crime
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Doing Journalism
The Lead: Brittini Ray on Local Crime Reporting
The Lead is a podcast hosted and produced by Charlotte Norsworthy in the Cox Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management & Leadership at the University of Georgia. We talk about how to get ahead in the media industry by interviewing the people who did. I am so excited to be back…
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Athens-Clarke County
Police Investigate Shooting Death of Athens Woman
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…
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Athens-Clarke County
Nosy Neighbors Could Keep Your Home Safe
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…
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Athens-Clarke County
5 Tips for Staying Safe from Burglary
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%…
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Athens-Clarke County
5 Stories to Watch Wednesday
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…
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Barrow County
BREAKING: Barrow County Child Molester Gets Life Sentence
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…
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Athens-Clarke County
Armed Robberies on Rise in Athens
ATHENS — An armed robbery occurred on April 10 between 5-5:40 p.m, according to the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.
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Madison County
Update: Police Charge Hull Man For Hit-and-Run
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.
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Jackson County
3-Year-Old Dies After Accidentally Firing Handgun
JEFFERSON — A three-year-old died from a gun shot would yesterday, according to a media release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. \n
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA Students Harass Woman On Pope Street
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…