STAFF REPORT ::: The Spalding County Board of Commissioners is seeking to increase the 2019 General Fund property taxes to be levied by 6.81 percent over the rollback millage rate. According to a press release issued by Spalding County, the Board of Tax Assessors is required to annually review the assessed value for property tax […]
Aggravated assault under investigation
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Griffin Police Department investigation of a Monday night shooting remains ongoing. Officers of the GPD Uniform Patrol Division were dispatched at approximately 8:42 p.m. to the Dollar General located at 1665 W. McIntosh Road in reference to a report of a person shot. One man – Jonah Wilson – sustained […]
Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated assault, Atlanta Medical Center, crime, Dollar General, Griffin, Griffin Police Department, Jonah Wilson, shooting, spalding county, WellStar Spalding Regional Hospital
Ringgold armed robbery suspects under investigation for human trafficking
STAFF REPORT ::: A search warrant executed by the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office resulted in the arrests of three, two of whom are suspected of committing the Wednesday night armed robbery of Ringgold’s Store located at 4243 Jackson Road. According to a press release issued by Sheriff Darrell Dix, shortly after 9 p.m. Aug. 21, […]
Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: armed robbery, arrests, crime, drugs, Griffin, human trafficking, marijuana, MDMA trafficking, methamphetamine trafficking, Ringgold's Store, Sheriff Darrell Dix, spalding county, Spalding County Sheriff's Office
Jury duty canceled for week of Aug. 26
From the office of Spalding County Superior Court Clerk Debbie Brooks: Jury service for the week of Aug. 26, 2019, has been canceled. If you received a jury summons for this week, you are released from jury service. This is for the week of Aug. 26, 2019, only. For additional information please call the Spalding […]
Filed Under: Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Griffin, jury duty, spalding county, Spalding County Clerk of Court, Spalding County Superior Court
Two Griffin men killed in early morning wreck
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: An early morning single-vehicle wreck in western Spalding County Tuesday morning claimed the lives of two young men – William Sliger, age 19, and Austin Dakotah Garner, age 20, both of Griffin. Trooper Ashley Williams, of the Georgia State Patrol-Griffin Post, said the wreck involved a 1999 Chevrolet Corvette and occurred […]
Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: ejection, fatlity, Georgia State Patrol-Griffin Post, Griffin, SCRT, single-vehicle, spalding county, Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team, speed, Trooper Ashley Williams, wreck
Spalding Animal Control to host Clear the Shelter event tomorrow
STAFF REPORT ::: The Spalding County Animal Shelter is participating in a Clear the Shelter event tomorrow. This nationwide event is being hosted by NBC and Telemundo, who are partnering with hundreds of animal shelters across the country. The local Clear the Shelter event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 17 […]
Filed Under: Community, Lifestyles, Top Stories Tagged With: Clear the Shelter, free pet adoptions, Griffin, spalding county, Spalding County Animal Control, Spalding County Board of Commissioners
Two armed bank robbery suspects in custody; two remain at large
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A high speed chase resulted in the apprehension of two men in connection with the Friday afternoon armed robbery of the Griffin branch of Regions Bank located at 327 W. Taylor St. Officers of the Griffin Police Department Uniform were dispatched to a report of an armed robbery at the bank […]
Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: bank robbery, Butts County Sheriff's Office, Clayton County Sheriff's Office, crime, Griffin, Griffin Police Department, Henry County Police Department, Henry County Sheriff's Office, high speed chase, Lt. Daniel Jett, McDonough Police Department, Regions Bank, Sheriff Darrell Dix, spalding county, Spalding County Sheriff's Office
GBI: Tyus Park shooting was apparent suicide
STAFF REPORT ::: The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the death of 33-year-old Neil Bond was an apparent suicide. The GBI investigation was requested by Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix after an officer involved shooting that resulted when deputies responded to a 911 call reporting Bond had made a suicide threat. According to a press […]
Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: Deputy David Porter, Deputy Nicholas Gatlin, GBI Director of Public Affairs Nelly Miles, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Griffin, Neil Bond, officer involved shooting, Sheriff Darrell Dix, spalding county, Spalding County Sheriff's Office, suicide, Wyomia Tyus Park
Officer involved shooting in Tyus Park
STAFF REPORT ::: A man described as “suicidal” was shot and killed Wednesday night by a Spalding County deputy. According to a press release issued by Sheriff Darrell Dix, deputies responded to a call of a suicidal man sitting in a vehicle at Wyomia Tyus Park at approximately 8:52 p.m. Upon arrival, the vehicle was […]
Juvenile arrested in school bomb threat case
STAFF REPORT ::: A juvenile has been arrested and charged in connection with the bomb threat that resulted in the Aug. 9 Level 2 lock down of Rehoboth Road Middle School (RRMS). Officials have identified the suspect as the same juvenile male arrested during the 2018-2019 school system for making multiple threats against numerous schools. […]
Bomb threat results in school lock down
STAFF REPORT ::: A bomb threat Friday morning resulted in Rehoboth Road Middle School being placed on a Level 2 lock down. According to a press release issued by Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix, the Griffin-Spalding County School System reported the incident. “We want to make you aware of an incident that occurred this morning. […]
Sheriff: Burglary suspects flagged down deputy after killing getaway car battery
STAFF REPORT ::: Two men have been arrested by the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office in connection to a burglary of the Chevron convenience store located at 3200 High Falls Road. According to a press release issued by the Sheriff Darrell Dix, deputies of the Uniform Patrol Division responded to that location at approximately 3 a.m. […]
Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: arrests, Burglary, Chevron, crime, Griffin, Sheriff Darrell Dix, spalding county, Spalding County Sheriff's Office
City of Griffin out more than $800,000 in alleged fraud; FBI investigating
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The city of Griffin has lost $802,499.29 in two separate online transactions that officials say were fraudulent. Griffin Police Department Master Patrol Officer Chip Johns on Friday, June 28, responded to city offices located at 100 S. Hill St., where he met Chuck Olmstead, an official of the Finance Department. “He […]
Filed Under: Government, Top Stories Tagged With: City Manager Kenny Smith, city of Griffin, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Finance Department, fraud, Griffin Police Department, hacking, invoice, PF Moon, spalding county, vendor
SCSO arrests four on narcotics, other charges
STAFF REPORT ::: The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office has arrested four men in recent narcotics cases. The first occurred June 26, the result of a traffic stop. According to a press release issued by Sheriff Darrell Dix, a deputy of the Uniform Patrol Division conducted a traffic stop on a black Nissan Altima on Old […]
Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: arrests, cocaine, crime, Ecstasy, Griffin, methamphetamine, narcotics, Sheriff Darrell Dix, spalding county, Spalding County Sheriff's Office, trafficking
Jury: Mary Higdon not guilty of murder in shooting death of Steven Freeman
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Mary Katherine Higdon, the woman charged with murder in the Aug. 1, 2018, shooting death of Steven Andrew Freeman, her boyfriend, has been acquitted of all charges. Higdon, who was facing a possible sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, was charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault […]
Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: acquittal, District Attorney Ben Coker, Griffin, Griffin Judicial Circiut, Griffin Police Department, Mary Katherine Higdon, murder, not guilty, spalding county, Steven Andrew Freeman, trial
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