CLASSIC CITY NEWS

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...

Released today by the Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office:’ On Monday, August 18, 2025, Samuel “Ray” Ham entered a plea of...

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

William Robert Barnett Released today by the United States Department of Justice: Defendant Gave Instructions for the Sexual Abuse of a...

By Joe Johnson A Clarke County grand jury has indicted an Athens teenager who allegedly sexually assaulted a young girl. Devin Lawrence,...

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...

Sirius Xavier Michaels By Joe Johnson A Clarke County grand jury has indicted a former teacher who allegedly sexually assaulted a student while he was employed at Cedar Shoals High School. Sirius Michaels, 34, was charged with improper sexual contact by a teacher, sexual battery, simple battery, two counts of stalking, and making false statements, according to the indictment filed June 17th in Superior Court. Police initiated an investigation in January 2024 after Michaels wa

By Joe Johnson A 16-year-old Athens boy has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and other charges related to a knife attack last year on a...