Driver who ran stop sign and crashed faces DUI charge
Bobby Lee Sims, 58, of Judy Circle was arrested for alleged drunken driving Saturday night after he ran a stop sign at Vine and First streets and crashed his car into a fence, Athens-Clarke police...
View ArticleAthens man charged with assaulting fetus
An Athens man was charged over the weekend with assaulting his girlfriend’s unborn child.Javatavis Lakil Johnson, 22, allegedly punched his 19-year-old girlfriend in the stomach, reportedly telling her...
View ArticleHeart attack victim aided by emergency personnel
Athens-Clarke police, firefighters and EMTs teamed up early Sunday morning to save the life of a 62-year-old man who apparently suffered a heart attack on a downtown sidewalk.The man and his wife had...
View ArticleAthens woman charged in mishandled eviction
Shondra Marie Howard, 39, was arrested early Tuesday morning after she illegally evicted a roommate from her apartment at Bethel Midtown Village, Athens-Clarke police said.The roommate told police she...
View ArticleAthens man reports gunpoint robbery
A 38-year-old resident of Tallassee Club apartments off Westchester Drive reported he was robbed at gunpoint while walking his dog in the complex early Tuesday morning, Athens-Clarke police said.The...
View ArticleSayemore Drive home burglarized
A home on Sayemore Drive was burglarized between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday and three TVs, a laptop computer, two iPads, a PlayStation 4 and video games were stolen, Athens-Clarke police said. The...
View ArticleTraffic stop leads to drug charges
Tovorick Anicko Parrish, 42, of West Carver Drive was arrested early Tuesday morning after his car was stopped for a traffic violation and he was found in possession of illegal drugs, Athens-Clarke...
View ArticleBelt mistaken for man’s genitals
A 60-year-old woman reported Monday evening that she saw a man bicycling on Prince Avenue with his genitals hanging out of his pants, Athens-Clarke police said.Police caught up with the man at a...
View ArticleStatham woman charged with shoplifting
Kayla Nicole Wright, 26, of Statham was arrested at Georgia Square mall Monday after attempting to steal bedding valued at $334 from the Belk department store, Athens-Clarke police said.The woman...
View ArticleNaked man reportedly served at drive-thru of McDonald's in Athens
Athens-Clarke County police over the weekend arrested a man who they said was naked when he pulled up to the drive-thru window of an eastside fast food restaurant.In speaking with employees at the...
View ArticleUGA student makes plea for return of stolen bulldog
R.L. Bell’s concern about his stolen bulldog is mounting as the days go by with no word on the pet’s whereabouts.It’s been a little more than a week since a burglar took Chapel from her crate during a...
View ArticleWoman wakes up on side of Athens road
The woman said the last thing she remembered was going to the restroom at the Blind Pig Tavern where she was with friends, according to an Athens-Clarke County police report. She told police she had a...
View ArticleValdosta woman accused of public disturbance in Athens
Amber Ciara Thompson, 27, of Valdosta, was arrested early Sunday after creating a disturbance at Subway on East Clayton Street, Athens-Clarke County police said.Responding to a complaint that Thompson...
View ArticleAthens man charged with drug possession
Athens-Clarke County police responded to a report of an intoxicated man at Wal-Mart on Lexington Road on Saturday morning and ended up arresting the man on drug charges after they saw him get into a...
View ArticleMan is arrested on probation violation in Athens
Tobias Deonte Fulton, 23, was arrested on a felony probation violation warrant Tuesday afternoon when he was found hiding in a bedroom closet of a home on West Paces Drive where he reportedly lived...
View ArticleAthens man indicted on felony assault charges for allegedly ramming...
An Athens man was recently indicted on multiple felony charges for allegedly using his car to ram an ex-girlfriend’s car while the woman had passengers that included a 4-year-old child.No one was...
View ArticleAthens man believes daughter stole from him while he was at funeral
A Picadilly Square resident reported Tuesday he suspected his daughter and her boyfriend were responsible for a burglary of his home in which electronics, clothing and cash with a total value of about...
View ArticleAthens teen says she was threatened by boyfriend’s mother
An Athens teen reported her boyfriend’s mother threatened her last Friday when they were at the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse for the boyfriend’s probation hearing.The 19-year-old girl told police...
View ArticleAthens man reports $17K in cash, checks stolen
An Athens landlord reported nearly $17,000 in checks and cash were stolen from a lock box outside of his office in the 400 block of North Milledge Avenue.The landlord told Athens-Clarke County police...
View ArticleAthens man accused of pot, cocaine possession
Cornelius Tirell Brown, 25, of Sunny Hills Drive was arrested Tuesday night as part of an investigation in which authorities seized his car and an undisclosed quantity of oxycodone, crack and pot,...
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