Athens man sought in Florida for probation violation
Shawn Lyster, 44, of Highland Park Drive was arrested on an out-of-state warrant Friday after a woman with whom he’d been driving was stopped by police for an unspecified reason.According to police, an...
View ArticleOfficer arrests Athens man after man punches another man in face for no reason
Terry Bernard Ball Jr., 28, of Simmons Street was arrested early Friday after an officer reportedly saw him punch another man in the face for no apparent reason.Athens-Clarke County police said the...
View ArticleAthens woman attempts to drive off in repossessed car
A 32-year-old resident of Georgia Green apartments on Fourth Street was facing a potential reckless endangerment charge after she attempted to drive off in her car while it was being repossessed...
View ArticleAthens man faces DUI after car plunges into water meter, bus stop
Jordan Bernardo Sanchez-Vega, 24, of West Hancock Avenue was arrested for alleged drunken driving early Friday after his SUV drove off road and onto property in the 1100 block of Prince Avenue where it...
View ArticleAthens police help woman in wheelchair with food
Athens-Clarke County police last week provided assistance to a woman after they responded to her home for a 911 call and found she had no food in her home.Police said when they went to the home the...
View ArticleGeorgia Supreme Court upholds Athens murder conviction
The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of an Athens man who in 2007 killed someone he believed was part of a plot to steal an $11 million lottery ticket and hire a hitman to kill...
View ArticleAthens man charged with receiving stolen property
Robert Lee Wynn, 65, of Peach Street was arrested early May 31 after he took a stolen pickup to the Fleet Management facility on Newton Bridge Road where Athens-Clarke County police believe he went to...
View ArticleMan says cash, car stolen at gunpoint by group following him
A 29-year-old Sayemore Drive resident reported early May 31 that he was robbed at gunpoint of cash and his car in the area of Athena Drive and Old Hull Road, Athens-Clarke County police said.The man...
View ArticleBurglar steals $5,650 in jewelry, cash from Nicole Circle home
A burglar busted a bedroom window to enter a home on Nicole Circle between 8:30 p.m. Thursday and 2 a.m. Friday and stole jewelry, a handbag and cash together valued at $5,650, Athens-Clarke County...
View ArticlePolice put spit mask on woman after fight during arrest attempt
Susan Marie Crook, 21, was fitted with a spit mask and placed in restraints Thursday night at the Oconee Street Waffle House, where authorities say she violently resisted police trying to place her...
View ArticleMan charged with assaulting woman, her grandchildren
Earl Roger Parks, 54, was arrested Thursday night after being accused of assaulting a woman and two of her grandchildren while in a jealous rage over the woman possibly being involved with another man,...
View ArticleMissing Pennsylvania man found walking in pajamas along Athens Perimeter
A man who was reported missing in Pennsylvania last month was found walking along the Athens Perimeter dressed in pajamas Monday morning.Athens-Clarke County police said there was a warrant for the...
View ArticleAthens police investigating Georgia Square mall burglaries
Thieves this week burglarized four businesses at the Georgia Square mall, breaking into safes and cash registers and stealing athletic shoes, according to Athens-Clarke County police.The stores were...
View ArticleAthens woman is arrested on fraud warrant in Elbert County
Carol Lee Gabriel, 48, was arrested Thursday at her Sandburg Street home by officers who learned she was wanted on a fraud charge in Elbert County while they were there to stand by while a male was...
View ArticleAthens man accused of motel attack, theft
Phillip Carey Gordon, 63, of Maynard Court was arrested last Wednesday afternoon at the Bulldog Inn on Commerce Road after he was accused of stealing $200 from someone he assaulted in a room,...
View ArticleJewelry, gold teeth stolen from Athens home
Burglars kicked in a back door of a Boulder Trail residence between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. Thursday and stole Air Jordan sneakers, jewelry, gold teeth and a bottle of medication together valued at more...
View ArticleUGA student accused of filing false report
A University of Georgia student was arrested Tuesday after he falsely reported that someone cut him with a box cutter during an assault on campus, UGA police said.Rico Jamall Kelly made the bogus...
View ArticleMan found talking to himself in stairwell at inn taken to hospital
Athens-Clarke County police last week took a 27-year-old Oak Hill Drive resident to the hospital after he was found talking to himself in a stairwell of Travel Inn on West Broad Street.The man spoke...
View ArticleUGA student seen by police with stolen ‘road closed’ sign
A University of Georgia student was arrested early Sunday after he was seen running across Oconee Street with a stolen “road closed” sign, Athens-Clarke County police said.Douglas Scott Durham, 22,...
View ArticleMan arrested with contraband at Athens diversion center
John Daniel Cobb, 47, was arrested last week at the Athens-Clarke County Diversion Center after he was found with contraband that include a spoon, syringe and a latex glove that contained drug residue,...
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