Dogs accused of killing geese, chickens in Athens man’s yard
A McDuffie Drive resident reported to police on Saturday that dogs killed two geese in his backyard and were probably responsible for previously killing some chickens.The man said he heard the geese...
View ArticleAthens man accused of strangling girlfriend
Marlin Renaldo Bailey, 42, of Lexington Road was arrested Monday for allegedly strangling his girlfriend during a domestic dispute three days earlier, Athens-Clarke County police said.Bailey is also...
View ArticleAthens man injured by beer bottle in bar fight
A 26-year-old Park Ridge Drive resident reported early Sunday he was badly injured when assaulted by person who hit him in the head with a beer bottle from behind while he and a friend were fighting...
View ArticleFlorida man driving car with flat tire charged with DUI
Dylan John Simpson, 23, of Florida as arrested early Sunday for DUI after he was spotted driving an SUV on West Broad Street with a flat tire, Athens-Clarke County police said.An officer followed the...
View ArticleLexington man urinates outside McDonald’s, arrested for DUI
Quenshaun Markise Watson, 23, of Lexington, was arrested early Sunday after he was seen urinating outside of McDonald’s on Gaines School Road and appeared to be intoxicated before getting into a car...
View ArticleUGA student stabbed in head by girlfriend, a UNG student
A University of Georgia student was stabbed in the head by his girlfriend early Wednesday during an argument in her apartment in downtown Athens, Athens-Clarke County police said. The student allegedly...
View ArticleAthens McDonald’s manager assaulted by customer
A manager of McDonald’s on U.S. Highway 29 North reported Sunday afternoon she was assaulted by a customer who was verbally aggressive toward an employee who was trying to take the suspect’s order at...
View ArticleSouth Carolina man accused of hugging woman, young daughter without permission
Richard Dalton Branham, 27, of Camden, S.C. was arrested Sunday afternoon at the Goodwill store on Atlanta Highway where he allegedly hugged a woman and her young daughter without permission,...
View ArticleAthens middle school teacher injured by binder thrown by student
A teacher at W.R. Coile Middle School was injured last Wednesday afternoon when she was struck in the face by a three-ring binder thrown by one of her seventh-grade students, Athens-Clarke County...
View ArticleAthens grandmother fearful of grandson
An 83-year-old resident of Lullwater Drive called 911 last Wednesday morning because she was fearful of her grandson, who she said was angry and yelling because he was unable to find the gun he had the...
View ArticleClarke Central employee faces drug charges
Diontea Oceylammar Cameron, 27, an employee of Clarke Central High School, was arrested Thursday morning in connection with a search of his home at Rolling Ridge Apartments by members of the Northeast...
View ArticleAthens man accused of attacking ex-girlfriend holding 10-week-old child
Trinity Michaels, 46, was arrested Monday in connection with a violent assault on his former girlfriend while she was holding their 10-week-old child three weeks earlier, Athens-Clarke County police...
View ArticleAccused sex trafficker of minors barred from Athens Church
An accused sex trafficker of minors was barred from a westside Athens church on Sunday, two days after he bonded out of jail, Athens-Clarke County police said. A director for Athens Church on...
View ArticleAthens woman passes counterfeit money
Dana Lynn Davis, 30, of Beaverdam Road was arrested Thursday afternoon after she passed counterfeit currency at CVS on Oglethorpe Road and was also found to be in possession of drugs, Athens-Clarke...
View ArticleAthens traffic stop yields arrest of three in car
Three occupants of a car that was stopped on Tallassee Road Thursday afternoon in connection with one of the occupants having left the scene of traffic accident were arrested because two were wanted by...
View ArticleAthens woman sets boyfriend’s clothes on fire
Brenda Marie Parks, 27, was arrested Thursday after she set fire to a pile of her boyfriend’s clothes in a breezeway of her apartment building at Rolling Ridge Apartments, Athens-Clarke County police...
View ArticleHomeless man accused of intimidating Athens woman
Chubby Okoye, 28, was arrested Thursday afternoon after a woman reported the homeless man intimidated her into buying him lunch, Athens-Clarke County police said.When she first encountered Okoye asking...
View ArticleAthens teen shoots at another teen at Multimodal Transportation Center
A 16-year-old boy allegedly shot at another teen Wednesday morning after they fought each other at the Multimodal Transportation Center off East Broad Street, Athens-Clarke County police said. The...
View ArticlePot plants found outside Athens mobile home
Athens-Clarke County police said they intended to take out warrants on a man and woman who live at The Hallmark Estates mobile home park after they located and seized a pair of potted marijuana plants...
View ArticleAthens man accused of punching wife inside SUV
Jasper Martavis David, 27, of Lavender Road was arrested Wednesday afternoon after someone called 911 to report they saw David punching a woman passenger inside an SUV where it had stopped at a Barber...
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