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Shekita Maxwell, a one-time-mayoral candidate in the city of Macon, Ga., was arrested Monday night on theft charges over the alleged dine-and-dash saga.

Not every country artist knew they were recording their final songs when they cut their last record, but these feel uncanny nonetheless.