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PIT maneuver stops high-speed chase
Stolen BMW hits 150 mph; Augusta man arrested
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Lydell Juarqez Nero
Georgia State Patrol troopers arrested an Augusta man Saturday in Evans County after a high-speed chase that started in Bulloch County and reached 150 mph. Lydell Juarqez Nero, of McNutt Road in Augusta, is being held in the Evans County Jail on several traffic charges and has a $45,560 property bond, according to the Evans County Sheriff's Office. The chase began near Statesboro when Bulloch County sheriff's Cpl. Greg Collins spotted a 2002 BMW 745L traveling southbound at 80 mph in a 55 mph speed zone around 10:40 p.m. Saturday night on Highway 301 South.
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Honoring Bulloch County student scholars
Rotary awards scholarships
Photo Courtesy Rotary Club of Statesboro 2025 Rotary Club of Statesboro Scholarship recipients: seated, left to right, April Barnes, Kiley Lee, Laylah Scarboro, Corinne Hilde, Emily Peacock, Isabelle Ackerly, Wynn Wildes and Krupa Pandya. Standing, left
2025 Rotary Club of Statesboro Scholarship recipients: seated, left to right, April Barnes, Kiley Lee, Laylah Scarboro, Corinne Hilde, Emily Peacock, Isabelle Ackerly, Wynn Wildes and Krupa Pandya. Standing, left to right, Ann Parker, Kaley Cardell, Thurgood Johnson, Mason McNeely, Jack Blackmon, Marcus Hartwell, Drew Prosser, Brayden Bembry, Charlee Jenkins and Kinsey Borck. Not pictured, Madison McCollar. (Photo Courtesy Rotary Club of Statesboro)
The Rotary Club of Statesboro awarded 20 high school seniors from Bulloch County the club’s “2025 Service Above Self Scholarship.”
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