CLASSIC CITY NEWS

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...