Virginia man facing felony charges for obtaining in-state tuition for...
A Virginia man is facing multiple felony charges for falsifying documents to get in-state tuition rates for his daughter while she attended the University of Georgia.UGA police on Wednesday obtained...
View ArticlePlea deal gives Athens man probation for threatening 13-year-old girl with knife
A 40-year-old Athens man recently received probation after pleading guilty to assaulting a 13-year-old girl with a knife last July.As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors dismissed a 2013 indictment...
View ArticleGeorge Conley: From airman to Athens cop to paramedic
George Conley has enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a paramedic in the Athens area, but he previously held positions that were far removed from rushing to the aid of people suffering injuries...
View ArticleAthens offering hiring incentives to attract new police officers and...
Athens-Clarke County is now offering hiring incentives to attract new police officers and sheriff’s deputies.Rookies hired by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department and the Clarke County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleGeorgia State Patrol captain and Oconee County resident graduates from FBI...
A veteran Georgia State Patrol official with local ties recently graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va.Capt. Allen Marlowe graduated after completing a 10-week program that includes...
View ArticleMissing Gainesville children found, grandmother charged with kidnapping
Hall County authorities announced on Monday they found three children who had been missing since Saturday morning and charged their maternal grandmother with kidnapping.The children have been returned...
View ArticleAthens man indicted for family violence incident in which he shot gun,...
A Clarke County grand jury recently indicted a 22-year-old Athens man in connection with a May family violence incident in which he shot a gun and engaged police in a standoff.Timothy Wayne Johnson was...
View ArticleAggressive panhandler arrested after asking off-duty Athens cop for money
An aggressive panhandler asked the wrong person ‑ an off-duty Athens-Clarke County police officer ‑ for money on Sunday.The officer was dressed in civilian clothes and with his 10-year-old daughter...
View ArticleEven with arrest, investigation of westside Athens drive-by shooting death...
The investigation into a drive-by shooting death in west Athens several weeks ago remains very active, even with the arrest Friday of a man charged with murder, officials said.Telvin T. Fleming, 20,...
View ArticleMan charged with rape of Athens teen
Authorities on Monday arrested a 24-year-old man for the alleged rape of a teenage girl. In addition, Marvin C. Sims of Old Hull Road was charged with felony child molestation.The alleged assaults...
View ArticleTwo men shot in west Athens
Two men were hospitalized with gunshot wounds Monday night after they were shot in west Athens.One of the victims needed to undergo surgery, but neither suffered life-threatening injuries,...
View ArticleAthens police obtain arrest warrants in Bethel Midtown Village stabbing
Athens-Clarke County police said Tuesday that they had obtained arrest warrants for a suspect in the stabbing of a man the day before at an apartment complex near downtown Athens.The warrants charge...
View ArticleAthens woman arrested for DUI after hitting bicyclist with car
A 48-year-old Athens woman was arrested for DUI this week after she struck a bicyclist and twice fled the scene.Police said that a Herman Street man was riding his bicycle on Robert Hardeman at about...
View ArticleThird person shot in Athens in less than 24 hours
A 32-year-old man became the third shooting victim in Athens within a 24-hour period when he suffered a gunshot wound Tuesday night on the east side.Athens-Clarke County police said Mario Desmond...
View ArticleUPDATE: Authorities find missing Athens man suffering from dementia
Authorities have found an Athens man who went missing this morning after wandering from his home.The 67-year-old man was found after a search that lasted nearly two hours.Participating in the search,...
View ArticlePolice: Drugged man in pickup leaves path of destruction from Nicholson to...
A 53-year-old man driving under the influence of drugs Tuesday night left a trail of destruction from Jackson County to Athens.Authorities said Matthew Kerry Gossett intentionally crashed his pickup...
View ArticleBrother of Athens stabbing suspect beaten and robbed in retaliation
An Athens man was beaten and robbed by a group of men Tuesday at Bethel Midtown Village, apparently in retaliation for his brother stabbing someone at the apartment complex the day before,...
View ArticleAthens police obtain arrest warrant for eastside shooting in which man was...
Athens-Clarke County police said they have obtained an arrest warrant for a man who allegedly shot another man Tuesday night on the east side.The warrant charges 28-year-old Kenton “Kent” Niderick...
View ArticleUGA Senior Police Officer Josh Robinson: More than just a cop
When Josh Robinson joined the University of Georgia Police Department about three years ago he arrived already with a wealth of experience and training.Prior to being hired by UGA in November 2011, the...
View ArticleAthens man allegedly asked woman how she wanted to die
Jeffrey Bernard Skelton allegedly used a knife to make slicing motions on his girlfriend’s body while asking her how she wanted to be killed.“Where do you want it?” he supposedly said, moving the knife...
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