...them carefully."The Department of Natural Resources had officers on hand in case boaters had too much to drink.Cpl. Ben Payne said they do not have any problems until about 6 p.m. when everyone tries to leave at once, when they typically end...

...their owners trying to sell them on the Internet, according to DNR's conservation ranger assigned to Augusta. Cpl. Ben Payne said the animals were living with a couple with two toddlers in the house. He said he would not identify the wolfdogs...

...The last cleanup, conducted four years ago, yielded more than 20 truckloads of trash, said DNR law enforcement Corp. Ben Payne. "People were bringing dump trucks of trash down here and just backing into the woods and emptying them," he said...

...15 a.m. Wednesday by searchers from the Richmond County Fire and Water Rescue team, said DNR Law Enforcement Cpl. Ben Payne. Searchers had combed the area Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. All four occupants of the boat wore life jackets, but Mr...

...Mr. VanSant said. "He passed out hung over a big tree limb." One of the division's law enforcement officers, Ben Payne, called the Richmond County Fire Department, which sent firefighters and a truck with an extendable ladder. Once officers...

...abuse is kept to a minimum. While stopping the Livingston family from Swainsboro, Cpl. Chaffin and his partner Ranger Ben Payne administered a sobriety test after seeing an open beer can. Scott Livingston passed the test and was asked to stay sober...

...abuse is kept to a minimum. While stopping the Livingston family from Swainsboro, Cpl. Chaffin and his partner Ranger Ben Payne administered a sobriety test after seeing an open beer can. Scott Livingston passed the test and was asked to stay sober...

...district issued 95 citations for such crimes during opening weekend alone. Chaffin and his partner, law enforcement ranger Ben Payne, devote a lot of their efforts toward catching hunters who use bait to lure deer into firing range. It's not easy...

...markers, things like that. We also look for people horsing around." Chaffin and his partner, conservation ranger Ben Payne, spend much of their working day patrolling the reservoir and its myriad marinas, boat ramps and coves. "We're not...

...Fordham Hatcher Jr., Robert Houston Mullins and Price Scott Sewell, according to DNR records. DNR Law Enforcement Corp. Ben Payne said Hatcher Sr. had called DNR after the warnings were issued Sept. 5 and advised that he intended to hunt the field...