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Need these vine-ripe delectables? Roadside stands are now open and stocked. Page 8B ‘ WEEKEND May 20, 2006 50¢ Ty l VOLUME 136, NUMBER 96 OUR 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 : ® Chuck Stubbs ® Robert Lewis ® Mack Peyton ® Harold Haygood Sunday m Joe Nell ‘ ® Harry Molz Having a birthday or anniversa ry? Call Charlotte Perkins at 987- 1823, ext. 234, or e-mail her at cperkins@evansnewspapers.com. m George B. Hawthorne, Jr. BN ..o RA WEMHER ...... .GA SEENION . ... ... .4A EPERIYLE . ... ... 9K PremiS. ..., 18 SLANLS . ...;i... 5B CLASSIFIEDS .... 6B PERIODICAL Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest 9 A | L o - - I;S ERVING HoUSTON COUNTY SINCE 1870, (a | l CJ' Houston Home LEGAL ORGAN FOR HousTON COUNTY, CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTER\{{RNSS_. 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 R : i RS | ; P - : i ' 8 ey e 5 # TE! 2 ¥y, oy ot - e ? o i 3 R . g ) y : i F By v ’ i 4 , DU N e ; RE iy 2 = o ‘{%-‘, i @ f - : & ! 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SRR ) i 1 B A e 3 T LS R 7 AR e | P Mr.\».-,‘lj% Py “_; E Eb‘f}' 8 * 3 i A d RAT ;Y. Bk P . - T B A% b =% ~ - - S A ;m x fi w 3 "#; . " % Lt T X y ] 3 = . 3 y HHJ/Mike George 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.” www.hhjnews.com | .. 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- Bl 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,” ‘l‘/r # \ "f‘ "o E A\, Sl TWO SECTIONS * 16 PAGES I 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 ‘ .L; v 74 o 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 ANEVANS FAMILY NEWSPA I’l:'Rl e, . - : , N | | = i L el DURHAM M T £ ™ T F 3 £ o o &!&.“A o OREE ire of citizens 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