Intoxicated UGA student sleeps, urinates in another student’s bed in Brumby dorm
An intoxicated University of Georgia student was taken to the hospital early Friday after she was found sleeping in another student’s bed, in which she had urinated, UGA police said.The incident was...
View ArticleNorth Carolina teen runaway found stowing away on train passing through Athens
A 17-year-old runaway from North Carolina was found in Athens on Thursday morning riding on a CSX railcar.A CSX official called police shortly before 8 a.m. to request assistance in checking out a...
View ArticleEx-con wanted in three counties arrested in Athens after allegedly assaulting...
An ex-con on parole who is wanted in three counties was arrested in Athens Thursday afternoon after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend outside a fast food restaurant.Athens-Clarke County police said...
View ArticleAthens man still awaits trial for 1999 rape of UGA student
Anthony Leon Johnson was arrested in 1999 for the rape of a University of Georgia student but he has yet to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty.That is because the 44-year-old former Derby Street...
View ArticleFormer UGA student sentenced to probation in frat house shooting
A former University of Georgia student who fired a gun during a dispute between two UGA fraternities earlier this year was recently sentenced to probation and ordered by a judge to take a gun safety...
View ArticleStoves, water heaters, fridges stolen from Athens homes
Three homes in the 200 block of Highland Park Drive owned by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development were burglarized between 7 a.m. last Wednesday and 1:50 p.m. Monday and three stoves,...
View ArticleSUV, pressure washer stolen from auto repair shop on Athens' Hawthorne Avenue
A car and pressure washer altogether valued at $20,250 reportedly were stolen from Roberts Auto Repair, 525 Hawthorne Ave., between 10 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. Monday, Athens-Clarke County police...
View ArticleAthens woman arrested with DUI while driving with 3 children
Alicia Dionne Bailey, 37, or Zebulon Drive was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of driving while drunk and with three young children in her car, Athens-Clarke County police said.Police said they...
View ArticlePurple scooter, with Kobe Bryant stickers, stolen in Normaltown
A Bryan Street resident reported his Yamaha Chappy valued at $1,500 was stolen from P&M Army Surplus, 1298 Prince Avenue, between 9 p.m. Monday and 3 a.m. Tuesday, Athens-Clarke County police said....
View ArticleAthens man arrested, accused of strangling girlfriend
John Iaasais Zapata, 30, of Cleveland was arrested Oct. 11 after he allegedly strangled his girlfriend during a dispute at the victim’s apartment at Dearing Courtyard, according to an Athens-Clarke...
View ArticleRelative’s 911 call spurs theft warrant for man accused of stealing Athens'...
Arrest warrants will be signed for a 47-year-old Lexington man after a relative alerted police to his attempt at stealing chicken wings from the deli at Walmart on Lexington Road, Athens-Clarke County...
View ArticleComer man accused of showing gun to another driver
Kevin Michael Marable, 25, of Comer was arrested Monday after he allegedly showed another driver a gun during what Athens-Clarke County police called a road rage incident.A 26-year-old Waddell Street...
View ArticleFull power returns to downtown Athens after morning outage
Traffic lights along the main drag in downtown Athens went dark as the result of a power outage this morning. Firefighters responded to reports of people trapped in elevators as well. Power was...
View ArticleStrange odor alerts Athens officers to stolen tractor trailer full of scallops
A stolen tractor trailer filled with scallops was recovered Tuesday by a pair of Athens-Clarke County police officers who noticed a strange odor coming from the vehicle.The officers were on lunch break...
View ArticleAthens man flees state with 1-year-old son
Authorities on Tuesday went to a home on Westview Drive to enforce a judicial order to take two young children from their father and found he fled to Pennsylvania with one of the children.According to...
View ArticleWoman tells Athens-Clarke police that friends stole her truck
A resident of Hallmark Estates mobile home park off Spring Valley Road reported Tuesday that her friends stole her Dodge Ram 2500 pickup truck valued at $3,000, Athens-Clarke County police said.She...
View ArticleMan accuses home care nurse of assaulting 93-year-old woman
A Dacula man on Tuesday reported a 93-year-old woman was assaulted by a home care nurse in Athens.The nurse allegedly struck the woman on her exposed buttocks when she was resisting attempts to provide...
View ArticleAthens woman trying to help niece loses $1,500 in scam
A 72-year-old Athens woman reported Tuesday she was scammed out of $1,500 by someone who sent her an email notifying her that her niece was being held by police in Morocco.The woman said the email...
View ArticleAthens resident reports she was attacked by stranger for no reason
An 18-year-old Ashley Circle resident reported she was walking in The Oaks apartments on Gaines School Road on Tuesday evening when a woman she did not know attacked her for no apparent reason,...
View ArticleAthens woman reports she was assaulted by teenage daughter after taking away...
A 15-year old girl was charged with simple battery Tuesday night after she allegedly struck her mother in the face during a dispute over her communicating with older men, Athens-Clarke County police...
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