Convicted felon faces charges over gun sale to Athens pawn shop
Athens-Clarke County police said Thursday that they were going to take out an arrest warrant for 26-year-old Christopher Dukes from Bethlehem because he is a convicted felon who they determined sold a...
View ArticlePolice arrest Athens woman after finding oxycodone, meth
Jennifer Alyssa Dutton, 33, of Janice Drive, was arrested Friday when she was found in possession of oxycodone pills and methamphetamine at Rolling Ridge Apartments, Athens-Clarke County police said.A...
View ArticleUGA student found passed out in front of sorority house
A University of Georgia student was arrested early Friday after police found her passed out in front of the Chi Omega sorority house on South Milledge Avenue, Athens-Clarke County police said.Police...
View ArticleMan sentenced for Athens motel fire that killed girlfriend
A man accused by authorities of causing a westside Athens motel fire that killed his girlfriend two years ago has received a sentence in which he will serve a little more than two years in...
View ArticleNo details on FBI search at Shenandoah Apartments
Athens-Clarke County police on Friday assisted state and federal authorities in the execution of a search warrant at Shenandoah Apartments, according to a police report released on Monday.The warrant...
View ArticleCedar Shoals student reports spiked juice
Authorities are investigating the possibility that a student at Cedar Shoals High School became ill after her juice was spiked with an unknown substance.The 16-year-old girl’s mother called police on...
View ArticleMan injured in Athens bar fight
A 21-year-old Greenwood Lane resident was taken to Athens-Regional Medical Center early Friday morning after he was beaten up in a fight at Magnolias of Athens, a bar on East Broad Street in downtown...
View ArticleClarke Central student arrested on marijuana charge
A 17-year-old Clarke Central High School student was arrested Thursday after he was caught smoking pot in a restroom, Athens Clarke County police said.Investigating an administrator’s report that the...
View ArticleAthens man reports robbery, pistol-whipping
A 20-year-old Athens man reported he was robbed in northern Athens by someone who pistol-whipped him and also wielded a shotgun, Athens-Clarke County police said.The victim said he and his girlfriend...
View ArticleBurglar caught in act on Kathwood Drive
Fred Lee Carpenter, 49, of Coleridge Court was arrested Friday night while climbing out a window of a Kathwood Drive home he had burglarized, Athens-Clarke County police said.An upstairs resident had...
View ArticleCedar Shoals student charged with false report of fire
A 15-year-old Cedar Shoals High School student was arrested Thursday after he falsely reported the school was on fire, Athens-Clarke County police said.The boy was charged with unlawful conduct during...
View ArticleUGA Triathlon Team member killed, two cyclists injured by DUI suspect in east...
A member of the University of Georgia’s Triathlon team was killed and two other bicyclists were injured Monday evening in east Athens by a suspected impaired driver.Ashley Block, 25, who was a graduate...
View ArticleAthens nurse suffers effects of punch to head by elderly patient
An Athens Regional Medical Center nurse recently reported she was still suffering the effects of being punched in the head by an 80-year-old female patient three weeks earlier.According to an...
View ArticleAthens man says woman set him up for robbery
An Athens man reported last week that a woman he knew set him up for an armed robbery outside a business on Tallassee Road, Athens-Clarke County police said.The 27-year-old victim said the woman called...
View ArticleFight outside strip club eventually leads to Bethlehem man's arrest
Brant Aaron Roberts, 23, of Bethlehem was arrested Saturday night after he was kicked out of a strip club downtown for his conduct and continued his disruptive behavior on the sidewalk, Athens-Clarke...
View ArticleAthens man’s reckless driving earns trip to jail
Taiwan Junior Gober, 39, of Spring Valley Road was arrested Saturday night and charged with reckless driving by an officer who saw him speeding on a street in east Athens while pedestrians were in the...
View ArticleAthens restaurant employee arrested for stealing Trump sign that 'reflected...
An employee of an eastside restaurant was arrested over the weekend after he reportedly stole a Donald Trump campaign sign from a neighboring property because he felt the sign “reflected poorly on the...
View ArticleAthens children terrorized by masked clowns driving white van
A group of children aged 7 through 10 were terrorized Monday evening when five people dressed as clowns and wearing masks emerged from a van parked at the East Athens Community Center and began chasing...
View ArticleAthens middle school students arrested for pot possession
Three sixth-graders were arrested at Coile Middle School for misdemeanor marijuana possession, according to an Athens-Clarke County police report.The report was heavily redacted because the offenders...
View ArticleAthens man arrested following fight at downtown bar
Jose Meza, 23, of Lakeshore Drive was arrested early Sunday in connection with a fight on the dance floor at Jerzees Sports Bar on East Clayton Street, Athens-Clarke County police said.An officer was...
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