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Police: Man stuffs victim into trunk, robs him
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Police said they arrested a man Friday, hours after he stuffed an elderly man into a car trunk while he burglarized the man's home. Damien Tremain Reese, 31, of South Main Street, was jailed on charges of kidnapping, armed robbery, burglary and aggravated assault, Statesboro Public Safety Director Wendell Turner said. Around 6 a.m. Friday, a 72-year-old man interrupted an unknown suspect burglarizing his South Main Street home.The offender, later identified as Reese, "then pointed a handgun at the victim and forced the victim into the trunk of his own vehicle," Turner said.
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