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Man sought for threatening girlfriend captured

Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 1:30 PM
Last updated 6:54 PM
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A man sought in November for holding a pistol to his girlfriend’s head and a machete to her throat has been captured, police said.

Tony Timpson
Tony Timpson

Tony Timpson, 41, was booked into the Richmond County Jail on Thursday on charges of terroristic threats and acts, possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after deputies found him near 10th Street.

Police were called to the victim’s Calvary Drive home on Nov. 29 after the 31-year-old woman escaped.

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