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Man gets 8 years for assault

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Tuesday, November 6. 2018
A Danielsville man was sentenced to prison time in Madison County Superior Court recently on an assault charge. [Full Story »] 

Woman sentenced on meth charge

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Monday, October 29. 2018
A Commerce woman was sentenced recently in Madison County Superior Court to three years probation on a methamphetamine charge. [Full Story »] 

Fight reported on Hardman Morris Road

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Monday, October 22. 2018
Deputies responded to a dispute on Hardman Morris Road and were told that two females, 16 and 20, got into a fight at the residence and then left, with one dragging the other into the road. [Full Story »] 

Man sentenced to 20 years in prison for child molestation

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Thursday, October 4. 2018
A Danielsville man was sentenced recently in Madison County Superior Court by Judge Jeff Malcom to serve 20 years, with the first ten years to be served in prison and the remainder on probation, on three counts of child molestation. [Full Story »] 

Man killed in Sept. 13 wreck on Hwy. 98

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Saturday, September 15. 2018
A Madison County man died an accident on Hwy. 98 Thursday.
Robert Edward Couch, 83, Colbert, was killed in a two-vehicle wreck at 10:02 p.m. at the intersection of Hwy. 98 and Short Seagraves Road, according to county coroner Julie Phillips.
Couch was traveling east on Hwy. 98 when a chicken truck with a load of birds driven by Marcus William Jackson, 46, Braselton, turned west onto Hwy. 98 and into the path of Couch’s 1989 Chevrolet Celebrity, which struck the rear section of the trailer. The accident remains under investigation.

Man killed in Hwy. 29 accident

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Friday, August 31. 2018
A Bishop man was killed in a three-vehicle accident on Hwy. 29 South in Hull Aug. 24. [Full Story »] 

Carlton man sentenced to 20 years of probation for RICO violation

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Tuesday, August 14. 2018
A Carlton man was sentenced to long-term probation in Madison County Superior Court for violating the state’s RICO (Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations) Act. [Full Story »] 

Woman says ex-husband, his girlfriend hacking her phone

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Monday, August 6. 2018
A woman on Garnett Ward Road reported that her estranged husband and his girlfriend have been hacking into her account and controlling her phone. [Full Story »] 

Marijuana worth millions found in large grow operation in northern Madison Co.

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Monday, July 30. 2018
Officers from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office discovered a large scale indoor marijuana grow house located inside a layer chicken house off Reed-Brawner Road near Royston in northern Madison County with an estimated street value of $12-to-$13 million, according to a press release. [Full Story »] 

Man sentenced to 18 months in jail on drug charge

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Monday, July 2. 2018
A Commerce man was sentenced to prison time on a drug charge in Madison County Superior Court recently. [Full Story »] 
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