Double Trouble
County Administrator’s daughter arrested twice
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Sumter County Chief Administrative Officer Lynn Taylor said, "Let the facts speak for themselves", when asked to comment about her daughter who has been arrested twice by the Americus Police Department for DUI within a five day period. "She's actually my step daughter and I expect her to go through the normal court process just like anybody else", said Taylor. According to police reports, Lauren Luann Taylor, age 23, of 108 Country Club Drive, was arrested on Saturday, January 20, 2007, at approximately 2:42 a.m. when Officer Jason Lovette observed a 2001 Black Ford Escape with only one tail light. After the traffic stop, Lovette arrested Ms. Taylor for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Open Container.

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Sandra Murray's bad "deal"
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First it was his daughter, now it is his son that is on the wrong side of the law. Americus attorney William J. Murray’s stepson, Brian Ray Deal, was arrested twice within a five day period by local authorities. Deal, age 29, was first charged with theft by shoplifting on January 7, 2007, by the Americus Police Department. According to Police reports, a cashier at Winn Dixie Supermarket stated that she observed Brian snatch $90 worth of Verizon phone cards after he attempted to purchase several items with a bad check.

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Things are looking up for Sumter County native Jucole Draughn, a freshman at Alabama State University.
The Americus-Sumter High 2006 graduate is majoring in accounting at the college of business administration.
"It has always been a dream of mine to go to college," said Draughn, who plans to graduate in 2010 and work in the tax field.
The 18 year old lists her hobbies as working on computers and shopping. She is daughter of the Rev. Tracy and Teviar Siebert and has two younger siblings, Jasmine and Jarrod. She said she feels its important for blacks to go to college.
“Many students like Jucole had problems with the high school graduation test but she proved the test wrong by excelling in college her freshman year,” Tracy Siebert said.