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In January, a jury found Andrew Damron guilty of the 2018 Thanksgiving Eve murder of Scott White and other crimes connected to the murder. Yesterday afternoon, when Damron appeared before Judge Dena Martin in Greene Superior Court, he was sentenced to a total of 69 years in prison. The judge noted Damron has shown no remorse for taking White’s life.
Read MoreThis week the man accused of murdering Scott White by stabbing him in the neck with a 12-inch long knife on Thanksgiving Eve, who allegedly then licked the victim’s blood from the knife, rejected a plea deal. His case is now expected to go to trial by jury.
Read MoreThe suspect accused of murdering Scott White by stabbing him in the neck with a 12-inch long knife on Thanksgiving Eve, allegedly licked the victim’s blood from the knife as he sat in the truck of another man who had given the suspect a ride to White’s home. The suspect allegedly told the man to drive away, or he would kill him too.
Read MoreOne man is dead and one man is in custody following a fatal stabbing incident in Linton on Wednesday night. Linton Police Chief Troy Jerrell said LPD Detective Paul Clark is leading the investigation assisted by LPD Sgt. Logan Hobbs and other officers from the LPD and Greene County Sheriff’s Department.
Read MoreAn inmate in the Greene County Jail was recently taken to Greene County General Hospital to get stitches to close a laceration caused by another man, serving time for battery and intimidation, who allegedly threw butter at the inmate then hit him in the face.
Read MoreA Linton man who caused a ruckus in a Linton neighborhood in late June, accused of kicking an officer and threatening to kill three officers, has already decided to plead guilty.
Read MoreWhen three officers responded to a complaint about a disorderly man walking in a yard in Linton late at night …. By the time he was incarcerated in the Greene County Jail, he had allegedly kicked one officer, fought with all three and threatened to kill them all.
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