A 39-year-old Douglas man was jailed last week after his mother complained to authorities he was harassing her habitually and was on her property despite a court order to stay away. Douglas police responded to a residence on W. Cherry St. after receiving a call from the 60-year-old victim in reference to a disorderly person. When officers arrived, the mother presented them with a judicial order stating the son was not allowed to be within 500 yards of her. As a result, the son, identified as Antwone Ashoford, was arrested at the scene and now faces one felony count of aggravated…
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Coffee and Telfair County law enforcement agencies were on the lookout over the weekend for individuals wanted in connection with two incidents of attempted carjacking in which the alleged perpetrators masqueraded as police officers. Around 12:20 a.m. Friday, Telfair 911 was contacted in reference to a report that two separate vehicles had been pulled over on U.S. Hwy. 441 South by unknown subjects using a pick-up truck equiped with a blue lights, Tealfair authorities reported. Deputies were dispatched to the area and were unable to locate any vehicle matching the descriptions given. Coffee County 911 was also contacted and no…
Douglas City Manager Terrell Jacobs has been named as one of five finalists for the Albany city manager’s position, officials reported Friday. Interim Albany City Manager Tom Berry released the names of the finalists in an e-mail. Berry stated that the Albany city commission would continue with diligence to find the best city manager. Along with Jacobs, the other contenders for the job were named as Reginald Edwards, Mike McCoy, Patrick Salerno and Sharon Subadan. Jacobs was not available for comment at the time this story was published on DouglasNow.com Friday evening.
A jail inmate who walked off from a work detail last year was located in North Dakota and brought back to Coffee County this week, Sheriff Doyle Wooten said today. Gabriel Benjamin Carelock was assigned to a work a detail remodeling the Coffee County Child Advocacy Center last August when he disappeared. At the time, he was being held on a contempt order for child support and traffic violations. Sheriff Wooten stated Carelock has since paid his child support obligations, but now faces one charge of escape in relation to the 2014 incident. Wooten added that Carelock was granted bond…
A Douglas man faces two charges of child molestation after admitting to authorities he had sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old female who was reported missing from Florida after recently running away from a group home for victims of human trafficking. The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office stated today that on April 15, a detective conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that was stopped in the middle of the intersection of New Forest Hwy. and Mahogany Rd. During the investigation into the traffic stop, authorities determined that one of the three occupants of the vehicle was a 14-year-old juvenile wanted out…
A Fitzgerald physician was arrested and jailed earlier this week after authorities said he assisted another person with illegal narcotics distribution. Dr. Ed Jones, a Fitzgerald family medicine practitioner, faces charges of being a third party to a crime. Officials say he allegedly helped another person, identified as , obtain and sell prescription drugs. Benedict has been charged with three counts of selling scheduled narcotics and three counts of possession with the intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of school. The investigation into the case is being conducted by the Ben Hill County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Georgia Bureau…
Make plans to be at ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ beginning at 5:50 p.m. this Friday night at the Martin Centre in downtown Douglas. Dancing stars and judges will be arrving on the red carpet moments before the doors open for a night of fun and excitement you will not want to miss. Limited tickets are still available at Douglas National Bank, First National Bank, and Ameris Bank. The event kicks off at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6 p.m. Judges will determine which couple does it best, but you can help decide which one takes home the title of…
Douglas resident Francis Lott was honored at Coffee High School Tuesday for his $500,000 endowment to the Georgia Institute of Technology, an endowment which will be used by Coffee County students now and in the future. Four Coffee High students who will receive scholarships this year from the endowment and attend Georgia Tech were on hand to thank Lott personally for his gift. Dr. Wayne Clough, former President of Georgia Tech and former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, was the guest speaker for the occasion. Clough, a Coffee County native, applauded Lott and his wife Diane for their generous gift…
National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists confirmed Monday that severe damage on the western side of Coffee County caused during Sunday’s storm was due to a tornado touchdown. NWS officials surveyed the area and classified the tornado as an E-F-0, with maximum winds of about 85-miles per hour. More information on the findings of the NWS can be found here.
Coffee County was hit hard Sunday afternoon, as heavy rains and wind ripped through the area. Severe damage to homes and trees was reported primarily on the county’s western side, extending from the Ambrose area to Evans Mobile Home Park about three miles west of the Douglas city limits on Ga. Hwy. 32. Douglas Now has been unable to confirm witness repots of a tornado at this time.