On 01/29/2018, officers were dispatched to a residence on Sartian Dr., in reference to a person shot. When the police arrived, they located a white female, Jennifer Jacobs, 22-year-old of Athens deceased in her bedroom from a gunshot wound to her chest. There were two other individuals in the residence at the time of Ms.…
In the past month, fourteen accounts of theft and breaking and entering were reported near Cedar Shoals Drive on the Athens-Clarke County online crime report. One of the most effective and easiest ways to keep your home safe is to know your neighbors, according to Athens Clarke County Police Department Public Information Officer, Epifanio Rodriguez.…
The Holidays are right around the corner, and many of us are looking forward to (or maybe dreading) visiting our families. If you’re heading home or elsewhere over Thanksgiving, you might have so much on your mind that you don’t think about burglaries being a threat. No plan is 100% preventative, but here are some…
Grady Newsource is developing these stories today. Stay tuned online as we update and again at 5 PM when we go live on television. Crime Reporter Teman Worku is sitting down with the Athen Clarke County Police Department today to discuss the recent peaks in crimes that could be gang related. Hospital Upgrade Athens Regional…
A Barrow County man was sentenced to life without parole Wednesday afternoon for molesting children as young as 2 years old. Richard Paltrineri, 64, plead guilty to 27 child molestation charges. Police said they identified at least seven juvenile victims during the course of their investigation, both boys and girls, of ages ranging from 2 to…
ATHENS — An armed robbery occurred on April 10 between 5-5:40 p.m, according to the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.
HULL —The man that was accused of a hit-and-run in Madison County is charged with a hit-and-run and first-degree vehicular manslaughter, according to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office.
JEFFERSON — A three-year-old died from a gun shot would yesterday, according to a media release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Athens- Athens-Clarke County police officers are setting up a house check for a home on Pope Street after the homeowner claimed she was being harassed by UGA students. Reporter Ellen Rittiner knocked on houses in the area but the people inside were too afraid to have their names mentioned, let alone answer some questions. One…
Athens- Multiple Athens Apartment owners have found their mail or packages ripped, torn and contents missing. While the reason behind these destructions remains unclear, a Postal Service employee did not know his company policy when one of these mail owners went to report a mail tampering. Communication Program Specialist told me It’s US Postal service…
Cops: Antonio Hornsby likely stealing wallets while on the run