Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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UGA Alert’s effectiveness on Friday’s threat incident
Reporter Ally Laukhuf spoke to the director of the the University of Georgia’s Office of Emergency Preparedness Steve Harris about how the campus alert system works, as well as the effectiveness of the system during Friday’s threat against the Miller Learning Center on UGA’s campus. She will have that information on the 5pm…
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UPDATED UGA Threat Timeline
The bond hearing for the individual accused of threatening violence on the University of Georgia’s Miller Learning Center has been set for 1pm on Tuesday September 23. UGA student Ariel Omar Arias is in the Athens-Clarke County jail facing two felony counts of terroristic threats in connection to Friday’s evacuation of…
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Arrest made in Miller Learning Center threat
University of Georgia Police Department MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE September 19, 2014 Contact: Lt. Eric Dellinger Chief Jimmy Williamson – University of Georgia Police Department As everyone is aware, the University of Georgia Police Department received several reports related to a threat of violence directed towards the area of the…
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UGA Chief of Police Addresses Threat to Campus
UGA chief of police Jimmy Williamson made a statement today regarding the threat to UGA campus. In the press conference William said that student safety is his number one priority following the threat made to campus today  “We would not leave our students vulnerable if we had reason to believe this…
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UGA police looking for person responsible for threat
UGA Chief of Police Jimmy Williamson says police are still searching for the person responsible for posting a threat on social media today that shut down part of campus around the Miller Learning Center. Williamson says they got multiple reports of a threat posted on social media, but would not…
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UGA Threat: Timeline of events
At about 11:35am on September 19, the University of Georgia Police Department received several reports that there was a threat of violence directed at the Miller Learning Center. The threat was found on social media but the site not confirmed. The MLC was evacuated after the UGA alert system sent calls…
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UGA Students allowed back in the MLC
Click the picture for video of students allowed back in the MLC once UGA Police cleared the threat on campus.
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Police statement on today’s incident at the Miller Learning Center
University of Georgia Police Department MEDIA RELEASE September 19, 2014 Police statement on today’s incident at the Miller Learning Center Chief Jimmy Williamson – University of Georgia Police Department Athens, Ga. – At approximately 11:35 a.m. the University of Georgia Police Department received several reports from individuals that a threat of violence…
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Video of Police inside MLC
Click on picture for video of Police inside the MLC
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Inside Footage of students evacuating the MLC due to threat
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