Earlier this month, a Douglas woman was arrested for allegedly misusing 911 after she called 911 from a law enforcement vehicle. According to a report from the sheriff’s office, on October 12, 2026, a deputy responded to a Tara Road address in reference to a possible fraud. The officer spoke with a woman named Pennie Steele, 40. The report says that Steele stated that two individuals were stealing money from her but she didn’t know the amount. She also said she wanted to go to jail, the report states. Steele then said she did not feel safe at that location…
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A 39-year-old remains in jail after she allegedly led Douglas police officers on a chase after a shoplifting incident. According to a report from the police department, just before 3 p.m. on October 21, 2026, an officer was dispatched to the area of Gateway Drive and Cecil Way to look for a subject, identified as Annielanet Tawan Dover, 39, of Douglas, in connection with a shoplifting incident. The officer knew Dover’s address and went there. While waiting for other officers to arrive, the report says that Dover drove away in a green 1997 Chevrolet pickup. Dover had multiple active warrants…
On October 12, 2026, Douglas police officers arrested a male who had an active warrant out of Jacksonville, Fla., following a domestic dispute call. A report from the police department says that at 12:16 a.m. on October 12, officers responded to a Pinecrest Drive address in reference to a domestic call. When officers arrived, they learned that several parties were involved in a verbal disturbance because individuals inside the home would not let another person in. The individual who wanted to get inside, Sedric Jermaine Powell Jr., 26, of Douglas, had called other family members to the location. Officers spoke…
On October 14, 2026, officers from the Douglas Police Department investigated an alleged hit-and-run and, as a result, arrested three individuals on various charges and active warrants, including the victim of the accident. A report from the police department states that around 8:30 p.m. on October 14, an officer was dispatched to a hit-and-run on Pine Street and Mark Hannah/Kimbrough Street. The initial call was that a motorist had hit someone on an electric bicycle and left the scene. The officer spoke with the victim, identified as Thomas Dewayne Poole, 62, of Douglas. Poole was riding an electric bike when…
On October 12, 2026, Douglas police officers arrested a 38-year-old who wanted in South Carolina on multiple warrants. A report from the police department states that around 1:30 a.m. on October 12, a police officer had been out with Triana Shanay Brewton, 38, of Douglas. After speaking with her, as she was leaving, the officer ran her tag and it came back with multiple warrants from South Carolina. The initial officer and one other went to Brewton’s home and found her there. While they were with Brewton, authorities in South Carolina responded that they wanted her taken into custody. Brewton…
A 29-year-old Douglas man living in a local motel was arrested and charged with misuse of 911 after he allegedly called 911 multiple times and falsely reported that a group of men were trying to kill him. An incident report from the Douglas Police Department states that on October 17, 2026 at around 11:10 a.m., an officer responded to a welfare check call at the Time Out Bar. When the officer arrived, he spoke to a security guard who told him that a man identified as Tomas Antonio Acosta-Sosa, 29, of Douglas, had run into the bar with a bloody…
The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice has settled with the parents of a Douglas teen who died as a result of injuries sustained during an alleged RYDC guard-sanctioned fight game at the facility. The incident happened on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. A guard allegedly pitted the teen, Loyce Tucker, 17, of Douglas, against another resident of the facility in a fight. During the fight, Tucker sustained injuries that caused him to lose consciousness. He never woke up and, two days later, died as a result of his injuries. The guard, Thomas Lee Hicks Sr., then 30, was arrested and charged…
The Coffee Lady Trojans gave the South Effingham Mustangs a scare on Wednesday in the second round of the state playoffs in Guyton. Ultimately, however, the Mustangs, the state’s #1 team, prevailed, sweeping the Lady Trojans and advancing to the third round. In game one, most of the scoring by both teams took place in the third inning. The Lady Trojans struck first, scoring two. Ella Edge hit a one-out double that scored Addie Spikes for a 1-0 lead. Jocelyn Fender followed with a fielder’s choice that drove in Kanlee Douglas. The Mustangs scored four in the bottom of the…
The Coffee Trojans have three alumni on college cross country teams this fall. Kate Merritt, a senior at West Point, is the lone Division I runner – and one of three former Trojans competing at the Division I level (football players Maurice Turner at Tulane and Tyrese Woodgett at Georgia Southern are the other two). Dillion Yarberry is a freshman at ABAC while Liam LeBrocq is running for the Valdosta State Blazers. Below are updates on their times this season. Merritt has posted 5K times of 20:22 (Iona Br. Paddy Doyle Meet of Champions) and 19:06 (Maine-Army 2026, 11th). In…
A 45-year-old from Douglas was arrested and charged with several drug and firearms charges following a traffic stop near the Oak Park community in Douglas. According to a report from the sheriff’s office, on September 30, 2026, at around 11:10 p.m., a deputy stopped Benny Maurice Bolen, 45, of Douglas, who was driving a white BMW, after he observed Bolen allegedly in violation several traffic laws, including expired tag and window tint. During the stop, the deputy searched the vehicle and found an open container, a bag containing suspected methamphetamine, and a .380 handgun. Bolen is a convicted felon, according…