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OF body’s life not even ‘ is own’
By Will Davis miles to the Falls exit where night at Buckner’s Family
Restaurant
mm , publisher@mymc[net Jenkins took the ramp at a in When
speed”. Haskins pulled into the grass The wives, Judy Martin, 72, and l o
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Roy Beck Monroe Conn sheriff Brad Free- by the exit ramp and then saw a lot
of Sandra Bowden, 76, who were sitting
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smoke and skid marks and thought it
was the suspect. But after investigat-
ing Haskins found that it was not the
suspect. He continued 0n 1-75 north
to the Hwy. 36 exit in Butts County,
but never saw the Impala again and
in the backseat, were both killed in
the crash, according to_the Jackson
Progress-Argus. The driver Thomas
Bowden, 79, was taken to a Macon
hospital in critical condition and
front passenger Ronald Martin, 76,
man said his deputy who tried to stop
a driver on Friday that later killed five
people in a head-on crash is pretty
shaken up, though he followed sher—
iff’s office policy to a T and ended his
chase well before the fatal wreck.
Wilson Hencer Sr,
Wodey Clements Jr.
touncl at
golf course
fi Monroe County deputy Thomas headed back south to Forsyth. _ was taken
to an Atlanta hospital in
to g Haskins stopped a green Chevy Jenkins, meanwhile, continued hlS stable
condltion. , I
g .5; Impala, a rental can for weaving and reckless fleeing on Hwy. 36
toward Jenkins’ two passengers, Ebony Whats being called a
i p 2...: tailgating on 1-75 north just south of Jackson. Jenkins met a
Butts County Young, 25, of Savannah and . World I 01' Hiera land
1: the lohnstonville Road exit The stop deputy heading in the opposite
direc- Sukquawn Hayes, 26, of Garden mme tralnlng deVlCe was
:3: happened around 5 pm tion and the deputy had to swerve City, were also
killed instantly. Hayes found and destroyed at
in: But the driver, later identified as to avoid the Impala, now traveling
was found with a loaded pistol in his the Forsyth Golf Course
E'- Shikym Jenkins, 23, of Garden City, about 110 mph. As the Butts
deputy dead hand, said Freeman, and was I on Tuesday. Authorities
g .3; had felony warrants in Chatham waited for traffic to clear to turn-
also wanted out of Chatham Coun- don’t know how it got there
0 1 County and took off as Haskins around and pursue, Jenkins slammed ty.
Young, the female passenger in the but say it’s been rendered
g was walking to the stopped Impala, head on into a pickup truck contain-
' Impala, was released from prison last safe by G131 and military
0 g I? Jenkins fled at speeds of 130 mph ing two elderly couples from
Coving- ' officials
‘ 9i :8 a? g "a, and Haskins pursued for about six “’11- They
were on the“ way to a date See FATAL - Page 6A A golf course employee
E «r- ; < 2 found the device near
3' 9 :1 Country Club Drive just
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8 8 g 3: T o o o o o h s after noon. The nearby
é a"- eens InVIted to Inspiring s ow un. N?U?Ha1GE‘ardt‘rm°rY.
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6;: 2 Lu a All Monroe County youth Jackson, youth pastor at New WHO: The
anonymous, said authorites
g g '5', % a" are being offered free tickets Providence
Baptist Church in Brock Gill Show used an explosive device to
to see well-known illusionist Smarr, at a youth camp this WHAT: An destroy
what looked like a
and stunt artist Brock Gill at past summer that he wanted entertaining
gallon tin can with a spring
6 pm. at the Fine Arts Center to visit more small towns. illusionist and
loaded device on the end,
on Sunday night. Gill said he felt God calling stunt artist show The
witness said the device
Gill has set the pace for him to minister to teens in for teens was clean
so he didn’t
a new generation of edgy, places off the beaten path. WHEN: 6 pm. think it
was buried but had
daring illusionists, amazing The result of that conversa- on Sunday,
recently been left on the
audiences with his unique tion is this Sunday’s show. Oct. property. When
a separate
new 5 stating a stage show, dry wit, and Organizers are giving away WHERE:
Fine explosive was used to de-
mind—blowingescapes. tickets hoping to get as many - Arts Center stroy
the device, he said it
A Nashville, Tenn. resident, Monroe County youth as PRICE: Free for was a
little disappointing.
l I Gill usually only performs in they can not only to be en- youth
“I was hoping for a bigger
4 a 7 9 1 2 6 4 cities. But he told Nathan boom,” he said,
See SHOW . Page 5A Brock Gill brings his show to Forsyth.
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