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SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Former Griffin Police Department Officer D’Marquivius ”D.J.” King has been indicted by a Spalding County grand jury.King faces one count of violating his oath of office, a felony. The indictment stems from a Georgia Bureau of Investigation case requested by Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Marie Broder. Broder requested the GBI […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Spalding County deputy shot and killed Friday morning was Sgt. Marc McIntyre, a eight-year veteran of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office. The GBI is conducting the investigation of McIntyre’s death. “They are at the scene processing it, and they are here interviewing deputies that were on scene. They are conducting […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Spalding County deputy shot in the line of duty Friday morning has succumbed to his wounds. Sheriff Darrell Dix, who confirmed the tragic outcome, has not yet officially identified the deputy. The GRIP will withhold the deputy’s name until it is formally released. The suspect, who barricaded himself in a […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A Spalding County deputy has been critically wounded in a shooting, and is being flown by air ambulance to an Atlanta trauma unit. Sheriff Darrell Dix said SCSO personnel remain involved in a standoff with the alleged gunman. “We are in a barricaded situation with the gunman. Shots have been exchanged, […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A forecast of rain will not spoil the fun of tonight’s Christmas tree lighting in historic downtown Griffin. With no rain anticipated from 6 to 8 p.m., officials announced this afternoon that a sing-along with the Spalding High School Chorus will begin at 5:45 p.m. The evening’s guest of honor, Santa […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The 15-year-old Griffin boy shot and killed Saturday night has been identified as Luis Fernando Perez. Perez lived in the Hallmark Hills neighborhood and was a Griffin High student. Griffin Police Department officers were dispatched to 1100 W. College St. Extension at approximately 11 p.m. in reference to a person shot. […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: During the month when many think pink, J.D. Eller, his daughter, Turtle, along with a myriad of frightful volunteers have embraced the macabre at the Trail of Tormented Souls, a haunted house with a purpose — to fund research and support those diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer. Now in […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Kaomarion Kendrick, the suspect in the Sept. 30 murder of 14-year-old Emmanuel Dorsey, has been arrested. Dorsey died after sustaining a gunshot wound to the torso following the annual Griffin-Spalding football game. Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix said deputies from the SCSO Special Operations and STING units, along with investigators from […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Mike Yates on Tuesday submitted his letter of resignation as chief of the Griffin Police Department. Yates had been on paid administrative leave since April 28. “This action (Yates’ administrative leave) was taken in connection with the pending GBI investigation requested by District Attorney Marie Broder into the matter involving Sgt. […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Griffin Police Department has identified 17-year-old Kaomarion Kendrick as a suspect in the Saturday afternoon murder of 14-year-old Emmanuel Dorsey. Warrants for Kendrick’s arrest have been obtained, charging him with murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of a pistol by someone under […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A young teen was shot and killed Saturday afternoon approximately one block from Memorial Stadium during the Griffin High Bears-Spalding High Jaguars football game. The annual game between the hometown rivals was this year scheduled for early afternoon hours, beginning at 2 p.m., and numerous law enforcement officers from the Spalding […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Griffin City Manager Jessica O’Connor confirmed Wednesday that D’Marquivius “D.J.” King has resigned from the Griffin Police Department. O’Connor also said a disciplinary conference for GPD Chief Mike Yates will take place Thursday.King and Yates have been on paid administrative leave since February and April, respectively, while the GBI investigated King’s […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Marie Broder today announced that she will convene a grand jury to present the findings of a GBI investigation related to the Griffin Police Department’s investigation of the May 2021 murder of Javarreis Reid. “Upon receiving the report from Special Agent Adam Thompson with the GBI, I […]
STAFF REPORT ::: A Spalding County jury on Thursday convicted Carmen Emilio Torres and Eric Cabrera Lopez in the murders of Carlos Benford and Joshua Wyatt. Beford and Wyatt’s bodies were discovered burning in a truck on April 13, 2021. Spalding County firefighters and deputies responded to a location on Jackson Road near the Butts […]
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