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Neighbor of Metter slaying victim charged with theft, felony firearm possession
Death still under investigation
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Quenton Horton
The neighbor of a Metter man found dead Feb. 8 during a house fire investigation was arrested Tuesday. Quenton Horton, 48, of Webb Circle, was charged with two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and one count of theft by receiving stolen property, said Cathy Sapp, special agent in charge of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Statesboro office. She said she could not confirm media reports that Horton was arrested after being questioned in the slaying of Jeffrey Hagan, the neighbor who was found dead in his burned home Feb. 8.
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