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Charges against local minister dropped in court
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Charges against the Rev. Clara Lett stemming from a fight with a resident at the Rainbow Community Center homeless shelter earlier this year were dismissed last Wednesday in Newton County Magistrate Court. Judge John Degonia dismissed Lett's charge of simple battery during a hearing because of insufficient evidence, according to court documents. Lett, who directs the Rainbow Community Center, was arrested and charged with simple battery on Jan 24, along with her granddaughter, Ashley Derricho, after the women got into an altercation with a 20-year-old shelter resident who commented that "God