CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Joe Johnson A 35-year-old Athens man has been indicted for allegedly raping his wife during a domestic violence incident earlier this year. In addition to rape, Gregory McKinley Mulligan was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, family violence battery, and possession of a controlled substance, according to the indictment filed last month in Superior Court. Police said that the incident happened on March 10th at the couple’s home on Marlin Street, where officers r

By Joe Johnson Christopher Alexander Breault, 23, has been indicted for an alleged sexual assault at his home on Pulaski Street earlier this year. He was charged with rape, aggravated sexual battery, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to the indictment filed in Superior Court on Tuesday. The incident allegedly happened at Breault’s residence on April 17th and he was arrested the following day. At that time he was in possession of a semiautomatic pisto

By Joe Johnson Jason Gutierrez Martinez, 20. of Woody Lane, was arrested on July 1st on multiple counts of sexual exploitation of children. He was booked into the county jail on 10 felony counts that stem from an investigation that was launched last month when Athens police received information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding the possible online possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. That led to a search of Martinez’s

By Joe Johnson Jeffrey Joseph Pourciau, 59, of Lafayette, LA, was arrested on the afternoon of June 29th in an Athens clothing store where he reportedly exposed himself to several employees, One of the employees, a 21-year-old Athens resident, told police that she was helping Pourciau look for a shirt in Buckle at Beechwood Promenade when she “observed the zipper of the shorts he was wearing open and could see his penis and testicles in view.” A second employee gave a similar

By Joe Johnson A 23-year-old college student reported that someone apparently took photos of her while she was taking a shower in her home on the night of June 24th. The incident happened at Riverbend Club Apartments shortly after 11 p.m. when the University of North Georgia student stepped out of the shower and saw someone holding a cellphone to the outside of the bathroom window, just below the blinds. She ran into her roommate’s room and told her what happened, at which ti

By Joe Johnson The Athens-Clarke County Police Department is investigating two rapes that women reported to them over the past week. The first was reported on June 2nd by a 36-year-old woman who said she was raped in her West Broad Street boarding house. Police said they learned about the second rape on June 7th when officers responded to a person-down call at the victim’s home. Upon arrival they found the victim crying hysterically and with her clothes disheveled. She would

Released today by the Gwinnett County Police Department (Norcross, Ga., May 20, 2026) – Gwinnett County Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Bernardo Antonio Romero-Linarte, who is wanted on multiple felony warrants related to crimes against a child. The warrants obtained for Romero-Linarte include kidnapping, false imprisonment, aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, sexual battery, and child molestation. Romero-Linarte’s current whereabouts ar

By Joe Johnson Athens police this month arrested two men who exposed themselves to women and masturbated in front of them. The first incident happened on the morning of May 3rd at a mental health clinic on Mitchell Bridge Road where 36-year-old Kierre Shamar Ramsey masturbated in front of a woman at the reception deck. After the police were called to the scene it was learned that he had done the same thing to a nurse there and also made sexual comments to her. Ramsey was arre

Released by the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office: Yesterday, Barrow County Sheriff’s Office along with Statham Police Department and other personnel from multiple agencies worked together to locate and apprehend rape suspect Brandon Wells. Assisting agencies included Georgia State Patrol Aviation, the BCSO Drone Task Force, and K9 teams from the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office, Auburn Police Department, Lawrenceville Police Department, and Walton County Sheriff’s Office. Through

By Joe Johnson A 17-year old girl last week was traumatized by the sight of a man masturbating in Ben Burton Park. The teen told police that she was sitting on the riverbank journaling on the morning of April 30th when she saw an older white male with a handlebar mustache masturbating on a nearby trail. Witnesses reported that the girl had been “crying and acting hysterically” while telling what she had seen. The man had reportedly briefly blocked the girl’s path on the trail

By Joe Johnson A worker with a carnival that comes to town every year was recently exposed as an apparent child predator by an Athens area vigilante group. The 40-year-old suspect was working for the Spring Fling Fair carnival at Georgia Square Mall earlier this month when he engaged in sexually explicit online activity with someone who he thought was a 14-year-old boy. The boy was actually a member of the Street Sweeperz Unit who confronted the suspect and videoed him as he

By Joe Johnson Timothy Lee Randles, 39, of Almond Drive, has been arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material. The Investigation began in November with a cyber tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Randles had uploaded images of children being sexually abused to the Kik messaging app. The tip had initially been assigned to the FBI and further investigation was conducted by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department’s Special Victims Unit.

By Joe Johnson A man who was accused of raping a University of Georgia freshman in her dorm room has been sentenced to 10 years of probation. The probationary period for 20-year-old Theodore Bennett Angell will begin when he completes a brief period of confinement. On Wednesday a Superior Court judge sentenced him in accordance with a plea agreement reached last month between Angell and the District Attorney’s Office. The plea deal was made with the approval of the victim, a

James “Jimmy” Bryant is owner of the Rock Nobster record store on Main Street in Watkinsville From The Augusta Press Date: March 20, 2026 BY GREG RICKABAUGH Authorities in Richmond County have arrested a 58-year-old man accused of paying a teenage girl for sex at a local hotel, in a case that highlights ongoing concerns about child exploitation and sex trafficking in the region. James Raleigh Bryant, of Athens, was taken into custody Thursday and charged with trafficking of p

From The Augusta Press Date: March 20, 2026 BY GREG RICKABAUGH Authorities in Richmond County have arrested a 58-year-old man accused of paying a teenage girl for sex at a local hotel, in a case that highlights ongoing concerns about child exploitation and sex trafficking in the region. James Raleigh Bryant, of Athens, was taken into custody Thursday and charged with trafficking of persons for sexual servitude, aggravated child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purpo

By Joe Johnson A 35-year-old man has been arrested on charges that he raped his wife while assaulting her during a domestic violence incident at their home on Marlin Street. In addition to rape, Gregory McKinley Mulligan is facing charges that include false imprisonment, aggravated assault, family violence battery, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to police, officers responded to Mulligan’s home on March 10th to investigate reports from neighbors ab

Mulligan By Joe Johnson A 35-year-old man has been arrested on charges that he raped his wife while assaulting her during a domestic violence incident at their home on Marlin Street. In addition to rape, Gregory McKinley Mulligan is facing charges that include false imprisonment, aggravated assault, family violence battery, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to police, officers responded to Mulligan’s home on March 10th to investigate reports from nei

By Joe Johnson A 41-year-old Athens man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to multiple counts of sexual exploitation of children. Jason Carleton Coates had been arrested in September 2021 following a probe by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit. A search of electronic devices at his Peabody Street residence found disturbing images that included boys and girls being tortured and having sex with animals. Coates was subsequentl

Smith By Joe Johnson A man wanted on a rape charge in Jackson County was arrested in Athens Tuesday night after authorities tracked him down at The Rail on Mitchell Bridge Road. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office notified police in Athens that a phone belonging to 49-year-old Jamie Barron Smith had been pinged at the popular pool hall and bar. Officers subsequently located Smith there and arrested him, then took him to a parking lot off Jefferson Road where they transferre

The Athens-Clarke County Police Department has released the following: On February 28, 2026, at approximately 1:38 AM, ACCPD officers responded to a report of a rape that occurred in the area of 400 North Thomas Street. The investigation determined that 19-year-old Tydarius Wingfield, of Athens, GA, approached the female victim, who is a UGA student and unknown to Wingfield, and requested to walk her home. During the interaction, Wingfield forced the female behind a building