Police blotter
Augusta man dies in highway collision
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An Augusta man died Thursday after his car collided head-on with a tractor-trailer on Washington Road near Appling.
Glenn Radford Cox, of the 2400 block of Norton Drive, was pronounced dead at the scene about 4:45 a.m., said Columbia County Coroner Vernon Collins.
The wreck occurred near Joe Johnson Roads.
Cox, driving west on Washington Road, crossed the center line into the path of the tractor-trailer .
The big rig, which was heavily damaged, veered into a ditch. Its diesel tanks ruptured.
The truck driver was not injured and will not be charged in the wreck.
Bond hearing set for man, mother charged in slaying
A second bond hearing for a Columbia County woman and her son, charged with murder, has been set for May 13.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Rebecca Sears, 41, of 227 Hot Springs Drive near Grovetown, and Christopher Bowers, 20, of the 4000 block of Briarwood Drive in Martinez, for the beating of Laverne "Kay" Parsons in March. Sears was Parsons' next-door neighbor.
An arraignment hearing will be held at the same time as the bond hearing, said Sears' attorney, Victor Hawk. The hearings will take place at the Columbia County Justice Center in Evans.
The following accounts were taken from reports from the Columbia County Sheriff's Office. Additional reports are available at www.columbiacountyso.org:
Student with brass knuckles charged
A Lakeside Middle School student was charged with having a weapon on school grounds Monday when a set of brass knuckles was found in his bookbag.
The 14-year-old said he received the brass knuckles from his stepfather. The boy's mother said that the brass knuckles belonged to his stepfather but that her son took them without permission.
He was charged and released to the custody of his mother.
Two homes burglarized
A Martinez man called police Tuesday after discovering that someone had broken into his home on Cammaron Way.
His front door was slightly open and the glass in his back door was shattered. The house had been locked.
A 42-inch plasma television, a Sony Playstation 3 game console and a camera were stolen from the house.
Police found what appeared to be fingerprints on items in the house.
As police were speaking with neighbors, they noticed that the back door of a house next-door was damaged, and they called the owners.
A Hewlett-Packard computer, a Microsoft Xbox 360 game console, a digital camera, and an MP3 player were among items missing from the neighbor's home.
West Lake vehicles vandalized at shop
A West Lake Country Club security officer said Tuesday that someone had flattened the tires of service equipment at the club's maintenance shop.
He said that the tires were last seen intact about 5 p.m. Monday and were found damaged about 6 the next morning.
The tires looked as though they had been stabbed or cut on the side. A beer bottle was found at the golf course's entrance, which was not unusual, the security officer said.