CRIME & SAFETY
Two people dead after crash in Walton County, GSP says
WALTON COUNTY, Ga. — Two people are dead after a crash involving a motorcycle in Walton County on Sunday morning, Georgia State Patrol said. According to GSP, troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash at GA 10 at Youth Monroe Road shortly after 11:30 a.m. A black Harley Davidson trike motorcycle was going east on GA 10, and a Chevrolet 2500 towing a trailer was stopped on Youth Monroe Road.
Lilburn man charged with killing pedestrian in Athens hit-and-run
A 21-year-old Lilburn man remained in jail Tuesday on drunk driving and vehicular homicide charges after police said he hit and killed a pedestrian on West Broad Street. The collision claimed the life of Michael Kitchen, 34, of Madison, according to Athens-Clarke police. Kitchen was hit by a vehicle about...
Oconee Blotter: Entering autos target areas along New High Shoals Road
The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents:. SLEEPING MAN: On April 22, Deputy Gregory Harrison was dispatched to a home off Epps Bridge Parkway, where the resident called to report a man sleeping in the yard. The officer arrived to find a man asleep on the ground covered by a plastic tarp. After he was awakened, the man stood up, but was unbalanced and smelled of alcohol. The 49-year-old man from Canon became uncooperative and was arrested for public drunkenness.
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