Author: Staff Reports

Thursday afternoon, a fisherman on the Satilla River near Highway 64 in Atkinson County found a truck submerged in the river. He called Atkinson County 911, which sent officers from the Atkinson County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to the scene. They also called in the Coffee County dive team to assist. Dive team members went in the river and secured a chain to the truck. A wrecker pulled the truck from the river, and officers discovered that the truck had been reported to the Atkinson County Sheriff’s Office as stolen a month ago. The investigation…

Coffee County students Slater Brown, pictured third from left, and Madison Dill (third from right) were recently presented the Buck Preston and Willie Pearl Davis Awards from the Douglas Lions Club. Each student received a $500 scholarship. Also pictured are the students’ parents. Pictured below, Liz Batten and Kevin Tatum with the local 4-H office receive a donation from the Lions Club to send a local 4-Her to camp.

Brandon Levi Williams, wanted in connection for the murder of Kavozia Walker, was arrested Thursday in Hollywood, Florida by U.S. Marshals. Williams had been on the run from the law since February and is currently in the Broward County (Fl.) Jail awaiting extradition back to Coffee County. Officers from the Douglas Police Department responded to 120 McNeal Drive in Douglas on Feb. 19, 2016 to investigate the shooting death of Kavozia Walker, who suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the neck. The subsequent investigation found the individual responsible for the death was 30-year-old Brandon Levi Williams. Investigators from the Douglas…

Corrections Corporations of America’s (CCA) Coffee Correctional Facility in Nicholls broke ground today for its new Inmate Vocational Training Center. The 6,300 square foot building represents a $2.1 million expansion CCA is making to the facility to accommodate new vocational programs including welding and diesel maintenance, which will be offered to inmates in partnership with the Georgia Department of Corrections and Wiregrass Georgia Technical College. “We are proud of our partnership with the State of Georgia and Wiregrass Technical College to provide life-changing programming to the individuals in our care,” CCA representatives stated. The groundbreaking event complements National Reentry Week…

After a two day trial, a Bacon County jury has convicted Deion Smith, 24-years-old of Alma, for the August 9, 2009 murder of Jasmine Moore. She was 15 years of age when she was bludgeoned and stabbed to death around midnight in the E. 4th Street home she shared with her mother in Alma. After death, her body was set on fire. Jasmine’s charred remains were discovered by her mother upon her return home from work. The case was investigated by the Alma Police Department with the assistance of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Bacon County Sheriff’s Office. …

The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent arrests made during the month of March: 1.Gary Etherton was arrested and charged with one count of theft by taking. 2. Ashley Fyffe was arrested and charged with one count of theft by taking and one count of theft by deception 3. Michael Jerome Williams was arrested and charged with one count of possession of a stolen vehicle and one count of possession of marijuana. 4. Benjamin Alan Stephens was arrested and charged with one count of burglary, two counts of theft by deception and one count of theft by taking.…

A man complained of chest pains and was rushed to the hospital while authorities were investigating a public complaint against the individual. As it turns out, he was also carrying over two grams of methamphetamine. Officials with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office say The Douglas-Coffee Drug Unit was following up on complaint from the public on an individual identified as Leonard Donald Voorhees last month when they located him at the Sunoco Store, 1204 East Ward St., sitting in a vehicle in the parking lot. When detectives attempted to arrest Voorhees on an outstanding, however, the suspect complained he…

A 50-year-old Nicholls woman faces multiple felonies and other charges after allegedly ramming her ex-husband’s vehicle and attempting to run over another female victim. Sheriff’s officials report that deputies responded last week to Nicholls Rd. at the Rocky Top Rd. intersection in reference to a female subject in a white Honda who had allegedly struck a truck driven by a male subject. The male victim, identified as 53-year-old Daniel Thomas, stated the offender did not have a driver’s license and was driving recklessly when she struck his vehicle. The victim added the offender had also attempted to run over another…

Several victims were hospitalized earlier this week at the hands of one man who allegedly went on a drunken rampage at a residence in Coffee County. Deputies were dispatched to 1802 E. Highway 32 just after midnight on April 10 in reference to a male subject that was reportedly drunk and had injured several people at the home. When authorities arrived, they were advised that the alleged offender had run back inside the residence. Deputies searched the home and located the offender hiding in a closet in the basement level. Emergency medical services responded to the location to treat the…

Coffee County Sheriff Doyle Wooten released today the following information regarding drug arrests that have occurred during the month of April: April 1 – Sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle on Ga. Hwy. 32 at College Avenue in Douglas. The deputies noticed what they believed to be methamphetamine in the passenger’s seat of the vehicle. The Douglas-Coffee Drug Unit (DCDU) was called to investigate. Subsequent to the investigation, deputies and DCDU agents seized a quantity of suspected methamphetamine and arrested Paul Edgar Harvey, age 45 , of Coffee County for possession of methamphetamine. April 2 – DCDU responded to a…