CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Joe Johnson An employee at the county tag office on Lexington Road was arrested this week following an investigation of suspected fraud. The investigation was launched on August 7th when the county tax Commissioner JP Lemay advised the Athens-Clarke County Police Department that 54-year-old Lilia Banderas-Lozano had committed theft by falsifying a vehicle title transfer document. A county audit of the transaction was given to detectives for investigation, and the employee

By Joe Johnson Eddrick O’Neal Battle, 49, of Magnolia Terrace, was arrested early in the morning of July 20th after he allegedly stole a scooter belonging to a University of Georgia student. The 18-year-old victim reported that his Segway electric scooter had been stolen from a North Chase Street location at around 1 a.m. and that he pinged its GPS tracker at an address on Magnolia Terrace, where police found it on the side of the house where Battle was staying. He claimed t

By Joe Johnson Athens police last week needed to use its WRAP restraint system on a woman who they arrested for stealing from a downtown business, The incident happened on the night of May 20th at Magic Wines on West Broad Street where 36-year-old Tieleah Niechole Browner argued with the clerk and left without paying for a bottle of Gatorade. The clerk didn’t call police until Browner returned to the store a few hours later. She refused to identify herself to police officers,

Released today by the Gwinnett County Police Department (Lawrenceville, Ga., May 7, 2026) – Gwinnett County Police detectives make an arrest after thousands of dollars in Pokemon cards were stolen during a burglary. While investigating the burglary detectives had identified a possible suspect in the case, Oscar Reyes Montero Stewart (33, Acworth). Stewart had attempted to sell the stolen Pokemon cards to another store. During that transaction Stewart was arrested on an out

By Joe Johnson Karla Attaway Allison, 44, of Boulevard, was arrested on the afternoon of April 26th when she was found to have drugs by police investigating a shoplifting complaint, Officers were responding to Half-Moon Outfitters on Prince Avenue on a report that Allison had stolen merchandise from the store. When the officers detained Allison on the sidewalk outside the store, they searched a her bag and found she had and a pair of sandals valued at $55, along with some met

By Joe Johnson A University of Georgia student reported to police that he recently paid an extortionist $300 to keep sexually explicit photos of him from being sent to his family members. The 22-year-old victim told police that he had met “Kevin” through the Grindr dating app and they subsequently exchanged explicit photos themselves. The extortionist initially demanded that money be sent with a bitcoin link that he provided but the student went to Walmart and bought a $300 A

By Joe Johnson Athens police are investigating a report that as much as $30,000 may have been stolen from a 74-year-old Jennings Mill Parkway woman by a bitcoin scam. Police were alerted to the theft by a representative of Adult Protective Services who reported that the woman had recently tried to deposit into her bank account a fraudulent $50,000 check that apparently had been issued by the scammers. She “felt like she was legitimately purchasing bitcoin through an app,” a

By Joe Johnson Athens police are investigating the theft of property valued at several hundred dollars from the Athentic Brewing Company on Park Avenue. According to police, the thief struck on the night of March 16th when he stole a half dozen full propane tanks and an orange outdoor fan from a storage pavilion. Surveillance footage reportedly shows an older man dressed in black walking around the business and pulling on its doors. He then parked his white Hyundai SUV at th

By Joe Johnson Brittani Ann Clark was arrested on the night of March 3rd after she stole food from an apartment on West Hancock Avenue shared by University of Georgia students. The 34-year-old homeless woman told police that she had permission to take the food from what she believed was a kitchen owned by the church across the street. A 21-year-old UGA student had called 911 to report a burglary in progress because noises were coming from the kitchen when her roommates were

By Joe Johnson A former FedEx employee who was arrested last year for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars of items from a company distribution center in Athens now faces charges for the armed robbery of a convenience store in Oglethorpe County. Kendrick Tyree Walter, 32, of Lexington, was arrested on February 5th for a holdup that occurred two months earlier at Peach Express in Crawford. At the time, he was free on bond from his arrest last summer in Athens when

By Joe Johnson An Athens grand jury has charged an elderly Athens woman’s caregiver with stealing from and neglecting her. DeLorean Elise Strickland, 38, of Hull, was charged with exploitation and neglect of a victim over 65 years old and trafficking methamphetamine, according to the indictment filed Tuesday in Superior Court. The indictment stems from Strickland’s arrest in October for allegedly allowing the elderly woman to harm herself by not providing adequate supervision

By Joe Johnson An Athens store clerk was recently assaulted by a customer in a confrontation over a disposable vape pen. The incident...

By Joe Johnson Athens-Clarke County police are investigating an attempted theft of nearly $50,000 from the Food Bank of Northeast...

Daniel Jay Cochran By Joe Johnson A 55-year-old Winterville man was arrested early the morning of July 3rd for breaking into a home on...

Dr. Subodh Agrawal Health Wealth Safe, Inc., and Dr. Subodh Agrawal have paid $1.29 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly...

Vantrec Arnell Ballard By Joe Johnson V antrec Ballard, a 30-year-old convicted gang member, was arrested the evening of June 5th after...

By Joe Johnson An employee of Walgreens on Hawthorne Avenue was bitten during a recent confrontation with a shoplifter. According to...

La-Kwaan Denard Reevey By Joe Johnson A homeless man who was recently arrested after he was seen going through mailboxes in an east...

By Joe Johnson A married couple from Forsyth County has been indicted in connection with the burglary of an AT&T building in Athens ....

By Joe Johnson A thief with a lengthy criminal record has been accused of stealing merchandise valued at over $20,000. Speedy Gonzalez,...