Cedar Shoals grad possibly killed in Greene County before burned body found...
Authorities believe a 26-year-old murder victim found last week in east Athens inside a burned car may have been killed in Greene County.Though police won’t reveal why they believe Darla Gibbons was...
View ArticleSuspects identified in weekend Athens shooting that riddled car with bullets
Athens-Clarke County police Monday identified two suspects in a weekend shooting in east Athens that left a car filled with women riddled with bullets.None of the four women in the car were injured...
View ArticleSixth alleged Athens gang member arrested for home invasion
Authorities recently arrested the sixth and final alleged gang member they said participated in a home invasion in north Athens four months ago.Deqavious Keenan Dunn, 22, allegedly provided the...
View ArticleFourth arrest made in Athens student housing home invasion
Authorities late Monday afternoon made a fourth arrest in connection with an armed home invasion last month at an Athens student housing complex.Nicholas Fred Nasuti, 19, of Lakeside Drive, was booked...
View ArticleGBI: Confidence level "high" in solving Cedar Shoals grad's murder
A Georgia Bureau of Investigation official on Tuesday said the confidence level is “high” that the murder of Cedar Shoals High School graduate Darla Gibbons will soon be solved.Investigators continued...
View ArticleBody cameras record Athens police and public interactions
Athens-Clarke County police officers recently added a new gizmo to their array of equipment — a camera that sees what the officers see.With the cameras attached to officers’ eye wear, the video footage...
View ArticleNaked woman drives stolen truck to Athens where she crashes and burns
A woman stole a Madison County man’s pickup truck early Tuesday morning and then drove naked into Athens, where she crashed it into two vehicles.Authorities said that when crashing the truck into...
View ArticleArrest made in weekend Athens shooting of occupied car
Authorities on Wednesday arrested one of two people suspected of a weekend shooting in which an occupied car was struck by nearly a dozen bullets.Nitgel Rajiv Williams, 20, of Hunter Point Drive, was...
View ArticleSuspect who shot Athens cop is decorated Iraq war combat vet with PTSD
A former U.S. Marine who shot and wounded an Athens-Clarke County police officer three months ago is a decorated combat veteran of the Iraq war whose post traumatic stress syndrome may have played a...
View ArticleAthens man allegedly chokes girlfriend, puts cocked gun to her chest
A 27-year-old Athens man who allegedly choked his girlfriend then placed a cocked handgun to her chest was arrested early Friday by Athens-Clarke County police.Nicholas John Legato, of a Fourth Street...
View ArticlePoilice link Athens home invasions, one involving torture and the other an...
Authorities have connected a home invasion last year in which an Athens man was tortured to another days later in which a woman was allegedly raped.Neither case has been solved.At least two possible...
View ArticleGBI: Good progress made in probe of Athens native's murder
Investigators say they’ve made good progress as they probe the murder of a former Athens resident whose body was found two weeks ago in the charred remains of her burned car in the eastern part of...
View ArticleHit-and-run victim Bowman back in hospital after weekend setback
Emily Bowman, the woman who suffered severe brain trauma this year when she was struck in east Athens by an alleged drunk driver who fled the scene, was hospitalized over the weekend.The 21-year-old...
View ArticleUGA police: Student threatened mass violence on campus with assault rifle
A 19-year-old University of Georgia student in September used social media to threaten mass violence on campus with an assault rifle, according to recently filed court documents.Previously, UGA police...
View ArticleAthens man indicted for trailer park shooting incident
A Clarke County grand jury recently indicted an Athens man who allegedly pointed a gun at his former girlfriend and threatened to kill her after finding her in bed with another man.The man also...
View ArticleSeparate trials for man and woman accused of raping Athens special needs child
A man and a woman who allegedly raped a 10-year-old special needs child in Athens last year will be tried separately, according to a recent court filing.The filing was a request to have Melissa Nicole...
View ArticleJury acquits first of 17 defendants in Commerce Alzheimer's abuse case
A Jackson County jury on Tuesday needed just 18 minutes to acquit a former employee of an Athens-area Alzheimer’s care facility on charges she illegally restrained an elderly patient.Deanna Leigh...
View ArticlePurported Athens gang member re-arrested months after allegedly wounding...
A purported member of an Athens street gang was re-arrested Tuesday, less than two months after he was granted bond on charges he wounded three people in a drive-by shooting.Athens-Clarke County police...
View ArticlePurported Athens gang member pulls gun on police officer
A purported Athens gang member and parolee was arrested early Thursday after allegedly pulling a gun on an officer, Athens-Clarke County police said.Senior Police Officer Ryan Giles was patrolling...
View ArticleAthens man gets 60-year sentence for assaulting woman and threatening to...
A Clarke County Superior Court judge this week handed a 60-year sentence to an Athens man who last year assaulted a woman then threatened to shoot officers who responded to the incident on Saxon Woods...
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