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16, 2019
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On the Outside Looking ln...........5A
f ' . Jerry Napier,
former bus
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BOE fires bus fleet ma
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schools,
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By Will Davis enough evidence to charge Napier irregularities. Sourc—
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WI publisher@mymcmet and a former employee of NAPA es familiar with the
when clH
V . Auto Parts in Forsyth of defrauding case say the bus buses passed
owns Monroe County schools have the school system. Daniels said he shop was
purchas— inspection for
fired bus fleet manager Jerry Napier hopes to make arrests in the case
ing things needed two years
a amidst a criminal investigation that but is waiting for more evidence
for personal use but straight. He
police sources say could include from NAPA’s private investigator.
charging them to the was fired
possible fraud and theft Via the Daniels said he first started look—
school system. A NAPA lasl week
purchase of auto parts. ing into claims of fraud apcput ltlhree employee
who allegedly I“
weeks ago after NAPA to po 'ce
Forsyth pellce In“ Teuas Damels that an audit had uncovered some
Pmbe'
See PROBE - Page 6A
said he’s looking into whether there’s
New eatery
backs out of
the Bluetick
Plans to put a new BBQ and
seafood restaurant in the vacant
Bluetick Mercantile building on
the square have collapsed.
As reported in August, long-
time Forsyth restauranteur Larry
Pippin had reached a verbal
agreement to lease and reopen
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Cindy Adrien the Main Street facility, which has
_ been closed since January But
10 THE the Pippin family has confirmed
that things did not work out.
NEW SUBSCRIBERS Pippin had planned to run the
OF THE WEEK restaurant With his son Brandon,
a professional chef who graduat-
ed from the elite cooking school
Cordon Bleu.
’” 6A Pippin had a BBQ restaurant
John James BC]ng in Forsyth for 12 years in the
Charlton 'Pete‘ Ogbum current home of Lucky Cafe on
Jeanette Ogburn HWY- 18-
Mattie Hogan
Patricia Gresham
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Mary Persons senior Abby Gray wears the crown after being named Miss
Homecoming 2019 at halftime of
the MP-Upson-Lee game on Friday. Abby is shown with her father, Christian
Gray, and MP principal Jim Finch.
The Bulldogs won 37-28 and are off this week. See details on page TB.
(Photo/Kim Holdertield)
The Bluetick is still vacant.
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A Decatur man faces multiple identified as Keiran Pippins, to
charges after he flipped the Nis—
san Altima he was driving with a
three-year—old inside on Collier
Road at the end of a high-speed
chase that began on I—75 South.
According to the incident re-
port, at about 4 pm. on Oct. 10,
Cpl. Thomas Haskins, Lt. Chad
Beck, Cpl. lake Justice, Cpl. Nico-
las Ortiz, Dep. Willie Barkley and
Dep. Sullivan, all of the Monroe
County Sheriff’s Office, were
conducting a sobriety checkpoint
at the I-75 South off-ramp at Exit
193 at Iohnstonville Road when
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stop. However, the car suddenly
accelerated and drove into the
emergency lane around another
stopped vehicle and continued
through a stop sign back onto ‘
I-75 South.
Haskins then pursued the car,
which traveled up to 120 mph
and passed other vehicles in the
emergency lane. Haskins saw
the car exit at the I-75 South
weigh station before getting back
onto the interstate. The car then
See CHASE o Page (DA
Sheriff Brad Freeman and others look on after a car flipped while fleeing
Monroe County deputies on Thursday. (Photo/Richard Dumas)
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