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CRIME & SAFETY
50 Years Ago: July 16,1974
Ronnie Lee Crooms, 16 year-old letterman in three sports at East Laurens High School, drowned Monday noon while swimming in a lake near Dublin. His death has been ruled accidental by Laurens County Coroner Jimmy Allen. Crooms drowned shortly after arriving at Lake Tanya, a recreational area on the Old...
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