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WEEKEND
May 20, 2006
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Showing off
m As part of Police Week,
area law enforcement will
have the tools of their trade
on display for the public
- from guns to BATmobiles to
one of the newest additions:
the Dodge Charger in the
Kmart parking lot on Watson
Boulevard in Warner Robins
today. The event, put on by
Law Enforcement United,
is scheduled to run from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Everyone is invited to stop by,
meet some law enforcement
officers, inspect their vehicles
and weapons, and learn how
they do their jobs of protect
ing the community.
- Ray Lightner
Carrying the torch
Police officers from Houston
County will take part in a
torch run Monday to raise
money for the Special
Olympics in Georgia.
At 6 a.m., Perry School
Resources Officer Keith
Kindle, along with Perry
Middle student Brad Boyst
will carry the torch to city hall
in Warner Robins.
At 8 a.m., officers from
the Warner Robins Police
Department, deputies with
the Houston County Sheriff's
Department, along with police
from Robins Air Force Base,
will carry the torch along Ga.
247, where the torch will be
passed to the Bibb County
Sheriff's Office.
For further information, con
tact Kindle at 808-9861 or visit
www.specialolympicsga.org.
. - Staff reports
Saturday :
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® Robert Lewis
® Mack Peyton
® Harold Haygood
Sunday
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1823, ext. 234, or e-mail her at
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Daughtry murder sentences upheld
Ga. Supreme Court keeps life
sentences for Oree, Durham
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
The state Supreme Court
has unanimously affirmed the
Houston County convictions
and sentences in Kyle Oree and
Benny Frank Durham.
Oree, 35 and Durham, 21,
were convicted of felony murder
and other crimes on May 27,
2004, in connection with the
death of Robert Daughtry Jr.,
on April 8, 2003.
Oree was found guilty as
charged at trial for murder
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Tony Zelonis, standing center, and several cast members re-create a scene from the Perry Players’ produc
tion of Larry Shue’s outrageous comedy, “The Foreigner,” at the playhouse on Main Street this week. Directed
by Bill Andrews and produced by Anne-Marie Saul, “The Foreigner” follows the misadventures of a man who
poses as an immigrant who doesn’t understand English to avoid conversation at a rural Georgia fishing lodge.
Performances are scheduled throughout this weekend and May 24-27, beginning at 8 p.m., with a matinee this
Sunday at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call the playhouse at 987-5354, or visit www.perryplayers.org.
Four fake ssos found
BY RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Perry Police are investi
gating the passing of coun
terfeit SSO bills at four local
businesses recently.
Four were passed some
time on Wednesday at
four Perry businesses
- Ace Hardware, Moore’s,
Fred’s and Cato, all in the
Kroger shopping center
on Sam Nunn Boulevard,
said Capt. Bill Phelps, who
added police are reviewing
surveillance video from the
stores to identify a sus
pect.
The bills passed initial
pen tests at the store, but
came up as counterfeit at
the Security Bank when
the money was deposited
Thursday.
“I'm concerned,” Phelps
said. “This indicates they
know what they're doing.
The paper quality is simi
lar to the original.”
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and aggravated battery. He was
indicted on four counts of mur
der, one count each of kidnap
ping, aggravated assault and
possession of a firearm during
commission of a crime. He was
sentenced to life, plus 15 years
on aggravated battery
His defense attorney at the
time was James Rockefeller
of Warner Robins. For the
appeal, his attorneys were Drew
Findling and Cris E. Schneider.
Durham was found guilty as
charged at trial for murder. He
Hard to understand
Phelps said the bank was
able to determine the coun
terfeit bills when the same
serial number came up on
the money counter.
Police will also be send
ing the bills out to be
checked for fingerprints
against the state database,
and then the national data
base, Phelps said. “We can
eliminate bank and store
personnel’s fingerprints,”
he said, “but we want to
know how anyone else’s
got on there.”
Phelps encouraged busi
nesses to continue to do the
pen test but check other
things as well on suspi
cious money, including the
watermark and the secu
rity strip.
“It’s easier to catch them
if they are caught in the act
at the store,” Phelps said.
“If not, they get back on I
-75 and are gone. This one
See MONEY, page 7C
was sentenced to life in prison
plus five years on a firearm
charge.
He was indicted April 22,
2003, of murder (two counts) as
well as kidnapping, aggravated
assault and possession of a fire
arm or knife during a crime. His
defense attorney through the
entire process has been Fred
Graham of Warner Robins.
Attorneys for the state in
the appeal were Houston
District Attorney Kelly Burke,
Houston Senior Assistant
District Attorney Katherine
K. Lumsden, State Attorney
General Thurbert E. Baker,
and State Assistant Attorney
General Chad E. Jacobs. Burke
was the prosecutor on the origi-
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Neighbor!
Lab variety the spice
of life for Jackson
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
n six months on the job,
ICindy Jackson has seen
a little of everything.
From blood samples to
bicycles, the Perry Police
Department’s evidence
technician is learning not to
be surprised at what shows
up from a crime scene.
“I think the strangest
thing I've seen is a piece of
used chewing gum, but we
have a little of everything,”
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nal case.
Six people were arrested for
the murder after the body was
found in a trash compactor at
Wilshire Estates Trailer Park
off North Houston Road the
morning of April 8, 2003.
They included: Durham,
Melvin Chevene Daniels, Oree,
a 19-year-old female and a
16-year-old male found with
Durham at 1204 Elberta Road
just hours after the discovery of
Daughtry’s body.
The sixth suspect, Jamal
Durrell Williams was taken into
custody on murder charges two
days later.
Daniels, Oree and the 19-
year-old female were taken into
See MURDER, page 8A
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JACKSON
she said.
Responsible for know
ing where every piece of
evidence collected is at
any moment, Jackson logs
evidence as it comes in,
and maintains the chain of
custody when other officers,
police departments, or even
lawyers handling the case
need to examine it. Last
month, Jackson said she
cataloged roughly 90 new
pieces of evidence, part of
See JACKSON, page 7A
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By KIMBERLY CASEL
PRITCHETT
HHJ Contributing Writer
More than two dozen
citizens attended the
meeting of the Centerville
City Council work ses
sion Tuesday, and many
expressed concern over
the possible changes or
elimination of a 1994 tax
law that allows seniors
over the age of 70 a 100
percent property tax
exemption.
Centerville Mayor
Harold M Edwards Jr.
said that he had three
scenarios that could take
place. These included
doing nothing, doing com
pletely away with the
senior citizen’s tax law
or aligning it “with some
thing in between.”
“The basic thing I was
looking at is what is fair
for all citizens,” said the
mayor. :
Edwards explained that
no other municipalities in
Georgia have 100 percent
exemption for seniors, but
many have provided for
some type of modified tax
relief for seniors, some
based on age and others
based on a combination of
income, age and length of
residency.
All council members
present, including Randall
Wright, Bob Smith and
Sherod Wilson agreed
with the mayor’s third
proposition that the city
needed to look at doing
something to align itself
with other cities.
“I want the senior citi
zens’ input and the young
working folks’ input,
too,” said Edwards. “The
state says we should have
a six month’s reserve - we
don’t want to live hand to
mouth.”
Several seniors ques
tioned just how much a
reserve would be and how
much revenue it would
gain for the city.
City Administrator
Patrick Eidson said that
a six month reserve
would be approximately
$700,000 for the city.
See TAX, page 8A