Author: Kristen Kitchens

Four inmates were charged with aggravated assault following a physical altercation in the Coffee County Jail last month. According to copies of the arrest warrants, the fight broke out after a man incarcerated in the Coffee County Jail allegedly sprayed his urine and feces on multiple inmates. According to a copy of a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office report, on June 23, a CCSO detective was advised of an incident in cell B-5 of the jail. The detective reported reviewing security cameras, which showed several inmates committing an aggravated assault around 1:10 p.m. that day. Copies…

Officers in Homerville are searching for Marthony Hood, who they have officially named as the lone suspect in a fatal shooting that occurred in Homerville on Wednesday. According to officials, Hood is suspected to either be in Douglas or Valdosta. According to authorities, on Wednesday, local police were dispatched to Poppell Square in Homerville. When they arrived, they discovered the deceased body of Bradley Collins. Collins, according to investigators, was shot multiple times in his vehicle. Investigators stated that Hood is on the run, with local and state law enforcement actively seeking his location. Hood is described…

A registered sex offender from Atkinson County, Michael Aponte Toles, is now back behind bars at the Coffee County Jail after law enforcement reported that he was not living at his listed address and had not registered a new residence. According to a copy of a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office report, on June 9, a detective received a call from a probation officer reporting that the 36-year-old Toles had not been staying at his registered residence on Birdsong Road in Ambrose. The officer stated that she had spoken to Toles’ uncle, who said Toles was “living somewhere on Peachtree Street in Douglas.” The…

Denzel Pace, 28, of Douglas, was arrested on July 18 after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend with a hammer. According to a Douglas Police Department incident report, around 7:44 a.m. on July 18, an officer was dispatched to the Quick Stop convenience store on Highway 221 North to meet the victim, the suspect’s girlfriend. The female, a 41-year-old resident of Douglas, told the officer that her boyfriend, Pace, had hit her in the shoulder with a hammer. She also requested EMS because she “felt like her shoulder was broken.” The reporting officer stated that a…

On July 13, the Coffee County Drug Unit arrested four individuals from Douglas on methamphetamine charges after officers found them in a residence where investigators reportedly discovered an ounce of the drug and four firearms. One of the individuals, Rebecca Reliford, had just been released from jail a week prior after she allegedly falsely accused her ex-boyfriend, Dustin Bowen, of stealing her vehicle. Bowen, who was also recently released from jail, was one of the individuals arrested on meth charges in the July 13 incident. According to a copy of a Coffee County Drug Unit report, drug investigators…

Over 50 individuals appeared in court this past Thursday for arraignments, including Justin and Jason Anderson, who both waived their formal arraignment and entered a not guilty plea on their charges in the 2020 death of Vann Brown. Several other individuals were also on the criminal arraignment calendar, some with charges of murder, aggravated assault, and drug trafficking. This Thursday was the first time a court date had been scheduled for both Anderson men on their newest charges following their recent indictments. Jason, previously charged with a misdemeanor in Brown’s death, was charged with two counts of murder, aggravated assault,…

A Nicholls woman who was recently arrested on three counts of drug possession, has now been charged with eight counts of animal cruelty after 28 “bleeding and hairless” dogs and “several dead and dismembered” dogs were discovered in her home last week. According to a Nicholls Police Department incident report, on July 11, an officer was dispatched to 600 Alma Avenue in Nicholls regarding an animal cruelty complaint. When the officer arrived, he spoke to an individual who reported Carol Dukes, 64, had been living at the residence for a “long time with a bunch of dogs” but had…

Officers from the Douglas Police Department recently arrested Corey Hulett, 39, of Douglas, for allegedly enticing a minor under the age of 16. The alleged incident occurred in May. According to a copy of a Douglas Police Department incident report, on May 24, around 5:40 p.m., a sergeant with the department received a call informing him that a male had reported complaints of “inappropriate messages” sent between a male and a younger female. The child, according to the sergeant, was 14 years old at the time the “inappropriate” messages were allegedly sent. The…

Almost 30 individuals appeared before Judge Kelly Brooks this past Wednesday for bond hearings, including a man, Alexander Cabrera, who is charged with 5 counts of child molestation. Cabrera was one of several individuals on the calendar to be denied bond, with others being denied on a variety of charges, including aggravated assault and drug possession/trafficking. Cabrera was arrested in May after being accused of molesting a 12-year-old girl at a residence in Douglas. According to a police report, on May 2, a woman was told her daughter had confided in a family member that Cabrera had molested…

Jared Highsmith, 29, has been charged with aggravated stalking after he allegedly placed two tracking devices under his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle. According to the incident report, the victim had previously taken out a protective order against Highsmith before the devices were discovered. According to a copy of a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office report, on July 1, an employee of a local business contacted a deputy saying another female employee had recently taken a protective order against her ex-boyfriend, Highsmith. The woman told the deputy that since the order had been granted, Highsmith had been following the victim and was seen at…