CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Joe Johnson A 74-year-old man who is recovering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound has been charged with attempted murder for shooting his wife in an Athens dentist office. Carl Clark shot Sheila Mobley multiple times Monday morning at McRae Family Dental on Baxter Street and then fled town in his SUV. When authorities stopped the vehicle in Butts County, Clark shot himself in an apparent attempt to commit suicide. His injuries were not life threatening and police expect

By Joe Johnson A woman was shot by her husband Monday morning and he later attempted suicide by shooting himself. Sheila Mobley was at McRae Family Dental on Baxter Street when she was shot multiple times by 74-year-old Carl Clark, who fled the scene in a vehicle. Mobley, 47, was transported to the hospital but her condition has not been reported by authorities. When law enforcement in Butts County conducted a a traffic stop on Ckark’s vehicle the elderly suspect shot himself

By Joe Johnson A 75-year-old man was arrested early Sunday morning at the Bulldog Inn on Commerce Road where police say he assaulted his 56-year old-,old wife and two motel employees, The incident was reported at 3;34 a.m. by one of the employees who called 911 to report having been stabbed. He and another employee had gone to the room occupied by Lester Bernard Ramey to tell hm that his wife wanted him gone. He also wanted Ramey to leave because he had busted a window in hi

By Joe Johnson Brodia Demonta Williams was arrested on the afternoon of October 29th after polic say she stabbed her partner in their apartment on The Preserve Drive. The 32-year-old victim reported from her SUV on West Broad Street that she has been stabbed by someone at a car wash. Responding officers found her holding a towel on a bleeding puncture wound on her thigh. She was transported to the hospital by ambulance and later released, Details the victim gave about the st

By Joe Johnson Deadria Shanta Story, 29, of Towne View Place, was arrested Wednesday night for assaulting her girlfriend during a dispute over rent money. According to police, she hit the 21-year-old victim in the head with a bottle of Patron tequila, placed a power drill against the side of her head and activated it, and pushed her down onto the bed and struck her. Story also used the other woman’s phone to send herself $100 via Cash App without permission and cracked the p

By Joe Johnson Joseph Daniel Harper, 42, was arrested on the afternoon of October 20th after he beat his girlfriend and wouldn’t let her leave the apartment. The 50-year-old victim told police that Harper punched her, struck her head with a pipe and threatened to stab her with a knife. Her face was bruised and she had a black eye, but declined medical attention. The incident happened at the Clarke Gardens complex while Harper was in violation of a court protective order from

By Joe Johnson A man was recently arrested for setting fire to the backseat of his girlfriend’s car as she was driving on an Athens highway. The woman was driving on Hull Road on the morning of October 11th when 36-year-old Brad W. Nunley set the fire and she was extinguished it by beating the flames with her shoe, according to police. When she pulled into a convenience store on Danielsville Road Nunley grabbed the car keys and began to leave, When the woman tried keeping h

By Joe Johnson Wendy Elizabeth Gaina, 28, of Watkinsville, was arrested early Saturday morning after she fired a gun while arguing with a man on West Clayton Street. Police said that she may have thought that the gun wasn’t loaded while handling the weapon. No one was injured and police were unable to find anywhere that was struck by a bullet. Gaina appeared to be intoxicated while speaking to police, and neither she nor the man would talk about the incident without speaking

By Joe Johnson Keinon Amari Hampton, 44, of Quailwood Drive, was indicted this week in connection with his arrest in July for allegedly assaulting his 11-year-old daughter in front of his three other children. He was charged with aggravated assault, first-degree cruelty to children, and three counts of third-degree cruelty to children, according to the indictment filed Tuesday in Superior Court. The indictment states that Hampton grabbed his daughter by the throat and pinned

By Joe Johnson Sylvester Antonio Terrell, 36, of Murrell Road, was indicted this week for a pair of domestic violence incidents that happened earlier this month. He is charged with aggravated assault, aggravated stalking, battery and making terroristic threats, according to the indictment filed Tuesday in Superior Court. According to police and court records, Terrell had placed his 35-year-old former girlfriend under surveillance in violation of bond conditions from a previou

By Joe Johnson Keyshona Denise Parrish, 31, of West Carver Drive, was arrested Monday night after she allegedly purposely drove her Jeep into her ex-boyfriend’s car. According to police, the victim reported that Parrish had followed him as he drove from Danielsville Road until she rammed her Jeep into the back of his car on Oconee Street and then drove away. “This occurred in a traffic work zone, while raining with extremely wet roads, at night and in medium traffic, creating

By Joe Johnson A 27-year-old Athens woman has been indicted for alleged cruelty to her juvenile daughter during an incident that occurred over three years ago. Schnae Kareese Dye had been arrested in August 2022 but her case wasn’t presented to a grand jury until this week. According to the indictment, Dye committed first-degree child cruelty when she caused her daughter to suffer cruel and excessive physical and mental pain “by biting her arm to the extent that the skin was

By Joe Johnson A man was recently arrested after his SUV was stopped by police for trying to use an exit ramp to enter the Athens Perimeter. The vehicle was searched after drug paraphernalia was seen in plain view and police said they found meth, crack cocaine, and an open bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey. They also learned that that 41-year-old Garris Trippe Jones III of Eatonton was in violation of bond conditions from a domestic violence arrest involving his passenger, a 44-

By Joe Johnson A Walton County man caused his girlfriend to crash while driving on the Athens Perimeter then beat her after getting out of the car. The incident happened on the evening of September 24th when Jartavious Antonio Bell from Monroe was a passenger in a car being driven by his 38-year-old girlfriend. According to police, while the couple argued, Bell began hitting the woman then grabbed and jerked the steering wheel, causing the car to crash into a wall. He then fl

By Joe Johnson Police have issued a BOLO for a 31-year-old man from Gwinnett County who beat and strangled his girlfriend in an Athens hotel. The incident occurred on the evening of September 22nd at Sleep Inn & Suites where the 29-year-old Athens woman escaped from her attacker and found a housekeeper who called 911 for her. She identified the suspect as her boyfriend, Shakir Jackson of Lawrenceville. He reportedly fled from the hotel in a blue Honda Civic displaying Georgia

By Joe Johnson Justin Alan Kraps was arrested in the morning of September 11th after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend when accusing...

By Joe Johnson Haley Michelle Risner, 32, of Hartwell was arrested on September 28th after she intentionally crashed her SUV into her...

By Joe Johnson Steve Delaney Childs, 36, of Vineyard Drive was indicted Tuesday by an Athens-Clarke County grand jury on charges...

By Joe Johnson A 66-year-old man was in the middle of cooking on the night of August 24th when his girlfriend stormed in accusing him of...

Quintavious Lewis-Pye By Joe Johnson Police have taken out warrants for a man who last month assaulted his pregnant girlfriend in the...