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The Oconee General Sessions jury returned not guilty verdicts to all charges against a young man accused of kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct of the first, second, and third degrees. The jury required two hours’ of deliberations.  The 10 not guilty verdicts were relayed to defendant Jaime Mamian Motta by a court translator.  Judge McIntosh told Motta the not guilty […]

Around 11:45 this morning, an Oconee jury started deliberating in the case of SC v. Motta.  After a four-day trial, the jurors must try for a verdict in the case in which Jaime Mamian Motta was charged with kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct.

From what Oconee’s state lawmakers said today there’s no easy fix to local roads and highways crying out for repairs. It’s just not the major highways, such as I-85, it’s some of the smaller and narrow roads that have taken a beating. And State Representative Bill Whitmire said it’s increasingly difficult to find interested contractors for many of the smaller […]

An Oconee breakfast meeting learned what happened last year at a state level and what might come about when the next session of the General Assembly convenes in January.  Meeting speakers were the three resident state lawmakers – Senator Alexander and House members Whitmire and Duncan.  The annual event arranged by the Oconee Chamber of Commerce and the county Economic […]

A circuit judge has put back in place a bond for a Seneca man charged with practicing law without a license and impersonating a private investigator.  Judge McIntosh restored a bond for Nathan Lee Chambers. Defendant Chambers appeared yesterday representing himself.  A representative of the office of the state attorney’s general told the judge Chambers faces similar charges in two […]

Investigation by Oconee Sheriff’s Office recovered about $20 thousand dollars for a woman who thought she had won a contest.  But, the sheriff’s office says, it was a scam.  An investigator received word from a bank that the $20 thousand had been seized and a check was sent to the sheriff’s office for the money to be returned to the […]

The fire chief in the Habersham County, Georgia town of Demorest, Dave Scheurrer, was introduced last night as Candidate 1 for the job of the next chief of Oconee’s Corinth-Shiloh Fire Department.  Community residents and the volunteer fire fighters listened to and got the chance to ask questions of the man considered one of two finalists to be the first […]

Closing arguments and the charge to the jury are anticipated today in the Oconee County trial of South Carolina v. Motta.  The jurors will have the responsibility to weigh the evidence in the state’s case of kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct against a West Union man, Jaime Mamian Motta, who the jurors were told began a relationship with a woman […]