GPD releases updated information in Crescent Lane murder

FROM STAFF REPORTS ::: The Griffin Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a subject who is a person of interest in the April 6 murder of Harry Burkett on Crescent Lane. The person of interest is believed to be a black male. According to information received by investigators, this subject was […]

Crescent Lane murder victim identified as Flowery Branch resident

By SHEILA A. MARSHALL ::: Sgt. Dwayne Hancock, of the Griffin Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division, has identified the victim of a fatal Saturday night shooting as 63-year-old Harry Burkett, of Flowery Branch. This information was released Sunday evening after Burkett’s next-of-kin, his son, had been notified of his father’s death. Although several leads are […]