Athens man accused in drive-by killing released on bond
An Athens man accused of murdering a teen in a drive-by shooting one year ago was recently released from jail.Telvin T. Fleming, 21, is charged with malice murder and other offenses for the May 30...
View ArticleAthens teen indicted for rape
An Athens man has been indicted for an alleged rape of a 23-year old woman in west Athens.A Clarke County grand jury charged Marco Meza-Gallares, 18, with rape, aggravated sexual battery and...
View ArticleAfter respite, downtown Athens robberies continue
After a brief respite, possibly related robberies in and around downtown Athens resumed Wednesday morning when a gang of thieves attacked a University of Georgia student and a boy in his mid-teens in...
View ArticleUPDATE: Rolling Ridge apartment riddled by gunfire
A gunman who shot up a home Thursday at a northside apartment may have been looking for the same person who reportedly was beaten up at the complex earlier that morning.Athens-Clarke County police said...
View ArticleMan allegedly rapes woman at west Athens apartment complex
Athens-Clarke County police this week arrested a man after who allegedly raped a woman then used a knife to cut another man when confronted by a group that included the victim’s boyfriend.Nathan Parker...
View ArticleUGA student indicted for spying on women in bathroom
A Clarke County grand jury this week indicted a University of Georgia student for intentionally walking in on women as they used restrooms at a party.Theodore Ranier Bawayan, 28, is charged with two...
View ArticleVagrant banned from downtown Athens harasses woman, fights her husband
A vagrant banned from downtown Athens was locked up Friday morning after harassing a woman on East Clayton Street and fighting with her husband.A Clarke County State Court judge imposed the ban on...
View ArticleDefendant in Athens racketeering case re-arrested for pandering prostitution
An Athens man who authorities said once placed orders with criminals to steal TVs and laptop computers and then fenced the stolen goods at westside storefronts was recently re-arrested for an incident...
View ArticleAthens man indicted for murder in Tivoli apartments shooting
A Clarke County grand jury last week indicted an Athens man for murder in connection with a shooting death nearly two years ago at an eastside apartment complex.Santonio Raymond Hall Jr., 21, was...
View ArticlePolice investigating another Athens Gardens shooting incident
A second shooting incident in three days at the Athens Gardens apartments on Lexington Road is under investigation, according to Athens-Clarke County police. No one was reported injured in either...
View ArticleArrest made in Athens Gardens shooting, police searching for second alleged...
Athens-Clarke County police arrested a woman and are looking for a man who exchanged gunshots Monday morning during a dispute at the Athens Gardens apartment complex.Shaneeka Chanel Whitehead, 23, was...
View ArticleAthens cop charged with child molestation, aggravated sexual battery
An Athens-Clarke County police officer was arrested Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a juvenile several years ago.read more
View ArticleAthens man bludgeoned with horseshoe
An Athens man was hospitalized Monday after his friend reportedly bludgeoned him with an iron horseshoe.Athens-Clarke County police said the man threw a microwave oven at his attacker, who allegedly...
View ArticleFive arrested in two downtown Athens robberies
Athens-Clarke County police recently arrested four teens for the alleged mugging of a University of Georgia student last week in downtown Athens.The arrests of the teens, including two juveniles, did...
View ArticleAthens man accused of spitting on girlfriend
Kenneth Michael Daniel, 36, of Highland Park Drive, was arrested early Wednesday following a reported domestic dispute at home with his girlfriend. He is alleged to have spit on the woman several times...
View Article'Dead' man found trespassing at Athens apartments
James Eugene Ellis, 48, was arrested Wednesday afternoon at University Oaks apartments on West Broad Street after a woman who lived there told an officer on patrol she thought she saw a dead man in...
View ArticleAthens parents call police for help with daughter
A 12-year-old girl on Tuesday was referred to Juvenile Court after her parents called police to report she leaves her home at night without permission and stays with boys at an apartment, and she...
View ArticleMan seen peering into Athens couple’s bedroom
A 22-year-old woman reported as she and her boyfriend were in the bedroom of her Athens home at about 1 a.m. Wednesday she saw a man outside, peering through the bedroom window at them, according to an...
View ArticleAthens man said sister’s friend tried to run him over
A 35-year-old Maple Forge Drive resident reported he got into an argument with his sister’s friend at his home and the friend attempted to run him down with her car, according to an Athens-Clarke...
View ArticleMore than $3,000 in items stolen from Athens home
A back window of a home on Loblolly Drive reportedly was pried open between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and video game systems, a computer tablet, shoes, jewelry and video games altogether valued at...
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