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🌱 Which recent Oconee County cases involved suspects from Statham?
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- Which recent Oconee County cases involved suspects from Statham?
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📰 News we're reading
• Stun gun needed to subdue man barricaded in bathroom (newsbreak.com) — Recent Oconee County sheriff's reports include multiple incidents involving Statham residents, from a shoplifting suspect identified as a 28-year-old Statham man to another Statham man arrested after a Walmart theft. The blotter also details a bathroom standoff requiring a stun gun, a burglary at student apartments, and several theft and drug-related arrests in nearby communities. 
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