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Five Loaves & Two Fish Food Pantry needs frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving meals

November 16, 2016 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

ELAINE KRUGMAN ::: Five Loaves and Two Fish Food Pantry provides groceries for families in need, but they are requesting your help, especially before Thanksgiving, when the demand is the greatest. Wouldn’t it be comforting to know when you sit down to Thanksgiving dinner that other families in your community would be able to do the […]

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SHS student struck by vehicle in school parking lot

November 10, 2016 by Sheila Mathews 2 Comments

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The GRIP has confirmed a Spalding High School student has been struck by a vehicle on school property. A law enforcement source stated the driver who struck the student had reportedly been blinded by sunlight. The male student was transported to an area hospital. The GRIP will continue to follow this […]

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Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam behind false death notification in Jessica Boynton incident

November 1, 2016 by Sheila Mathews 5 Comments

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Through a series of Open Records requests, The GRIP has learned that Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam is responsible for the false death notification made to the elderly grandparents of Jessica Boynton. The notification was made following an April 15, 2016, shooting incident – ruled by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation […]

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GBI completes Boynton investigation requested by GPD

October 18, 2016 by Sheila Mathews 4 Comments

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has completed its investigation into the April 15 incident in which Jessica Boynton, the wife of Griffin Police Department (GPD) Officer Matthew Boynton, allegedly attempted to commit suicide using her husband’s duty weapon. GPD Chief Mike Yates immediately requested the GBI investigation, and agents arrived […]

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GBI report on Boynton investigation leaves some questions unanswered

October 18, 2016 by Sheila Mathews 12 Comments

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: After thoroughly reviewing the GBI investigative case file on the April 15 Boynton incident, The GRIP conducted interviews with officials of the Griffin Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in an effort to clarify apparent inconsistencies. Following the April 15 incident, Griffin Police Department Officer Matthew Boynton, with the […]

Law enforcement videos now more expensive to obtain

October 5, 2016 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: At a time when increasing numbers of law enforcement agencies – including the Griffin Police Department – are implementing the use of body worn cameras (BWCs), Georgia lawmakers have enacted new legislation making it more costly to obtain the interactions the video recordings these and others devices document. The legislation – […]

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SCSO, GPD execute warrants on same location; multiple narcotics arrests made

September 23, 2016 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

SUBMITTED ::: The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Division and Griffin Police Department Special Investigation Unit (SIU) on Wednesday executed separate arrest and search warrants at the residence located at 654 Garrett St., resulting in multiple arrests. According to a press release issued by the GPD, the SCSO Warrant Division served an arrest warrant at […]

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Lamar County man charged with murdering his mother

September 20, 2016 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORTS ::: David Lewis McGuire Jr., of 157 Liz Acres Road in Lamar County, has been arrested and charged with murder in relation to the death of his mother, Elaine McGuire. According to information released by the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a call to that location at approximately 9:30 a.m. Sept. 15, […]

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David Gibson indicted on 14 counts including 11 felonies

September 19, 2016 by Sheila Mathews 2 Comments

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A grand jury on Sept. 15 handed down a 14-count indictment against David Gibson, formerly the captain of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Uniform Patrol Division. Gibson was on Sept. 10, 2015, arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on criminal ten warrants obtained one day prior by Special Agent […]

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Two men charged with stalking, aggravated assault in connection with 16-year-old GCA student

September 16, 2016 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORT ::: The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office has made two arrests in the case of a 16-year-old female Griffin Christian Academy student who reported being followed by two men in a white pickup truck Friday morning, Sept. 9, and approached at gunpoint at the intersection of Ellis Road and North Expressway, and a […]

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Local Vietnam veteran awarded medals

September 11, 2016 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: For Griffin resident and Vietnam War veteran David Baugh, what began as an effort to verify and correct his military service record became an experience that left him shocked…and overjoyed. “I was not expecting anything like that. It was just beyond my wildest dreams,” Baugh said of learning he was to […]

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David Gibson, Sheriff Beam criminal and civil cases at standstill pending DA action

September 11, 2016 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The criminal case against David Gibson, former captain of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Uniform Patrol Division, as well as the civil cases against Gibson, Sheriff Wendell Beam and Spalding County, are at a standstill until at least mid-September. U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten on Jan. 13 originally ordered the civil […]

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GPD Special Investigation Unit operation nets eight narcotics arrests

September 8, 2016 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORT ::: The Griffin Police Department on Sept. 7, executed three search warrants resulting in the arrests of eight subjects on a variety of drug-related and other charges. According to a press release issued Thursday, the GPD Special Investigation Unit, with assistance from the CAGE Unit, Uniform Patrol Division and the Spalding County Sheriff’s […]

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Six arrested in Sheriff’s Office narcotics investigation

September 1, 2016 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

::: STAFF REPORT The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit has completed an operation that resulted in the arrest of six people on a variety of charges including many related to narcotics, weapons and gang-related activity. According to a press release from Sheriff Wendell Beam, the following arrests were made: Tommy Adam Dorrough, age […]

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