CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Joe Johnson Nicholas James Barker, 33, of Jefferson, has been criminally charged for the alleged misuse of the county’s Flock surveillance camera system to spy on his ex-wife. According to the Athens-Clarke County Police Department he improperly used the Flock automated license plate reader system to search for his ex-wife’s vehicle’s tag numerous times over the course of several months last year. Baker was fired in August from his position as senior civilian crime analyst

The following release from the Gwinnett County Police Department is about officers being fired and criminally charged for various reasons including Flock misuse Lawrenceville, Ga, Sept. 4, 2026) – The Gwinnett County Police Department has charged three officers and terminated their employment as part of an ongoing investigation into the misuse of the Flock license plate reader system. Renee Downer was arrested and charged in May with Simple Battery and Stalking. Derric Holmes

Nick Barker By Joe Johnson The civilian employee who oversaw crime analysis for the Athens-Clarke County Police Department and also the agency’s Real Time Crime Center has been fired for misusing the county’s system of automated license plate readers. The termination of the civilian supervisor was announced today by ACCPD in the following release: On August 27, 2026, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department received a complaint from the ex-wife of an ACCPD employee alleging

Released by the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office CLARKESVILLE, Ga. – July 31, 2026 – The Habersham County Sheriff's Office announced today the termination and arrest of a deputy following an internal audit of access to license plate data. An internal audit revealed that former Deputy Christian Brewer accessed the Flock camera system and utilized retained license plate data for personal, non-law enforcement purposes. The investigation revealed that this was an isolated incid

Released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Conyers, GA (July 23, 2026) - The GBI has arrested and charged Paige Forte, age 30, of Conyers, GA, with Misuse of a License Plate Reader System, following an investigation into the misuse of her access to the Flock Safety System. Forte is a dispatcher supervisor at the Conyers Police Department. On July 21, 2026, the Conyers Police Department requested the GBI to investigate following an internal audit of the Flock license plat

William Gipson, Wendi Gipson, and Chasen Gipson. The following was released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation An investigator with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department was terminated after being arrested alongside two others in connection with a child abuse investigation in Franklin County. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested and charged 18-year-old Chasen Gipson, 54-year-old Wendi Gipson, and 52-year-old William Gipson on May 18. Chasen Gipson was charged

The following was released today by the Gwinnett County Police Department (Lawrenceville, Ga., Jan. 9, 2026) – Gwinnett County Police Special Victim Unit detectives arrested a Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Deputy during an investigation involving a minor. On January 5, SVU detectives received a report where a parent had found elicit messages from an adult to her teenage daughter under 16 years of age. During the investigation, Rylee Willis (21, Stone Mountain) was identified as

Isaac Antonio Irzarry By Joe Johnson An employee at the county jail in Athens was one of five people who were recently arrested in a...

Gov. Brian Kemp has signed an executive order to investigate alleged misconduct by a sheriff of Towns County, The order signed on Friday...

By Joe Johnson John Choe had just arrived from his home in New York when he pulled into the Murphy Express gas station on Lexington Road...

By Joe Johnson Authorities are reviewing the case of a former Athens police officer who was arrested earlier this year for sexually...

Kristin Matthew Ward By Joe Johnson Convicted of child molestation in 2018, a former Athens-Clarke County police officer is now gearing...

By Joe Johnson A former employee at the Georgia Public Training Center was recently indicted on charges that include child molestation...

The following was released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation: Jefferson, Jackson County, GA (February 20, 2025) – The GBI has...

The following was released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation: Jefferson, Jackson County, GA (February 20, 2025) – The GBI has...