Authorities bring Rivers Waits out of his parents’ home after a 14-hour standoff with local authorities. Monroe County deputies backed up Jackson and Butts County authorities. A Jackson officer who was injured is married to a Monroe County jailer. Waits is charged with aggravated assault on an officer and possession of a firearm during a felony. (Photo courtesy Butts County sheriff’s office.)
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Authorities bring Rivers Waits out of his parents’ home after a 14-hour standoff with local authorities. Monroe County deputies backed up Jackson and Butts County authorities. A Jackson officer who was injured is married to a Monroe County jailer. Waits is charged with aggravated assault on an officer and possession of a firearm during a felony. (Photo courtesy Butts County sheriff’s office.)
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