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Man arrested for hoax device
Tuesday incident closed Highway 80 West for two hours
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Local law enforcement finishes up investigating a suspicious device found in a vehicle, which resulted in temporarily shutting down Highway 80 West Tuesday. Investigators arrested Joseph Daniel Wright, 28, Got No Lane, Portal, and charged him with possession of a hoax device and first degree forgery, said Bulloch County Sheriff Noel Brown.
Investigators arrested a man Tuesday after a two-hour incident where a road was closed due to sheriff’s deputies finding a “suspicious device.” Joseph Daniel Wright, 28, Got No Lane, Portal, is charged with possession of a hoax device and first degree forgery, said Bulloch County Sheriff Noel Brown. However, he did not give details of what the device was or reasons why Wright was also charged with forgery.
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