Close Menu
Douglas NowDouglas Now
  • Home
  • News
  • Sports
  • Community
  • Opinion
  • Obituaries
  • At Home with Pam
  • Contact
What's Hot

Douglas Fire Department hosts statewide training event

June 18, 2025

49-year-old allegedly flees scene of traffic accident on June 3, remains incarcerated

June 18, 2025

Jeff Davis County traffic stop leads to arrest on illegal drug charges

June 17, 2025
Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok
Trending
  • Douglas Fire Department hosts statewide training event
  • 49-year-old allegedly flees scene of traffic accident on June 3, remains incarcerated
  • Jeff Davis County traffic stop leads to arrest on illegal drug charges
  • SGSC announces Spring 2025 academic recognition lists
  • Tyreek Hill runs first 100-meter dash since 2014, posts 10.15 at Last Chance Sprint Series
Facebook YouTube Instagram TikTok Pinterest
Douglas NowDouglas Now
  • Home
  • News
  • Sports
  • Community
  • Opinion
  • Obituaries
  • At Home with Pam
  • Contact
Facebook YouTube Instagram TikTok
Douglas NowDouglas Now
Home»News»Bar fight ends with alleged stolen car, DUI charge
News

Bar fight ends with alleged stolen car, DUI charge

Staff ReportsBy Staff ReportsJuly 18, 2024Updated:July 18, 20244,899 Views
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Copy Link
Follow Us
Facebook YouTube Instagram TikTok
Dustin McClellan Photo courtesy of the Coffee County Sheriff's Office
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email Copy Link

A drunken brawl. A missing car. An open bar tab and forgotten debit card. A multi-agency investigation. This is quite a story.

According to an incident report from the Douglas Police Department, officers responded to the VFW in response to a fight just after 11 p.m. on July 12, 2024. When the first officer arrived, he made contact with the victim who said there had been a fight. While the report doesn’t mention everyone involved in the fight; it does identify one of the alleged participants — Dustin McClellan, 37, of Douglas. The report simply states that “an altercation started which resulted in McClellan taking [the victim’s] vehicle.” The victim’s vehicle was a Jeep Grand Cherokee which was running in the parking lot at the time. The victim said that he did not give McClellan permission to take the Grand Cherokee.

While the officer was at the VFW, he learned that McClellan had left an open bar tab and his debit card, the report says. An employee closed out the bar tab then gave the officer the debit card.

The victim knew the general area in which McClellan lived, which was out Highway 158 West. A deputy and a trooper from the Georgia State Patrol headed in that direction. Another police officer radioed in and said that she had seen the Jeep traveling west on Highway 158 at a high rate of speed.

The DPD officer who initially responded also went that way in an effort to find McClellan. The officers found McClellan at his home, along with the Grand Cherokee. The report says that McClellan was “visibly intoxicated and laughing.” According to the report, McClellan maintained that he had been at home all night asleep. However, McClellan had an armband on from the VFW plus the first officer had the debit card he had left there.

McClellan was arrested and charged with DUI (refusal) and theft by taking – motor vehicle. He was transported to the Coffee County Jail and later released.

Coffee County Sheriff's Office Douglas Georgia Douglas Police Department Driving under the influence DUI Georgia State Patrol motor vehicle theft
Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Email Copy Link
Douglas Now Profile Pic
Staff Reports

Related Posts

Donald “Toby” Harris, 64

June 18, 2025

Eugene Taylor, 91

June 18, 2025

Paisley Grace Green-Yawn, 7½ months

June 18, 2025

Comments are closed.

Coffee Break on 106.3 The Tree!
Coffee Break Podcasts from 106.3 The Tree!
  • First Baptist Church Mission Trip
    Source: Coffee Break Published on 2024-06-21
  • Will Moseley comes home, what happens if the State Court Judge and Sheriff are married?
    Source: Coffee Break Published on 2024-05-15
  • Sheriff Candidates Debate
    Source: Coffee Break Published on 2024-04-25
  • Robert... Superstitious!? There's no way.
    Source: Coffee Break Published on 2024-04-18
  • Mid-week Edition of Coffee Break
    Source: Coffee Break Published on 2024-04-17
Top Posts

Convicted child molester allegedly gets drunk, lends truck to girlfriend, forgets and reports it stolen, then gets arrested for failure to register

February 19, 202571,650 Views

18 bodies in various states of decomposition found at funeral home during eviction process

October 27, 202465,118 Views

Cream Cheese Pound Cake

November 11, 202444,744 Views

Three dozen defendants indicted in major South Georgia drug trafficking conspiracy

January 30, 202536,865 Views
RSS Latest Headlines from Fox News
  • Florida AG subpoenas Chinese company over 'compromised' medical devices that can transmit private data
  • Drink linked to cancer, impact of negative thoughts and ways to protect hearing
  • Fox News Politics Newsletter: SCOTUS Upholds Ban on Trans Treatments for Minors
  • Ellen DeGeneres shows off English countryside home as sheep invade through open door
  • Latin music icon Bad Bunny records ICE operations, calls agents ‘sons of b-------’
Follow us on Social Media!
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • Pinterest
Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok Pinterest
  • Home
  • News
  • Sports
  • Community
  • Opinion
  • Obituaries
  • At Home with Pam
  • Contact
© 2025 DouglasNow. All Rights Reserved.

Newell Media

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.