The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning this afternoon of yet another ongoing phone scam currently targeting area residents. Officials stated the calls are being received from the number (202) 738-1394. The caller claims to be from the federal government and states that the person has to pay a certain amount of money or go to jail for 45 days. Authorities say the number has been determined to be a cell phone number from the Washington, DC area. According to the sheriff’s office, the federal government does not collect money or handle business in this manner. They urge residents…
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A 24-year-old father is facing multiple charges after his 11-week-old daughter suffered life threatening injuries in what police believe was an intentional act of brutality. Douglas police reported Friday that, on June 20, authorities responded to Coffee Regional Medical Center in reference to a possible case of child abuse. Officers were advised the infant female had sustained multiple life threatening injuries that included trauma to her head. Due to the severity of the child’s condition, the infant was transported to Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville Fla., where an examination determined her injuries were non-accidental in nature. The child suffered two…
Local activist Chris Adams was back at the Coffee County Courthouse Thursday morning, this time with a handful of reinforcements and a permit to picket issued by the City of Douglas. Adams first showed up outside the courthouse Wednesday morning, dressed in a Confederate Army replica uniform and waving a former state flag of Georgia that prominently displayed the Confederate battle emblem. Adams was asked to leave shortly after appearing Wednesday by someone he thought was a law enforcement officer. “The man came up to me and said the ‘head lady’ at the courthouse wanted me to leave because she…
The Douglas Police Department recognized Officer Joseph Brackett as its employee of the quarter on Wednesday. “Officer Brackett’s dedication to duty, professionalism, and service to the City of Douglas garnered him the award this quarter,” police officials stated in a post to the department’s Facebook page Wednesday afternoon. Each quarter, police department employees are asked to nominate one of their peers for the special recognition, along with a brief explanation of why they should receive it “If you know Officer Brackett, or happen to see him in town, please take the time join us in congratulating him for this honor,”…
As the national debate over the Confederate flag rages, one South Georgia man took it a step further Wednesday. Chris Adams, a member of the 12th Georgia Company C of the Confederate States Army of Irwinville, Ga., stood next to the Confederate monument at the Coffee County Courthouse holding the Georgia flag. Adams said the South Carolina flag controversy being debated was only scratching the surface of the issues. He said he was concerned that Governor Nathan Deal was going to head up an effort to ban the sale of car tags with the Sons of Confederate Veterans’ themes. Also,…
Community organizers in Jeff Davis County are working to solve a 25-year-old cold case and bring the victim’s alleged murderer to justice. According to information provided on the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s websie, Rhonda Sue Coleman left a senior class meeting on May 17, 1990, and never made it home. Her car was found abandoned beside the highway in Hazlehurst, and her body was discovered three days later in a wooded area in Montgomery County. Coleman was a lifelong Hazlehurst resident, a student at Jeff Davis High School, and lived with her mother and father at the time of her…
Bryson Bryant, 25, son of Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes, was arrested in Douglas on June 16 on charges related to check forgery. According to a report on AJC.com, Bryant, who has had numerous run-ins with the law, was charged with giving false name and information to police. The arrest took place at McDonald’s in Douglas, where police noticed an individual, identified as Inginac Walter Theodore of an Athens, Ga., address, making fake Taco Bell payroll checks with a laptop and printer. The AJC reported that Bryant, who was with Theodore, had a fake check on his person…
One of the city’s newest businesses, Assured Air, was welcomed today with a ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by the Douglas-Coffee County Chamber of Commerce. Assured Air is located at 2504 Ga. Hwy. 32 East. Call them at (912) 384-9254.
Traffic in downtown Douglas came to a near crawl Wednesday afternoon as a severe thunderstorm moved through the area wreaking havoc on the city’s streets. Around 5:30 p.m., a storm traveling north hit the Douglas area causing extensive damage primarily on the city’s north end. Debris was strewn along several of the town’s most heavily-traveled streets including N. Peterson Ave., N. Madison Ave., W. Walker St., and W. Ward St. Fallen trees brought traffic to temporary standstill as emergency crews worked fervently to clear the stricken areas. Approximately 200 Douglas residents experienced power outages as a result of the storm.…
One man is behind bars and another is currently recovering in a Macon hospital following a shooting that occurred Tuesday night in Ocilla. Thirty-year-old Caitlin Wynn suffered multiple gunshots during the incident, which occurred just prior to 8 p.m. around the 900 block of North Carver St. Wynn was taken to Central Georgia Hospital in Macon, where he is recoverying from his injuries. Around 2 a.m. Wednesday, 36-year-old Anotonio Bivens surrendered to Ocilla authorities as the sole suspect in the incident.