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Hot tip leads to arrest of metals theft suspect
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After receiving a tip Saturday morning, Effingham County Sheriffs deputies Jason Fondren, left, and Matt Petrea, arrested Charles Wayne King Jr. after finding he had 55,000 pounds of scrap metal. - photo by Photo by Pat Donahue
A tip led Effingham County Sheriff’s deputies to uncover what is alleged to be tens of thousands of stolen scrap metal. Saturday morning around 7:30, deputies Matt Petrea and Jason Fondren pulled over a truck hauling a trailer loaded with what was said to be scrap metal. It turned out to be quite an arrest for the ECSO. "We didn’t know the trailer was stolen also," Fondren said.
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Father, Son Arrested After Armed Standoff in Eden
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Deputies respond Tuesday to a home in Eden, where a father and son were arrested after a standoff following a domestic dispute. (Submitted photo)
Two men were arrested Tuesday in Eden after a domestic dispute led to a standoff. Deputies say George Driggers, 47, threatened his girlfriend and law enforcement with a gun, then barricaded himself inside a home. His father, Alford Driggers, 80, was also charged for allegedly threatening deputies.
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