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The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office has a charged a 16-year-old male with one count of terroristic threats in regards to a social media post threatening an act of violence against Coffee County Schools. Sheriff’s officials were notified just prior to midnight, March 8, 2017, that the juvenile had posted an update to his personal Facebook page stating, “I’m shooting the whole Coffee County School system up tomorrow.” Officers were able to locate the 16-year-old at an apartment complex in Douglas, where he was taken into custody shortly after 1 a.m. The suspect admitted to officers he had published the post…

Coffee County Schools are joining the Georgia Department of Education’s new state-wide initiative to Shake It Up in School Nutrition. The initiative was created to enhance the flavor and improve the perception of school meals by focusing on three key areas; tasty meals, friendly cafeterias and happy schools. Coffee County Schools are Shaking It Up with tasty meals by: conducting student taste tests, offering a seasoning bar in select schools, including Georgia grown and/or farm to school food items on the menu, offering a variety of colors of fruits and vegetables, serving delicious attractive meals every day. Coffee County Schools…

In preparation for the 2017-2018 school year, Coffee County Schools will be hosting a Teacher Job Fair on Saturday, March 25, from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, in the auditorium of Coffee Middle School, located at 901 Connector 206 North. All of the school systems administrators for the upcoming school year from the elementary, middle and high school level will be present to conduct informal interviews. The school system is interested in interviewing applicants from all teaching fields, with special emphasis in the areas of early childhood, middle grades and secondary math, science, social studies, language arts and all exceptionalities…

Carol Morgan was the speaker at the Douglas Kiwanis Club meeting of Tuesday the 7th of March at the Flyin’ Cowboy restaurant. She spoke about the Coffee County Memory Project covering the years 1969 thru 1972. Using donated equipment and a grant they have made good progress and hope to eventually produce a book. The Kiwanis club members enjoyed and appreciated her presentation.

Congratulations to Westside Elementary for being named a Highest Performing school and Broxton-Mary Hayes, Nicholls, and West Green Elementary schools for being named High Progress Schools. The Georgia Department of Education recently released its 2016-2017 list of Title I Reward Districts and Reward Schools. “These schools and districts are working against the odds to provide an excellent education for their students,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods said. “This is so much more than numbers or data. We are talking about changed lives for thousands of students. I can’t overstate how proud I am of every teacher, administrator, and parent who…

Deputies located a wanted Florida fugitive Tuesday and he is incarcerated at the Coffee County Jail awaiting extradition. Papo Arroyo, Jr., 41, was convicted of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in Hillsborough County, Florida in 2013. A probation warrant for his arrest was issued on March 6, 2017. Coffee County deputies located Arroyo at a residence off Highway 32 West Tuesday afternoon, where he was arrested and taken into custody.

Michael Milikae Scott, 22, who is charged with the March 2, 2017 kidnapping of former girlfriend Veronica DeLeon, is in custody at the Coffee County Jail. Scott was booked into the jail shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday after being arrested in South Carolina March 3. He has been charged with three counts of aggravated stalking, kidnapping, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, obstruction of law enforcement, and two counts of violating a family violence order.

The 2017 NJCAA Swim Meet is complete and the South Georgia State College women’s team has finished second in the nation for the second year in a row. SGSC’s women defeated Iowa Central Community College and Southwest Oregon Community College by a score of 563 points to IOCC’s 498 and SWOCC’s 480. Monroe Community College from Rochester, New York rounded out the top five for the women. SGSC’s men’s team placed fourth in the meet by just 36 points to second place Southwest Oregon and third place Iowa Central. Indian River won both men and women’s sides of the competition for the 45th…

Crime prevention, public education and awareness, and stopping criminal activity before it has a chance to occur are utmost priorities for the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office. As with most American law enforcement agencies, Coffee County continues seek ways to increase public safety while respecting the dignity and rights of individuals. One of the terms often associated with crime prevention in law enforcement agencies is the concept of “proactive policing,” an idea thoroughly embraced and practiced by the representatives of this office. Having a proactive approach to law enforcement places our focus towards preventing crimes before they have a chance to occur,…

A suspected cocaine and marijuana dealer was arrested and jailed by Coffee County authorities last week following the execution of a search warrant at a Douglas residence. Detectives with the Douglas-Coffee Drug Unit, with assistance from the Douglas Police Department, Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia State Probation Office, and H.E.A.T officers, conducted the search Wednesday, March 1, at approximately 4:30 p.m. at a home on Magnolia Street. As officers approached the residence, the target of the investigation, Ellars James Manning, 28, fled the scene on foot but was later apprehended. A search of the property led authorities to the discovery…