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Deere in patrol lights: Elusive sex offender taken into custody
By Michael Pinedampineda@cherryroad.com If the Ardmore Police Department had a most wanted for sex offender violators, Jody Hugh Deere would have been at the top of the list. The key phrase being would have. Wednesday morning, Deere was taken into custody pending charges of: Failure to register as a sex offender Possession of CDS-Meth Unlawful…
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Five things to do this weekend
The Tucker Tower Nature Center at Lake Murray will be participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count all weekend. The annual event invites people from all over the world to go outside to count and identify all the birds they see. On Friday morning at 10 a.m., Naturalist Jona Nickel will be giving a presentation…
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Cheers and jeers
By Michael Pineda Cheers to the District Attorney’s Office, which has secured a grant of more than $94,000 to add a prosecutor that focuses on sex crimes and domestic violence crimes. There is a definite need as the jury docket routinely has one or more defendants being tried for sexual crimes that many cannot fathom.…