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CRIME & SAFETY
Central Georgia residents react after dog dies in hot car
TWIGGS COUNTY, Ga. — No matter how short the time, and no matter how cracked the windows may be, leaving an animal alone in a parked car is never safe. A tow truck employee is in custody after leaving a dog inside a hot car in Twiggs County. The...
Missing in Georgia: Authorities searching for teenage boy not seen in days
COVINGTON, Ga. — Above video: Your Tuesday headlines. Authorities in Georgia need your help finding a missing teenage boy. Uriah Davis, 16, left his home in Covington on Friday. He was last seen wearing a brown hoodie, white t-shirt and black sweatpants. He is described as 5 feet 9...
Body found in Ocmulgee River near I-75, according to coroner
MACON, Ga. (WGXA) -- According to Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones, a body has been located in the Ocmulgee River. The body was found at 5:20 p.m., by the I-75 and I-16 split, right before the Spring Street bridge. The victim's name is being withheld until their family is notified.
Bibb County Sheriff's Office looking for suspect in deputy involved shooting in west Macon
MACON, Ga. — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect in a deputy involved shooting in west Macon earlier this month, a release said. The shooting happened after 2 a.m. on July 12 near the intersection of Log Cabin Drive and Evers Place. Deputies initially...
'I got a bead on her': Man who vowed to shoot Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in the head with sniper rifle pleads guilty
A Macon, Georgia man has pleaded guilty to a single charge of threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican, after he called her congressional office, harassed staffers and told them he had "a bead on her" with his sniper rifle. The post ‘I got a bead on her’: Man who vowed to shoot Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in the head with sniper rifle pleads guilty first appeared on Law & Crime.
Police arrest 71-year-old man following series of bank robberies in Georgia
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Above video: Your Wednesday headlines. An elderly man is facing charges following a series of bank robberies in Georgia. According to the Dunwoody Police Department, Sharke Fernando Bankston, 71, was taken into custody Tuesday after officers responded to a report of a robbery in progress at a Synovus Bank.
3 men arrested for burglary of a truck repair shop in south Bibb, Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says
MACON, Ga. — Three men were arrested in connection to a burglary of a truck repair shop on Houston Road in south Bibb, according to a press release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. Joseph McCranie, 53, Joshua Mobley, 34, and Jonathan Wiley, 56, were all arrested on...
Ga. attorney general brings ‘war on fentanyl’ to Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr on Wednesday hosted a meeting of his statewide opioid task force at Augusta University. The goal was to discuss the “war on fentanyl” and what Carr’s staff described as his continued efforts to combat the opioid crisis in Georgia.
Report: AJC investigates deadly high-speed pursuits by Georgia Sate Patrol
An in-depth investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, led by reporters Asia Simone Burns and Justin Price, has uncovered a pattern of high-speed pursuits by the Georgia State Patrol (GSP) endangering innocent bystanders and leading to numerous injuries and deaths. The investigation found that over five years from 2019 to 2023, GSP troopers were involved in […] The post Report: AJC investigates deadly high-speed pursuits by Georgia Sate Patrol appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.
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