CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Joe Johnson When The View at NoDa apartment complex opened north of downtown in May it took the place of a crime-ridden complex known as Bethel Midtown Village. The main reason for the high crime was because of gang activity in the complex that the Bloods street gang claimed as their territory. When 22-year-old Antino Jewell was killed at the new apartment complex on November 6th police said that he was fatally shot during a gang-related armed robbery. On Thursday the poli

Antonio “A.J.” Jewell The following was released today by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department: ACCPD has arrested three individuals in connection to Antonio Jewell’s death on November 6, 2025. Samtavious Clark (23, Athens), Jeremiah Gresham (18, Athens), and Dion Nesbitt (18, Athens) were charged with Murder/Malice Murder, Armed Robbery, Possession of a Firearm During Commission of/Attempt to Commit Certain Felonies, and Criminal Street Gang charges. Upon investigation

By Joe Johnson Before it was raided by police last month, Sips Market Deli and Vape on Baxter Street allegedly operated as an illegal casino and smoke shop that sold marijuana under the table. The street gang known as Sex, Money, Murder reportedly held sway over the business that was located across the street from Rocksprings Homes apartments and down the block from the westside police precinct. When it opened last year, the store was hailed by the University of Georgia’s stu

Darryl Henry Howard By Joe Johnson Daryl Howard, 35, was arrested on warrants early the morning of March 20, at an apartment complex on...

Almost 50 people are in custody facing drug and weapons charges after a nine-month investigation by the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office....