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Suit filed against city of Hephzibah and commission chairman over animal cruelty arrest

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A Hephzibah man who contends his arrest for animal cruelty was without merit and spearheaded by the Hephzibah commission chairman has filed suit.

William M. Newsome, an officer with the Georgia Peace Officer’s Standards and Training Council, filed the Richmond County Superior Court civil lawsuit...

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