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By Carol A. Gasser Moore RAY CITY, Georgia – The Douglas Office of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has confirmed directly to the Lanier County News (LCN) that Ja’kesse Middleton (20) of Valdosta was found deceased on the side of State Route (SR) 122, near Possum Creek Road, in Berrien County on Saturday Initial…

UPDATE: Quitman, GA (February 28, 2023) – On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, JayKeith Jamar Davis, age 22, of Quitman, has been charged with murder in connection to the shooting death of Cenquez Perry and four counts of the Georgia Criminal Street Gang Act. Perry was killed while he slept in his home at the Woodmere Apartments…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore COFFEE COUNTY, Georgia – Anastagia Carter ( 51) of Douglas has been charged with two (2) counts of 1st Degree Cruelty to a Child, two (2) counts of 3rd Degree Cruelty to a Child, two (2) counts of False Imprisonment, and two (2) counts of Simple Battery and arrested.  The…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore BERRIEN COUNTY, Georgia – Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) detectives are working to identify a body found Saturday afternoon near SR-122 and Possum Creek Road in Berrien County. Berrien County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a body in an area near the intersection on property owned by Shiloh…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore LANIER COUNTY, Georgia – An unidentified Georgia State Patrol (GSP) trooper stopped Lanier County Deputy Kevin Lee on Saturday, after Lee suddenly went off duty while driving a Lanier County Sheriff’s Office vehicle.  The trooper checked and arrested Lee for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) while he was driving in…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore LANIER COUNTY, Georgia – A local 16-year-old Lanier County teen was the source of social media school violence threats made to the Miramar Schools, Broward County, Florida. Chief Detective of Lanier County Sheriff’s Office, Stryde Jones, has released the following information: “Deputies with the Lanier County Sheriff’s Office were recently…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore HOMERVILLE, Georgia – Homerville Police Chief Dearin “Mack” Drury (40) has been charged and arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).  The Lanier County News learned that Drury was taken into custody on Wednesday, February 22, by the GBI. Drury has been charged with Theft By Taking, Possession of…

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