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Man turns in wallet after calling 911
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Amber Pittman
Updated: Feb 5, 2012, 3:17 AM
Published: Feb 5, 2012, 3:16 AM

Typically police officers are called when wallets have been stolen, but in a surprisingly happy twist, one man called 911 to report that he had found a wallet in the parking lot Sunday afternoon. 

Officers met with Larry Fitzgerald who reported that he’d been in the parking lot in front of Stevie B’s restaurant when he noticed a black wallet on the ground next to a handicapped parking place. He immediately picked the wallet up and called for police. 

The wallet contained a driver’s license with a Brown Bridge address and the wallet was returned to the proper owner by police later that day.
April 3 crash kills two young adults, injures third
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Kate Verity
Published: Apr 4, 2025, 10:29 PM

NEWTON COUNTY — Around 10 a.m. on Thursday, a head-on collision on Highway 212 left two young adults dead and a third hospitalized.

Joe Navarro, 21, was driving the vehicle and Breanna Smith, 18, was in the passenger seat. Katie New, 20, sat between them.

According to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle lost control while going around a curve and crossed the centerline, where it collided head-on with a box truck. The crash report shows that their vehicle traveled another hundred feet after impact before coming to a stop. It spun, ended up facing the opposite direction on the shoulder of the opposite lane.

Navarro and Smith were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. New was airlifted to Grady Hospital. Her current condition is not known. 

Navarro, Smith and New were not believed to be wearing seatbelts when the collision occurred.

The driver of the box truck was not reported to have suffered any injuries.

This is an ongoing story. The News will post updates as they are made available.