Author: Staff Reports

Thursday morning, deputies responded to a Miller Road address in response to a gunshot wound. The victim, a female, had been transported to Coffee Regional Medical Center via private vehicle with life-threatening injuries. Officers blocked a portion of Miller Road in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. Sheriff Fred Cole asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to conduct the investigation. Early Thursday evening, the sheriff’s office announced via social media post that the suspect wanted in connection with the incident has been taken into custody. The identity of the suspect has not been released and, at the time of this…

The charges against three individuals who had been indicted on misdemeanor charges in connection with the death of Vann Brown on January 1, 2020, at a party in Ambrose have been dropped. According to an order filed on August 5, 2025, the charges against Daniel Anderson, Morgan Lewis, and Corey Waylon Johnson have been dropped due to prosecutorial discretion. The order also states that the State would like “to preserve the ability to refile later if new evidence arises.” Anderson, Lewis, and Johnson were charged with reckless conduct because prosecutors believed their actions on the night of Brown’s death “did…

Deputies from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office arrested 45-year-old David Metts on July 14, 2025, after he was allegedly involved in a domestic dispute during which he fired a .22 caliber handgun into his ceiling. The call came in around 9 a.m., according to the incident report. Officers responded to the scene and found Metts, who was intoxicated and not in a good mood, according to the report. When officers spoke to him, he became irate and “started yelling obscenities.” He was placed under arrest and taken to the Coffee County Jail. Officers on the scene began looking for the…

Monday night, officers from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office and a trooper from the Georgia State Patrol investigated a vehicle v. bicycle accident on Highway 441 South. The accident happened just before 9 p.m. The bicycle was traveling south on the righthand side of Highway 441 in front of Robert Fender Chevrolet when a Ford F-150 from Atkinson County struck the bike. The rider was knocked off the bike and suffered visible but non-life-threatening injuries. He was alert and talking to officers and EMTs while they were tending to him. He was transported to CRMC for treatment. The bicycle did…

A 24-year-old was arrested and jailed after he allegedly sold a car that wasn’t his to an unsuspecting buyer for $500. An incident report from the sheriff’s office states that on July 12, 2025, an individual reported that he had bought a vehicle from Mike O’Brian Kelly, 24, of Douglas, for $500. Kelly told the buyer that the title was in the glove compartment. When the buyer got home with the car, the title wasn’t there. He contacted Kelly and asked him about it. Kelly told him he needed time to get the title. The buyer asked for his $500…

The new school year begins tomorrow. School buses will be out and traffic will be heavy in the vicinity of schools. Please plan for the extra traffic and the potential delays that could result. Officers will be directing traffic but their presence will not prevent all delays. School bus safety is a priority for the school system and law enforcement departments throughout the county. The Coffee Count School System has released the following information regarding bus safety: “Tomorrow is the first day of the 2025-2026 school year for Coffee County Schools and buses will be back on the roads. Please…

Saturday afternoon, Coffee County firefighters responded to a devastating house fire in Baymeadows that resulted in a total loss of the home. Residents were there at the time of the blaze but thankfully, no injuries were reported. Around 6:30 p.m., the call came in and multiple units were dispatched to the location. When firefighters arrived, the home was fully involved. The fire started near the back of the house. Early speculation centered around a lightning strike as the cause of the fire. When the fire happened, a storm system that featured significant lightning was making its way through the county.…

On July 26, 2025 at around 1 a.m., deputies responded to the boat ramp at Baymeadows in response to a domestic incident that ended in two alleged physical altercations. As a result, three individuals were arrested and jailed. The incident report from the sheriff’s office states that a group of people pulled up to the boat ramp. One of them, Daymon Clark, 25, of Broxton, started arguing with Brittney Surrency, 28, who was already at the boat ramp and in the water. The report says that Clark went into the water, grabbed Surrency by the hair, and began hitting her…

The Coffee Trojans defeated the Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes in 2025’s preseason scrimmage at Jardine Stadium. The junior varsity squads played the first quarter; the Trojans won that quarter 13-0. The teams reset the scoreboard for the second quarter and the varsity units played each other for the remainder of the game. The score was 0-0 at halftime and 6-3 at the end of the third quarter. Coffee ended up winning the game 12-10. The Trojans are off next week before welcoming the Bainbridge Bearcats to town for the regular season opener. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

A Douglas police officer arrested a 63-year-old woman on drug charges after he heard her screaming and attempting to take her clothes off around 1 a.m. on July 21, 2025. The incident report states that the officer was patrolling the area of East College Park Drive and Mark Hannah Street when the officer heard a woman screaming. The officer approached the woman’s house and found the female, identified as Karen McKinnon, 63, of Douglas, screaming and taking her shirt off. The officer asked her to keep her shirt and McKinnon complied, the report says, but she kept yelling, “Get them…