SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Two Griffin men – Ellis Sands, also known as “Po Boy,” and Querterrious Mayes, also known as “Foo Foo Smooth” – have been arrested and charged in connection to a Saturday morning shooting in Quiet Hills Apartments located at 805 North Avenue. The incident was reported at approximately 1:13 a.m. to […]
Spalding County Sheriff’s Office presents gang information at BoC workshop
March 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Griffin, Georgia is the motherland. – Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Tony Little The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office on Monday appeared before the Spalding County Board of Commissioners to present information on the status of local gangs and crime. Room 108 of the Spalding County Annex is at near standing room […]
Ten arrested in GPD operation targeting alleged Crips “Penthouse”
March 10, 2015 by 1 Comment
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Griffin Police Department’s Special Investigation Unit, with the assistance of the PD’s Special Response Team, which conducts high-risk SWAT operations, and the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit, on Thursday conducted an operation at 739 E. Central Ave., resulting in the arrests of ten individuals alleged to be Crips gang […]
GPD investigator: Griffin gangs cross stereotypical racial boundaries
January 6, 2015 by 3 Comments
Publisher’s note: This is the latest in a series of articles on Griffin’s gang activities The Grip has run since fall 2011. We will continue to cover this issue both as the criminal activities impact the community and local officials work to erradicte the problem. As part of its ongoing efforts to eliminate gangs and […]
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