Troup County sheriff’s officials said Dennis Paul Lynaugh, 61, of Cooley Road burned the camper with gasoline and allegedly shot himself with a small revolver recovered from the fire.
Two charged in midnight burglary
Two men were charged with burglary after officers found them hiding in the bushes on the street next to the business about 12:30 a.m. today.
Police received a report of an activated business alarm from AMF Records at 703 Hines St. A window air-conditioning unit in the front of the business was pushed in, but nothing was taken.
Officers then found Daneon Kight, 20 of Wynnwood Drive and Russell Williams, 21, of Revis Street hidden in bushes on Daniel Street. Police questioned them, and both were charged with burglary.
Anyone with additional information was asked to call investigator Wayne Cato at (706) 883-2633 or Sgt. Mark Cavender at (706) 883-2630.
Shots fired at suspicious man
About 1:30 a.m. today, a resident of the 300 block of Teaver Road saw a male around his son’s pickup truck, which had been broken into last week. The man fired a pellet gun at the suspicious person, who yelled, “He shot me!” and drove away.
Nothing appeared to be missing from the truck.
Man faces drug charges
A LaGrange man was charged with possession of cocaine with an intent to distribute after the officer that charged him with driving without a license Sept. 10 saw him driving the same car again about 10 a.m. Thursday.
Police said Andrew Lee Strozier, 24, of Brown Street was seen driving the vehicle, and officers attempted to pull him over. He allegedly drove to his house, walked behind the building out of the officer’s sight and dropped cocaine on the ground.
Because Strozier couldn’t be seen, the officer unholstered his weapon, told Strozier to get on the ground and found the drugs later.
He was charged with possession with intent near a park or housing project, driving without a valid license and a parole violation.
Arrest
Martavious Gates, 19, of Whitesville Road was charged with two probation violations, obstruction, criminal trespass, two counts of selling cocaine and a drug violation near a park or housing project.
Thefts, burglaries
— About $1,000 worth of audio equipment was taken from a vehicle in the Audio Trendz parking lot at 1311 Hogansville Road.
— Three bags of clothing, valued at about $500, were taken from a residence in the 1500 block of Hogansville Road.
— A burglar stole an estimated $700 worth of DVDs from a home in the 3000 block of Hamilton Road.
Wrecks
— Two people were injured in a two-car wreck about 5:45 p.m. Thursday at West Point and Hood streets.
Police said Wallace Bumbrey, 69, of LaGrange was traveling on West Point Street in a silver Chrysler Sebring when Jordan Earnest, 29, of Drake Road ran the stop sign at the intersection in a blue Chevrolet S-10 and struck the rear right side of the Sebring.
Bumbrey and passenger Ruby Denson, 57, of Canal Street were treated for injuries at West Georgia Medical Center. Condition reports were not available this morning.
Earnest was cited for failure to stop at a stop sign.
— One person was injured in a three-car collision about 4:30 p.m. Thursday on Vernon Street near College Avenue.
Officers said Matthew Boswell, 26, of Manchester was traveling on Vernon in a white Crown Victoria when the foot of Harold Ross, 77, of Old Airport Road slipped off the brake of his burgundy Ford Taurus, striking Boswell in the rear. The impact pushed the Crown Victoria into a silver BMW 328I driven by Robin Rice, 51, of Pyne Road.
Boswell was treated at the medical center. A condition report was not available this morning.
Ross was cited for following too closely.
- It is the policy of LaGrange Daily News to print the names of people charged with felonies.
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