GPD investigating “criminal” death in Grandview Apartment complex
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Griffin Police Department is actively conducting a death investigation in the Grandview Apartment complex located on Grandview Drive. Chief Mike Yates did confirm the death...
View ArticleGPD: Two dead in Saturday murder/suicide
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Griffin Police Department is investigating what officials are describing as a murder suicide. Officers at approximately 2:05 p.m. Saturday responded to a call requesting a...
View ArticleOne person critically wounded in Friday night shooting
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: One person has been critically wounded in a shooting in Griffin. Personnel of the Griffin Police Department on Friday night responded to the shooting in Walden Pointe Apartments....
View ArticleVictim in Friday night shooting in Griffin’s Walden Pointe Apartments has died
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The victim in an overnight shooting in Walden Pointe Apartments on Carver Road in Griffin has died. Griffin Police Department Chief Mike Yates confirmed Saturday morning that his...
View ArticleAuthorities identify Friday night shooting victim
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The victim of a Friday night homicide has been identified as 26-year-old Jeffery Ryan Deluca. Officers of the Griffin Police Department Uniform Patrol Division responded at 11:18...
View ArticleSecond Friday night shooting in Spalding wounded one and caused wreck with...
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A man was seriously wounded Friday night in Spalding County when he was shot while travelling in a vehicle. A second man also sustained grievous injuries in a subsequent wreck....
View ArticleGPD: Three suspects arrested, charged in Friday night murder
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Three suspects are in custody, charged in the Friday night murder of 26-year-old Jeffery Ryan Deluca. Deluca died early Saturday after being transported by helicopter to an...
View ArticleTwo GPD officers injured, one seriously, in early Tuesday morning wreck
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Two Griffin police officers were injured, one seriously, in a wreck early Tuesday morning when the patrol car occupied by Officer Amanda Frix, a Griffin Police Department veteran,...
View ArticleTeen girl charged in Griffin Skate Inn incident; BLM protest underway at SCSO
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A protest in support of the Black Lives Matter movement is underway at the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office. Organized by community activist Ray Harps-Muhammad, the protest is in...
View ArticleGSP: Driver was distracted by cell phone when box truck struck GPD patrol car
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Griffin Police Department Officer Amanda Frix and Officer Erin McAdams continue to recover from injuries sustained when their patrol car was struck by a commercial truck....
View ArticleSCSO deputy ends Thursday night vehicle pursuit with execution of PIT maneuver
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A vehicle pursuit Thursday night involving the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office ended in Lamar County at approximately 7:20 p.m. when a deputy performed a PIT maneuver. Maj....
View ArticleSCSO: Driver in Thursday night vehicle pursuit was driving under the influence
Booking photo provided by Spalding County Sheriff’s Office SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office has identified the woman who allegedly fled from deputies Thursday night, resulting...
View ArticleThree people injured in head-on collision
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Three people were injured in a head-on collision Friday evening at the intersection of Highway 16 and High Falls Road. According to Sgt. Robert Thompson, of the Georgia State...
View ArticleFederal judge recommends dismissal of Hawbaker lawsuit against Sheriff and...
Don Hawbaker Feb. 4, 2020, booking photo courtesy of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Don Hawbaker, the Spalding County commissioner who has been held without bond in the...
View ArticleMother applies for arrest warrant against Griffin Skate Inn security guard
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Monica Evans, the mother of a 14-year-old girl involved in recent dispute at Griffin Skate Inn, has submitted a criminal warrant application in Spalding County Magistrate Court...
View ArticleGriffin Fire-Rescue firefighter arrested by Meriwether County Sheriff’s Office
STAFF REPORT ::: A Griffin Fire-Rescue (GFR) firefighter has been arrested by the Meriwether County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). According to a press release issued by the city of Griffin after the close...
View ArticleGriffin firefighter arrested on multiple child sexual abuse charges
Booking photo provided by the Meriwether County Sheriff’s Office SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Griffin Fire-Rescue Firefighter Kevin Burkholder has been arrested on ten charges including multiple counts...
View ArticleGSCSS awarded $10,000 grant for literacy
STAFF REPORT ::: All Griffin-Spalding County ninth-grade students, as well as all A.Z. Kelsey Academy students, will be receiving two books as part of a Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta...
View ArticleSpalding County S.O. narcotics agent has resigned following GBI investigation
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Josh Pitts, who served as the lieutenant of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit, has resigned following an investigation conducted by the Georgia Bureau...
View ArticlePedestrian struck and killed late Monday night on South Hill Street
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A pedestrian was struck and killed late Monday night when he was struck by a vehicle on South Hill Street. Sgt. Robert Thompson, of the Georgia State Patrol-Griffin Post, said the...
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