THOMASTON
POLICE CHIEF MIKE RICHARDSON SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT DEVELOPED
SOME NEW LEADS LAST WEEK IN A FATAL HOME INVASION ON
4TH AVE. LAST NOVEMBER AND HOPEFULLY THAT INFORMATION COULD
LEAD TO ARRESTS IN THE CASE.
A
DISABLED WHITE MALE--67 YEAR OLD STEPHEN EARLES AND HIS
WIFE JOYCE EARLES , AGE 65 , WERE SEVERLY BEATEN AND MR.
EARLES DIED LATER AT THE HOSPITAL , HIS WIFE WAS
HOSPITALIZED IN MACON FOR HER INJURIES, BUT HAS SINCE
RECOVERED ACCORDING TO THE P.D.
TWO
SUBJECTS WEARING MASKS ENTERED THEIR RESIDENCE AT 5AM AND
ATTACKED THEM. CHIEF RICHARDSON SAID INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE
THE CASE IS DRUG RELATED , THE EARLES WERE TARGETED, AND
ROBBERY WAS THE MOTIVE.
MS.
EARLES HAD BEEN ARRESTED ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE THE VIOLENT
HOME INVASION AND CHARGED WITH DRUG VIOLATIONS—SHE HAD A
STASH OF HER HUSBAND'S PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN THE HOUSE
SHE ALLEGEDLY HAD FOR SALE-- THE CHIEF TOLD US TUESDAY.
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