Bainbridge -At about 1:00 p.m. last Saturday afternoon, 56-year-old Linda L. Harrison of Harrison Road in Climax was killed when her SUV struck a semi truck trailer. Linda Harrison was employed at Dr. Buz Beauchamp’s dental office as a receptionist, and was a part-time employee at Belk’s. She was the wife of Keith Harrison and the mother of one daughter in Statesboro.

The semi was heading south on Highway 262, north of Climax. Our understanding of the crash was that Linda Harrison was traveling east on Open Pond Road. She proceeded through a stop sign and crashed into the semi truck trailer, leaving definitive marks on the trailer. Ms. Harrison was pronounced dead at the scene.

Camilla - A seatbelt violation and the discovery of a large quantity of drugs was just one of three incidents that resulted in several criminal charges against Mitchell County individuals.

On May 21, police officer Alan Cooper stopped a van because the driver and the passenger were not wearing their seat belts. The van was driven by Jonathan McGregor, 48, of Camilla, and the passenger was Timothy Dewayne Williams, 37.

When Officer Cooper approached the vehicle, he detected a strong odor of marijuana. During Cooper’s search of the vehicle, he found a small bag of marijuana in the area where Williams was seated.

Officers proceeded to search Williams who tried to fleeon foot but was subdued. Subsequently, he was found to have a large amount of crack cocaine concealed in his clothing.

Williams was charged with trafficking cocaine because he was found to have in excess of 50 grams. He was also charged with possession of marijuana of less than one ounce. He also had in his possession digital scales, bags, and a large amount of money.

Cairo - When firefighters were dispatched to battle a house fire in northwest Cairo during the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, May 22, it turned out firemen had more than a blaze to extinguish--they also had to contend with low water pressure.

The water system the morning of the fire would not sustain the required fire flow due to the low pressure in the system.

The fire chief says he and his staff had been advised by utilities’ officials previously that in the event of a fire, the utilities department would have to manually switch on the high service pumps at the water plant, which is where the city’s only water wells are located.

According to Fire Chief Towne, the utilities’ department was notified immediately, but it was taking too long for the pressure to build in the system, so the county fire department had to be called in.

The home was totally destroyed in the fire, and it took 35 firemen from both the city and county to bring the fire under control.

Cuthbert - Cuthbert Police Chief Bobby Wiggins reports five arrests have been made in an armed robbery and an attempted armed robbery that took place late last Tuesday night and in the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 2.

Arrested were five black males, all of Cuthbert. There are 30 warrants: each of the following has six different charges against them: Timothy Ragland, Donnaille James, Juvenile Christopher Nelson, who is being charged as an adult; Cornelious Davis, and Dondeia Johnson.

Wiggins stated that first there was an attempted armed robbery. Later that night/morning on the second attempt they did rob someone at gunpoint. Wiggins believes that these same five are responsible for other crimes around Cuthbert as well.

Havana - The Gadsden County Sheriff’s Department, with the assistance of the Quincy Police Department, served four warrants and confiscated items from four Gadsden County businesses Monday afternoon.

According to authorities, the warrants were for selling “knock off” clothing and shoes, which is a violation of copyright names, and items used as drug paraphernalia such as the glass and metal rose containers which can be made into illegal drug pipes. Also confiscated were coin-operated vending machines: the type you drop a coin into and a blade sweeps across the money, occasionally pushing coins off.