DEPUTY BRANDON MOORE WINS AMW's ALL STAR AWARD

By Randa Wagner –

Mor­row County Deputy Bran­don Moore has won ‘America’s Most Wanted’ All-Star Award.

The show’s host phoned Moore Tues­day after­noon to give him the news.

“The voice on the phone said, ‘Bran­don, this is John Walsh from America’s Most Wanted,’ Moore said in a tele­phone inter­view Wednes­day. “My jaw dropped!”

Moore was one of six final­ists from 20 nom­i­nees in the annual con­test, where the win­ner is deter­mined by the pub­lic by vot­ing on the AMW web­site. Moore was nom­i­nated by the National Sheriff’s Association.

“I’ve never seen it in the his­tory of the con­test like this,” Walsh told Moore. “You won by an over­whelm­ing land­slide major­ity. I think your story just really touched a lot of peo­ple, because peo­ple from all over the coun­try were vot­ing for you.”

Moore will be pre­sented with a $10,000 check at a cer­e­mony in Wash­ing­ton D.C. this month and receive a trip to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series All-Star Chal­lenge in North Carolina.

Story in next week’s Sen­tinel.

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