The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death of an inmate in the Coffee County Jail, according to a press release issued by the GBI Tuesday afternoon. On Tuesday, November 12, 2019, the GBI’s Douglas Regional Office received a request from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office to assist with an investigation regarding the death of Amy Renee Tyson, 32. At approximately 5:15 a.m., Tyson was found deceased in her cell at the Coffee County Jail. Tyson was being held in the medical department of the jail after having been arrested on Sunday, November 10, 2019, on drug related charges.…
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SGSC head soccer coach Jacob Crawford has been named the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s Coach of the Year. Eight of his players earned spots on the All-Region first and second teams. The Hawks finished the season in second place. Their season ended Tuesday with a 3-1 loss to Georgia Military College in the GCAA semifinals. The All-Region players are listed below: Annah Norman – Georgia Military (MVP) Jacob Crawford- South Georgia State (Coach of the Year) First Team GK- Brooke Shavers -GSC Defense Cassandra Ruff -GMC, Amanda Frederick -SGSC, Isabelle Vazquez – GSC, Midfield Alex…
Condemned murderer Ray Jefferson Cromartie is scheduled for execution by lethal injection at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 30 at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. Cromartie was sentenced to death in 1997 for the murder of Richard A. Slysz. Cromartie was convicted of killing Slysz, a convenience store clerk, during a botched robbery attempt in Thomasville in 1994. Media witnesses for the execution include a DouglasNow.com/Broadcast South staff member. Cromartie requested a last meal of steak, lobster, macaroni and cheese, cube steak, rice and gravy, steak and cheese sandwich, double cheeseburger, fries, side of ranch dressing,…
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 and voters in Douglas, Broxton, and Nicholls will go to the polls. In Broxton, voters will cast ballots for Mayor and City Council. In Nicholls, there is one question on the ballot regarding Sunday alcohol sales. The City of Douglas will hold an election for citizens to elect the Mayor of the City of Douglas, City Commissioners for each City of Douglas ward, and for the purpose of submitting to the voters the following question for approval or rejection: “Shall the Act be approved which authorizes the City of Douglas to exercise…
Information and photo provided by CDLLife.com with permission Friday morning, a truck driver from Baxley with family in Coffee County lost his life in a fiery crash near Charlotte, N.C. According to CDLLife.com, the truck, which was being driven by Kenneth Wayne “Kenny Wayne” Maddox of Baxley, struck an abandoned car on I-485 near the Northlake Center Parkway Bridge on the morning of Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. The truck overturned and caught fire. Within a short time, it was fully engulfed. Initial reports were that a car ran the truck into a pillar of the bridge. The…
An inmate who escaped from the Coffee County Jail Saturday evening was captured Sunday morning – after about 15 hours on the lam. According to a post on the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, Timothy Wayne Watkins, who was awaiting trial on burglary charges, slipped under the jail’s fence at 7:15 p.m. Saturday. He made his break wearing a khaki jail uniform. At 10:45 a.m. on Sunday, officers from the sheriff’s department found Watkins in the Oak Park community. He was taken back to the jail where he faces an additional escape charge. On the…
After an extensive investigation following an Aug. 3, 2019 shooting, the GBI Douglas office, Coffee County investigators, and U.S. Marshals Service have obtained information that led to the arrest of the following individuals: Michael J. Williams 21: one count Aggravated Assault, one count Possession of Firearm by Convicted Felon, one count Participating in Criminal Street Gang, James Turner IV 26: one count Aggravated Assault, one count Participating in Criminal Street Gang, Ladarius W. Williams 20: one count Aggravated Assault, one count Participating in Criminal Street Gang, Edward L. Grady 24: one count Aggravated Assault, one count Participating in Criminal Street…
Home surveillance video footage helped capture a Coffee County man suspected of taking items from a local residence. On September 11, 2019, deputies with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office responded to an address on Andrew Tanner Road in Nicholls in reference to a theft that had occurred earlier in the day. Miscellaneous items were taken from the residence, which were captured on surveillance cameras. Investigators with the Criminal Investigations Division reviewed the surveillance footage and was able to identify the subject in the video as Johnny Markum Swails. The following day, investigators with the Division went to an…
By Katherine Tucker Law.com Reprinted with permission The winner of the $280 million verdict in Columbus, Georgia, Friday almost didn’t become a trial lawyer. That’s Brandon Peak of Butler Wooten & Peak, the storied plaintiffs firm with offices in Columbus, Atlanta and Savannah. A native of Gastonia, North Carolina, near Charlotte, Peak went to college at The Citadel, the elite and famously strict military school in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a battalion commander, member of the honor court and top business student. After that, he was offered a full scholarship to Mercer University School of Law. He graduated No. 1 in…
The Douglas Police Department has arrested and charged Norris Keyon Moffett of Douglas with one count of aggravated cruelty to animals after he allegedly shot a kitten in the face with a flare gun. Moffett was booked into the Coffee County Jail following his arrest. According to a Facebook post by Coffee Cause for Paws, the incident happened on Saturday, Aug. 17. Here is the Facebook post describing the incident: “Monsters aren’t real, but humans are. “Today, we received a call for help. This beautiful five-week old kitten had been shot in the face with a flare gun. Why? Because evil…