Author: Kristen Kitchens

Officers with the Atkinson County Sheriff’s Office made a fourth arrest, 17-year-old Isaiah Wright of Douglas, in the slew of armed robberies in Pearson and Willacoochee that occurred over the last month. Officials are also still searching for one suspect who is accused to have taken part in the burglaries. Earlier this month, GBI officials stated three individuals had been charged in connection to the robberies, including 18-year-old Ashton Hamilton of Pearson, 19-year-old Mica’enya Jordan of Douglas, and 17-year-old Roderick Hillman of Douglas. Hamilton and Hillman were both charged with armed robbery, with Jordan receiving one count of…

On Monday, Deedrick Donte Pickett, a 36-year-old man from Ambrose, pleaded guilty to an aggravated assault charge in the Superior Court of Coffee County. Pickett was arrested on the charge, and two counts of criminal trespassing, in 2020 for cutting another man with a knife during a dispute at a gathering. The case was set to be heard by a jury during a trial this month. However, Pickett pleaded to the charges Monday morning before jury selection would have taken place. Pickett was given a 20-year sentence and will serve five of those in a correctional…

A man who pleaded guilty to two counts of incest in 2004, Jackie Lee Brinson, was recently removed from the sex offender registry following a hearing in the Superior Court of Coffee County. In October 2004, Brinson was indicted on two counts of incest, both of which accuse him of “unlawfully engaging in sexual intercourse with two individuals whom he was related to by blood as brother and sister.” According to the indictment, the acts were said to have been committed in March 2002 and February 2003. The following year, Brinson pleaded guilty to both counts and was sentenced to…

A Clinch County woman, 44-year-old Mary Shannon Smith, was recently charged for allegedly pulling behind a woman’s vehicle in her driveway and stabbing her “multiple times.” Deputies also stated that Smith was said to have contacted 911 shortly before the incident occurred and made complaints regarding the victim’s driving. Officials with the Clinch County Sheriff’s Department stated that on Saturday, June 25, deputies and Homerville Police Department officers were notified of a potential stabbing. Law enforcement officials with both agencies were en route to the location when 911 operators informed them that the possible suspect had fled the…

Officers from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested a man who allegedly burned a pile of his girlfriend’s clothes in a fire near her front porch. The suspect, 42-year-old Steven Eugene Sellers of Douglas, is also accused of stealing two of her TVs on the same day. According to a copy of the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, a deputy was dispatched to a residence on Pine Thicket Road on June 7 after being notified of a man outside burning clothes. Upon arrival, the deputy spoke with 42-year-old Christy Barton, who said she had been across…

A 19-year-old of Douglas has been charged with murder in the recent fatal shooting of 18-year-old Savion McRae, according to an official with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The GBI official confirmed to DouglasNow that Shamond Jaquavious Campbell is currently being held in the Coffee County Jail in connection to McRae’s death. He is also charged with the assault of three other individuals who were in the vehicle when the shooting occurred. On June 19, authorities announced an investigation into the shooting, which occurred on June 18 in Lanier County. DouglasNow learned that on the night…

A ten-year-old and twelve-year-old from Douglas have been charged with aggravated assault in connection to the recent shooting of their father. According to officials with the Douglas Police Department, officers were dispatched to a residence on East Franklin Street around midnight on June 18 in reference to an individual with a gunshot wound. The report said that when they arrived, the children’s father was at the home and had been shot in the chest area. Based on statements provided to investigators, it was determined that the father and his two children, who were both males, were…

A 29-year-old man is now in custody on 20 charges, including aggravated assault, after he allegedly choked and hit a woman because she didn’t make him a sandwich. The suspect, Austin Lowe, was apprehended after an officer pulled his weapon on him while attempting to run back inside the victim’s home. According to a Douglas Police Department incident report, on June 16, around 11:01 a.m., an officer with the department was dispatched to a residence on North McDonald Street where a possible aggravated assault occurred. When the officer arrived, he spoke to the victim, who reported that Lowe…

Jimmy Thurman, who was indicted on one count of aggravated battery in 2019, has now received two additional charges for an assault he allegedly committed in 2017. Thurman was arrested on October 12, 2017, following a reported assault that occurred on October 7, 2017, on David Zanders of Douglas. Two years later, a Coffee County grand jury indicted Thurman on the charge, which accused him of “maliciously causing bodily harm to David Zanders by punching him in the face and breaking bones in the jaw, rendering his jaw temporarily useless.” During a hearing this week, Thurman was…

A local 20-year-old is now facing serious charges after he allegedly assaulted his mother by hitting her with a silver pot approximately 30 times and choking her for several minutes. The suspect, Tydarius Lester of Douglas, referred to himself as “the God and the Devil” during the reported attack. According to a Douglas Police Department incident report, on June 17, an officer was dispatched to a residence on MLK Drive about a possible assault. When he arrived, a woman told him her son, identified as Lester, had attacked her. The officer reported observing many apparent signs…