CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Joe Johnson Preston T. Beam, 59, of Cavalier Court, was arrested on December 22nd after a skirmish with a band’s roadie at the 40 Watt club. The victim was a 52-year-old Athens man who worked for a band that performed at the music venue on West Washington Street on December 19th. According to police, the roadie was loading band equipment into a vehicle when Beam charged and pushed him up against a doorway, then smacked a phone from his hand when he tried to record the inci

((I By Joe Johnson An Athena man was recently arrested for assaulting his nephew with a machete during an altercation in their home on Spring Valley Road. The incident happened early in the morning of December 12th when 66-year-old Lorenzo Dillard yelled for his nephew to come out of his bedroom and into the living room where he was waiting with a machete, The men reportedly argued over rent money and the nephew was cut on his leg while trying to disarm Dillard. When police

By Joe Johnson A 46-year-.old man has pleaded not guilty to charges he tried to kill his girlfriend last summer by setting her on fire. Anthony Teres Jones entered the pleas during his arraignment last month in Superior Court on charges of criminal attempt to commit murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated battery. The charges stem from the incident on August 25th when authorities said he set 49-year-old Getrude Willis on fire at their home on Scandia Circle. The victim who

By Joe Johnson Stanley Lajarvis Clemons, 42, of Statham, has been charged for a domestic violence incident in which he allegedly kicked the victim in the face and stepped on her neck to hinder her breathing. The incident happened in July 2024 when they lived together on Garnett Ridge Drive, according to an indictment filed Tuesday in Superior Court. Grand jurors charged Clemons aggravated assault and family violence battery. He remains free on a $2,500 bond while awaiting h

By Joe Johnson An Athens-Clarke County grand jury this week indicted 42-year- old Joseph Daniel Harper for beating and holding prisoner his girlfriend. He was charged with aggravated assault, aggravated stalking, false imprisonment, possession of a knife in the commission of a felony, family violence battery, and terroristic threats, according to the indictment filed Tuesday in Superior Court, The charges stem from an incident at the victim’s apartment in October when Harper

By Joe Johnson The elderly man who tried to murder an Athens dentist office employee has been released from the hospital after an apparent failed suicide attempt, Carl Eugene Clark had been hospitalized since Monday, in the aftermath of him trying to kill 47-year-old Sheila Mobley at McRae Family Dental on Baxter Street. Mobley remains hospitalized from injuries she suffered when the 74-year-old Clark shot her multiple times including once in the face. Police have not disclos

By Joe Johnson An Athens woman has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting her boyfriend last year. In exchange for her plea, 27-year-old Heather Nicole McCall on Monday received a sentence of four years in prison and six on probation. She also pleaded guilty to misdemeanor reckless conduct. McCall was arrested in June 2024 after she shot and killed 31-year-old Jeremy Howard on Nowhere Road. According the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, McCall

By Joe Johnson The victim of this week’s dentist office shooting in Athens was shot multiple times including once in her face, according to a police report that was released today. The report contains the following details: An employee of McRae Family Dental called 911 at 6:36 a.m. to report that she heard four gunshots and her coworker Sheila Mobley yelling. When police entered the Baxter Street office they found the 47-year-old employee sitting on the floor with her back ag

By Joe Johnson Fabian Eugene Ellison, 37, of Fairview Street was arrested on November 28th after he beat and strangled his girlfriend, The 27-year-old victim told police that when Ellison came home that night he began accusing her of cheating on him with the maintenance people and kept on with that until she informed him she wanted out of their relationship. He reportedly responded by punching the woman in her face and then strangled her to the point of losing consciousness.

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