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Injured armed robbery victim collapses outside Athens Waffle House
By Joe Johnson An employee at the Barnett Shoals Road Waffle House called 911 at 5:20 a.m. Sunday and reported that a homeless man had...

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Jul 141 min read
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Stranger jumps into pickup truck, man drives until police find him
Joshua Adam Singletary By Joe Johnson An Athens man was pulling into his home on McNutts Creek Drive the evening of June 20th when...

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Jul 31 min read
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Mental health exam ordered for man accused of attempted murder of social worker
Cedric Courtes Smith By Joe Johnson A homeless man who is charged with the attempted murder of a social worker for the homeless has been...

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Jun 281 min read
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Another homeless person found dead along Hawthorne Avenue corridor
Bell’s supermarket on Hawthorne Avenue By Joe Johnson For the second time in a month a homeless person has been found dead outside of a...

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Jun 221 min read
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Homeless woman burglarizes UGA student’s apartment, steals food
Brittani Ann Clark By Joe Johnson A homeless woman was arrested on a first-degree burglary charge after she entered a University of...

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Jun 201 min read
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Homeless man exposes self inside Little Italy
Cody Jonathan Saurer By Joe Johnson A homeless man was arrested in downtown Athens the afternoon of June 2nd after he exposed himself...

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Jun 141 min read
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Woman living in storage unit arrested on warrant from out of county
Sue Ann Griffin By Joe Johnson A homeless woman who was living in storage unit on North Chase Street was arrested last week when police...

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Jun 141 min read
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Homeless couple arrested for park arson
By Joe Johnson A homeless man and woman have been arrested arrested for causing over $30,000 in damages at Southeast Clarke Park, Most of...

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Jun 101 min read
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Homeless man charged with stealing from people’s mailboxes
La-Kwaan Denard Reevey By Joe Johnson A homeless man who was recently arrested after he was seen going through mailboxes in an east...

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Jun 91 min read
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Athens cop couldn’t believe his eyes as woman walked in traffic
Latasha Jean Baker By Joe Johnson Sergeant Hilton Cooper was parked at the FedEx Store on West Broad Street the night of May 21st when he...

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Jun 81 min read
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Drunk homeless man arrested after creating scene at Athens bus depot
By Joe Johnson A homeless man was arrested last week at the county bus depot where he was screaming and cursing at people, according to...

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Jun 51 min read
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Homeless man indicted for attempted murder of Athens social worker
Cedric Cortes Smith By Joe Johnson A grand jury this week indicted a homeless man for the attempted murder last summer of a social worker...

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May 172 min read
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Felon arrested when found passed out in park restroom
Theodore Javis Sims By Joe Johnson A felon on probation was recently arrested at Memorial Park by police who found him passed out in a...

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May 11 min read
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Homeless man arrested for loitering in student apartments
Jonathan Earl Davis By Joe Johnson Police arrested a homeless man who for several hours had been in a restroom at the Ranbler Athens...

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Apr 251 min read
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Dumpster diver arrested on drug charges
Marice Tyrone Lee By Joe Johnson A man was arrested following a complaint that he was dumpster diving. Someone reported at 7:36 p.m. on...

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Mar 311 min read
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Dead body found outside UGA fraternity house
By Joe Johnson Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was discovered last weekend outside of a University of Georgia...

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Mar 121 min read
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Man who nearly killed homeless facility supervisor granted $250,000 bail
Cedric Courtes Smith By Joe Johnson A judge has granted bail to a man who was arrested last summer for a near fatal machete attack on an...

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Mar 21 min read
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Police identify woman found dead in Athens park
By Joe Johnson The woman whose body was found Feb. 15 in the North Oconee River Park was identified today as 42-year-old Claudia Parks of...

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Feb 271 min read
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Woman strangled and assaulted with hot coals in Athens homeless camp
Kirby Lynn Kesler By Joe Johnson A homeless man was recently arrested for allegedly strangling a woman and threatening to burn down a...

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Jan 291 min read
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Police officer makes traffic stop on transit bus to arrest shoplifter
By Joe Johnson A police officer last week made a traffic stop on an Athens transit bus to arrest a shoplifter. It happened the afternoon...

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Jan 131 min read
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