CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Joe Johnson Athens police are investigating the theft of property valued at several hundred dollars from the Athentic Brewing Company on Park Avenue. According to police, the thief struck on the night of March 16th when he stole a half dozen full propane tanks and an orange outdoor fan from a storage pavilion. Surveillance footage reportedly shows an older man dressed in black walking around the business and pulling on its doors. He then parked his white Hyundai SUV at th

Childers-Queen By Joe Johnson Two homeless people were indicted this week in connection with the burglary of a home on Beverly Drive in which hundreds of dollars worth of property were stolen. One of the defendants is on probation for a devastating arson fire that destroyed a homeless camp a decade ago. Carole Rayeanne Childers-Queen, 56, and James Anthony Hill, 48, were each charged with first-degree burglary, according to the indictment filed in Superior Court on Tuesday.

By Joe Johnson Brittani Ann Clark was arrested on the night of March 3rd after she stole food from an apartment on West Hancock Avenue shared by University of Georgia students. The 34-year-old homeless woman told police that she had permission to take the food from what she believed was a kitchen owned by the church across the street. A 21-year-old UGA student had called 911 to report a burglary in progress because noises were coming from the kitchen when her roommates were

By Joe Johnson Benjamin Reed Heaslip, 40, of Commerce, was arrested early in the morning of January 23rd when he was found hiding in the ceiling at Earth Fare on South Lumpkin Street. Officers who responded to a 2:22 a.m. burglar alarm activation located Heaslip in the ceiling of a back storage room. It’s unclear how he got into the store, but a report notes that Heaslip was in possession of a crowbar and knife, with more burglary tools in the trunk of his car. He used the st

By Joe Johnson Employees showed up for work at Captain D’s on Prince Avenue Wednesday morning to find an unlocked back door and an empty office safe. From what the police learned in their preliminary investigation it appears as though the theft might have been an inside job. The missing money had all been inside the restaurant’s safe, and its code had apparently been used to open it because there was no sign of forced entry. The business has a camera surveillance system but i

By Joe Johnson  A Clayton County man was recently arrested when police found him lying injured on the ground outside of a home on Sunset Drive that he allegedly burglarized, Las Maury Smith, 36, of Riverdale, was charged with first-degree burglary, robbery, hindering a 911 call, obstruction of law enforcement, and criminal trespass/damage to property. The incident happened on the morning of December 27th when the victim returned home and found that Smith had broken into his a

By Joe Johnson A Clayton County man was recently arrested when police found him lying injured on the ground outside of a home on Sunset Drive that he allegedly burglarized, Las Maury Smith, 36, of Riverdale, was charged with first-degree burglary, robbery, hindering a 911 call, obstruction of law enforcement, and criminal trespass/damage to property. The incident happened on the morning of December 27th when the victim returned home and found that Smith had broken into his a

TikTok By Joe Johnson A group of masked teenagers smashed glass display cases in Target on Atlanta Highway in Athens last Friday night and stole electronics valued at over $16,000, They made their getaway in a stolen car that wrecked after a police chase through three counties. Two of the teens were arrested and charged as adults, two are being held at a juvenile detention facility, and a fifth suspect got away. Authorities recovered the stolen merchandise. The arrested teen

By Joe Johnson Two men from Elbert County were arrested this week after they tried breaking into a house on Lakeover Drive. A husband and wife were awakened at about 1:15 a.m. Monday by the sound of someone trying to break down their door. Police officers arrived to find the men who claimed to be looking to get money owed to a cousin from the sale of a car. The residents had no idea what the intruders were talking about. The men were identified as Cory Frederick Maxwell, 35,

By Joe Johnson Two men from Elbert County were arrested this week after they tried breaking into a house on Lakeover Drive. A husband and wife were awakened at about 1:15 a.m. Monday by the sound of someone trying to break down their door. Police officers arrived to find the men who claimed to be looking to get money owed to a cousin from the sale of a car. The residents had no idea what the intruders were talking about. The men were identified as Cory Frederick Maxwell, 35,

By Joe Johnson Athens police have identified a pair of suspects in the burglary last month of a convenience store on Hawthorne Avenue, After breaking into Variety Mart early on the morning of November 5th the thieves made off with two safes, a cash register and thousands of dollars in merchandise. A couple of days later a police officer received “credible information” concerning the identities of the burglars and the car they had used for the heist, The officer was patrollin

By Joe Johnson Thieves last month stole an unknown amount of mail during a burglary at the Bogart post office on Atlanta Highway in Oconee County. The break-in was discovered by an employee on November 19th at about 6 a.m. when she arrived for work and found that the front door had been forced open. She immediately went back outside and called the sheriff’s office, When deputies arrived they searched the building and saw that everything appeared intact, that regiisters and s

By Joe Johnson A group of burglars last week broke into Variety Mart on Hawthorne Avenue and stole two safes, a cash register and thousand of dollars worth of merchandise. The commercial burglary happened at around 4:40 a.m. Wednesday when the thieves arrived in a dark-colored Kia Telluride and used a pry bar to open the locked front door. Dressed all jn black and with hoods pulled over their heads, they went to work removing the safes and register to the SUV, along with cart

By Joe Johnson A pair of would-be burglars tried breaking into an Athens convenience store through its wall but were thwarted by an immovable object. The incident happened on October 21st at Quick Pantry on Newton Bridge Road where the suspects used a sledgehammer to first destroy a surveillance camera and then smash through two layers of brick only to be stopped by a steel cooler. Policemen said they were able to get images of the suspects from footage recorded before the ca

Daniel Jay Cochran By Joe Johnson A 55-year-old Winterville man was arrested early the morning of July 3rd for breaking into a home on...

Cody McGowan Hall By Joe Johnson Cody Hall, a 32-year old paroled felon was arrested early the morning of June 13th outside of his...

Brittani Ann Clark By Joe Johnson A homeless woman was arrested on a first-degree burglary charge after she entered a University of...