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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…

Don’t forget to vote today in the 2016 Presidential Primary. Georgia is one of several Super Tuesday states that will help shape the nomination process for Democrats and Republicans. Five Republican candidates remain in the race for the GOP nomination: Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, John Kasich and Ben Carson. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are fighting for the Democratic nomination. Polls are open until 7 p.m.

The cause of death of a man found near an overturned boat earlier this week has been ruled accidental, Coffee County Sheriff’s officials stated today. Deputies and detectives responded Monday, Feb. 22 to a call of a boat capsized in a pond in the area of Hillsway Drive, where the body of a male subject, identified as 65-year-old Ralph Grady was found. Due to the incident occurring in a body of water and a boat being involved, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources was notified, and an officer responded. After an investigation by Coffee County detectives and Georgia DNR, authorities…

Wanted sex offender Kyle Edward Moore was apprehended by authorities around midnight Wednesday at a residence on Nead Cauley Road in Coffee County. Officials stated Moore was taken into custody and transported to the Coffee County Jail on numerous outstanding warrants. He had avoided arrest in Irwin County on Monday, February 22 after fleeing from Irwin County investigators in a vehicle and running into a wooded area, authorities said. Coffee County deputies received a tip that led them to the location on Nead Cauley Road, and they were able to take Moore into custody without further incident. Sheriff Doyle Wooten…