The Dodge County News

An Eastman man has been charged with the murder of his father.

Sidney Mitchell Stevens, age 63, of a Dublin Highway address has been charged with malice murder, felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault and elder abuse, according to law enforcement officials.

According to officials, on Tuesday, February 4, at approximately 3:17 p.m. Sidney Stevens and his father Joe Frank Stevens, age 90, of a Dublin Highway address, were riding a golf cart. There was an apparent altercation between the two men.

Sidney Stevens allegedly snatched his father off the golf cart, struck him and pushed him to the ground. Sidney then allegedly ran over Joe with the golf cart and then ran over him again and left the golf cart on top of him.

Bystanders were able to get the golf cart off the top of Joe Stevens.

On Saturday, February 15, Joe Stevens died from the injuries he received in the incident.

By Joey Marchant
It was a mixed bag for Dodge County Baseball as they opened the regular season. There were highs and lows. The good news is that Dodge pitching gave up only one earned run in three games and starting pitching and produced two complete games. The bad news is that Dodge struggled at the plate at times and committed a few errors in the field. All in all, the team showed a lot of promise.
Dodge opened at home with Hawkinsville. Andrew Lowery took the mound for Dodge and pitched a complete game shutout giving up only two hits while striking out five and walking two. Lowery was efficient throwing only around seventy pitches. Hawkinsville came out very aggressive at the plate as the first three batters swung at the first pitch. A base hit and an uncharacteristic Dodge error set Hawkinsville up with a chance to take an early lead with runners at first and second base with one out. However, things ended abruptly when Lowery got a ground ball to second base that Garrett Durden fielded and flipped to Brodie Woodard covering second base for the second out. Woodard threw on to Noah Mincey at first for out number three to complete the double play.
Dodge wasted no time taking a first inning lead. Woodard reached on an error by the shortstop. Parker Dixon hit a two run homerun to left field to drive in Woodard. Lowery walked and was replaced by courtesy runner Timmy Johnson. Mincey singled in the gap between first and second base, and the right fielder allowed the ball to roll under his glove all the way to the fence. The speedy Johnson came all the way around to score despite taking a tumble rounding third. Mincey ended up on third where he would remain stranded, but Dodge led 3-0.
Lowery was on cruise control from the second through the sixth innings retiring fourteen of the fifteen batters he faced.
Meanwhile Dodge padded the lead at the plate. In the bottom of the second, Catcher Parker Hardin hit a fly ball to left, which was dropped by the left fielder. Hardin hustled into second base where he was relieved by courtesy runner Kade Harpe. Davis Marchant grounded out to the right side moving Harpe to third. Brendan O’Connor doubled to left center scoring Harpe. With two outs, Durden hit a fly ball on the infield, which inexplicably fell between the first and second basemen for a cheap hit. O’Connor was running on contact, but he had to hold at third due to stumbling rounding the bag. Dixon placed a two strike pitch into left field for a single plating O’Connor and giving Dodge a 5-0 lead.
Woodard walked in the bottom of the fourth and scored from first on an RBI double by Durden. Dixon had an infield hit. Lowery hit a pop up on the infield, which the second baseman seemed to lose sight of before making an unsuccessful attempt to catch it. Durden scored on the play to give Dodge a 7-0 lead.
Dodge added a final run in the bottom of the sixth when Durden led off with a standup triple. Lowery grounded out to third scoring Durden. Mincey followed with a double, but he was stranded. Dodge led 8-0.
Lowery came out for the seventh to try to close out the game. He looked to be tiring as he gave up a base hit and a walk. He later gave up a deep fly ball to center, but Landin Crummey immediately turned and ran the ball down in the air for the crucial second out. Fittingly, Lowery fanned the last batter for his fifth strikeout to preserve the win.
Leading hitters for Dodge were as follows: Parker Dixon was 3 for 4 with a homerun, 3 RBI and 1 run scored. Garrett Durden was 3 for 4 with a triple, a double, 1 RBI and 1 run scored. Noah Mincey was 2 for 3 with a double. Brendan O’Connor was 1 for 4 with double, 1 RBI and 1 run scored. Davis Marchant was 1 for 3.
Dodge later made a trip to Swainsboro to take on the Tigers. Brodie Woodard took the mound for Dodge, and he also hurled a complete game. Woodard scattered six hits while walking one batter and hitting one batter. He struck out one batter, and he gave up only two unearned runs.
This game should not have been close as Dodge would leave eleven runners on base. Dodge wasted base hits by Garrett Durden and Parker Dixon in the first inning when Durden was thrown out trying to steal home. It was a good idea as Dixon intentionally tried to get himself in a rundown between first and second in order to allow Durden to score from third. Dodge tries this often and has stolen many runs this way. This time Swainsboro played it well.
Woodard got through the first two innings fairly easily giving up only a double and a single and holding Swainsboro scoreless. Dodge loaded the bases in the top of the third inning. Brendan O’Connor led off with a base hit and was able to advance to second on a ground out by Woodard. Durden and Dixon each walked, but Dodge could not score.
[Full Story »]

Wayne Anthony Allen, age 50, of Rhine was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol (D.U.I.) and failure to exercise due care.

Aubrey Paul Evans, age 33, of Hawkinsville was arrested for probation violation.

William Al-Majeed McClain, age 27, of Jacksonville, Florida was arrested for battery- family violence (1st offense) misdemeanor, kidnapping and false imprisonment.

Juan Pablo Ramirez Ramirez, age 28, of Rhine was arrested for driving without a valid licenses and seat belt violation.

Jena Wade Upshaw, age 30, of Warner Robins was arrested for no insurance and driving while licenses were suspended or revoked (misdemeanor).

Paul Clinton Youngblood, age 35, of Eastman was arrested for forgery in the 1st degree, receipt, possession or transfer of firearm by convicted felon or felony, first offender and possession of methamphetamine.

Jesus Cruz, age 51, of Eastman was arrested for battery (family violence) and cruelty to children in the third degree.

Jimmy Paul, age 52, of Eastman was arrested for driving while licenses were suspended or revoked and possession of
methamphetamine with the intent to sale, deliver or distribute.

Tammy Claxton, age 39, of Eastman was arrested for driving while licenses were suspended or revoked and improper exhaust system.

Elisha Williams, age 17, of Eastman was arrested for disorderly conduct.

Santiago Santos, age 42, of Eastman was arrested for pedestrian under the influence (P.U.I.)

Bilal Abu Rub, age 44, of Eastman was arrested for driving without licenses and driving too fast for conditions.

Remember the van crashing into a Republican Party voter registration tent in Jacksonville, Florida, driven by unhinged leftist 27-year-old Gregory Timm, almost hitting several occupants inside the tent? Big media failed to pay attention to it since it didn’t have the narrative they were looking for. NBC mentioned it for a few seconds while the other networks (except Fox) ignored it. Mr. Timm was still in jail when this comment was written. The sight of a Trump sign sets violent people off. The is a lack of leftist impulse control and ignorance sweeping the land.
Could we have a Bloomberg/Clinton ticket in 2020? Mike Bloomberg says he is considering Hillary to be his running mate. For a party with supposedly new ideas, the Democrats keep sending us retreads. They are still the party of free stuff, confiscated from those who produce the freebies.
Bumper sticker of the day: LIBERTY is not negotiable.
Roger Stone (StoneZone.com) is another target of the vengeful left. The police tipped off CNN (Clinton News Network) to send a camera crew to be there at 5:50 a.m. for the planned raid. It was political overkill, guns drawn as the police swarmed around the Florida property. Roger’s enemies were screaming outside at his spurious indictment, shouting him down as he talked with reporters outside the court. Some jurors have already admitted that they considered him guilty at the outset and should have been dismissed from the jury pool. He should receive a pardon in the case.
Townhall.com columnist Rachel Alexander is always a good read. I doubt you will ever find her column in a newspaper.
New York and California are miserably-run states. Unfortunately, they aren’t the only ones.
“Never tell your problems to anyone. Twenty percent don’t care and the other 80% are glad you have them.”
Coach Lou Holtz
Democrats can’t win on the issues so they try to alter the demography of the USA, says Victor Davis Hanson. They know illegal aliens are pre-Democrats.
All Democrats running for president in 2020 are socialists and Bernie Sanders admits he is. So should the others. The rest try to avoid the socialist tag. Maybe we need truth in advertising to apply to politicians also.
[Full Story »]

Calvert L. Edwards, age 85, died Saturday, September 14, 2019, at his residence.
Mathis Funeral Home of Cochran was in charge of the arrangements.