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Man sentenced for hitting firefighter on I-475

Submitted by 13WMAZ Web Staff
Monday, March 10th, 2014, 12:47pm
Man sentenced for hitting firefighter on I-475

A Warner Robins man who drove into a firefighter responding to a call on Interstate 475 was sentenced to 12 months' probation today.

Nayef Al Shroof pleaded guilty Monday in Bibb County Superior Court to violating the state's move-over law.

Two other charges against him, causing serious injury and reckless driving, were dropped as part of the plea agreement.
That's according to Assistant District Attorney John Regan.

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Students appreciate teachers 34 years later

Submitted by 13WMAZ Web Staff
Saturday, March 8th, 2014, 8:20pm


Most successful people say they were influenced by someone, and many times it's their educator.

Saturday, some former Northside High School students held an appreciation day for teachers that they say made a difference in their lives 34 years ago.

The class of 1980 organized the reunion.

Class President Sarah Braswell says she had the idea in mind 20 years ago.

Braswell says her classmates were thrilled to invite all of their teachers back to the school for the get-together.

"Many of our classmates are doing wonderful things, because of what they did. Teachers make a difference," said Braswell.

Nearly 40 faculty members showed up, including former Principal Matt Arthur.

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Four arrested after Warner Robins robbery

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Friday, March 7th, 2014, 5:29pm


Warner Robins police arrested two men and two women after responding to a home invasion call just after 2 a.m. Thursday at 133 Wall St.

The victim stated that a male with a handgun confronted him inside of his residence and left, according to a news release.

An officer made contact with a man named LaQuentin Shakespear, as he was attempting to walk away from the residence, the news release states.

Officers observed a vehicle next to the residence driving away from the scene toward Wellborn Road in an attempt to elude officers, according to the news release. A male got out of the vehicle and ran away. After a foot chase, officers said they caught Victor Dennard.

Officers stopped the vehicle and apprehend the driver, Colleen Ussery, and a passenger, Jessica Cox.

The four received the following charges:

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Just two races on Houston's May primary

Submitted by 13WMAZ Web Staff
Friday, March 7th, 2014, 4:56pm


Houston County voters will decide just two local races in their May 20 primary.

Three people qualified for the Post 6 seat on the board of education currently held by Jim Maddox.

They are Sheila Ashley, Griff Clements and Hoke Morrow. The race is non-partisan.

Two Repubicans are running for clerk of state court: incumbent Kendra Hancock Simons and challenger Alyson Stuckart. No Democrats qualified for that race, so the winner of the May primary will be elected unless a write-in candidate comes forward.

These candidates have no opposition: Jason Ashford, judge of state court; Marianne Melnick, Board of Education District 2; Fred Wilson, Board of Education District 4; Rick Unruh, Board of Education Post 1 (special election): county commission chairman Tommy Stalnaker; and Post 2 commissioner Jay Walker.

If necessary, the Post 6 runoff would be held July 22.

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Many Aircraft Late at WR-ALC

Submitted by Lorra Lynch Jones, Anchor/Reporter
Thursday, March 6th, 2014, 9:08pm
Many Aircraft Late at WR-ALC


Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex is in last place when it comes to repairing aircraft on-time.

It's number three of the three Air Force maintenance depots in the US, based on numbers from the service's leadership.

Aircraft come to Robins from around the country for repairs. Like with maintenance performed at a car shop, Robins customers expect to get their vehicles, aircraft, running on-time.

That's happening far less at Robins than at the nations two other Air Logistics Complexes.

At Tinker in Oklahoma City, their workforce finished repairs on-time 100-percent of the time last year and for the first quarter of this fiscal year.

At Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah, they returned their aircraft to service on-time at a 97-percent rate in FY '13, and about 91 percent so far in FY '14.

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$100 million for JSTARS in budget

Submitted by Lorra Lynch Jones, Anchor/Reporter
Wednesday, March 5th, 2014, 7:47pm
$100 million for JSTARS in budget


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The Department of Defense released their full 2015 budget Tuesday, highlighting some potentially good news for Robins Air Force Base.

The Air Force budget director said they want to put $100 million toward modernizing the JSTARS fleet.

The JSTARS, or Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System program, operate out of Robins and the 116th Air Control Wing.

The modified Boeing 707 aircrafts provide ground surveillance in deployed locations.

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Man accused of slashing tires on police cars

Submitted by 13WMAZ Web Staff
Wednesday, March 5th, 2014, 1:19pm


You sometimes hear about someone trying to break out of a police station, but you don't often hear of someone breaking in.

Warner Robins police say that's exactly why one Bonaire man is facing more than a dozen charges today.

Spokeswoman Tabitha Clark says Stephen Harrison climbed over the fence at the Warner Robins Law Enforcement Center early Saturday. Then he allegedly slashed tires on 11 police vehicles and one other vehicle parked there. Clark says Harrison had been arrested for DUI the day before.

Harrison is charged with 11 counts of criminal interference with government property, driving without a license, one count of criminal trespass damage, and one count of criminal trespass entry. He was released Sunday night on $3,000 bond.


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