First Responses

Fernando Ginez Ramos (23) charged with Driving without valid license (misdemeanor), and Failure to drive within single lane. Housed for:  not listedl.  Arresting Agency:  Lanier County Sheriff’s Office.  Arresting officer: Anthony Lawrence.   Property/Cash Bond: none listed/$1,210 June 18, 0953 hours. James Scott Branch (31) charged with False statements or writings: conceal facts or fraudulent documents…

June 17th – Call to an alarm on Alice Sirmans Lane. Arrived to find that all was okay.   June 17th – Call to a hay field fire on Highway-125. Arrived to find that a hay bailer had caught fire, along with part of the field. Firemen had the fire out within minutes.   June…

  June 17, 1744 hours. Lakeland Police Units were dispatched to East Murrell Avenue in reference to the callers child not being brought home. Offender’s name:  not listed.  Incident type:  not listed.  Officer:  Gena Willis.  Property total:  not listed June 18, 2124 hours. Officer Grant was dispatched to East Main Street in reference to a…

  None provided through Open Records Request* *NOTE:  When the LCN has made Open Records Request, former Ray City Police Chief Steve Miller has asserted that he requires that a person wanting a Ray City Police Department Report must contact the Berrien County E911 Call Center and obtain a copy of their report from that agency.  Former Ray…

  None provided through Open Records Request* *NOTE:  When the LCN has made Open Records Request, former Ray City Fire Chief Tony Galardo has asserted that he requires that a person wanting a Ray City Firee Department Report must contact the Berrien County E911 Call Center and obtain a copy of their report from that agency.  Fire Chief…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore   LOWNDES COUNTY, Georgia – Valdosta Police Department (VPD) Chief Leslie Manahan has announced that the Valdosta Police Department Traffic Unit again strongly enforced traffic laws within the City of Valdosta limits.   According to Manahan, on both Friday, June 14th,  and Saturday night, June 15th, members of the Valdosta…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore   COOK COUNTY, Georgia – An I-75 vehicle crash involving two (2) semi-trucks brought traffic to standstill for about an hour on Sunday, June 23.  The accident in Cook County occurred near 12:00 p.m. (noon) on Sunday, June 23.   According to the Georgia State Patrol (GSP), one semi-truck made…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore LANIER COUNTY, Georgia  – Lanier County Sheriff Nick Norton is sending a huge “SHOUT OUT” to the Lanier County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) and the Valdosta Police Department (VPD) after they teamed up and located three (3) missing Lakeland children.  The children were reported missing…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore LAKELAND, Georgia – During the afternoon of Friday, June 21, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) was seen making several arrests within the City of Lakeland.  Initial indications give the impression of being connected to Lakeland’s homicide which occurred a couple of weeks ago, although no official statement has been…