Author: Staff Reports

A 30-year-old from Broxton was arrested and charged with misuse of 911, along with other charges, after she allegedly called 911 and verbally abused operators after a deputy would not arrest her neighbor. According to a report from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, on July 17, 2025, at 6:50 a.m., a deputy responded to the Aden’s on Alabama Street in Broxton to meet with Ashley Brooke Anthony, 30, of Broxton. Anthony told the deputy that she wanted her neighbor arrested. In the report, Anthony stated that she walked outside and saw her neighbor standing in the neighbor’s own yard, “dancing,…

The plaintiffs who have filed suit seeking an injunction against the proposed 60-house commercial poultry farm in southern Coffee County have notched an early victory. It’s a small victory but it’s a victory nonetheless. Thursday, Judge Kelly Brooks, the presiding judge in the case, issued a 30-day injunction ceasing all physical development of the property. Judge Brooks also issued a second order establishing a date for a hearing on the matter. Currently, there is some ongoing site development at the location but actual construction of the houses has not begun. The order states that the plaintiffs sufficiently articulated that the…

MaxPreps has released its list of 100 greatest high school athletes of the 21st Century as well as the top 10 Georgia athletes of the 21st Century. Coffee High’s Tyreek Hill made both lists. The Miami Dolphins wide receiver (and likely future Hall of Famer) came in at #41 on the nationwide list (sandwiched between the NBA’s Kevin Love and the WNBA’s Breanna Stewart) and #3 on the Georgia list. Another WNBA player, Maya Moore, was #1 in Georgia, followed by the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Trevor Lawrence, Hill, and Travis Hunter, another Jaguar. On the national list, MaxPreps declared LeBron James…

Thursday morning, Jon Worrell, who stands accused of orchestrating the murder of his wife, Doris, on September 20, 2006, appeared in court for arraignment and entered a not guilty plea. Worrell was arrested on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Maryville, Missouri, and charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, and conspiracy to commit murder. He was extradited to Coffee County and was booked into the Coffee County Jail on Thursday, May 22, 2025. On June 10, 2025, a Grand Jury indicted Worrell on malice murder, felony murder, and conspiracy to commit murder charges. On June 26, 2025, Worrell was…

Amanda Jacobs Coleman, who was convicted of murder in 2019 in connection with the death of two-year-old Brooklyn Aldridge, has been denied a new trial by the Supreme Court of Georgia. Brooklyn died on March 6, 2018, due to severe blunt force trauma to her head. Coleman found Brooklyn deceased at the home she shared with her boyfriend, Ron Lott, in Douglas. Coleman was arrested and charged with murder. After a two-day trial in October of 2019, a Coffee County jury found her guilty of malice murder and she was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.…

A 57-year-old Douglas man who was on probation as a result of a guilty plea stemming from an April 2022 home invasion that resulted in an aggravated assault charge is back in jail after he allegedly stole a payment from the City Hall night drop box. An incident report from the Douglas Police Department states that on June 17, 2025, Michael Sheldon Clark, 57, of Douglas, allegedly took a customer’s utility payment from the night drop box at City Hall while he was making his own payment. A city employee didn’t find out about the alleged theft until June 23,…

The fight over the proposed 60-house commercial poultry operation on Highway 441 South in Coffee County has been destined to end up in a courtroom battle since the project began. It’s finally happened. On Friday, July 18, 2025, a group of local citizens filed suit in Superior Court against several defendants seeking “an injunction to prevent the continued construction and operation of the Defendants’ commercial chicken operation.” The plaintiffs are listed as Bruce Brooker, Rebecca Temple, LeGrand Roberts, Hamp Adams, and Sims Funeral Homes, Inc., all of whom own property adjoining to or nearby the poultry farm. The defendants are…

A 19-year-old who was arrested last month for allegedly punching a Douglas police officer in the groin and fleeing has been arrested again, this time on family violence charges. The incident report from the Douglas Police Department states that Deuntra Wesley Esther, 19, was asleep in a family member’s bed on July 12, 2025, at a residence on North Pearl Avenue. Just after 1 a.m., the family member attempted to wake him up, the report says, so she could go to bed. The family member stated that Esther got up and was angry. He got in her face then pushed…

A 43-year-old Douglas woman was jailed after she allegedly threatened to shoot the father of her child when he attempted to pick up the child for a weekend visit as instructed by court order. The incident report from the Douglas Police Department states that on July 11, 2025, the father of the child went to Amberwood Apartments to pick up the child for their every-other-weekend visit. The report says that when the father pulled up, he turned on his phone’s video camera. In the video footage, the mother, April Roberts, 43, of Douglas, is outside of the vehicle telling him…

One suspect was arrested and another remains on the run in connection with an alleged burglary that took place on Old Axson Road on July 2, 2025. Mark Anthony Sanchez, 25, of Douglas, was arrested and remains in jail while his alleged accomplice, Mitchell Shaun Taft, 44, is at large and wanted by deputies. The incident report states that around 7:30 p.m. on July 2, 2025, a deputy received a call about a possible burglary at an Old Axson Road address. The home at the address has been vacant for a while and it had been burglarized multiple times. The…