Crime & Safety

6 Indicted in 4 Burglary-related Cases

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Six suspects were indicted by an Oconee County grand jury this week in four burglary-related cases spanning from Aug. 5, 2010 to May 14, 2011.

A Bogart man and a Bishop woman were formally charged with burglary and criminal damage to property in the second degree.

According to an indictment, filed with the Oconee County Clerk of Superior Court on Aug. 9, , are accused of breaking into Thaxton Turkeys on Old Biship Road on April 7, 2011 and stripping the horse stable of more than $500 worth of electrical wires, causing damage.Β 

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Another indictment alleges .Β  unlawfully entered the Virgin De Guadalupe Church on Epps Bridge Parkway sometime between May 12-14, 2011 with the intent to commit theft.

Two men, one from Athens and the other from Woodville, have been indicted for possession of tools for commission of a crime and loitering or prowling.

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, are accused of hanging around Overlook Ridge Road on April 14, 2011, "at a time and in a manner not usual for law-abiding individuals" and allegedly were in possession of latex gloves and bolt cutters, according to the indictment.

Also indicted this week was , 45, of Hull, who is accused of entering a home in the 1100 block of Sunnyside Drive sometime between Aug. 5-13, 2010 with the intent to commit a theft.


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