UGA student arrested as police attend to ill woman at bar
Athens-Clarke County police said they responded early Monday morning to a report of a female possibly having seizures at Boar’s Head Lounge on East Washington Street and arrested a University of...
View ArticleComputer stolen from Athens apartment
A woman reported Monday that someone stole a computer valued at $300 from an apartment at Bethel Midtown Village from which she was in the process of moving, Athens-Clarke County police said,The woman...
View ArticleAthens man allegedly assaults grandmother
Michael Joseph Richardson Jr., 20, of Orchard Knob Lane, was arrested Monday night after he allegedly assaulted his 80-year-old grandmother, Athens-Clarke County police said.The grandmother told police...
View ArticleHomeless man cut in fight at vacant house on Hawthorne Avenue
Officers Monday afternoon responded to Zoro Used Auto Sales, 265 Hawthorne Ave., on the owner’s complaint he wanted to bar two homeless men who were fighting at an abandoned house he owned next door,...
View ArticleTeen accused of stealing purse at Athens Subway
Devin Jacob Ellington, 17, of Honey Tree Drive was arrested Monday after he stole an employee’s purse at Subway on Gaines School Road, Athens-Clarke County police said.The teen went into the store...
View ArticleUGA police officers save student from suicide attempt at Botanical Gardens
University of Georgia police officers recently saved the life of a student who severely cut himself in a suicide attempt in the expansive State Botanical Garden of Georgia.When searching for the...
View ArticleDisability rights activist Darius Weems arrested after drug raid at his home...
Darius Weems, who gained national celebrity status for raising awareness about a fatal disease that afflicts him, was arrested on drug charges Tuesday afternoon.The arrest resulted from an Oct. 21...
View ArticleMassachusetts man arrested on drug charge in Athens
A Massachusetts man was arrested Tuesday for possession of medical marijuana.Athens-Clarke County police discovered the marijuana after stopping his van for a traffic violation, according to a police...
View ArticleAthens woman claims husband a bigamist
An Athens woman on Tuesday reported to Athens-Clarke County police that her estranged husband was a bigamist.She reported that she had agreed to a divorce from her husband, who she had not seen or...
View ArticleAthens man threatened by con artist
An Athens man reported to Athens-Clarke County police on Tuesday he had been threatened by a telephone con artist after he told the crook he had reported his scam to authorities.The man said he had...
View ArticleAthens teen tears off ankle monitor
A 15-year-old boy who was on juvenile probation was arrested Tuesday afternoon after he got into an altercation with his parents and tore off his ankle monitor, Athens-Clarke County police said.The...
View ArticlePolice investigating several burglaries in Athens
Athens-Clarke County police on Wednesday said they were investigating several reported burglaries:• A home at Lake Place Apartments on Michele Drive was burglarized between 4 p.m. Monday and 2:30 a.m....
View ArticleTruck stolen from Athens farm
Thieves stole a pickup truck and attempted to steal an all-terrain vehicle from Woodland Gardens Organic Farm on Athens Road in Winterville between 6 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday, Athens-Clarke...
View ArticleBogart man found with pot, cocaine
McCleiss Renard Favors, 25, of Bogart was arrested by Athens-Clarke County police early Thursday after a car in which he was a passenger was stopped for having a broken headlight and he allegedly was...
View ArticleMan claiming wrong Taco Bell drive-thru order charged with DUI
Brian Faulkner Dudley, 29, of Brookside Drive was arrested for drunken driving early Thursday after an employee at Taco Bell on Barnett Shoals Road called 911 to report he banged on the drive-thru...
View ArticleWife accused of ramming husband’s car with stolen car in Athens
Kenyatta Jackson, 40, of Lavender Road, was arrested Wednesday morning after she allegedly rammed her husband’s vehicle with a car that was reported stolen, Athens-Clarke County police said.Her husband...
View ArticleJudge denies bond to man charged with assaulting UGA student on Athens greenway
A Superior Court judge on Thursday denied bond to a man accused of attacking a female University of Georgia student last month on the North Oconee River Greenway.Pedro Alvarado-Valle, 43, has been held...
View ArticleBody found in east Athens tentatively identified as area man reported missing...
A body found in a vehicle in east Athens Thursday afternoon has been tentatively identified by Athens-Clarke County police as that of a 28-year-old Athens man who was reported missing a week...
View ArticleAthens registered sex offender charged with molesting 4-year-old girl
An Athens man who is on the Georgia Sex Offender Registry was arrested this week on a child molestation charge.Athens-Clarke County police said Timothy Paul Crane allegedly molested a 4-year-old girl...
View ArticleWoman mugged outside Athens home
A 35-year-old woman reported to Athens-Clarke County police that she was robbed at gunpoint early Friday morning as she walked to her car outside her home on Chesterton Drive.A man approached her at...
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