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Hit and Run: Police in Georgia searching for pickup truck after pedestrian suffers serious injuries
GRIFFIN, Ga. — Above video: Your Monday headlines. Police in Georgia need your help identifying a pickup truck involved in a pedestrian hit-and-run incident. According to the Griffin Police Department, a pedestrian was struck and suffered serious injuries back on May 4. The suspect vehicle is a 2013-2014 Ford...
LIST: Power outages in South Georgia
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Power outages have been reported in South Georgia counties after storms passed through on Monday. For the “South” region of Georgia EMC’s coverage area, which covers the eastern portion of South Georgia, around 1,553 outages have been reported. WALB will keep you updated.
Georgia requires less basic training for new police officers than any state but Hawaii
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia requires fewer hours of basic training for law enforcement officers than any state but Hawaii. With this training, new officers enter unpredictable and dangerous situations where they must make quick decisions under stress. Even though they had more than five years on the Columbus police force, that’s what Officer Michael Aguilar and his partner faced in the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 9, 2017. Hector Arreola, 30, had called police twice after 3:40 a.m., fearing he was being followed and his mother was in danger. When Aguilar and Officer Brian Dudley showed up at Arreola’s mother’s house to check on her safety, they found him outside. Aguilar thought Arreola might be having a mental health crisis and called emergency medical services. He tried to reassure Arreola. When Arreola ran into a neighbor’s yard, the officers gave him space.
Georgia mandated training for police on stun gun use, but hasn’t funded it
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jermaine Jones Jr. was riding with his uncle and father to get air for a tire the evening of Oct. 11, 2021, when officers from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office pulled the Chevrolet Tahoe over because it had a tinted license plate cover. The...
Georgia man pleads guilty to calling in threats 3 days after Chesapeake Walmart shooting
A Georgia man pled guilty on Monday to calling in threats just three days after the 2022 Chesapeake Walmart shooting which killed eight people. https://www.wavy.com/news/crime/georgia-man-pleads-guilty-to-calling-in-threats-3-days-after-chesapeake-walmart-shooting/
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