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Lanier County Sheriff’s Office Jail Media Report ending February 10, 2025
January 28, 1125. Misael Morales-Velazquez (38) charged with DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE (MISDEMEANOR), and SPEEDING 16 to 20 MILES OVER 55 MPH ZONE. Housed for: Arresting Agency: Georgia State Patrol. Arresting officer: Trooper Morris. Property/Cash Bond: not listed/$1,225.00 January 29, 1044. Jovany Jimenez Vazquez (27) charged with DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE (MISDEMEANOR),…
Read MoreState prison inmates oversaw South Georgia drug ring, feds allege
By T.S. Carter WAYCROSS, Ware County, GEORGIA: Living behind bars at Georgia state prisons did not deter a handful of inmates from running a high-volume drug trafficking operation in the Douglas, Georgia, community and surrounding counties, federal prosecutors say. The prisoners are among more than three dozen Georgians named in federal drug trafficking indictments on…
Read MoreLanier County Sheriff’s Office Jail Media Report ending February 03, 2025
January 28, 1125 hours. Misael Morales-Velazquez (38) charged with Driving without a valid license. Housed for: Arresting Agency: Georgia State Patrol. Arresting officer: Trooper Morris. Property/Cash Bond: none listed/$1,225.00. January 29, 1044 hours. Jovany Jimenez Vazquez (27) charged with Driving without a valid license (misdemeanor), and Speeding 16 to 20 miles over 55 MPH…
Read MoreLakeland Fire and Rescue Department Report for February 03, 2025*
January 27 – No calls to report in the city for the past week January 29– Call to an alarm at the Magnolia Cafe. Arrived to find the building was full of smoke from a fire in the kitchen, but all was okay at the time. January 29– Lakeland Fire Department was called to…
Read MoreYears-Long Insurance Fraud Investigation Ends in Arrest: Barber placed every driver on Georgia’s roadways at risk
By Carol A. Gasser Moore GEORGIA – A multiple-years long insurance fraud investigation has ended with the arrest of Deamarkis Barber (33) of Stockbridge, according to the Office of Insurance and Safety Fire (OCI) Commissioner John F. King. “By selling these fraudulent policies, Mr. Barber placed every driver on Georgia’s roadways at risk,” said…
Read MoreStolen firearms recovered in Valdosta police raid at Student Quarters Apartments; wanted man nabbed in other arrest at the apartment complex
By T.S. Carter Acting on information developed through a drugs and firearms investigation, Valdosta police Jan. 31 arrested two adults and a pair of teenagers in an afternoon raid at Student Quarters Apartments that turned up a trio of stolen weapons. Police seized an AK-47 “DRACO” pistol, which was reported stolen out of…
Read MoreMan, 71, jailed on pot, gun charges after traffic stop
By T.S. Carter VALDOSTA, Lowndes County, Georgia – A Valdosta police vehicle stop on East Force Street January 31 yielded a handgun and more than a half-pound of marijuana. Police booked the car’s driver, 71-year-old Henry Lee Walker of Valdosta, into the Lowndes County Jail on a trio of charges: Two felonies relating…
Read MorePolice baffled by gunshot that disrupted a Sunday at Valdosta Mall
By T.S. Carter VALDOSTA, Lowndes County, Georgia – The source of a gunshot that sent Valdosta Mall shoppers “running everywhere”Sunday afternoon is a mystery to police, though they suspect the firearm discharge occurred accidentally An off-duty Valdosta police officer shopping with his family heard the gunshot at 2:30 p.m. He ran in the direction…
Read MoreBerrien County Sheriff’s Office Jail Media Report ending February 02, 2025
January 27, 1106 hours. James Newsome charged Drug court arrest order (misdemeanor). Arresting officer: Roger Purvis. Total Bond: Court: Superior January 27, 1230 hours. Andrew Nix charged Probation violation (when probation terms are altered) for finger printable charge (felony). Arresting officer: Roger Purvis. Total Bond: Court: Superior January 29, 0113 hours. Devontae Reddick…
Read MoreValdosta Fire Department Responds to Structure Fire on Charlton St.
VALDOSTA, Lowndes County, Georgia – On Sunday, February 2, 2025, at approximately 4:22 P.M., the Valdosta Fire Department responded to the report of a structure fire at 602 Charlton Street. The first fire unit arrived within four minutes to find smoke and flames coming from a single-family residence. A total of twenty firefighters responded, quickly…
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