The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are still awaiting the autopsy report from the crime lab in regards to the cause of death of Mr. Alexander Hunt, whose bodied was discovered buried outside the Rosewood Manor assisted living facility on August 8. Former facility operater Diana Jacobs and her husband, James Jacobs, are currently incarcerated at the Coffee County Jail, having been charged with concealing a death and financial transaction card fraud in regards to the incident. The sheriff’s office reported Monday morning the investigation is ongoing and additional charges are expected to be filed…
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Law enforcement agencies in Coffee County requested and received over 70 military surplus assault-type rifles between 2006 and 2012 , according to recent data provided by the federal government. The data specifically targets supplies provided to law enforcement through the Defense Logistics Agency’s (DLA) 1033 program, which provides excess military equipment from the U.S. Department of Defense to local agencies. The program has received some scrutiny as of late in the wake of the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the alleged over-militarization of police forces and tactics used for crowd control in the aftermath. According to…
Officials with the Douglas Police Department are asking the public’s assistance in identifying a man whose image was recently caught by a store’s security system. The police department has featured the individual’s photograph on their Facebook page since August 15. Authorities state officers are wanting to speak with the man in reference to an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information that could possibly assist in identifying this person is asked to contact the Douglas Police Dept. at (912) 384-2222 or the Tips Line at (912) 260-3600.
Despite a slight decrease in revenue and the general fund in 2013, Coffee County government received a clean overall audit and was declared to be in sound financial condition Monday during the board of commission’s regular meeting. Robb Hurst of Hurst & Hurst CPA’s delivered the audit report to the commission, stating his overall opinion of the county’s financial practices was positive. The county experienced a 3% decrease in the general fund balance from the prior year, which amounted to approximately $200 thousand. Hurst stated this figure should not be considered negatively, as the expected loss was initially somewhere in…
City and county firefighters stayed busy over the weekend, with each department responding to structure fires which destroyed two homes. Around 11:45 Saturday night, Douglas fire officials were called to a blaze at 1006 N. Pearl Ave. The residence, which was abandoned, was completely engulfed in flames and took some time to extinguish. On Saturday morning, a house fire on Yellow Brick Road in the county was a total loss, leaving an entire family without a home and in despereate need. County fire officials are asking anyone who may be able to help with clothing items or other needs to…
Investigators with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office are reporting the arrests of three people in connection with a string of burglaries which occurred during the months of June and July. On August 1, officials received information about individuals that could be involved in these burglaries and, as a result of this information, investigators arrested Carlos Refugio Diaz, Zeke Williams Buttz and Ashton Mikelle Solomon for their involvement. In a press release issued by the sheriff’s office this weeks, law enforcement officials stated crime victims around the county reported that unknown suspects had entered their residences and taken items that included…
James Jacobs, the husband of Diana Jacobs, the caretaker recently arrested in connection with a body discovered at Rosewood Manor assisted living home in Nicholls, has also been arrested and charged with financial fraud in connection with the same case. Sheriff’s officials released information Friday morning, August 15, stating investigators with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office received information that led to the location of James Jacobs in Pierce County. Jacobs was wanted for questioning in regards to the August 8 incident in Nicholls, where the body that investigators believe to be that of Alexander Hunt was found buried in a…
Congregants of Faith Chapel Church on Mahogany Road say their prayers were answered last Saturday when Joseph Mark Dube turned himself in to authorities, confessing to two incidents in which the church was burglarized. Representatives with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office report on August 3, 2014, a burglary was reported at Faith Chapel. Deputies arrived at the scene, where they were met by a member of the church who stated he observed the back door open when he arrived that morning. Upon further investigation, he discovered a window at the rear of the church had been broken. It was later…
The Valdosta State University Red Hot team, the danceline for the VSU Blazers, recently competed at the National Dance Camp in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, taking home the first place overall trophy for Division I schools. The Red Hots beat out teams from the University of Kentucky and the University of Georgia, among others, and have earned a full paid bid to the upcoming national competition. Coffee County natives Hannah Hulsey is pictured here on the second row, far right, along with Lexie Curles, second row, fourth from right.
An employee with Rosewood Manor, an assisited living home in Nicholls, has been charged with one count of concealing a dead body after authorities located the remains of a male body adjacent to the facility’s property last Friday. Diana Marie Malphus Jacobs was taken into custody following the incident last Friday evening, August 8, after telling authorities she was aware of the body being buried on the property. At the time, officials did not state whether Jacobs would be charged with a crime. Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, along with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, conducted a search…