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Woman arrested for begging
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Amber Pittman
Published: Apr 21, 2011, 4:18 PM

A woman was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing Monday after workers called Covington Police and reported that she was begging for money.

 

Covington Police Department officers arrived about 1 p.m. Monday and met with 42-year-old Niza Marianellie Delrosario, someone they recognized, since officers had told her previously that she could not go back to Caldwell Bankers. When they spoke with her she reportedly told them she was "just trying to get some money for her medicine."

The woman who had called to complain about Delrosario begging for money allegedly told officers that she had taken pictures of all the people that Delrosario had begged money from.

Delrosario was arrested and transported to the Newton County Detention Center where she was charged with misdemeanor criminal trespassing.
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.