Man in prison for preying on elderly Athens victims wants sentence changed to...
Joe Quick has been in prison slightly more than a year after being convicted of preying on elderly Athens resident from whom he swindled thousands of dollars, and now he wants his sentence changed to...
View ArticleAthens crime unit collects quantity of pot in ongoing investigation
Members of the Athens-Clarke County police Crime Suppression Unit early Saturday made contact with 34-year-old Charleston Garvette Alexander of Cleveland Road at RaceTrac on Atlanta Highway in...
View ArticleUGA student injured by broken window at downtown Athens bar
An 18-year-old University of Georgia student suffered “significant” lacerations to his head and hand Friday night in connection with a window broken at Nowhere Bar on North Lumpkin Street, according to...
View ArticleThousands in jewelry stolen from Athens home
A home on Timberlane Drive was burglarized between noon Sunday and noon Monday and a box of jewelry and a gym bag worth a total value of $3,340 were stolen, Athens-Clarke County police said.Entry to...
View ArticleAthens woman reports her 2015 Jeep Wrangler stolen
A Spring Court resident reported her 2015 Jeep Wrangler valued at $25,000 was stolen from the Hilton Garden hotel on East Washington Street location between 11 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Monday,...
View ArticleStatham man found asleep at wheel arrested, charged with DUI
Sidney Montique West, 39, was arrested for drunken driving early Sunday when found sleeping in his pickup truck on Barnett Shoals Road, where he allegedly drove it after crashing his truck into a...
View ArticleUGA student charged causing $20,000 in damages to a dozen cars at The...
A University of Georgia student is facing multiple felony charges in connection with a vandalism incident this week at The Standard of Athens luxury student apartment building downtown that caused...
View ArticleAthens man indicted for Triangle Plaza shooting
A Clarke County grand jury recently indicted an Athens man for shooting at another man inside an eastside music shop in September.Travis Rayshawn Smith, 28 was charged with aggravated assault,...
View ArticleWoman reports she was robbed at gunpoint on UGA campus
A 23-year-old Oconee Street resident report she was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night as she was walking on the property of the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries on South Hull...
View ArticleConvicted shoplifter eludes arrest while fleeing from mall
M as she fled from Georgia Square mall where she allegedly stole again.According to police, a loss prevention office at the Belk inside the mall told an officer that a woman who previously stolen was...
View ArticleUGA student accused of stealing tip jar at The Grill
A University of Georgia student was arrested last Friday night after he allegedly stole tip money from a table at The Grill on College Avenue, Athens-Clarke County police said.Upon arrival, an officer...
View ArticleAthens man caught fleeing from accident arrested, charged with DUI
Jesus Ramirez Medina, 35, of Amethyst Drive was arrested for drunken driving early Monday after he allegedly wrecked his car on Old Epps Bridge Road and then abandoned the vehicle, Athens-Clarke County...
View ArticleOccupied car shot at in Athens apartment parking lot
Someone shot a gun at a occupied car Sunday night at Kathwood Townhomes apartments on Kathwood Drive, Athens-Clarke County police.No one was reported injured, according to police, who said they...
View ArticlePurported Athens gang members indicted for summer shooting
A Clarke County grand jury this week indicted two purported Athens gang members for a shootout that occurred last summer on the west side of town.Jeffrey O’Neal Rice, 19, who police said is a member of...
View ArticleAthens man faces DUI charges after parking lot crash
Adam Isaih Huff, 77, of Valleybrook Road was arrested for drunken driving Sunday afternoon after he crashed his car in the parking lot of Athens Business Center on West Broad Street, Athens-Clarke...
View ArticleReported burglary of TV, laptops may have been staged at Athens home
An apartment at Athens Gardens reportedly was burglarized between 2 and 10 p.m. Tuesday and a TV, three laptop computers and two video game consoles with a total value of $1,700 were stolen,...
View ArticleCouple cause disturbance over McDonald’s
Athens-Clarke County police were called to an apartment on Old Epps Bridge Road early Wednesday to quell a disturbance caused by a couple that was arguing because the wife reportedly accused her...
View ArticlePolice nab two at Rolling Ridge on outstanding warrants
Athens-Clarke County police said officers made two arrests Wednesday when patrolling a high-crime area of Rolling Ridge Apartments on Kathwood Drive.When the officers attempted to speak with...
View ArticleUGA student reports stolen motorcycle
A University of Georgia student reported his 2008 Kawasaki motorcycle valued at $3,000 was stolen from the North Oconee River Greenway parking lot off Oconee Street between 12:15 a.m. and 2 p.m....
View ArticleAthens car damaged by gunfire
A car was shot up by gunfire early Tuesday in the vicinity of Spring Lake and West Paces drive, Athens-Clarke County police said.Officers responded to the area on a 1:20 a.m. report of gunshots, at...
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