VALDOSTA — The Quality of Life Association celebrates black history month with a narrated living timeline showcasing many famous Black history figures of yesterday and today. The fundraising event titled, “All Shades Art Exhibit and…
Major drug trafficking group in GA dismantled
Release: North GA (July 10, 2020) – After an extensive 11- month local, state, and federal joint investigation, 48 men and women have been arrested on the Violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO)…
GBI conducting use of force investigation in Adel
Release: Adel, GA (June 18, 2020) – On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at approximately 10:00 a.m., the GBI’s Douglas Regional Office received a request from the Adel Police Department to conduct a use of force investigation.…
Former foster parent arrested for sexually abusing children
Release: Chattahoochee Hills, GA (June 12, 2020) – On Wednesday, June 10, 2020, Johnny Lee Summers, age 55, was arrested on multiple charges by the North Myrtle Beach, SC Department of Public Safety. Summers has been…
GA man arrested for child sexual exploitation
Release: Bartow County Man Arrested for Child Sexual Exploitation Cartersville, GA (May 28, 2020) – On Thursday, May 28, 2020, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit (CEACC) assisted the Bartow County…
Ex-employee allegedly stole $163K from church
GAINEVILLE, GA - The AJC reports that within two weeks of letting employee Stacy Lynne Richardson go, a Gainesville church discovered that that they were missing approximately $163,000 worth of funds. According to the Hall…
Lanier County Sheriff’s Office make one drug arrest,…
Release: On Tuesday, April 21st, Lanier County Sheriff’s Office Investigators received information that a specific person was in possession of, and selling, a large quantity of high-grade marijuana and was selling the illegal substance from…
VPD arrest man firing shots from the street
Updated - Release: On May 3, 2020, at approximately 8:42 pm., Valdosta Police Officers responded to the 2900 block of Fawnwood Circle, after numerous citizens called E911 to report a subject shooting a gun off…
Former VSU employee arrested for threatening colleges with…
According to an AJC report, the FBI says a former Valdosta State University employee has been accused of making death threats against the faculty of several colleges. Lake Park's, Shawn Charles Merdinger, 50-years-old, has been…