Author: Staff Reports

A 24-year-old Coffee County woman was hospitalized Sunday following a brutal incident in Alma. Alma police responded early Sunday morning to a call involving a woman who was found nude and bound by a bicycle tire inner tube and duct tape. Officers discovered she had been severely burned with an iron and beaten with several other items, and authorities are attempting to determine the possibility of rape. Ivery Lee Williams (59) of Alma has been arrested for the crime and is currently charged with false Imprisonment, aggravated battery, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of cocaine, and…

Two people wanted in connection to shooting that occurred Thursday night in Alma are behind bars today. The Alma Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested John Lamont Wilson (21) of Blackshear on three counts of aggravated assault in connection with the incident. Another man, Davante Marquise Lejeune, has also been charged with three counts of aggravated assault. Lejeune voluntarily surrendered to authorities in Pierce County Friday evening. Authorities say additional arrests are possible pending further investigation.

Officials with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office reported today that several significant arrests have been made in the last couple weeks. Curtis Johnson (pictured above) of Tyson Road has been charged with one count of aggravated child molestation and is being held in the Coffee County Jail without a bond. Christopher Trent Lott of Elm Street is charged with two counts of burglary and is being held in the Coffee County Jail awaiting bond hearing. Cameron Blake Adams of Woodpecker Trail is charged with one count of burglary and is also being held in the Coffee County Jail awaiting a…

Coffee County sheriff’s authorities say the three men in the above picture are convicted sex offenders who have absconded from their required supervision. Brandon Lee Holton, Gregory Wayne Lott and Paul Davy Taft have moved from their registered addresses and have not notified the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office of any changes. Georgia law requires any sex offender to register any changes in address 72 hours prior to moving. Anyone who has any information about their whereabouts is asked to contact the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office at 912-384-4227. The sheriff’s office maintains a sex offender registry that is updated throughout…

Alma authorities have identified three suspects believed to be involved in a late night shooting Thursday. The Alma Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are currently searching for Wilson Lomont, Davonte Lejune (aka Taye), and Keyana Rogers in connection with the shooting that was reported earlier today. Officials say further investigation revealed a bullet shot at a vehicle during the incident traveled through the vehicle and landed on the front porch of a home occupied by a mother and several children. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these suspects is urged to contact Bacon County 911. Travis Smith, a…

Qualifying for the May 24 general primary and nonpartisan elections ended Friday with several more newcomers hoping to unseat current local office holders. Here is the final list of those who will be seeking election: County Commissioner: District 2 – Jimmy Kitchens (I) (R) District 4 – Johnny W. Jowers (I) (R)District 5 – Charles Deen (I) (R) Board of Education: District 3 – Judi Worrell (I) (NP) Reagan Miller (NP) District 5 – Adam Lott (I) (NP) Sheriff: Doyle Wooten (I) (D) …

Coffee County Sheriff Doyle Wooten qualified as a Democrat Wednesday to seek reelection in the upcoming May 24 primary. Wooten will face a challenge from longtime local firefighter and law enforcement officer Rex Harper, who qualfied earlier this week as a Republican. Thus far, Harper and Wooten are the only candidates to qualify for the office. Another longtime member of the local law enforcement community, Brandon Musgrove, qualified as a Republican Wednesday to offer his name as a candidate for Coffee County Coroner. In other races, Republican challenger Erica Carver will be seeking to unseat current Coffee County Clerk of…

Several local candidates qualified Monday to get their names placed on the ballot for the May 24 general primary and nonpartisan general elections. Three incumbent Republican Coffee County Commisisoners – Jimmy Kitchens, Johnny W. Jowers, and Charles Deen – will be seeking reelection, along with current Clerk of Court Angela Spell-Hutto and Tax Commissioner Shanda R. Henderson. Coffee County Sheriff hopeful Rex Harper also qualified Monday as a Republican. In nonpartisan local races, State Court Judge Bob Preston will be seeking reelection, along with incumbent school board member Adam Lott. District 3 school board contender Reagan Miller also qualified Monday.…

Alma police are trying to locate two men believed to be involved in two shootings that occurred one night in late February. On Monday, Feb. 29, at 5:30 p.m., the Alma Police Department and the Bacon County Sheriff’s Office responded to a ‘shots fired’ call in the area of E. 14th St. and Miller St. APD was advised at least one person had been shot; both the victim and shooter(s) were gone upon law enforcement’s arrival. About 11 p.m., also on the evening of the Feb. 29, APD received another report of ‘shots fired’ on the east side of town. …

Officials with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office provided the following information Thursday regarding two recent arrests for suspected methamphetamine distribution. The Douglas-Coffee H.E.A.T. Unit conducted a traffic stop on Feb. 23 on a vehicle on Hwy 221 N. that was driven by a subject the officer knew to have a suspended license. The driver was identified as Fred Randall Meeler. A Douglas-Coffee Drug Unit K-9 deputy and detective assisted with the traffic stop. Upon further investigation, Meeler was found to be in possession of three packages of methamphetamine, totaling approximately 3.5 grams, and a small amount of marijuana. Meeler was charged with…