CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Joe Johnson The United States Department of Justice will be prosecuting a former Athens police officer who allegedly molested female juvenile relatives. Amber Nicole Ferguson may have broken federal laws by sending videos of the molestation to someone in another country, according to Brad Smith the district attorney in Jackson County, where Ferguson allegedly committed the crimes. Ferguson was a patrol officer for the Athens-Clarke County Police Department in January when

The United States Department of Justice has released the following ATHENS, Ga. – A Georgia man who admitted to sexually exploiting a child by sending explicit instructions for the abuse of a young girl over social media was sentenced to serve more than 21 years in prison for his crime. William Barnett, II, 33, of Athens, was sentenced to serve 262 months in prison to be followed by ten years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Tilman E. “Tripp” Self, III, on Nov. 10,

By Joe Johnson A University of Georgia law professor is being investigated for allegedly not disclosing his HIV-positive status before having sex with an Athens man. According to police, the 23-year-old man reported that he met the professor through the Grindr social networking app in November 2024 and they had sex at the professor’s home. Police said the professor is being investigated under the state law that makes it a felony “for a person living with HIV to knowingly en

By Joe Johnson A University of Georgia law professor is being investigated for allegedly not disclosing his HIV-positive status before having sex with an Athens man. According to police, the 23-year-old man reported that he met the professor through the Grindr social networking app in November 2024 and they had sex at the professor’s home. Police said the professor is being investigated under the state law that makes it a felony “for a person living with HIV to knowingly en

T he The Director of the Jackson County Emergency Management Agency and his wife have been arrested on cruelty to children charges, more than a month after their son was convicted and sentenced for a list of rape and child molestation charges. The crimes were against three different girls of varying ages, all of whom were under the age of 18 at the time of the crimes, between May 2020 and December 2021. Bryson Bullock was 16 to 17 years old at the time of the crimes. followin

By Joe Johnson Osvaldo Zacaria Torres, 22, of Hull was arrested early in the morning of November 1st after he allegedly raped a 24-year-old woman in the Gatewood neighborhood of northwestern Athens-Clarke County. The person who called police said he was wakened by the victim yelling and responding officers had a difficult time waking up Torres, who was intoxicated, He reportedly told police that he had been with the victim downtown and after taking an Uber to her home she was

Photo by the Georgia Department of Corrections By Joe Johnson A former police officer with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department has apparently ended his campaign for a seat on the county commission. Only a day after Classic City News published a story about his candidacy the campaign website for 37-year-old Kristin Matthew Ward went dark. The Flagpole has reported that Ward issued a statement confirming that he had dropped out of the race to represent District 5 on th

By Joe Johnson A 37-year-old woman reported last week that she had been raped in an encampment off Old Hull Road. The assault happened inside a tent, she told police, where she “felt paralyzed and could not say no” to the suspect. The victim said that the suspect was smoking methamphetamine that he blew into her face, but she didn’t do any drugs. The woman’s allegations were referred to Criminal Investigations Division detectives.

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...

By Joe Johnson A man from Barrow County has alleged that he was being extorted by a man who lives at the Athens Gardens apartment...

By Joe Johnson A 27-year-old Athens man recently reported to police that he was sexually assaulted while trying to fish in a local...

By Joe Johnson Athens police on Sunday received a report from someone who saw a man bicycling on the Firefly Trail who kept stopping to...

By Joe Johnson County police are investigating a University of Georgia student’s allegation that she was sexually assaulted by an Uber...

By Joe Johnson Kyle Joseph Anderson, 34, of White Plains, PA, was arrested Sunday afternoon after he sexually assaulted an employee in...

By Joe Johnson A homeless man who was caught with his pants down while spying on a man and woman in their bedroom was indicted this week...

By Joe Johnson A 25-year-old Snellville woman was sexually assaulted Sunday morning while working at the Cloud 9 Smoke & Vape Shop in...

By Joe Johnson Police are investigating a report by a 22-year-old Athens woman that she was raped in her apartment late Friday night. The...

By Joe Johnson A homeless man who was caught with his pants down while spying on a man and woman in their bedroom was indicted this week...

The DQ on Oak Street By Joe Johnson A 33-year-old woman reported last week that she was raped at two locations on Oak Street. She told...

stock photo By Joe Johnson The Athens-Clarke County Police Department recently used a helicopter and K-9 unit to search for a peeping...