Gang member a suspect in robbing pills from elderly Athens resident
A gang member is suspected of robbing a bottle of pills from an elderly eastside resident Wednesday afternoon, Athens-Clarke County police said.The victim was returning from the pharmacy at about 1...
View ArticlePolice arrest Athens man accused of entering car in downtown deck
Anthony Michael Zamora, 21, of Gaines School Road was arrested late Thursday afternoon after he allegedly illegally entered a car at the College Avenue public parking deck, Athens-Clarke County police...
View ArticleAthens man accused of using knife to menace another
Rickie Re’Kie Robinson Jr., 38, of Waddell Street was arrested Wednesday night after he allegedly used a knife to menace another man who was walking on Waddell Street, according to an Athens-Clarke...
View ArticlePatient’s son suspect in stealing narcotics from ambulance
A patient’s son is suspected of following an ambulance to Athens Regional Medical Center and then stealing a box of narcotics after ambulance crew members took his mother into the hospital,...
View ArticleMedical alert company notifies Athens police of suicidal woman
A 65-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to the hospital Thursday after she cut her wrist with a knife in an apparent suicide attempt, Athens-Clarke County police said.Police said they went to the...
View ArticleAthens teen who left scene of accident is arrested later at home
Eleazar Rodriguez, 17, was arrested Thursday afternoon after he allegedly was involved in a minor traffic accident and fled the scene, Athens-Clarke County police said.The teen reportedly struck...
View ArticleNearly empty whiskey bottle found in car of man facing drunken driving charge
Dylan Drake Funderburk, 26, of Jefferson was arrested for alleged drunken driving Thursday night after police received a complaint that his car was seen swerving and running stop signs, according to an...
View ArticleProbe rules out driver impairment, excessive speed in crash that killed 4 UGA...
Impairment from drugs or alcohol and excessive speed were ruled out as possible causes of the two-car collision last week that killed four University of Georgia students, the Georgia Department of...
View ArticleUGA student arrested for alleged 2014 rape
A University of Georgia student was arrested over the weekend for an alleged rape that reportedly occurred two years ago.Jordan Thomas Coleman, 21, of Little Street was booked into the Clarke County...
View ArticleMan accused of taking ex-girlfriend’s wallet
Athens-Clarke County police said they were seeking felony warrants on a man in connection with an alleged altercation Friday afternoon with a former girlfriend at Dairy Queen on Oak Street.Melboris...
View ArticleCar reported stolen from Athens residence
A car was reportedly stolen from a King Avenue residence early Saturday and was subsequently recovered in a parking lot at Sunset Drive and Prince Avenue, Athens-Clarke County police said.The owner was...
View ArticleMan accused of shouting obscenities while with unclothed woman at ATM
A man and woman were arrested early Sunday after the man allegedly shouted an obscenity at a police officer outside a downtown bank’s ATM, and he was found in the company of a partially undressed woman...
View ArticleAthens man accused of drunken disturbance
Troy Price Marker, 45, of Sir Matthew Road was arrested Friday night after he reportedly caused a drunken disturbance at the Cloud bar on East Clayton Street.Employees called police at about 10:30 p.m....
View ArticleAuthorities searching for escaped convict in Athens
Authorities on Monday afternoon searched for a state prisoner who walked away from a work detail in east Athens.David Earl Gill, 24 was serving a sentence at the Clarke County Correctional Institution...
View ArticleAthens woman uses car to assault couple in apparent love triangle, police say
A woman was reportedly high on drugs when she turned her car into a weapon by using it to strike two people with whom she was possibly involved in a love triangle.Neither the man nor woman who were...
View ArticleAthens police, GBI searching for missing toddler
Authorities Tuesday evening were searching for a missing toddler.The Athens-Clarke County Police Department and Georgia Bureau of Investigation were both searching for 1-year-old Dakota Clark Grayson...
View ArticleStolen UGA trailer detaches from thief’s SUV
A trailer stolen from the University of Georgia Friday night was involved in a collision when it came detached from the thief’s SUV and struck another vehicle head-on, Athens-Clarke County police...
View ArticleAthens man charged with drunken driving
Tyrone Harris, 56, of Brighton Terrace was arrested for alleged drunken driving Friday night after police received a 911 from someone reporting Harris’ pickup truck was being driven erratically in the...
View ArticleGun shop owner concerned by customer’s behavior
Athens-Clarke County police said they responded to Franklin Gun Shop on Atlanta Highway Sunday on the owner’s concern about a customer who he saw place several unloaded revolvers to her chest and pull...
View ArticleFormer agency employee accused of stealing gun
An employee of the Labor Ready employment agency on Baxter Street reported Saturday that a former agency employee came in that day and stole a gun from her purse that was behind the counter,...
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