Author: Staff Reports

The Coffee County Commission recognized the efforts of local hospice employees Monday during the commission’s regular meeting, declaring November as National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. Local associates of Bethany Hospice, which employess arond 60 people, joined the commission in hopes of raising awareness of hospice and palliative care within the community.

In what has become an all-too-familiar occurrence for Domino’s Pizza employees in Douglas, a delivery driver was the latest victim of an alleged robbery over the weekend. At around 9:15 p.m. Saturday, officers with the Douglas Police Department responded to Domino’s in reference to an armed robbery that took place at 401 S. College Ave. The employee stated to officers she was delivering a pizza to the residence when she was approached by three black males wearing all black. The victim stated the alleged offenders demanded money. When she told them she had none, they grabbed the pizza she was…

Officials with the Douglas Police Department released crime statistics for the month of October through the agency’s Facebook page Monday morning. The release states, “The crimes reported in the crime statistics do not reflect all crimes within the City of Douglas or all the call types that officers respond to. The statistics shown are crimes reported under UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting) and are used for state and national crime statistics. The stats are for the month of Oct. 2014.” The stats can be viewed below.

A 53-year-old grandfather was jailed last week after allegedly grabbing his daughter around the neck while attempting to have her and her children removed from his home. Authorities with the Douglas Police Department responded to 622 E. Sellers St. in reference to a male caller, later identified as Leondard Donald Voorhees, Jr., wanting his daughter and grandchildren removed from his house. When officers arrived, the daughter was outside the residence. According to the police department incident report, the victim stated her father grabbed her by the neck in an attempt to force her out of the residence. After a brief…

Authorities in North Georgia charged a Coffee County man with 27 traffic violations after he allegedly went on a vehicular rampage Tuesday, ramming nearly a dozen other vehicles on I-285 during rush hour traffic. Sandy Springs police say that 29-year-old Brady Wiggins was driving a pickup truck and pulling a horse trailer on the busy interstate when the incident began. Witnesses at the scene stated Wiggins intially struck one vehicle, then sped off hitting more in his path. One witness went so far to state the offender intentionally chased him down the emergency lane. Police said Wiggins later crashed his…

City of Douglas firefighters John Cooper and Robert Beecher were honored Monday during the regular meeting of the Douglas City Commission. Cooper and Beecher were presented the “Life Saving Award,” which was given to both firefighters following their actions and bravery while responding to a structure fire on South College Avenue on July 6. On Sunday, July 6, 2014, at 10:08 a.m., the Douglas Fire Department (DFD) responded to a structure fire on the second block of South College Avenue with an occupant inside the structure.Upon arrival, units of the DFD found heavy smokes and flames showing. Although there was…

If you think you’re having a rough day, take a look at this picture and be thankful at least you’re not this boat owner. Traffic came to a screeching halt Wednesday afternoon on Ga. Hwy. 158 West at the entrance to Baymeadows as motorists were blocked by this boat in the middle of the highway. The vessel apparently somehow broke loose from the trailer pictured at the right of the photo.

The Douglas Police Department released statistics of the Douglas-Coffee Drug Unit (DCDU) for the month of September via the department’s Facebook page on Monday. Overall, the DCDU claimed a total of of 31 arrests on charges ranging from simple possession to sale and distribution. Drug detectives seized over $8,000 during the month and executed four searches. The entire report may be viewed below.

A Coffee County man complained of injuries after his vehicle collided with with a cow shortly after dark Saturday night. According to officials, 40-year-old Reginald Styles was traveling east in a white Nissan Altima on Ga. Highway 158 around 6 p.m. Saturday, when he struck a black cow walking in the same lane. The animal died at the scene and Styles complained of chest pains. At the time of this report, authorities were unsure of the cow’s owner.

Douglas police are currently investigating a Sunday night incident in which a father and son were allegedly robbed at gunpoint in their separate homes. Police were dispatched to 1220 Turner St. around 9 p.m. Sunday where they met with the complainant, 38-year-old Tony Ricardo Street. Street stated to officers he was at his home on Green Ave. earlier in the evening when two black males forced their way into the residence and demanded money, while brandishing a gun. The alleged assailants took the victim’s wallet, which contained around $900 cash and then forced him into their vehivcle, a black Chevy…