CRIME & SAFETY
Drone carrying contraband intercepted near federal prison; one arrest made
VAN LEAR — A significant police operation unfolded in Stoney Brook Estates on New Route 3 Thursday morning. Residents awakened to a large police presence as law enforcement swooped in to intercept a drone transporting a substantial quantity of contraband. According to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Department representative, the...
Dublin man named lead supplier in Ga.-Fl. drug trafficking and COVID-19 relief fraud case
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WGXA) - Five people have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking operation that distributed cocaine, meth, heroin, and marijuana across Georgia and Florida. The group also engaged in COVID-19 relief fraud. Dublin resident Dennis Rodriguez Kinchen received the longest sentence of 150...
Dublin teacher saves student's life after she started choking on water bottle cap
DUBLIN, Georgia — If you ask Tykia Pullen what she fears, she'll tell you snakes and choking. That's because she still remembers what happened on Sep. 8- the day the second-grader at Hillcrest Elementary School choked on a water bottle cap. "I was very thirsty, and then I had...
Multiple South Georgia men indicted on federal charges
According to the Southern District of Georgia, four Georgia men have been indicted on various felony charges related to illegal firearms possession and multiple defendants have been adjudicated on their charges.