Athens police searching for suspect in westside hotel shooting
Authorities are searching for a 24-year-old suspect in connection with a weekend shooting at a westside hotel.The suspect recently was identified by Athens-Clarke County police as Ronald Justin...
View ArticleAuthorities arrest alleged Athens gang member shot during June home invasion
Authorities on Sunday arrested an alleged gang member who was shot and wounded four months ago during a home invasion armed robbery in north Athens.Quamiek Malik Aziz, 20, of Athens, had been...
View ArticleAthens woman with 4-year-old passenger repeatedly rams estranged husband's car
A 27-year-old woman was arrested Sunday following a road rage incident in which she repeatedly rammed her estranged husband’s vehicle.The pair’s 4-year-old daughter was a passenger at the time,...
View ArticleMan indicted for vehicular homicide in fatal Athens collision with pedestrian
A Clarke County grand jury recently indicted a 20-year-old Bogart man on charges he was driving under the influence of drugs when he struck and killed an Athens woman five months ago.Edwin Gaona, of...
View ArticleLumpkin named new chief of Savannah police
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department named as its new chief on Tuesday Athens-Clarke County Police Chief Jack Lumpkin.The announcement came in a news release issued Tuesday morning by...
View ArticleAthens man indicted for attempted murder of ATF agent
A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted an Athens man who last month allegedly shot and wounded a U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent.The agent was shot by 21-year-old...
View ArticleAthens middle schoolers take anti-gun violence pledge
Nearly 700 Hilsman Middle School students gathered Wednesday in their school’s gymnasium to make anti-gun pledges.A similar scene played out earlier in the morning at Coile Middle School, as will be...
View ArticleThree Australians arrested for tampering with American flag in west Athens
Athens-Clarke County police said they arrested three men from Australia early Tuesday morning after they were found tampering with an American flag at a westside shopping center.The men said they had...
View ArticleAthens man indicted for July shooting in east Athens
Clarke County grand jury last week indicted a man for allegedly shooting and wounding another man three months ago in east Athens.Kenton Niderick “Kent” Daniel, a 28-year-old convicted felon, used a...
View ArticleFraudulent checks laundered through UGA athletes' bank accounts
University of Georgia police said they are investigating a case in which thieves accessed the bank accounts of UGA athletes to apparently launder fraudulent checks.The two athletes learned of the...
View ArticleUGA student clad only in jockstrap treated for injuries suffered at west...
A University of Georgia student was hospitalized Wednesday after he was found bleeding outside an apartment while wearing only a jockstrap, Athens-Clarke County police said.A man who lived at the...
View ArticleMan indicted for trying to take gun from Athens cop during fight
A Clarke County grand jury recently indicted a man who tried to take away an Athens-Clarke County police officer’s gun while fighting with him last month.Christopher Travis Tillman, 22, of Hull,...
View ArticleMan charged with kidnapping, assaulting Athens woman
Authorities on Thursday arrested an Atlanta man for allegedly kidnapping an Athens woman he met through an online dating service.Athens-Clarke County police said 36-year-old Billy Tiryan Mattox also...
View ArticleTips for National Teen Driver Safety Week
Sixteen-year-olds are 20 times more likely to be killed in a crash than an adult.That is why the U.S. Congress designated an annual National Teen Driver Safety Week to help raise awareness of teen...
View ArticleJennifer Morris: A paramedic who lives for the adrenaline rush
Jennifer Morris raced in an ambulance to an Athens woman who passed out while calling 911 in a medical emergency.The woman was reporting a severe asthma attack when she lost consciousness while on the...
View ArticleSchool bus involved in north Athens crash was transporting adults, no students
Athens-Clarke County police investigated on Monday an accident involving a school bus in north Athens.There were no on students on board and no one was injured.Police spokesperson Hilda Sorrow said the...
View ArticleSupreme Court upholds dismissal of vehicular homicide charge in death of...
The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss a felony vehicular homicide charge against a motorist who struck and killed a popular Athens-Clarke County school crossing guard...
View ArticleAuthorities continue to investigate in-custody death of Athens man
A 60-year-old Athens man who died in police custody Sunday was suffering from medical problems, but whether that played a role in his death will not be known until autopsy results are returned,...
View ArticleAthens man robbed at gunpoint after meeting man through dating website
A 47-year-old Athens man reported to Athens-Clarke County police he was robbed at gunpoint on Monday after an encounter with another man he met through an online dating website.Police said the Athens...
View ArticleDos and Don'ts for online dating
In recent weeks in Athens, dates that originated through an online or mobile dating platform ended in criminal activity.A woman was assaulted, kidnapped and robbed at an Athens area motel, where she...
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