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2017 Spalding County missing person case resolved with identification of...
STAFF REPORT :::A 2017 Spalding County missing person case has been resolved with the identification of human remains located in a wooded area in 2018. On June 4, 2018, then-Spalding County Coroner...
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Griffin PD’s bias against The GRIP confirmed; “aggressive” news gathering...
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: After years of denying The GRIP Publisher Sheila Mathews’ assertions that she has been subjected to unequal, detrimental treatment by Griffin Police Department Chief Mike Yates,...
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Georgia suspends motor fuel excise tax through May 31
STAFF REPORT ::: Temporary relief at the pumps has arrived with a temporary reduction in Georgia’s motor fuel sales tax. Governor Brian Kemp on Friday signed House Bill 304, which suspended the tax...
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Coroner: Decomposing body found Tuesday that of adult male; GBI will conduct...
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab is working to determine the identity of human remains that were discovered Tuesday afternoon in a wooded area near 1341 North...
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Drive-by shooting leaves Griffin home riddled with bullets and residents in fear
STAFF REPORT :::A drive-by shooting on West Chappell Street early Tuesday morning left a home riddled with bullets and caused residents to fear for their lives. The incident occurred just after...
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Register March 26 for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Day Parade
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Spalding County’s historic Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Day 2022 will be held on April 2, with the theme of Woven Together in the Struggle for Justice, Change, Equity...
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Facebook content related to the Griffin Police Department now the basis of...
Griffin Police Department Chief Mike Yates/Photo courtesy of city of Griffin SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Only four weeks after a press release posted on the City of Griffin Police Department Facebook page...
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Saturday fight in Griffin leads to large-scale shooting incident
STAFF REPORT :::The Griffin Police Department arrested one man today after a fight escalated into a shooting incident. GPD officers responded to the 100 block of Wedgewood Walk after a call to 911...
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Griffin PD temporarily unable to use speed detection devices due to FCC...
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::The Griffin Police Department (GPD) is temporarily unable to use speed detection devices due to the expiration of its Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license. GPD Chief...
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SCSO initiates school zone speed safety program using camera system from...
STAFF REPORT :::The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office on April 5 initiated a school zone speed safety program that will utilize an automated camera system to capture photographs of vehicles that exceed...
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GPD: Woman critically injured in domestic dispute when boyfriend ran her over...
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::Durand Jeremy Mack, of Griffin, is being held without bond in the Spalding County Jail after an alleged domestic dispute left a woman in critical condition. Authorities say...
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Griffin Police Department FCC license renewed; speed detection devices may...
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::The Griffin Police Department’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license has been renewed and the agency is once again able to use speed detection devices. The GPD’s...
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Downtown Griffin 2nd Saturday Art on Tap brings artists, demonstrations, live...
Photo provided by city of Griffin STAFF REPORT ::: Downtown Griffin will host more than 25 local artists Saturday for the 2nd Saturday Art on Tap event. The Griffin Main Street Program and Griffin...
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Misconduct in GPD C.A.G.E. Unit tied to dismissal of nearly 100 charges;...
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: One man is dead and nearly 100 criminal charges levied in a narcotics case investigated by the Griffin Police Department Criminal Apprehension and Gang Enforcement (C.A.G.E.)...
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BREAKING NEWS: District Attorney seeking GBI investigation of GPD C.A.G.E....
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Marie Broder has confirmed to The GRIP that she has asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) to investigate circumstances...
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Griffin PD investigating Sunday night shooting that wounded one
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::A Griffin man was injured in a shooting late Sunday night. Griffin Police Department Chief Mike Yates said 22-year-old Dequavious Lamar Holland was wounded in the incident but...
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GPD C.A.G.E. Unit agent said he took suspect’s money during Econo Lodge drug...
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::Profanity laced text messages sent from a city of Griffin cell phone that was issued to an officer in the Griffin Police Department Criminal Apprehension and Gang Enforcement...
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BREAKING NEWS: Griffin Police Department officer placed on administrative leave
In this still frame from a body worn camera recording, Griffin Police Department C.A.G.E. Unit Agent Brian Dorety, far left, is seen searching room 210 of the Griffin Econo Lodge in a December 2021...
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Three Griffin residents seriously wounded in two separate weekend shootings
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::Three city of Griffin residents were injured in two separate shootings over the weekend. The first – a drive-by shooting – occurred at approximately 1:45 a.m. Saturday on Thurman...
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BREAKING NEWS: Griffin child wounded in overnight shooting
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Griffin Police Chief Mike Yates has confirmed a ten-year-old girl was wounded in an overnight shooting in the 300 block of East Quilly Street. The child sustained a gunshot wound...
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