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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
New maps of WR are in stock
Chamber selling
maps of rapidly
changing area
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Are
you lost?
Do you wake up in a cold
sweat from a nightmare of
being stuck at the intersec
tion of Houston Lake Road
and Russell Parkway for
eternity?
Would you just like to find
a way to get from Point A to
Point B without having to
travel Watson Boulevard?
Well, this is your lucky
day, because the Warner
Robins Area Chamber of
Commerce had finally got in
their new maps.
“We are very proud of the
new maps,” said Chamber
President Frank Feild. “It is
a quality product and it is
packed with great informa
tion.”
The maps have been
delayed for a couple of
months and Feild said he
wanted to apologize for that.
“We have had some prob
lems getting all the advertis
ing copy cleared, and the
last delay was a problem the
company had in getting the
maps folded, but now that
they are here everyone is
happy with the quality,” said
Feild.
Feild said that the prob
lem got so bad at one point
Central Georgia Home Show showcases products
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7/ie Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry again hosted the Central Georgia Home Show this year.
Products and services were showcased for those interested in remodeling, repairing or redecorating homes. Here,
Health Craft cookware is demonstrated for visitors.
ICE unit seizes drugs, money in two stops
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
HENDERSON - The
Houston County Sheriffs
Department ICE Unit seized
$29,000 in marijuana and
$60,611 in cash in two traf
fic stops on Interstate 75
last week.
Thursday’s stop on 1-75
north at mile marker 128
led to the seizure of $60,611
in cash and a traffic citation
for the driver, Akeyao
Jamarras King, 29, St.
Petersburg, Fla. He denied
any knowledge of the cur
rency and was released with
the traffic citation. The cur
rency was transferred to the
Department of the Treasury
(U.S. Customs) for condem
nation.
Wednesday’s stop result
ing in three occupants of a
2001 Honda Civic being
charged with trafficking in
marijuana and the seizure of
10 pounds or about $29,000
in marijuana.
On Wednesday the
deputies stopped the vehicle
near mile maker 130 north
bound for an improper lane
change. The driver reported
ly provided a license from
the Virgin Islands identify
ing him as Christopher D.
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HHJ/Timothy Graham
Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce President Frank Field and secretary
Johnnie McCrary show off the new Warner Robins maps available at the Chamber
office.
that Chamber secretaries
were having to draw maps
for people on napkins.
“We called them map
kins,” Feild said with a grin.
The new maps will be
available at the Chamber
offices for $2 for chamber
members and $4 for non
members. Feild said that all
chamber members will be
mailed a complementary
copy of the map, as well as a
copy of the official Warner
Robins Guidebook.
King, 25, and when asked,
the driver reportedly said he
“lives in Florida part of the
year and travels back to the
islands.”
He was later charged with
giving false name and date
of birth as his name was
found to be Dave
Christopher Taylor, 25,
Lauderhill, Fla. In addition
the Department of
Homeland Security,
Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, (the other
ICE), placed a detainer on
Taylor for possible illegal
entry into the United States.
The driver said he was
going to Kentucky and
reportedly had “1-475 exit
156” written on his arm,
which he explained was the
halfway point and where
they were to stay for the
night. He reportedly said
he’d been driving since Ft.
Lauderdale, and the deputy
noted the driver was report
edly beginning to sweat
while the weather was in the
mid-70s.
The driver reportedly
identified the other occu
pants as his girlfriend Anita
McCarthy, 25, Lauderhill,
Fla., and “Country,” He did
n’t know Country’s real
Feild said that the cham
ber is already hard at work
at making the 2006 map
even better.
“We always look to
improve on what we do,” he
said. “We will look at it and
refine it and make it better
next time. I have already
opened a file on my comput
er for changes.”
The chamber contracts
with Great Southern
Publishing to produce a map
and a guidebook every year.
name; the front-seat passen
ger identified himself as
Joshua Lawson, 19, Liberty,
Ky.
The driver reportedly said
they were going to
Kentucky, and “County”
was going to show them
around. Lawson said he was
going to bring his mother a
present and the others had
business there.
A free air sniff around the
vehicle detected marijuana
and deputy had reportedly
observed a green, leafy sub
stance debris on the floor
near “Country,” who report
edly was not making eye
contact with the deputy.
The rear-seat passenger
and owner of the car,
McCarthy, consented to a
search of her car and the
search located two bundles
wrapped in clear cellophane
inside a black plastic bag
inside a black backpack
inside a box in the trunk of
the car. The deputy report
edly could smell a strong
odor of raw marijuana and
positively identified a bun
dle as being marijuana. The
driver, when asked, said
there was 10 pounds,
according to reports.
All three occupants were
LOCAL
“By the time the 2006
map comes out, this one will
be obsolete,” said Feild.
He said the chamber
called in representatives
from EMS, fire, police, the
school system, and other
groups to scrutinize the pro
posed map to make sure
that everything was as accu
rate as possible.
“I even went on in my car
to make sure that some
roads were where they were
supposed to be,” said Feild.
arrested on drug trafficking
charges.
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Trial date set in
munder-for-hire case
From staff reports
ROBINS AIR FORCE
BASE - The court-martial
trial for a Robins sergeant
accused in a murder-for
hire scheme has been set
for May 23. The location of
the trial has not been con
firmed.
Staff Sgt. Matthew W.
Gladue, 51st Combat
Communications
Squadron, is charged with
criminal conspiracy to com
mit murder, solicitation to
commit murder and
obstruction of justice.
The trial was originally
set for January, but Lt. Col.
Donald Plude, U.S. Air
Force Eastern Judicial
Circuit, Bolling Air Force
Base, Washington, D.C.,
granted a delay to consider
and rule upon defense pre
trial motions.
Sgt. Gladue and his wife,
Jessica, were arrested Oct.
13, 2004, by the Houston
County Sheriffs
Department. They are
accused with attempting to
hire a hit man to kill a wit
ness who indicated Sgt.
Gladue threatened the lives
of two squadron coworkers.
Along with the conspira
cy and solicitation charges,
the Air Force is charging
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ly transporting and pos
sessing a firearm on base in
his vehicle and attempting
to hire someone to plant
illegal drugs in the automo
bile of the witness.
The Air Force charges
against Sgt. Gladue carry a
maximum penalty of life
imprisonment.
Sgt. Gladue allegedly told
a co-worker on several
occasions between October
2003 and July 2004 of his
intent to kill two squadron
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between April and July
2004.
Mrs. Gladue pleaded
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Houston County Superior
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and four years on proba
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