Thursday, March 20, 2008

* A LAKE COUNTY MAN IS INDICTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES INVOLVING SEX WITH TEENAGE GIRLS. FROM WBBJ-TV, 24 YEAR OLD LARRY HIGGINS, ALSO KNOWN AS LARRY BONDS, HAS BEEN INDICTED BY THE LAKE COUNTY GRAND JURY ON TEN COUNTS OF RAPE INVOLVING FIVE GIRLS. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE HIGGINS HAD ENCOUNTERS WITH TWO 14 YEAR OLDS, TWO 15 YEAR OLDS, AND ONE 17 YEAR OLD SOMETIME BETWEEN AUGUST AND OCTOBER OF 2007.


* THE BODIES OF JACKSON BUSINESSMAN BOBBY PERRY AND ANDRECA MANNING WERE FOUND SUNDAY IN MISSISSIPPI, AND A SECOND SUSPECT IN THE MURDER HAS TURNED HIMSELF IN. THE HOLMES COUNTY MISSISSIPPI SHERIFF SAYS ERIK MIDDLETON SURRENDERED YESTERDAY AND NOW WILL FACE TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. THE FIRST SUSPECT, MARY THOMPSON, TURNED HERSELF IN TUESDAY, AND IS BEING CHARGED WITH ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT. A HUNTER FOUND THE BODIES OF THE TWO THAT WERE KILLED, PERRY'S CAR WAS FOUND TORCHED IN A NEIGHBORING COUNTY.


* SEARCHERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH TODAY FOR MISSING HENRY COUNTY RESIDENT RACHEL CONGER. THE 30 YEAR OLD WAS LAST SEEN SOMETIME LAST WEEK RIDING IN A TRUCK WITH HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND. INVESTIGATORS ARE CONCENTRATING THEIR SEARCH CLOSE TO THE COUPLE'S HOME, NEAR THE LOCATION WHERE PAUL CONGER WAS FOUND OVER THE WEEKEND, AND THE SEARCH AREA WILL NOW INCLUDE THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES AREA.