Another Douglas man has been arrested and jailed on illegal drug charges as a result of an investigation that began while the suspectwas allegedly breaking traffic laws or city ordinances while riding a bicycle.According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, around 1 a.m. on June 4, 2024, a police officer noticed a man on a bike, identified as Roderick Shandar Gaskin, 51, riding on the sidewalk on East College Park Drive between South Coffee Avenue and South Pearl Avenue. The report states that the bike had a light on the front but no lights or reflectors on the…
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Dustin Jordan of Douglas has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident that happened on Highway 135 across from Optima Chemical on Friday, February 8, 2019. Early that morning, Jordan struck and killed John Aubrey Pond, 28, of Willacoochee, and did not stop after the accident happened. Pond had been walking home from a nearby convenience store when he was struck by Jordan’s vehicle. On the afternoon of February 8, 2019, officers located Jordan at a nearby business where he worked. He had been on his way to work when the accident happened. He was…
A Douglas woman has been arrested and charged with trafficking methamphetamine after a vehicle in which she was riding was stopped and searched in Triggs County, Kentucky. According to a story posted on wkdzradio.com, Candice Kirkland, 22, of Douglas, was riding in a vehicle with Jamison Kassinger, 24, of Cadiz, Kentucky, when a Trigg County deputy stopped their vehicle Sunday afternoon. The report says that the officer stopped Kassinger for driving with a suspended license. A search of the vehicle yielded marijuana, methamphetamine, and a glass pipe. Kassinger and Kirkland were both charged with possession of marijuana, trafficking methamphetamine, and possession…
Johnny Jackson White, 57, of Douglas, remains in the Coffee County Jail on aggravated assault (family violence) charges after a domestic dispute during which he allegedly pointed a loaded shotgun at his wife and told her that he would “f’ing kill” her. According to a report from the sheriff’s office, on Thursday, May 23, 2024, deputies responded to an assault call. The victim stated that her husband, White, had hit her multiple times, threatened her, and pulled a gun on her. The argument started around 10:30 that morning when the victim went to her daughter’s home and didn’t tell White…
A 20-year-old Douglas man remains in jail after he was arrested for allegedly breaking into a car at Pizza Hut and taking several items. He was apprehended sitting under a shelter at Deerfield Apartments. The incident took place about 10:30 p.m. on May 28, 2024. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, officers responded to an entering an auto call at Pizza Hut. The suspect was described as a male wearing a black coat and blue jeans. The first responding officer worked his way south in search of the suspect, eventually finding him sitting at picnic table under…
Chalk another illegal drug arrest up to a bicycle. According to a Douglas Police Department incident report, shortly after 8 p.m. on May 24, a Douglas police officer noticed an individual on a bicycle run the stop sign at Pine Street and South Gaskin Avenue. The officer turned around to stop the individual when the suspect stopped at a South Gaskin Avenue residence. The officer pulled into the freshman campus to see what happened next. The report says that the officer knew that Anthony Mabry, 34, lived there. Mabry was a suspected drug dealer, according to the report. After a…
A 22-year-old Douglas woman was jailed and later released after she allegedly assaulted two nurses at Coffee Regional Medical Center last week. According to an incident report from the Douglas Police Department, a deputy with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office transported Shasmine Sirmans, 22, of Douglas, to CRMC, on May 27, 2024. EMS had been called to Sirmans’s location because she was, as the report said, “having a mental breakdown.” As a result, Sirmans had become aggressive with her family, according to the report. EMS personnel were not comfortable transporting Sirmans and asked a deputy to do so. The deputy took Sirmans to…
On May 28, 2024, Heather Lankford, 49, of Douglas, was arrested and charged with insurance fraud after she allegedly took out an insurance policy on her ex-husband without his knowledge, an action that caused her ex to fear for his safety. According to a report from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, on May 7, 2024, Lankford’s ex went to the CCSO and spoke with a detective after he learned about the insurance policy. The two had recently gone through what the report calls a “tumultuous” divorce. The insurance letter had originally been sent to a Chester Avenue address, which is…
Detectives stopped a Douglas man riding a mini-bike on McNeil Drive last month and ended up arresting him on illegal drug and firearms charges, according to an incident report from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office. The report states that on the afternoon of May 21, 2024, detectives saw a man, identified as Darrion Dean Jeffery, 27, of Douglas, pull out of Georgian Woods Apartments on a mini-bike. The report says that Jeffery swerved into the wrong lane and continued riding in the wrong lane for about 100 feet. During the stop, Jeffery admitted that he had a gun and marijuana…
Around 3:30 a.m. on May 26, 2024, a deputy responded to a stabbing call and found the victim walking around with a kitchen knife sticking out of his head near his right eye socket. The call led to the arrest of Victor Vazquez III, 29, of Douglas, on aggravated battery and aggravated assault charges. According to an incident report from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, when the deputy arrived at the location, EMS was already on the scene performing life-saving measures. Despite the knife in his head, the victim was conscious and walking, the report says. The fight happened at the home…