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Reyna Lopez

Reyna Lopez

Babysitter pleads guilty to baby’s murder

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, February 12, 2026
A babysitter who killed a 5-month-old boy in her custody will be spending the next 20 years of her life in prison.Reyna Lopez, 43, of East Marion Street, Eatonton, pled guilty to murder in the second degree Monday in Greene County Superior Court.After he explained that Greene County Courthouse was...
Bagged cocaine is seen in the cuff of Omar Andrews as he was being arrested for an active warrant. CONTRIBUTED/EPD

Bagged cocaine is seen in the cuff of Omar Andrews as he was being arrested for an active warrant. CONTRIBUTED/EPD

Cocaine found stashed in arrested man’s sock

Lynn Hobbs
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
During the routine pat-down search of a man they were arresting, Eatonton Police Department officers discovered a significant bulge in the top of his sock.
Lakika Culp

Lakika Culp

Putnam County woman jailed for theft from employer

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, July 17, 2025
An Eatonton woman was arrested last week for stealing approximately $2,000 worth of electronics while she was working at Walmart.Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell said Lakika Culp had worked at Walmart in Eatonton for almost 20 years.
Nilesh Kumar S. Patel

Nilesh Kumar S. Patel

Convenience store raids yield four arrests

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Authorities said the owners and clerks of two convenience stores in Eatonton were arrested last week.Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell said he had received numerous complaints that the stores were paying out cash winnings on their gambling machines.“I got numerous complaints and we’re just...
Reyna Lopez, front center, is escorted by Eatonton Police Department officers Chris Detweiler (left) and investigator Hargrove Jones, who are taking Lopez to jail at Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. CONTRIBUTED/EPD

Reyna Lopez, front center, is escorted by Eatonton Police Department officers Chris Detweiler (left) and investigator Hargrove Jones, who are taking Lopez to jail at Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. CONTRIBUTED/EPD

Babysitter charged in murder of 5-month-old

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, November 21, 2024
A babysitter was arrested on murder charges in the death of a baby she was watching in her home while the baby’s mother was at work, according to Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell.Reyna Lopez, 42, of East Marion Street, Eatonton, was arrested on Nov. 13 and is being held without bond in Putnam...
Antwan Barnes, wearing the green shirt, attacks Keon Lewis at the Jet No. 44 last month. Barnes was arrested last week. CONTRIBUTED/ EPD

Antwan Barnes, wearing the green shirt, attacks Keon Lewis at the Jet No. 44 last month. Barnes was arrested last week. CONTRIBUTED/ EPD

Three arrested for melee at convenience store

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, June 6, 2024
According to Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell, three Sparta men have been arrested in connection with a brawl at an Eatonton gas station.Around 3:15 a.m. April 28, Eatonton Police Officer Jeremy McClure responded to a call of a fight at the Jet 44 Food Mart at the intersection of Gray Highway...
Seven people were fortunate to all escape injury in this crashed car early this month on Hogan Industrial Boulevard. LYNN HOBBS/Staff

Seven people were fortunate to all escape injury in this crashed car early this month on Hogan Industrial Boulevard. LYNN HOBBS/Staff

Car crashes into tree, catches fire

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, May 16, 2024
A car filled with seven people crashed into a tree recently, and miraculously, no one was injured, Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell said.The vehicle, driven by Damya Williams of Eatonton, was traveling south at a high rate of speed on Hogan Industrial Boulevard May 5, ran through the stop sign...
Damyian Demond Foster

Damyian Demond Foster

Gunshots, active shooter reports untrue

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Calls to 911 Saturday night regarding gunshots at the Jet 44 gas station and an active shooter at Eatonton Walmart turned out to be false reports, authorities say.
Eatonton Fire Department first responders work to rescue a driver trapped in an SUV after crashing into a log truck Monday. (Contributed by EPD)

Eatonton Fire Department first responders work to rescue a driver trapped in an SUV after crashing into a log truck Monday. (Contributed by EPD)

‘Miracle’ survival from crash with log truck

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, November 16, 2023
An Alabama woman who crashed into a log truck in Eatonton on Monday is miraculously back home, authorities say. “She walked in here (Eatonton Police Department) today to pick up her (belongings) that were in her car, and I couldn’t believe it,” Chief Howell Cardwell said Tuesday.
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