Following a recent article on DouglasNow.com focusing on sex offenders in Coffee County, a second fugitive accused of absconding has been captured. Last week, officers with the Douglas Police Department initiated a traffic stop on 26-year-old Michael Tyrone Jordan on North Madison Ave. at the intersection of East Ward St. Jordan intially gave officers a false name but, upon further investigation, his identity was discovered. He was arrested at the scene and taken to the Coffee County Jail. Jordan was convicted of statutory rape in 2007 and has since failed to comply with the requirements of his sex offender status,…
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Students and faculty of Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fl. on Monday remembered former Douglas resident Courtney Hayes, along with three other former students and two staff members who died in the Haiti earthquake five years ago. Fourteen people from Lynn University were in Haiti that day, when over 100,000 perople were killed, as part of a service trip called “Journey of Hope.” The school held a special ceremony at Remembrance Plaza and held a moment of silence at 4:53 p.m., the same time the earthquake hit. Lynn University has a special “In Remembtrance” section on the school’s website, which…
Three lawyers practicing in the Waycross Judicial Circuit have been named by the Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission as candidates for Superior Court Judge, a new seat that was created last year with the passage of House Bill 742 by the Georgia General Assembly. Those named by the commission are J. Kelly Brooks – partner, Adams and Brooks, Attorneys at Law; Judge, State Court of Charlton County; William J. (Sam) Edgar – sole practitioner, William J. Edgar, P.C., (Bacon County) and Andrew C. Spivey – sole practitioner, Andrew C. Spivey, PC (Ware County). The Waycross Judicial Circuit is comprised of Bacon,…
The South Georgia State College swim team welcomes two other swim teams from around the state to Douglas today for the last swim meet of the year before the region championships.. This is also the first meet of the semester, and will begin at the Douglas campus Wellness Center, where the pool is located, at 11 a.m. After a very successful fall semester, the Hawks are poised and ready to strike. The South Georgia duals meet will feature the Hawks, as well as teams from Brenau University and Thomas University. This is the last home meet of the 2014-2015 season,…
Coffee County sheriff’s deputies investigated a report of a domestic fight at the home of Marshall and Cindy Bounds just days prior to the untimely death of the 34-year-old female. An incident report obtained through the sheriff’s office states that authorities responded to an address on Sandy Springs Rd. around 7:30 p.m. on December 26 after receiving a third party report of a domestic dispute. According to the report, authorities noticed a visible injury to the mouth area of Cindy Bounds, who stated she had fallen and denied being struck by her husband. Marshall Bounds also denied hitting his wife,…
Just one day after being featured on DouglasNow.com, wanted sex offender Brandon Lee Holton was arrested and jailed Thursday afternoon. Holton, 22, was convicted of statutory rape in 2012 and placed on the Georgia Sex Offender Registry. Since then, he failed to comply with the requirements of his sex offender status by not registering with the local sheriff’s office. Officials believed he had absconded from the area. Detective Jason Whiddon with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office contacted Douglas Now on Thursday, and stated Holton was arrested during a traffic stop that afternoon. He will be charged with one count of…
Johnnie Beamen Nettles, Jr., the 32-year-old half-brother of country music megastar and Douglas native Jennifer Nettles was arrested this week after allegedly stealing a $17 pair of tennis shoes from Wal-Mart. This most recent arrest comes just months after Nettles was charged by drug agents with possession of methamphetamine at a local motel. According to an incident report obtained through the Douglas Police Department, Nettles was arrested Tuesday after Wal-Mart personnel detained him and another individual, 32-year-old Stefanie Lynn Adams of Douglas. Both Nettles and Adams were charged with one count of misdemeanor theft by shoplifting and taken to the…
Russ Underwood, CEO of Liberty Tax Service, welcomed the community to his new office Wednesday during a ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by the Douglas-Coffee County Chamber of Commerce. Liberty Tax Service is located at 829A S. Peterson Ave. Call them at (912) 389-0948.
There are nearly 100 registered sex offenders actively carrying out their daily lives in Coffee County, and the local sheriff’s office is tasked with the tedious job of keeping track of every one of them. The majority of the responsibility falls on one man, however, Detective Jason Whiddon, who heads the sex offender registration division. “We have 92 active sex offenders in the county after adding two more yesterday,” Whiddon said Wednesday during an interview at the law enforcement center. Since 2003, Whiddon said, individuals convicted of sex crimes in Georgia are placed on a “leveled” system depending on their…
A Douglas woman spent her New Year’s Day behind bars after authorities say she struck a 45-year-old man during a domestic altercation. Douglas police responded to 708 S. Manilla Ave. just after 6 p.m. last Thursday in reference to a domestic disturbance in progress. Following a brief investigation, it was determined that the offender, 37-year-old Miashante N. Donaldson, had hit the victim in the face while the two were arguing. Donadlson was subsequently arrested and charged with one count of simple battery under the Family Violence Act.