Author: Robert Preston

An Alapaha man reached a curious milestone last weekend — he went to jail on consecutive days for the same charge. Officers from the Douglas Police Department arrested Harry Jonathan Dotson, 48, of Alapaha, on Friday and Saturday for essentially the same violation. , On Friday, March 3, 2023, a Douglas police officer responded to an address on the Willacoochee Highway at the bypass for a suspicious person. An incident report states that the officer found Dotson sitting beside the road drinking an alcoholic beverage. He appeared to be intoxicated, the report states. It also says…

An Alapaha man reached a curious milestone last weekend — he went to jail on consecutive days for the same charge. Officers from the Douglas Police Department arrested Harry Jonathan Dotson, 48, of Alapaha, on Friday and Saturday for essentially the same violation. , On Friday, March 3, 2023, a Douglas police officer responded to an address on the Willacoochee Highway at the bypass for a suspicious person. An incident report states that the officer found Dotson sitting beside the road drinking an alcoholic beverage. He appeared to be intoxicated, the report states. It also says…

A case of stolen identity led to a chase, a wreck, and a host of charges against Jamal Jefferson of Douglas. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, on March 2 around 11 p.m., a police officer stopped a vehicle on West Phillips Street and South College Avenue. The officer had run the vehicle’s tag and it came back that the owner had a valid warrant for aggravated discharge of a firearm from Rock Island County, Illinois. The warrant also stated that the suspect was considered armed and dangerous. The officer stopped the vehicle…

A case of stolen identity led to a chase, a wreck, and a host of charges against Jamal Jefferson of Douglas. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, on March 2 around 11 p.m., a police officer stopped a vehicle on West Phillips Street and South College Avenue. The officer had run the vehicle’s tag and it came back that the owner had a valid warrant for aggravated discharge of a firearm from Rock Island County, Illinois. The warrant also stated that the suspect was considered armed and dangerous. The officer stopped the vehicle…

A case of stolen identity led to a chase, a wreck, and a host of charges against Jamal Jefferson of Douglas. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, on March 2 around 11 p.m., a police officer stopped a vehicle on West Phillips Street and South College Avenue. The officer had run the vehicle’s tag and it came back that the owner had a valid warrant for aggravated discharge of a firearm from Rock Island County, Illinois. The warrant also stated that the suspect was considered armed and dangerous. The officer stopped the vehicle…

An Ambrose woman is in jail after she allegedly shot her sister’s vehicle four times with her sister inside. She was arrested on March 2 at around 2:40 a.m. According to an incident report obtained from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, officers responded to a call at 1414 Silver Brook Trail in Ambrose after getting a report of shots fired. The report states that the victim went to the home to check on her sister, Carmen Wright, 43, who had been acting erratically. When the victim arrived, Wright answered the door with a pistol in her…

An Ambrose woman is in jail after she allegedly shot her sister’s vehicle four times with her sister inside. She was arrested on March 2 at around 2:40 a.m. According to an incident report obtained from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, officers responded to a call at 1414 Silver Brook Trail in Ambrose after getting a report of shots fired. The report states that the victim went to the home to check on her sister, Carmen Wright, 43, who had been acting erratically. When the victim arrived, Wright answered the door with a pistol in her…

An Ambrose woman is in jail after she allegedly shot her sister’s vehicle four times with her sister inside. She was arrested on March 2 at around 2:40 a.m. According to an incident report obtained from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, officers responded to a call at 1414 Silver Brook Trail in Ambrose after getting a report of shots fired. The report states that the victim went to the home to check on her sister, Carmen Wright, 43, who had been acting erratically. When the victim arrived, Wright answered the door with a pistol in her…

DouglasNow has obtained documents that shed more light on the nature of the accusations levied against embattled former Indian Creek Elementary School principal Anastagia Carter, 51. On February 24, 2023, agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Carter and charged her with eight charges, including cruelty to a child (first and third degrees), false imprisonment, and simple battery. The incidents allegedly took place at Indian Creek Elementary and involved two students at the school. One incident allegedly took place on January 27, 2023, while the other allegedly occurred on February 10, 2023. According to the…

DouglasNow has obtained documents that shed more light on the nature of the accusations levied against embattled former Indian Creek Elementary School principal Anastagia Carter, 51. On February 24, 2023, agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Carter and charged her with eight charges, including cruelty to a child (first and third degrees), false imprisonment, and simple battery. The incidents allegedly took place at Indian Creek Elementary and involved two students at the school. One incident allegedly took place on January 27, 2023, while the other allegedly occurred on February 10, 2023. According to the…