Author: Staff Reports
There would be little debate in Christian circles that the United States continues to become more secularized. The failings of some Christians to respond to this secularization in a Christ-like manner and how a new generation of reformers are stepping out to live the gospel in every facet of American life serve as the main themes of Gabe Lyons’ book The Next Christians. I believe, as Lyons apparently does, that once American Christians accept the fact that the United States is (and will remain) a pluralistic society, as the forefathers intended, we will be able to move forward with a…
The Alma Police Department reported Sunday their agency, along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Bacon County Sheriff’s Office, is currently investigating the death of Tony Overstreet, Jr. Overstreet’s body was found early Saturday morning in bushes behind a home on E. 10th St. in Alma. APD received a ‘shots fired’ call on E. 11th St. the previous evening, and officers discovered an abandoned vehicle with apparent bullet holes in the roadway, but did not locate any occupants. Within an hour, officers responded to a second abandoned vehicle with bullet holes on the west side of Alma. Both…
One person was jailed Friday afternoon after leading authorities on a vehicle chase that began on the north side of Douglas and came to an end in the area of the Ashley-Slater House/Douglas Visitors Information Center. According to witnesses, authorities attempted to stop the driver of a red Yukon just prior to 2 p.m. in the area of N. Peterson Ave. and Leon St. on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. The driver pulled into the parking of the KFC restaurant briefly, but quickly took off leading officers through Douglas towards E. Ashley St. Witnesses stated the chase came to an…
Douglas police officials announced today they have located a man wanted in Coffee County on several counts of child molestation and other charges. Caleb Wilkerson, age 21, was found in Ocholocknee, Ga. and is currently incarcerated at the Thomas County Jail awaiting transfer back to Coffee County. Local investigators had been looking for Wilkerson, who they say fled the area around June 14. Wilkerson has been charged with six counts of child molestation and one count of felony sexual battery. Douglas police say the investigation is ongoing and more charges are expected. Anyone with information that could assist in the…
A 58-year-old Douglas man faces domestic violence and aggravated assault on law enforcement charges following an incident Wednesday in which he allegedly attacked his wife and a sheriff’s deputy with a pair of scissors. According to an incident report obtained through the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a residence on Bethel Rd. shortly after 11 a.m. A witness at the location told authorities the assailant, whom he identified as Wendell Corbitt, Sr., had attacked his sister (the wife of the alleged offender) with a pair of scissors. Law enforcement entered the residence and, according to the report, found…
Two men face an array of charges following an incident Tuesday that revolved around an empty gas tank, a botched attmept to steal fuel from two locations, a wanted criminal, and a quantifty of methamphetamine. Coffee County sheriff’s officials stated a deputy located a red Ford Explorer wanted in connection to a gas drive-off at Clyde’s Minit Mart pulling into the parking lot of Chaney Motors on the Willachoochee Hwy. The deputy initiated a traffic stop in the parking lot of the business and identified the driver as James Wesley McDermitt. A passenger in the vehicle was identified as David…
Douglas City Commissioner and Mayor Pro Tem Olivia Pearson entered not guilty pleas Thursday in Coffee County Superior Court to four felony counts for her alleged role in election fraud activities that occurred during the 2012 general election cycle. Pearson faces two counts of improper assistance in casting a ballot and two counts of false swearing after being indicted by a Coffee County grand jury last month. She was jailed on May 31, but quickly released on a preset bond. Thursday’s arraignment was her first appearance in court. Assistant District Attorney Ian Sansot did not rule out the possibility of…
An investigation into the suspected sale and distribution of methamphetamine led to the arrest of a Coffee County man on Tuesday, who now faces a multitude of drug-related charges. Just after 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, the Douglas-Coffee Drug Unit (DCDU) began an investigation at a residence on Trotter Rd. in the Green Acres community of Coffee County. After making a controlled purchase of illegal narcotics from the residence, authorities identified the alleged distributor and primary resident of the home as 47-year-old Tony Fogarty. Agents checked Fogarty through electronic data bases and also found he was, in essence, a noncompliant…
An employee of a Douglas motel was jailed recently after authorities allegedly discovered prepacked bags of marijuana in a room he was occupying at the location. Coffee County sheriff’s officials reported today that the The Douglas-Coffee Drug Unit (DCDU) was called to assist the Douglas Police Department around 5:30 p.m. on June 8 after receiving a complaint of trafficking in marijuana at the Fountain Inn, 1007 North Peterson Ave. After Douglas patrol units completed an initial investigation, they and the DCDU agent searched Room 225 at the motel and discovered an excess of an ounce of marijuana packaged in small…