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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 ::: 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 ::: A 21-year-old man was killed Monday afternoon in a shooting on Dobbins Mill Road. “We had a homicide this afternoon on Dobbins Mill Road. We had a 21-year-old male who was shot and killed during an altercation,” said Spalding County Coroner Michael Pryor, who is not yet releasing the victim’s identity […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Christy Garner, of Spalding County, has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Patricia Gresham, in a crime described by Sheriff Darrell Dix as an “insidious.” The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office, Spalding County Fire Department and Spalding County Coroner Michael Pryor on Sunday responded to a structure fire […]
STAFF REPORT ::: A Griffin man was shot and killed overnight, his body discovered in the roadway in the area of 1618 N. Hill Street. Authorities say 22-year-old Jacqueris Holland sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body. A call was received at approximately 2:30 a.m. reporting the discovery of a person laying in the […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab is working to determine the identity of human remains that were discovered Tuesday afternoon in a wooded area near 1341 North Expressway. Authorities say the decomposing body was located by a survey crew at approximately 1:15 p.m. “I was notified about 1:30 yesterday afternoon […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: An arrest has been made in a Saturday night hit-and-run that killed 59-year-old Richard Miley, who was riding his bicycle on Vineyard Road when he was struck. Benjamin Tyshawn Akins, age 46, is now in custody and charged in Miley’s death. “The Georgia State Patrol arrested him,” said Maj. Dwayne Jones, […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Georgia State Patrol Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team is investigating a hit and run that took the life of 59-year-old Richard Miley, of Spalding County. Miley, who lived at 80 Windsor Road, was killed while riding his bicycle. “Just before midnight, a call came in reporting a person in the ditch […]
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