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Teresa Burousas arrested for murder

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Friday, July 31. 2009

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Teresa Burousas has been arrested in connection with the murder of her husband.

Burousas, 46, was arrested July 31. She is charged with felony murder, malice murder and aggravated assault. [Full story »]

Murder victim was shot in head, torso

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Tuesday, July 28. 2009

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Pike County murder victim Jimmie “Buzz” Burousas Jr. died from gunshot wounds to his head and torso, according to his official death certificate. [Full story »]

Sheriff’s report

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Tuesday, July 21. 2009

Between Monday, July 13, and Thursday, July 16, the sheriff’s office made the following arrests:
Dante Marlec Davison, violation or parole or probation;
Milward Lloyd James, DUI and failure to maintain lane;
Dusten Allen Ward, obstruction. [Full story »]

Sheriff's report

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Tuesday, July 14. 2009

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Between Friday, July 10, and Monday, July 13, the sheriff’s office made the following arrests:

Jeffery Brown, probation violation;
Fernando Fraxedes, driving without a license;
Milward Lloyd James, DUI and failure to maintain lane;
Kristen Marie Patterson, warrants pending;
Gary Wayne Sorrell, warrants pending. [Full story »]

Weis sent to mental hospital

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Tamara Sharman

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Thursday, July 9. 2009

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Accused murderer Jamie Weis will be transported to a mental hospital Friday, July 10, so that doctors can reexamine him and determine which, if any, prescription medications he needs.
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Accused murderer Weis challenges the courts

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Tamara Sharman

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Tuesday, July 7. 2009

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Accused murderer Jamie Weis is challenging the heart of the state's criminal case against him in a two-day court hearing starting Wednesday at the Pike County Courthouse.

Weis is seeking to suppress evidence, challenging the array of the grand jury that indicted him as not being a representative sample of Pike's population, and claiming his statements to police were not voluntary. Judge Johnnie Caldwell Jr. will rule on those issues and others. [Full story »]

Sheriff’s report

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Tuesday, July 7. 2009

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Between Monday, June 29, and Sunday, July 5, the sheriff’s office made the following arrests:

Christopher Ryan Akers, deposit account fraud;
Terry Dewayne Chatman, failure to appear;
Thomas C. Cuddington, fleeing police and driving while unlicensed;
Tracy Clay Davis, disorderly conduct;
Amanda Lynn Harper, child support;
John Danny LaFlamme, simple battery;
Christopher Ledford, parole violation;
Sabrina Ann Lopez, hold for Spalding;
Jeri G. Turiask, child support;
Nathaniel Wayne Woodruff, warrant pending. [Full story »]

Authorities probing Caldwell Bridge Rd. killing

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Walter Geiger

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Thursday, July 2. 2009

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Pike County deputies and other authorities are investigating an apparent home invasion at 560 Caldwell Bridge Rd. near Concord July 1 in which a man was reportedly shot to death and his wife savagely beaten.

Pike County coroner Terrell Moody identified the victim as 60-year-old Jimmie (Buzz) Burousas Jr., son of former Lamar County chief magistrate Jimmie Burousas Sr.

(video after the jump) [Full story »]