Wednesday, five Coffee Trojan football players signed letters of intent to continue their playing careers at the collegiate level. All-State linebacker Chris Reed is headed to Reinhardt University, an NAIA program in Waleska, Ga. Reed, Coffee’s leading tackler in 2024, tallied 130 tackles, 34 tackles for loss, and 10 sacks. Fellow All-State selection Tyrese Woodgett, a running back, will play for the Georgia Military College Bulldogs, a junior college program just up Highway 441 in Milledgeville. This season, Woodgett ran for 2,340 yards on 316 carries and 27 touchdowns. He also caught 13 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns.…
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It’s probably not a good idea to be out at 2 a.m. in the snow filming a music video (or doing anything else at that hour). But that’s what two individuals were doing on January 22, 2025. And both ended up in jail as a result. According to incident report from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy responded to an Old Axson Road address in reference to threats. The officer arrived and spoke with Larry Thigpen, 25, of Douglas. Thigpen stated that he was outside making snowmen for his trailer park when James Ojeda, 34, of Douglas, approached him…
A traffic stop conducted at 1:30 a.m. on January 15, 2025, turned out to be more than just a traffic stop. The driver, identified as Christina Allison Breaux, 31, of Douglas, was cited for driving without a license and a traffic violation. However, a passenger in the vehicle, Jeremy Elie Gaskins, 41, of Douglas, was arrested on possession of methamphetamine charges. The incident report from the sheriff’s office states that a deputy observed Breaux’s vehicle, a 2010 Nissan Murano, fail to stop completely at a stop sign on Squirrel Bridge Road. The deputy stopped the vehicle at Danny Kirkland Road…
The CCA Patriots went 2-1 in three games this week while the Lady Patriots were a perfect 2-0. On Tuesday, both teams played Memorial Day School. For the girls, it was a match-up of #5 (CCA) vs. #4 (Memorial Day). The Lady Patriots won 55-50 in overtime. At the end of the third quarter, CCA was down 11 points but a big 20-point fourth quarter tied the game at the end of regulation. The Lady Patriots lost starter Brilyn Waldron to a concussion early in the overtime period. Three girls scored double digits (Arabelle Roberts, Ava Vickers, and Abrah Harris).…
At last weekend’s Valdosta State University Hall of Fame induction ceremony, three individuals who have either played or coached for the Coffee Trojans were inducted as a part of the 2018 VSU Blazers National Champion football team. Linebacker Jameon Gaskin and defensive lineman Javionte Martin, both former Trojans and freshmen on the championship team; and defensive back Alex Brown, a Lowndes Viking who is now a Coffee assistant coach, were on the team in 2018. All three played as freshmen and contributed to the Blazers’ national title run. Gaskin was named the Gulf South Conference’s Defensive Freshman of the Year…
A disorderly person call at the Dollar General in Broxton took a bizarre turn on Friday night when the subject, James Brent Morton, 49, of Broxton, allegedly pulled a handgun on a police officer then fled the scene. According to an incident report from the Broxton Police Department, a Broxton police officer responded to the call and found several people arguing at the store. The officer asked everyone to be quiet and then had Morton step to the side with him. The report says that the officer could smell alcohol on Morton’s breath and Morton appeared to be intoxicated. The…
Earlier this month, an inmate who had been released from Coffee Correctional Facility in Nicholls was transported to the Coffee County Jail on a warrant from Orange County, Florida. According to a sheriff’s office report, Ashton Marotta, 20, was wanted out of Orange County for trafficking 28 grams or more of fentanyl, possession of a firearm by a person found to have committed a delinquent act, and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The warrants were issued by Orange County on April 4, 2023. Marotta was taken to the Coffee County Jail from CCF on January 7,…
A 45-year-old was arrested after he allegedly called 911 twice to falsely report people were in his home and hiding under his home. The subject, identified as Jeremy Joseph Noyes, 45, remains in the Coffee County Jail. An incident report from the sheriff’s office states that on January 11, 2025, in the early morning hours, Noyes called 911 and reported that three or four men had come into his home and forced him to leave. Noyes added that one of the men was still inside hiding under a bed. Deputies responded and did not find anyone at the home. While…
An Ambrose man was jailed and later released on January 15, 2025, after he allegedly pulled a gun on another person during an argument because, as the suspect stated in the report, “he wasn’t going to let anybody whoop his ass.” On the morning of January 15, deputies responded to Curtis Vickers Road in response to an individual with a weapon, an incident report from the sheriff’s office states. According to the report, Tommy Jowers, 70, had gotten into an argument with the victim inside the Ambrose store around 8:30 a.m. when Jowers pulled a .22 handgun out of his…
An 18-year-old and a 20-year-old are in jail on aggravated assault charges after one of them allegedly fired multiple shots into a vehicle and a home in Sleepy Hollow Mobile Home Park on Saturday, January 18, 2025. According to an incident report from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, Cupris Morgan, 18, and Larry Daniel, 20, were in a silver Cadillac when one of them allegedly fired multiple shots into a vehicle which was pulling into a home at the mobile home park. According to the report, bullets also struck the home next door. The report states that the owner of…