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Open Box Freight owner faces multiple narcotics charges
STAFF REPORTS ::: Matthew Brian Lane, age 36, of 2784 Beeks Road, Williamson, the owner of Open Box Freight located at 1420 Meriwether St., has been arrested by the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office on...
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Sale of hospital will reduce tax digest
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Griffin-Spalding County Hospital Authority has entered into a memorandum of understanding that will result in Spalding Regional Hospital being purchased by WellStar, a...
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GPD executes series of search warrants associated with Reece’s Open Freight...
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Griffin Police Department on Wednesday executed a series of search warrants in connection to an alleged property theft case involving Reece’s Open Freight Crate located 330 E....
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Elderly man critically injured when struck by vehicle in parking lot
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A 78-year-old man was critically injured Thursday when he was struck by a vehicle in the parking lot behind Ryan’s Steak House. According to Griffin Fire-Rescue Chief Tommy Jones,...
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SCSO narcotics operation raises questions: Part III
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The GRIP received information from a confidential source alleging the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit in 2012 conducted an illegal operation involving...
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SCSO denies requesting GBI leak investigation
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Following the Dec. 7 publication of an article citing the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office’s request for a GBI investigation regarding a confidential source that provided...
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Teen arrested for alleged threat to take over school, shoot students
STAFF REPORTS ::: A Griffin teenager has been arrested in connection to alleged threats made on the Internet involving taking over Spalding High School and shooting students. According to Spalding...
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Details of student’s alleged threats against school, students emerge
Publisher’s note – At this time, The GRIP will not disclose the identity of minors involved in this incident. SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Additional information is available in the arrest of 17-year-old...
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GBI: GPD officer’s service weapon used in alleged suicide attempt
Publisher note: It is The GRIP’s policy to not routinely report on suicides or attempted suicides. However, this incident involves a family member of a local law enforcement officer and is under...
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Kilogram of heroin, loaded weapon seized in Spalding County
STAFF REPORT ::: According to Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, an April 28 traffic stop resulted in the seizure of a kilogram of heroin and a loaded handgun. Beam said Eliseo Cervantes, of 32 Old...
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SCSO investigation determines excessive force was used in jail
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A Spalding County Jail use of force incident that was reviewed by a variety of supervisors and investigators with disparate findings ultimately resulted in disciplinary action...
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Missing child located Friday morning
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Local authorities are reporting that a missing Griffin child has been located. The young boy, who had been missing since Thursday evening, was located Friday morning. According to...
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EEOC: Sheriff Beam was aware of sexually hostile work environment, failed to...
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has completed its investigation into complaints filed by five female employees of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office and...
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SCSO investigator: Use of force in jail was excessive, Part II
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Publisher’s note – This is the second in a series of four articles about a use of force incident in the Spalding County Jail, its Internal Affairs investigation, the outcome and...
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Two days remain to vote early
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Only two days remain in early voting for the May 24 General Primary. According to Spalding County Election Supervisor Terry Colling, voters will have had 11 days prior to May 24...
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Griffin Fire-Rescue works to reduce fire-related deaths
STAFF REPORT ::: As a part of the Red Cross Home Fire Preparedness Campaign, Griffin Fire-Rescue and the Georgia Fire Educators Association installed over 200 new smoke detectors and replaced over 50...
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Large Griffin crowd at scene of Jackson drive-by where GHS student was shot...
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Butts County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation of a late Friday night drive-by shooting that took the life of a Griffin teenager and left three others wounded....
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Two arrested in Jackson non-gang related shooting incident
STAFF REPORT ::: Two individuals have been arrested in connection to a Friday night shooting in Jackson that took the life of Cederrius Hastings, a 16-year-old Griffin High football player, and left...
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Griffin Police Department creates Internet purchase exchange zone
STAFF REPORT ::: The age of technology has certainly made life more convenient, but also more dangerous. Prompted by requests from the public, the Griffin Police Department (GPD) has been looking for...
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GPD enacts distracted driving initiative
STAFF REPORT ::: What is distracted driving? Distracted driving is any activity that could divert a person’s attention away from the primary task of driving. All distractions endanger driver, passenger...
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