Two teens, two juveniles charged with …
February 21, 2020 by Submitted
On Wednesday, February 19 and Thursday, February 20, 2020, GBI agents from the Douglas office along with Coffee County investigators made arrests in the death of Christopher Anthony Woolf, 27. Ankevis Kanye Burgman, 19, and Marquez Charron Floyd, 17, were both arrested and charged with one count of murder. Two juveniles...
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Charges against Britt Leverette droppe…
February 20, 2020 by Robert Preston
Wednesday, the case against former city employee Britt Leverette, who had been arrested in June of last year and subsequently dismissed after a fellow employee filed a complaint against him, was dismissed at the request of the victim. Leverette had been charged with one count of exploitation of a disabled adult...
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GBI investigating death of Christopher…
February 18, 2020 by Submitted
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death of Christopher Anthony Woolf, 27, who was found dead in an apartment above Papa’s Gun Shop in Oak Park. According to a press release issued by the GBI, on Monday, February 10, 2020, the GBI’s Douglas Regional Office received a request from...
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CSX to close railroad crossings for ma…
February 17, 2020 by Submitted
The City of Douglas has been notified that CSX Railroad contractors will be conducting routine maintenance in Douglas, which will require rail crossing closures and detour routes. The expected dates of maintenance are March 3 - 5, 2020 for the following rail crossing locations in Douglas: Shirley Avenue (Mar. 5)...
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Armed customers interrupt robbery in W…
February 13, 2020 by Staff Reports
Two armed customers in the One-Trip store in Willacoochee may have kept an armed robbery at the store from turning into something much more serious. According to a statement released by Atkinson County Sheriff David Moore, at 4:10 a.m. on Feb. 2, 2020, a male armed with a handgun walked into...
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Two jailed following fight at youth ba…
February 12, 2020 by Robert Preston
Tuesday afternoon, two parents got into a fight at the end of a nine-year-old youth basketball game at Central Square Complex after their children tied up following a hard foul during the game. As the game neared the end, one player fouled another player hard. The player who was fouled fell...
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