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Armed resident thwarts burglary Property owner holds suspected thief at gunpoint until police arrive By MITCH SNEED Editor
Note to aspiring burglars: Don’t target the property of gun-toting folks with good neighbors. Jereld Wayne Peppers, 48, of Alexander City probably wishes he had that advice prior to being found on Bruce Moseley’s property on Hicks Road Wednesday morning. Moseley, who owns the Exxon
Station on Highway 280, was alerted that there was a bicycle sitting in the yard of a home he owns on Hicks Road by a neighbor who was passing the property. So Moseley jumped in his truck, his pistol with him, and beat a trail to the house. “I saw the bicycle laying in the yard, so I picked it up and rolled it around the corner of the house and he was standing there by the shed,”
Moseley said. “I pointed the gun and asked him what he was doing and called the police.” Scanner conversations indicate that Moseley led the man around the house where he sat down by a tree until police arrived. “He wasn’t going anywhere,” Moseley said. “He must have walked in there unless someone had dropped him off. There was no car there or See BURGLARY • Page 3
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Bruce Moseley, left, looks over possible evidence in a Wednesday morning burglary off Hicks Road. Moseley surprised a burglary suspect and held him at gunpoint until police arrived.
2 arrested after dog shot, woman takes stick to shooter
Attorney files motions in murder case Clate McDaniel’s lawyer seeks evidence and preliminary hearing
By MITCH SNEED Editor
A hunter is facing charges after being accused of shooting a beloved farm dog and the woman who confronted him over the incident was arrested for assault. Camp Hill Police arrested Melissa Haggerty of Jackson’s Gap and Thomas King of Florida following an incident where a dog belonging to Loring White was shot. “King shot a dog that was on property he was leasing Tuesday,” Camp Hill Police Chief Johnny Potts said. “Haggerty then approached and assaulted King.” Potts said King was being charged with cruelty to animals and that Haggerty was being charged with assault. Haggerty said her husband alerted her that the Anatolian Shepherd named Stormy had been See ARRESTED • Page 3
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Alexander City Water Plant manager John Meadows lowers a stirring paddle into a water sample at the plant near Highway 280. The area’s water supply shows not signs of lead..
After Michigan crisis, officials say local water shows no lead By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer
The most recent monitoring for lead in the drinking water provided by the Adams Water Treatment Plant which supplies Alexander City and several surrounding communities showed that the water was free of the inorganic substance that has proven such a problem in Flint, Michigan, the city’s water plant operator said. “We are required to monitor our system for lead every three years,” said John Meadows. “The last time we monitored for lead was in 2013 and our water was completely lead-free. We’re due to monitor for it again this year.” That’s good news for not only Alexander City residents, but also for those in Dadeville, Jackson’s See WATER • Page 3
Group planning Fox Creek cleanup By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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Citizens of New Site are using the power of social media to clean up Fox Creek again. “One day last week my wife and I rode down there,” New Site’s Nick Askew said. “I was disgusted at how much trash was there.” Askew took to social media to do something about it. “I decided to get a group together and clean it up,” Askew said. “I got to talking to people on Facebook, some of which of I have never
met and we are just going to do it.” The second Saturday in February was chosen. “Somebody on line just picked the second Saturday of next month,” Askew said. “So, I was like alright.” Askew says the day will start at 8 a.m. and got to about noon. “We are still putting things together, but we will start at the power lines on Antioch Road,” Askew said. “Then those with regular cars can ride in trucks or on four wheelers down to the river.” See CLEANUP • Page 3
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The attorney representing the former reality show cast member facing murder charges in connection with the Jan. 17 shooting death of Norman Dean Crayton has filed a request for a preliminary hearing. Opelika-based attorney Davis Whittelsey has filed a notice of appearance as counsel for Matthew Clate McDaniel, 33, of McDaniel Dadeville. Whittelsey also filed a motion requesting a preliminary hearing as well as a request for discovery, seeking access to all evidence the state has gathered in the case. “We have made a demand for a preliminary hearing,” Whittelsey said. “Additionally, we have filed for, but have not yet received, any evidence that the state has in the case. Other than that, we can’t offer much more comment at this time. We will let the legal process move forward and will have a statement at the appropriate time.” See MURDER • Page 3
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