Not Guilty Plea in Felony Pot Case

Not Guilty Plea in Felony Pot Case

by Sean O’Donoghue, Managing Editor HAMLIN – A woman, indicted by a Lincoln County grand jury recently on a single felony marijuana manufacturing count, appeared in circuit court and pleaded not guilty last week. Laura Marie Hager (case 19-F-14) appeared...
Check Forger Out of Chances – Judge

Check Forger Out of Chances – Judge

by Sean O’Donoghue, Managing Editor HAMLIN – “Even if the waivers didn’t apply, we’ve already danced twice,” said Chief Circuit Court Judge Jay Hoke to a jail inmate recently. Eden Miller, accused of violating the terms of her probation on a number of...
Evaluation Ordered for Man Accused in Wife’s Murder

Evaluation Ordered for Man Accused in Wife’s Murder

by Sean O’Donoghue, Managing Editor HAMLIN – Pretrial matters continued in the case of Edward Earl Jeffers, last week, the man charged with the murder of his wife, Stephanie Jeffers, in late 2017. The accused made his latest appearance in Lincoln County...
Strangulation Accused Appears, Pleads Not Guilty

Strangulation Accused Appears, Pleads Not Guilty

By SEÁN O’DONOGHUE Managing Editor, Lincoln Journal HAMLIN – A Lincoln County man was transported from jail, recently, to make his first circuit court appearance since being indicted by a Lincoln County grand jury for a number of alleged violent felony crimes....
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