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DA will seek GBI investigation of GPD officer who concealed brother’s alleged...
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Marie Broder has notified the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) of her intent to request an investigation of Griffin Police...
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Griffin officials decline to comment on GPD sergeant involved in murder cover-up
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: City of Griffin officials have declined to respond to the most basic questions related to Griffin Police Department (GPD) Sgt. D’Marquivius “D.J.” King, even refusing to cite his...
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BREAKING NEWS: 11-year-old Spalding County girl killed by stray bullet
STAFF REPORT :::An 11-year-old little girl was shot and killed Tuesday morning when a stray bullet entered her bedroom window, striking and killing her instantly.According to Spalding County Sheriff...
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Officials refute rumors of RRMS administrator’s arrest
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::The GRIP has confirmed through multiple official sources that rumors a Rehoboth Road Middle School administrator was removed from the school in handcuffs are false. Spalding...
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BREAKING NEWS: Suspect identified in shooting death of 11-year-old girl
STAFF REPORT :::The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office has identified a suspect in the overnight shooting death of an 11-year-old little girl. Kionta Jahaun Parks is wanted on charges including felony...
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GPD: Domestic dispute ends with gunfire at Home Depot
STAFF REPORT :::Two people are in custody after a domestic dispute that resulted in gunfire at the Home Depot. According to the Griffin Police Department, officers were dispatched to the Home Depot on...
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Two wounded in Griffin in separate Saturday night shootings
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::Two people were wounded in separate Saturday night shootings in the city of Griffin. Griffin Police Department Chief Mike Yates said one person was shot near 2nd Street and...
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Suspect in murder of 11-year-old little girl arrested
Photos provided by Spalding County Sheriff’s Office STAFF REPORT ::: Kionta Parks, the suspect wanted for the March 14, murder of 11-year-old Asijah Love Jones, has been arrested by the Spalding...
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Spalding deputy thwarts armed robbery in progress at gas station
STAFF REPORT :::An alert Spalding County Sheriff’s Office deputy thwarted what authorities are describing as a violent armed robbery in progress. According to Sheriff Darrell Dix, Deputy Logan Smith...
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Sheriff: 76 local gang members indicted after joint RICO investigation
STAFF REPORT :::More than 75 people are in custody or being sought for arrest following a several months long investigation initiated by the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office.Beginning in December...
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Death of four-month-old baby under investigation; parents charged with child...
Nakia Cloud and Zachary Montgomery booking photos provided by the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::The Spalding County Coroner’s Office and Griffin Police Department are...
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Mother of deceased four-month-old baby now charged with murder
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::Nakia Cloud, the mother of Zychion Damal Montgomery, a four-month-old baby who died in his father’s home early last Saturday morning, has now been charged with murder.Cloud and...
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BREAKING NEWS: Griffin PD Chief Mike Yates on administrative leave
Photo credit: City of GriffinSHEILA A. MATHEWS :::Griffin Police Department Chief Mike Yates has been placed on administrative leave.City Manager Jessica O’Connor on Saturday morning confirmed Yates’...
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GPD Chief Mike Yates administrative leave related to GBI investigation
Griffin Police Department Chief Mike Yates SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Griffith Police Department Chief Mike Yates was placed on administrative leave in connection with an ongoing investigation being...
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Spalding teen convicted in gang-related murder
Booking photo provided by the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office STAFF REPORT :::A Spalding County teenager, 17-year-old Cedravious Wilkerson, has been convicted of the Dec. 9, 2020, murder of...
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GPD Chief allowed no contact with city employees or access to city premises
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::Griffin Police Department Chief Mike Yates, who begins his third week of administrative leave on Friday, has been ordered to have no contact with any city of Griffin employees and...
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Smart Web remains under GBI and POST investigation; is not employed as LEO
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::After receiving numerous inquiries, The GRIP has confirmed that Smart Web, who previously served as Spalding County marshal, has not resumed law enforcement employment in...
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Couple accused of starving child face criminal attempt to commit murder and...
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::A Griffin couple has been charged with criminal attempt to commit malice murder, criminal attempt to commit felony murder, false imprisonment, cruelty to children and an...
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Missing person report leads to arrest for trafficking meth
STAFF REPORT :::What began as a missing person report resulted in an arrest for trafficking methamphetamine.At approximately 2:37 a.m. May 21, Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Nathan Gray...
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Armored car armed robbery leads to rescue of young child, three arrests and...
STAFF REPORT :::A young child, hundreds of thousands of dollars and multiple firearms were recovered, and three suspects were arrested in connection with the armed robbery of an armored car.Griffin...
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