Columbus Crime

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• Police: Charges pending against driver in Double Chu...

  2 hrs ago | via Ledger-Enquirer.com 

  Columbus police say they intend to charge a woman involved in a fatal head-on collision at Double Churches Road at Nature Trail Friday evening.

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  Related Topix: Columbus, GA, Box Springs, GA

• Phenix City man dies in motorcycle crash in Columbus

  3 hrs ago | via WTVM 

  Columbus police told News Leader 9 charges are pending against a driver after a head-on collision claimed the life a Box Springs, GA woman.

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• Teen busted for contributing to delinquency of minor...

  6 hrs ago | via Ledger-Enquirer.com 

  A 17-year-old accused of contributing to the delinquency of a minor was found Sunday night with drugs and a gun, Columbus police said.

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• Police accuse man of firing gun in mobile home park,...

  11 hrs ago | via Ledger-Enquirer.com 

  Columbus police arrested a man early Monday on accusations he fired a gun several times in a mobile home park and then fought with police, reports state.

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• Police say man bit Lowe's employees

  Yesterday | via Business Journal 

  Columbus, Ga., police arrested Christopher Newman , 34, of Phenix City, Ala., and charged him with battery with physical visual harm after Lowea TMs employees said he bit them and threatened them with a knife, reports the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. According to a police report obtained by the paper, officers saw Newman, who was also charged with ... (more)

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• Columbus Police: Man accused of biting employees at ...

  Sunday | via Ledger-Enquirer.com 

  Columbus police have arrested Christopher Newman, 34, of Phenix City and charged him with battery with physical visual harm.

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• One dead, 5 sent to hospitals in Columbus crash

  Sunday | via CBS 47 

  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Mayor Alvin Brown issued a declaration of emergency in Jacksonville Sunday morning at the Duval County Emergency Operations Center.

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• Columbus police: Phenix City man accused of biting L...

  Sunday | via Ledger-Enquirer.com 

  Columbus police have arrested Christopher Newman, 34, of Phenix City whom they say bit Lowe's employees during a fight.

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• Box Springs teen killed in collision on Double Churches Road; five injured

  Saturday May 26 | via Ledger-Enquirer.com 

  A head-on collision on Double Churches Road at Nature Trail Friday has left a teen dead and four people injured in Columbus, authorities said. 3 comments

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• Former Columbus probation officer still at large aft...

  Friday May 25 | via Ledger-Enquirer.com 

  A former Columbus probation officer facing theft and oath of office violations fled a courtroom last month moments before she was scheduled to plead guilty, her attorney said.

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• Four men busted in Harris County online sting

  Friday May 25 | via Ledger-Enquirer.com 

  Four men accused of preying on a 15-year-old girl online were busted in a sting by Harris County sheriff's deputies over the past few weeks.

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• 'Miracle Riders' roll back into Columbus after 48-st...

  Friday May 25 | via Ledger-Enquirer.com 

  ROBIN TRIMARCHI rtrimarchi@ledger-enquirer.com Scott Ressemeyer and the Miracle Riders drive into the parking lot of the National Infantry Museum with a police escort and about 100 additional passengers and riders who met the men in Macon for the home stretch to Columbus Friday.

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• Sound Off

  Friday May 25 | via Ledger-Enquirer.com 

  The Supreme Court ruled students in public schools may pray, but not directed by government workers.

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• 4 men busted in Harris County online sting

  Friday May 25 | via Ledger-Enquirer.com 

  Four men accused of preying on a 15-year-old girl online were busted in a sting by Harris County sheriff’s deputies over the past few weeks. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Harris County, GA, Columbus, GA, Fortson, GA, Online Dating

• Columbus newspaper names new executive editor

  Friday May 25 | via WTVM 

  Harris County Sheriff's deputies didn't have to go undercover for their latest bust of sexual predators.

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• Driver flees police, busted with $4,570 in pot

  Friday May 25 | via Ledger-Enquirer.com 

  A driver who fled Columbus police Thursday afternoon was later caught and found with $4,570 in marijuana, reports state.

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• 1 shot, 1 robbed outside 28th Street home

  Friday May 25 | via Ledger-Enquirer.com 

  A man was shot and a teen robbed late Thursday on the front porch of a 28th Street home, Columbus police said.

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• Woman killed in head-on collision on Double Churches...

  Friday May 25 | via WTVM 

  Columbus police told News Leader 9 charges are pending against a driver after a head-on crash that claimed the life a Box Springs, GA woman.

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• 2. Abused girl defies odds and graduates ...

  Thursday May 24 | via KSL-TV 

  Thursday night, there were 339 students who made up the class of 2012 at Provo High School's graduation.

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• 3. Abused girl defies odds and graduates with ...

  Thursday May 24 | via KSL-TV 

  Thursday night, there were 339 students who made up the class of 2012 at Provo High School's graduation.

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