
said.
Only one area resident
came out to speak out, Mary
Walker, who was concerned
about being annexed into
the city. Walker said she and
others in the area “moved
where we moved because
we want to be in the coun
ty.”
She was also critical of
the time of the meeting, 2
p.m., “when most people
are at work.” She suggested
having it “at time when
more people are able to
come.”
Harley noted the city has
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not had any comments on
the proposal. It was posted
at City Hall and in an
advertisement in this news
paper on Jan. 13. The meet
ing was for information
only and was not legally
required.
“That is the only way we
can grow to provide water
and sewer service as well as
police and fire,” said Mayor
Brand. “People want to
develop in the north end of
the county, and they can’t
without water and sewer.”
Councilman Sherod
Wilson assured Walker that
the city was not not annex
ing her property - “just the
roads to provide services in
the area.”
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The Surgery Center, an outpatient surgery facility of
Houston Healthcare, had its grand opening and ribbon
cutting on Saturday. Cutting the ribbon are Tracy Erwin,
director of the surgery center, and Ned Sanders, chair
man of the Houston County Board of Commissioners.
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“It’s gonna be a city out
there. It’s just gonna hap
pen,” Brand told Walker.
“You’re gonna see that area
grow, from Dunbar Road to
Bibb County.”
’’Why not put it in
Centerville?” Brand said,
“why not have sewer
instead of septic tanks con
taminating the groundwa
ter? I want quality growth.”
Ray said it would be bet
ter than if it was Warner
Robins and noted that city
has annexed into Peach
County already. Harley said
noted the city borders
Peach County on U.S. 41
already and Centerville
“would annex into Peach if
asked to provide water and
sewer.”
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