and then they clicked the guns...we heard the guns click. (what was that like) it was very scary. i think i was going to live...i thought i was gonna die that day
A MOTHER REACTS TO A TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER WITH ARMED KIDNAPPERS.
WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE FROM OUR INTERVIEW WITH HER... IN OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT.
HELLO EVERYONE.
I'M LEAH JOHNSON..
AND I'M LORRA LYNCH JONES.
FRANK MALLOY HAS THE EVENING OFF..
THE MACON WOMAN AND HER FIVE-YEAR-OLD SURVIVED THE KIDNAPPING... AND THEY TOLD US ALL ABOUT THE ORDEAL.
LYNN BORELLI AND HER SON...ROBERT... SAY FIVE ARMED MEN TOOK THEM FROM THEIR HOUSTON AVENUE HOME THURSDAY AFTERNOON ...AND TOOK THEM TO AN APARTMENT.
POLICE SAY THEY ARRESTED TWO OF THE MEN... BRANDON AND JACOBY MCDOWELL.
EACH FACE CHARGES FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND KIDNAPPING.
AUSTIN LEWIS HAS MORE ON THIS STORY.
AUSTIN?
LORRA...I SPOKE WITH LYNN BORRELLI AND HER SON ROBERT.
SHE SAYS SHE KNEW TWO OF HER KIDNAPPERS... ONE WAS HER EX-BOYFRIEND...THE OTHER WAS HIS BROTHER.
BORELLI SAYS SHE AND HER SON WERE SITTING ON THE COUCH AROUND 3 YESTERDAY.
SHE SAYS HER EX-BOYFRIEND... BRANDON MCDOWELL...BURST THROUGH THE UNLOCKED FRONT DOOR.
SHE SAYS FOUR OTHER MEN FOLLOWED HIM IN.
Lynn Borelli, Macon: There's gonna be trouble because of the way it happened and I was scared and then my son was in teh middle of me and they had the guns and I was freaking out cause I didn't want my son to get hurt
BORELLI TOLD ME THEY STARTED TO HIT HER CURRENT BOYFRIEND...WITH THE GUN.
THEN THEY TOOK HER AND HER SON TO TARA APARTMENTS OFF LOG CABIN DRIVE... AND KEPT THEM IN A BACK ROOM WHILE THE MEN LOOKED OUT FOR POLICE.
SHE SAYS SHE THINKS IT WAS ALL ABOUT JEALOUSY.
TOMORROW... SOME OPPONENTS TO CONSOLIDATING MACON AND BIBB COUNTY... WILL MARCH TO VOICE THEIR OBJECTIONS.
DAVID BOOKER WILL JOIN THAT MARCH AS MACON CHAPTER N-DOUBLE-A-C-P PRESIDENT.
BUT AL TILLMAN... WHO FORMERLY SERVED IN THAT SAME POST... SAYS THE GROUP SHOULDN'T BE INVOLVED.
1. MR BOOKER... TELL US WHY YOU'LL BE MARCHING TOMORROW.
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2. MR. TILLMAN... DO YOU THINK THE N-A-A-C-P SHOULD BE TAKING SIDES ON THE CONSOLIDATION VOTE?
3. MR. BOOKER... DO YOU THINK THE CONSOLIDATION VOTE IS BECOMING A RACIAL ISSUE? WHY?
4. MR. TILLMAN... WHY DOES MR. BOOKER'S STAND ON CONSOLIDATION CONCERN YOU?
5. MR. BOOKER... A FEW WEEKS AGO... FORMER MAYOR JACK ELLIS HAD A NEWS CONFERENCE ASKING THE N-DOUBLE-A-C-P TO COME OUT AGAINST CONSOLIDATION... DID THAT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON YOUR DECISION?
6. MR. BOOKER.... ARE YOU OPPOSED TO ALL CONSOLIDATION EFFORTS... OR JUST THIS SPECIFIC CONSOLIDATION BILL?
7. MR. TILLMAN... IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CONSOLIDATION BILL THAT CONCERNS YOU OR YOU WISH WAS DIFFERENT?
GEORGIA RANKS FOURTH IN THE NATION FOR HIGHEST NUMBER OF RABIES CASES... ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL.
KATELYN HECK JOINS US NOW... SHE SPOKE TO A WOMAN WHOSE FAMILY HAD A VIOLENT BRUSH WITH RABIES.
KATELYN?
TODAY I SPOKE WITH A FAMILY IN FORT VALLEY... WHO RECENTLY LOST THEIR TWO DOGS AFTER A FIGHT WITH A RABID FOX.
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(NATS: barking)
THESE TWO DOGS NOW GUARD THE WATSON'S HOME IN FORT VALLEY... BUT THE FAMILY SAYS THEY STILL MISS THEIR TWO LABS ROBIE AND SCRAPPY.
(SOT:I remember that i used to rub them and they used to be sweet to me)
(SOT: as soon as the car wuould come around the street the dogs would bark, we miss that now)
(NATS)
(SOT: this is the pen here where we would keep them.)
LAST MONTH A FOX HOPPED INTO THAT PEN AND ATTACKED BOTH LABS.
(SOT: i thought it was a cat so i ran out with a stick and i said no no no dont kill the cat dont kill the cat but then the tail fluffed up and my husband said thats not a cat it looks like a fox)
AFTER A FIGHT THAT SEEMED LIKE AN ETERNITY FOR MATTIE WATSON... HER NEIGHBOR SEPARATED THE ANIMALS AND KILLED THE FOX.
(SOT: this is him right there, he was just a medium sized fox)
WATSON SAYS THEY USUALLY SEE WILD ANIMALS ROAM THROUGH THEIR YARD... BUT NONE EVER GET CLOSE TO THE HOUSE.
(SOT: how he got in the pen i dont know because the pen is all closed up)
WHEN SHE CALLED HER VETERINARIAN.... HE GAVE THE FAMILY TWO OPTIONS.
(SOT:he said that we'd have to put them up for six months and do a lot of quarantine and all that stuff and it would be expensive so i told them that we couldnt afford that so we would just go on and just have to have them put to sleep)
THE WATSON FAMILY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER ROBIE AND SCRAPPY...
(SOT: it was sad for me, i couldnt help but shed a few tears)
BUT NOW THEY SAY THEY'LL TAKE MORE CAUTION AROUND WILD ANIMALS... AND MAKE SURE BIG PETE AND SASHA STAY UP TO DATE ON THEIR RABIES SHOTS.
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THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO CALL THEIR VETERINARIAN OR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IF YOU OR YOUR PET IS ATTACKED.
LEAH? LORRA?
THE C-D-C ALSO RECOMMENDS GETTING ANIMALS VACCINATED AGAINST RABIES...ONCE A YEAR.
FOOD NOT BEING KEPT AT THE CORRECT TEMPERATURE... AND EMPLOYEES IN THE KITCHEN NOT FOLLOWING PROPER PROCEDURES...
THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THE VIOLATIONS FROM AREA FOOD STOPS... ACCORDING TO THE HEALTH INSPECTOR.
BRITTINY BARBER JOINS US WITH MORE... IN THIS WEEK'S RESTAURANT RATINGS.
WE'RE IN HOUSTON COUNTY THIS WEEK... STARTING OFF WITH OUR LOWEST SCORES....
SUBWAY AT 11-14 HWY 96 IN KATHLEEN... SCORED AN 80... A "B". THAT'S DOWN FROM THE 87... ALSO A "B"... THEY SCORED ON THEIR LAST INSPECTION.
THE HEALTH INSPECTOR SAYS FOOD WAS NOT KEPT AT THE PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE.. AND THAT PROPER COOLING METHODS WERE NOT USED.
AMERICAN DELI ON BOOTH ROAD IN WARNER ROBINS... SCORED A 78... A "C"... THE LAST TIME THE HEALTH INSPECTOR STOPPED IN.. THEY RECEIVED AN 88.. WHICH IS A "B".
PERSON IN CHARGE WAS NOT PRESENT.. DID NOT DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OR PERFORM THEIR DUTIES... ACCORDING TO THE REPORT.
AND THAT IS A KNOWN RISK FACTOR FOR FOODBORNE ILLNESSES.
AND HAPPY WOK TWO... WHICH IS AT 60-09 WATSON BLVD.. GOT A "C"... A 77.
COMING AFTER AN 96... WHICH IS AN "A"... ON THE LAST REPORT.
THE HEALTH INSPECTOR SAID IMPROPER EATING... TASTING... DRINKING OR TOBACCO USE TOOK PLACE IN THE KITCHEN... WHICH IS A KNOWN RISK FACTOR FOR FOODBORNE ILLNESSES.
NOW FOR A LOOK THE TOP SCORES OF THE WEEK..
DAIRY QUEEN ON GENERAL COURTNEY HODGES BLVD IN PERRY RECEIVED A 100.. ON THEIR LAST INSPECTION THEY GOT THE SAME SCORE.
DOMINO'S PIZZA ON MOODY ROAD IN WARNER ROBINS.. ALSO BROUGHT IN A 100... THE LAST TIME THE HEALTH INSPECTOR STOPPED IN THEY SCORED A 94... WHICH IS AN "A".
AND WOK N ROLL ON HWY 96 IN BONAIRE.. RAKED IN A 96.. WHICH IS AN "A"... THE LAST TIME THEY WERE INSPECTED.. THEY RECEIVED A 96 ALSO.
JOIN US AGAIN TONIGHT AS WE AVERAGE OUR NOMINEES PAST FIVE SCORES... TO GIVE YOU THE WINNER OF THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN SPATULA.....LEAH AND LORRA BACK TO YOU.
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