An alleged drunk driver tried to trick a Douglas police officer to escape a DUI charge. It didn’t work. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, around 9:20 p.m. on July 19, 2026, an officer responded to a possible drunk driver near Club Drive. The officer found the vehicle and followed it for a short distance. After observing several traffic violations, the officer stopped the vehicle at Bo Jo Ella Drive and Lake Drive. When he approached the car, the lone occupant, identified as Andrew Christopher Smith, 39, was sitting in the passenger’s seat. The officer reached in…
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They almost got away with it. Then the video got them. A Douglas woman and her son have been arrested and charged after they allegedly attacked a 36-year-old man at Georgian Woods Apartments, hitting him in the head with a handgun in the process. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, the initial incident took place on June 20, 2026. The two suspects, Veanitra Quevette Brown, 43, and Zion Deshon Brown, 22, both of Douglas, weren’t arrested until July. The report says that on June 20, 2026, at approximately 5:40 p.m., an officer was dispatched to a South…
A 26-year-old Douglas man who was arrested earlier this month on illegal drug charges and released on a $5,500 property bond was arrested again this week in connection with an armed robbery that took place in Blackshear on July 22, 2026. According to a press release from the sheriff’s office, the CCSO officers assisted the Blackshear Police Department in the successful apprehension of two suspects wanted in for allegedly committing an armed robbery. On July 22, 2026, officers with the Blackshear Police Department responded to an armed robbery in the 500 block of McDuffie Street. During the investigation, detectives identified…
A joint investigation between the Douglas-Coffee County Drug Unit and the Broxton Police Department resulted in the arrest of one individual on illegal drug distribution charges. According to a report from the sheriff’s office, on July 8, 2026, officers conducted an operation into the alleged distribution of illegal drugs at Ricketson Street and Railroad Street addresses in Broxton. While watching the homes, officers saw Jason Donald Voorhees, 44, of Broxton, approach a parked vehicle at the Ricketson Street address. The report says that Voorhees conducted himself in a manner “consistent with a hand-to-hand narcotics transaction.” The officers approached the vehicle…
Silas Mason Lott, Jr., 44, of Broxton, remains in the Coffee County Jail on several serious charges, including aggravated assault and kidnapping, as a result of an alleged domestic incident that occurred at his home on Silas Lane near Broxton on July 8, 2026. An incident report from the sheriff’s office states that Lott, who had been drinking, and his wife were arguing. According to the report, the argument began on July 7 but continued past midnight and into the early morning hours. Lott allegedly pointed a gun at the victim, told her he would shoot her, attempted to choke…
Two individuals suspected of committing an armed robber earlier Wednesday in Pierce County could be in Douglas, according to a BOLO issued out of Ware County. Two suspects, one white male and one black male, both of who are believed to be armed, were suspected of possibly heading to Douglas in a 2018 Hyundai Elantra after committing an armed robbery in Pierce County. The incident took place at 5:50 p.m. The BOLO stated that the white male was driving the vehicle. He had a stolen pistol in his possession. The black male was a passenger in the Elantra and he…
A 2 a.m. interaction with a motorist stopped at a green light on West Green Road took a bizarre turn and ended up landing a 39-year-old in jail on false report of a crime charges, according to a report from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office. The report states that on July 10, 2026, at approximately 2 a.m., a deputy pulled up behind a white Toyota Corolla that was stopped in the turning lane at the red light near T&R Food Mart on West Green Road. The driver, identified as Stacy Lamar Martin, 39, of Broxton, said that he had a…
On July 7, 2026, a Douglas police officer arrested the driver of a Hyundai Elantra on illegal drug charges during a traffic stop for possible illegal window tint. According to an incident report from the police department, around 11:20 p.m., an officer noticed the Elantra and saw that it possibly had illegal window tint. He stopped the vehicle on North Chester Avenue and spoke to the driver, identified as Tony Hatch Harper, 26, of Douglas. The report says the officer measured the window tint and it was in fact illegal. He also spoke with a passenger in the vehicle. The…
Bad things happen at 2 a.m. Bad things are more likely to happen at 2 a.m. if you’re riding around in the back of a pickup sitting on a cooler while allegedly intoxicated. According to an incident report, on July 12, 2026, a Douglas police officer saw a gray Chevrolet truck on Walker Street with an individual sitting in the back on a cooler. The officer initiated a traffic stop and discovered the person sitting in the back, identified as Jaquan Nique Gordon, appeared to be intoxicated. He also had an active warrant for theft of services through the sheriff’s…
A dump truck driver woke up to a strange scene on the morning of July 9, 2026. According to a sheriff’s office report, the driver of the truck went outside around 5 a.m. and found a 2013 Ford Taurus wedged underneath the back of his 2006 Mack dump truck. The report says that a neighbor stated the following: The boyfriend of the car’s owner showed up between midnight and 1 a.m. and gave her the keys to the car. The boyfriend was identified as Ricardo Malik Ziquez Tucker, 26, of Douglas. After turning over the keys to the car, he…