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.
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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…
Convicted sex offender Timothy Lamar Williams will spend another ten years on probation after being sentenced in Coffee County Superior Court Friday morning. Williams was arrested in July for failing to comply with the requirements of his sex offender status by not reporting his home address to authorities. Williams was convicted of statutory rape in Coffee County in 2003, according to records obtained through the Georgia Department of Correction’s web site. Since his initial release in 2006, he has served two additional prison terms and was most recently released May, 2012. Convicted sex offenders are required to register with the…
Accused child molester, 71-year-old Billy Wade Adams, was granted a $100 thousand bond Thursday in Coffee County Superior Court after filing a motion for bond reconsideration. Adams was incarcerated in June on two counts of child molestation after allegedly exposing himself and masturbating while he was babysitting neighborhood children. He was initially granted a $150 thousand bond in August. On Thursday, Adams’ attorney argued his client could not meet the amount of his bond due to his limited financial resources. He also urged the judge to take into consideration that, prior to the incident, Adams had never had a felony…
Officials with the Douglas Police Department are reporting two arrests in regards to the suspected burglary and arson of a local downtown business last month. On October 2 at approximately 2:40 a.m., the Douglas Fire Department, along with officers from the Douglas Police Department, responded to Lott Hardware, 107 West Bryan Street, in reference to a fully involved structural fire. Assistance was required from several other city departments and from other local agencies.The incident caused road closures and disruption of normal business in the downtown area. The original cause of the fire could not be determined at that time. The…
An auto accident that occurred on Ga. Hwy. 32 in Irwin County claimed the life of a Douglas man Monday morning. Authorities state 49-year-old Lamar Hosack of Douglas was driving on Hwy. 32 when his Chevrolet pickup crossed over the lane into oncoming traffic. Hosack’s vehicle collided with a 2014 Dodge pickup driven by 47-year-old Jeffery Fuller. Hosack was was dead at the scene and Fuller was transported to a hospital for evaluation, though he did not have any visible injuries. The accident occurred near mile markers 26 and 27 on Hwy. 32.
Coffee County and City of Douglas firefighters had to battle heavy winds early Saturday morning as officials attempted to extinguish a residential fire. The Coffee County Fire Department responded to a report of a mobile home fire at around 4:50 a.m. Saturday at Town and Country Mobile Home Park off W. Walker Street. While two residenrts were able to safely evacuate, the home was ultimately completely destroyed. Due to heavy winds at the time and the close proximity of the fire to other residences, county officials had to call city firefighters to the scene for assistance. It took several hours…
A mobile home manufacturing company will be bringing around two hundred jobs to Coffee County in the coming weeks, following the formal announcement of the industry’s opening Monday afternoon. Live Oak Homes plans to begin operations in about four weeks at the industrial facility formerly occupied by Fleetwood in Broxton. Live Oak originally purchased the complex in 2010. The Georgia Department of Labor will be working with the industry to staff the new operation. To learn more about Live Oak Homes, click here.
Douglas Police Officer Larry Carter, who suffered a gunshot wound while attempting to chase an alleged armed robber in July, was commended Monday during the regular meeting of the Douglas City Commission. Carter was presented with the Purple Heart award for his bravery demonstrated on July 10, 2014. While in the line of duty, he was shot and wounded by a hostile offender while serving with C Squad of the Douglas Police Department. Officer Carter is the first officer within the City of Douglas’ history to receive this award.