Author: Staff Reports

Gracie Brunel of Douglas graduated from LaGrange College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science: Sport & Human Performance, Magna Cum Laude. Gracie also played basketball for the Panthers. A guard, she played in 61 games, started 53, and averaged 26.8 minutes and 12 points per game. Georgia’s oldest private institution of higher learning, LaGrange College has been ranked as a top-ten school and “best value” among 99 Southern regional colleges by U.S. News & World Report. A four-year liberal arts and sciences college affiliated with the United Methodist Church, LaGrange offers more than…

A fight inside a moving vehicle led to a variety of charges, including battery and illegal drug charges. According to an incident report obtained from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, a detective saw a man and a woman fighting inside a vehicle traveling on Bowens Mill Road on May 11. The detective stopped the vehicle, a white Chevy Malibu, at the intersection of Highway 441 South and Bowens Mill Road Southeast. During the stop, the female victim stated that the male, identified as Brandon Kyle Durden, 36, of Fitzgerald, was tired and mad with because she…

A fight inside a moving vehicle led to a variety of charges, including battery and illegal drug charges. According to an incident report obtained from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, a detective saw a man and a woman fighting inside a vehicle traveling on Bowens Mill Road on May 11. The detective stopped the vehicle, a white Chevy Malibu, at the intersection of Highway 441 South and Bowens Mill Road Southeast. During the stop, the female victim stated that the male, identified as Brandon Kyle Durden, 36, of Fitzgerald, was tired and mad with because she…

On May 15, officers from the Coffee County Drug Unit caught a suspect attempting to flush illegal drugs down the toilet while serving a warrant. An incident report from the sheriff’s office states that while serving the warrant on Wright, the officers found him flushing marijuana and cocaine down the toilet. They also found an additional quantity of suspected cocaine and a suspected oxycodone tablet in the bathroom as well as digital scales. The report says that the amounts of the drugs indicated they were for distribution. Wright was arrested and charged with possession of a…

On May 15, officers from the Coffee County Drug Unit caught a suspect attempting to flush illegal drugs down the toilet while serving a warrant. An incident report from the sheriff’s office states that while serving the warrant on Wright, the officers found him flushing marijuana and cocaine down the toilet. They also found an additional quantity of suspected cocaine and a suspected oxycodone tablet in the bathroom as well as digital scales. The report says that the amounts of the drugs indicated they were for distribution. Wright was arrested and charged with possession of a…

On May 15, officers from the Coffee County Drug Unit caught a suspect attempting to flush illegal drugs down the toilet while serving a warrant. An incident report from the sheriff’s office states that while serving the warrant on Wright, the officers found him flushing marijuana and cocaine down the toilet. They also found an additional quantity of suspected cocaine and a suspected oxycodone tablet in the bathroom as well as digital scales. The report says that the amounts of the drugs indicated they were for distribution. Wright was arrested and charged with possession of a…

A Douglas man was arrested on several charges related to a hit and run accident that occurred around 2:20 a.m. on May 14. According to the accident report from the Douglas Police Department, Sedarrien Smith was driving south in a silver 2010 Dodge Ram pickup on North Peterson Avenue when he allegedly ran the red light at North Peterson and East Ward Street. He struck another vehicle in the intersection, causing that vehicle to overturn. The report states that Smith got into an SUV and left the scene. The driver of the other vehicle sustained visible…

A Douglas man was arrested on several charges related to a hit and run accident that occurred around 2:20 a.m. on May 14. According to the accident report from the Douglas Police Department, Sedarrien Smith was driving south in a silver 2010 Dodge Ram pickup on North Peterson Avenue when he allegedly ran the red light at North Peterson and East Ward Street. He struck another vehicle in the intersection, causing that vehicle to overturn. The report states that Smith got into an SUV and left the scene. The driver of the other vehicle sustained visible…

Three juveniles have been arrested after allegedly robbing people who thought they were meeting to buy an iPhone. A 16-year-old and a 13-year-old were also charged with firearms charges. According to a press release posted on the Douglas Police Department’s Facebook page, last month, the Douglas Police Department received several reports of individuals being robbed. The suspect in these cases would list an iPhone for sale on the Facebook Marketplace. When contacted by a potential victim, the suspect would give a location for the transaction to take place. During the transaction the victim would present money…

Three juveniles have been arrested after allegedly robbing people who thought they were meeting to buy an iPhone. A 16-year-old and a 13-year-old were also charged with firearms charges. According to a press release posted on the Douglas Police Department’s Facebook page, last month, the Douglas Police Department received several reports of individuals being robbed. The suspect in these cases would list an iPhone for sale on the Facebook Marketplace. When contacted by a potential victim, the suspect would give a location for the transaction to take place. During the transaction the victim would present money…