$10,000 worth of equipment stolen from Hearse Ghost Tours

A GROUP OF HBCU STUDENTS WANTS TO PUNISH LOCAL DEPUTIES .. FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP AND DRUG SEARCH. WHAT WE LEARNED.. DURING AN EXLCUSIVE INTERVIEW.. WITH THEIR LAWYER. THERE A *LOTS OF EVENTS PLANNED IN OUR AREA THIS EARTH DAY. HOW YOU CAN GET OUT AND SUPPORT THE PLANET. A DECISION TODAY FROM THE SUPREME COURT — OVER THE FUTURE OF ABORTION MEDICATION. I’M AMY LU IN WASHINGTON WITH WHAT MAY HAVE INITIALLY DELAYED THEIR DECISION. THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING – – I’M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I’M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW …. NOW, HERE’S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR… TODAY PATCHY FOG BEFORE 8AM. OTHERWISE, SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 82. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE MORNING. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 20 MPH. TONIGHT INCREASING CLOUDS, WITH A LOW AROUND 62. SOUTHEAST WIND 7 TO 9 MPH. SATURDAY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS, WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALSO POSSIBLE AFTER 11AM. PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 84. SOUTH WIND 8 TO 11 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 40%. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A TENTH AND QUARTER OF AN INCH, EXCEPT HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS “WE WILL NOT WIN THE POPULAR VOTE IN 2024 .. IF WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH OF EXTREMISM. SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE IS CALLING FOR HER FELLOW REPUBLICANS TO SCALE BACK.. ON THE EFFORTS TO RESTRICT ABORTION ACCESS. AND TODAY….THE SUPREME COURT WILL HAND DOWN A RULING … AMID AN ABORTION PILL BAN FIGHT. OUR AMY LU IS IN WASHINGTON TO TELL US WHAT WE CAN EXPECT… AFTER JUSTICES FAILED TO REACH A RULING EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE JUSTICES WILL MEET PRIVATELY TODAY — TO POSSIBLY PUT FINAL TOUCHES ON THEIR RULING — THAT COULD RESTRICT ACCESS TO THE ABORTION DRUG MIFEPRISTONE. VO) EARLIER THIS MONTH… AN APPEALS COURT PARTIALLY SIDED WITH A TEXAS JUDGE’S RULING — LIMITING WHO CAN PRESCRIBE IT, WHEN A PATIENT CAN USE IT, AND HOW THEY CAN GET IT. BUT THE SUPREME COURT INTERVENED LAST WEEK — DELAYING THOSE GUIDELINES FROM TAKING EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY. THE SAME DAY — JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO ISSUED A ONE-SENTENCE STATEMENT — GIVING THE COURT ANOTHER TWO DAYS TO DECIDE…WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION. BRINGING US TO TODAY. THE DELAY MAY HAVE BOUGHT THE COURT MORE TIME TO DRAFT AN ORDER WITH BROADER SUPPORT FROM THE JUSTICES — OR ONE OR MORE OF JUSTICES MAY HAVE ASKED FOR EXTRA TIME TO WRITE A SEPARATE OPINION. FOR NOW — FDA GUIDELINES ALLOW PROVIDERS OTHER THAN A PHYSICIAN TO PRESCRIBE THE PILL AND TO MAIL IT TO PATIENTS UP TO TEN WEEKS OF PREGNANCY. (REPORTER LIVE TAG: THE APPEALS COURT THAT ORIGINALLY RULED ON THE CASE — WILL MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON THE DRUG’S FUTURE NEXT MONTH. IN WASHINGTON. I’M AMY LU. CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE… AFTER AN OUTBURST DURING A MEETING WEDNESDAY. <> SEC. ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, HOMELAND SECURITY “CONGRESSWOMAN, LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT WE’RE NOT LETTING IT GO ON. WE ARE FIGHTING THE -” REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE/(R) GEORGIA “NO, I RECLAIMED MY TIME. YOU’RE A LIAR.” REP. MICHAEL MCCAUL/(R) TEXAS “THE CHAIR ASKS THE GENTLE LADY IF SHE WISHES TO SEEK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO MODIFY OR WITHDRAW HER REMARKS.” REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE/(R) GEORGIA “I WILL NOT WITHDRAW MY REMARKS BECAUSE THE FACTS SHOW THE PROOF.” REP. MARK GREEN/(R) HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY CHAIRMAN “IDENTIFYING OR CALLING SOMEONE A LIAR IS UNACCEPTABLE IN THIS COMMITTEE. AND I MAKE THE RULING THAT WE STRIKE THOSE WORDS. BUT WHEN WE STRIKE, IT DOES TERMINATE THE TIME OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SPEAKING. SO, THE GENTLE LADY IS NO LONGER RECOGNIZED.” THE HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY WAS TESTIFYING … WHEN GREENE ACCUSED HIM OF ALLOWING FETANYL DEATHS… AND CALLED HIM A LIAR. THOSE COMMENTS FORCED THE COMMITTEE CHAIR TO BAN HER FROM SPEAKING ANYMORE. GREENE SAYS SHE’S ANGRY ABOUT THE INCIDENT … BUT THAT SHE STANDS BY HER COMMENTS. A DEFENSE ATTORNEY IN THE HIGH-PROFILE Y-S-L RICO TRIAL IN FULTON COUNTY.. IS FACING CHARGES.. AFTER DEPUTIES SAY TRIED TO BRING PILLS.. INTO THE COURTHOUSE. ANASTASIOUS MANETTAS IS OUT OF JAIL THIS MORNING .. AFTER DEPUTIES ARRESTED HIM LAST NIGHT. HE’S CHARGED WITH NOT HAVING DRUGS IN AN ORIGINAL CONTAINER.. AND POSSESSION OF DRUGS. HE WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED WITH SIMPLE BATTERY AFTER AUTHORITIES SAID HE THREW HIS CELLPHONE.. AND HIT AN OFFICER… BUT THEY WERE REDUCED. HE TOLD OUR ABC AFFILIATE IN ATLANTA HE DID NOTHING WRONG.. AND SAID HE HAD HIS PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION STORED IN A LAWFUL WAY. CHECKING OUT YOUR BAGS TO MAKE SURE THERE AIN’T NOTHING IN THERE THAT AIN’T SUPPOSED TO BE. THIS MORNING .. THE LIBERTY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE COULD FACE A LEGAL BATTLE.. AFTER HBCU STUDENTS ACCUSED DEPUTIES OF RACIAL PROFILING DURING A TRAFFIC STOP THAT TURNED INTO A DRUG SEARCH. IT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. AND OUR GREG COY SPOKE WITH A LAWYER ..REPRESENTING SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS .. IN AN – *EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. (BURN DATE OVER VIDEO:APRIL 20, 2022) A DRUG INTERDICTION TRAFFIC STOP IN LIBERTY COUNTY LAST APRIL THAT DREW NATIONWIDE SCRUTINY AND CRITICISM. LIBERTY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES STOPPED AND BOARDED A COMMERCIAL BUS CARRYING THE WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEAM FROM DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY, AN HISTORIC BLACK COLLEGE. DEPUTIES SUSPECTED DRUGS WERE ON BOARD. SEARCHED THE TEAM’S LUGGAGE. QUESTIONED THE PLAYERS INFRONT OF THEIR COACHES AND CHAPERONS. (VO/NAT /BHDN _11P DRUG SEARCH RACIAL PROFILING PKG ) “ANYBODY ON THE BUS SMOKE MARIJUANA AT ALL” THE DEPUTIES FOUND NOTHING BUT CREATED A FIRE STORM OF ALLEGATIONS OF RACIAL PROFILING. (NAT/SD //BHDN _11P DRUG SEARCH RACIAL PROFILING PKG) “PLEASE TELL ME KNOW BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? IF WE FIND IT THERE IS NOTHING, WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU.” SHERIFF BILL BOWMAN DENIED RACIAL BIASES AS THE MOTIVATION AND PROMISED A FULL REVIEW. (SOT W BILL BOWMAN/LIBERTY COUNTY SHERIFF @ ) “IT IS AN UNFORTUNATE THING THAT OCCURRED. MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE GIRLS AND THE UNIVERSITY.” (ME AT THE COMPUTER) I EMAILED THE LIBERTY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE PERIODICALLY OVER THE PAST YEAR ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE REPORT ONLY TO BE TOLD IT IS NOT COMPLETED AND NOT READY TO BE RELEASED. (SOT W/GERALD GRIGGS/PRESIDENT GA NAACP @ 00:01: 23) “YOU WOULD THINK THAT AN INVESTIGATION LIKE THIS WOULD TAKE A FEW MONTHS AND THEY WOULD HAVE THE RESULTS AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND GETTING JUSTICE FOR THESE YOUNG LADIES. IT VERY CONCERNING IT HAS TAKEN THIS LONG.” SOME PLAYERS ON THE LACROSSE TEAM ARE NOT WAITING BUT HAVE HIRED AN ATTORNEY, GREG TARONE. HE TELLS ME HE IS COLLECTING EVIDENCE TO FILE A LAWSUIT AND HAS PUT THE SHERIFF AND COUNTY ON NOTICE. (SOT W/GREGORY TARONE/LAWYER@ 00:02:) “ONE OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE ARE EXPLORING NOW.” (SOT W/GREGORY TARONE/LAWYER@ 00:03:07) “WILL BE INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.” TARONE TOLD ME PRIOR TO OUR INTERVIEW, THE DOJ REACHED OUT TO HIM ASKING IF SOME OF THE PLAYERS WOULD SPEAK WITH SHERIFF BOWMAN. (SOT W/GREGORY TARONE/LAWYER@ 00:14:14) “THERE IS NO WAY THAT MY CLIENTS ARE TALKING TO THE SHERIFF OR ANY OF HIS DEPUTIES IN ANY EVENT WHATSO EVER. NONE. THE ONLY TIME WE WILL DISCUSS ANYTHING WITH THE SHERIFF OR ANY OF THE DEPUTIES WILL BE WHEN THEY ARE UNDER OATH.” WE ASKED SHERIFF BOWMAN FOR AN INTERVIEW, BUT HE HAS NOT RESPONDED. DURING AN INTERVIEW LAST YEAR, HE STOOD BY HIS DEPUTIES. (SOT W/BOWMAN ) “DID YOUR DEPUTIES DO ANYTHING WRONG?” (BOWMAN) “NO, BUT WE COULD HAVE DONE THINGS A LOT BETTER.” (GREG COY @ 00:14:32) “WILL AN APOLOGY DO AND A PROMISE TO REFORM HOW THEY STOP PEOPLE ON TRAFFIC STOPS FOR INTERDICTION.” (SOT W/GREGORY TARONE/LAWYER@ 00:14:46) “THERE IS NO APOLOGY OR SIMPLE EXPLANATION THAT WILL RESOLVE THIS MATTER.” THAT WAS OUR GREG COY REPORTING. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS … THE REPORT COULD BE READY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS … BUT DIDN’T GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE. TODAY YOU CAN CELEBRATE EARTH DAY.. BY GETTING RID OF SOME OF YOUR OLD JUNK. OUR NIKIYA CARRERO JOINS US LIVE THIS MORNING TO TELL US HOW YOU CAN JOIN IN. GOOD MORNING EMMA. GROUPS ARE OFFERING SOME – *FUN.. TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND RECYCLE. WHILE OFFICIALS WILL HONOR BELOVED PEOPLE FROM OUR PAST. IN DARIEN.. OFFICIALS WILL HONOR LATE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY… BY PLACING MARKERS AT NEWLY PLANTED LIVE OAK TREES AT OGLETHORPE SQUARE. THE NINE TREES WERE PLANTED THERE EARLIER THIS WEEK.. AND LOCAL STUDENTS WILL MULCH THEM TODAY.. AND THEN MARKERS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE PLACED AT EACH TREE. WE’RE TOLD A FOUNTAIN AND PARK BENCHES WILL BE ADDED THERE. AND THIS IS ALL LEADING UP TO DARIEN’S ANNUAL BLESSING OF THE FLEET. IT’S A TRADITION WHERE A PRIEST WILL BLESS SHRIMP BOATS AND THEIR CAPTAINS.. FOR A SAFE 2023 SHRIMPING SEASON. THAT CELEBRATION WILL INCLUDE TONS OF FUN.. AT THE WATERFRONT.. ALL WEEKEND LONG… INCLUDING PARADES AND LIVE MUSIC. AND TOMORROW ..THUNDERBOLT’S ARBOR DAY EVENT WILL START AT ELEVEN… AT CESARONI PARK. THIS YEAR’S THEME IS “INVEST IN OUR PLANET.” YOU’RE ENCOURAGED TO BRING OLD TIRES.. LIGHTBULBS.. BATTERIES.. AND GLASS TO RECYCLE. YOU CAN ALSO ENJOY VENDERS AND ACTIVITIES.. INCLUDING YOGA. AND THERE ARE MANY MORE EVENTS HAPPENING ACROSS OUR AREA TODAY. I’LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT.. COMING UP. BACK TO YOU. THANKS NIKIYA. RIGHT NOW… OFFICIALS WITH SPACE-X ARE MAKING CHANGES … AFTER THEIR MASSIVE STARSHIP ROCKET – *EXPLODED MIDAIR.. DURING YESTERDAY’S TEST LAUNCH. “EXPLOSION .. CHEERS” TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO OF THE ROCKET BLOWING UP… SENDING DEBRIS *FLYING ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS. SPACE-X BELIEVES STAR- SHIP COULD BE THE ROCKET THAT RETURNS ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON ONE DAY… OR EVEN TAKES THE FIRST TRIP TO MARS. AND HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING. APPLING COUNTY, US 341 AT US 1 IN BAXLEY AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT TRAFFIC

Above video: Friday morning headlinesHearse Ghost Tours is asking for the public’s help in solving an ongoing crime spree. The company said over $10,000 worth of equipment has been stolen since last fall.Hearse Ghost Tours claims this week alone it had seven batteries and a generator stolen — that’s worth $2,000. WJCL 22 spoke to Russ Lee, the co-owner of Hearse Ghost Tours.Lee said the company is now asking for the public’s help in solving the ongoing crime spree.”I need help. Our businesses has just been slammed recently with theft of batteries, tools, items you can carry off. They’ve even stole Dollar Store spray bottles of cleaner and microfiber rags. I’m putting out a $500 reward for information that leads to an arrest or conviction. We paint all of our batteries orange. Someone out there has seen something. I’m asking for help,” Lee said.So far, no arrests have been made. Please notify the police if you have any information about the thefts.

SAVANNAH, Ga. —

Above video: Friday morning headlines

Hearse Ghost Tours is asking for the public’s help in solving an ongoing crime spree. The company said over $10,000 worth of equipment has been stolen since last fall.

Hearse Ghost Tours claims this week alone it had seven batteries and a generator stolen — that’s worth $2,000.

WJCL 22 spoke to Russ Lee, the co-owner of Hearse Ghost Tours.

Lee said the company is now asking for the public’s help in solving the ongoing crime spree.

“I need help. Our businesses has just been slammed recently with theft of batteries, tools, items you can carry off. They’ve even stole Dollar Store spray bottles of cleaner and microfiber rags. I’m putting out a $500 reward for information that leads to an arrest or conviction. We paint all of our batteries orange. Someone out there has seen something. I’m asking for help,” Lee said.

So far, no arrests have been made.

Please notify the police if you have any information about the thefts.

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