CRIME & SAFETY
DFCS worker says she didn't handle beating case
In an exclusive interview with the FOX 5 I-Team, Alexandria Amrah said it was her superiors in the Gwinnett County office of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services who made the decision to close an earlier investigation into the deceased girl’s family. Not her, she said, nor the case manager she supervised, who also lost her job.
Nicholson man working heavy machinery is killed near Commerce
A Jackson County man was accidentally killed Tuesday while working on a large piece of road equipment at a farm near Commerce, according to a Jackson County Sheriff’s report. The accident occurred sometime after 9 a.m. on a farm off Sandy Creek Road, Commerce, that is owned by the...
Georgia man killed in crash along I-22 in Marion County
MARION COUNTY, Ala. (WTVA) – A crash in Marion County took the life of a Georgia man Tuesday night. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports that Perry Kpadoe, 37, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was killed when his tractor-trailer left the roadway and hit a tree. A passenger that was in...
Homeless woman charged with beating Jefferson woman with a water bottle in downtown Athens
A Jackson County woman was assaulted recently by a homeless woman in downtown Athens soon after she stopped at a busy intersection, according to Athens-Clarke police. The assault occurred at about 9 p.m. March 21 at College Avenue and Clayton Street, when the 43-year-old Jefferson woman reported she was seated in her Jeep Wrangler when an unknown woman spit into her face.
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