Here is a map of crimes reported by the Athens-Clarke County Police and University Police Department. The red points correspond to burglary and theft by taking The purple points correspond to criminal trespass and suspicious persons The green points correspond to stolen vehicles and entering auto. The light blue points correspond to assault and battery [...]
A University student’s property was stolen Saturday night by her ex-boyfriend after they had an argument in her dorm room, according to the police report. The victim’s laptop, iPod and keys were taken from her room in building 1516. When police arrived, the victim said she and her ex-boyfriend had an argument in her room [...]
Search of student’s residence leads to drug charges A University student was arrested Friday morning after his residence was searched by Athens-Clarke County police. Bradley Hillyer Bentley, 21, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of schedule I and II drugs with intent to distribute, according to the ACC police [...]
A University student’s bag was stolen Sunday afternoon from the Coliseum Annex loading dock, according to a University police report. Cory Holman’s bag was left on a bus after returning from a trip. The bus driver left his bag on the dock, where it was later placed beside a trashcan. The bag, however, was missing [...]
A University student was arrested Thursday night in Russell Hall and charged with 12 drug offenses. Druva Theja Kota, 18, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, four counts of possession of schedule II controlled substance, possession of drug related objects, possession of dangerous drug and five counts of possession [...]
University students Patricia McKnight Watkins, 19, and Anna Lauren Harper, 18, were arrested Wednesday, according to a University Police report. Harper was pulled over by an officer on East Campus Road at noon for not wearing a seatbelt. She told the officer she forgot her driver’s license in her dorm and had just dropped the [...]
A 19 year-old Gainesville State student is a suspect in a filing a false report case after she called the police to report she had been attacked in her apartment on Monday. When she called, she told officers the attacker had followed her into her apartment at the Preserve, tied her up, tore her shirt [...]
Panhandling is often a vicious cycle, and University students may be enabling it. As recent efforts by the Athens Downtown Development Authority to change panhandling laws have brought the issue back into the local spotlight, students may remain unaware of their own contributions. Information gathered by the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing showed that higher percentages of students give money [...]
Three University students were beaten by a single individual Saturday morning on North Campus. The three male University students were walking to their ride in the North Campus Parking Deck, when an unknown male approached them and asked them for a ride home, according to the police report. The three students denied the unknown male [...]
A University professor charged with DUI and hit and run, was released on $3,000 bond, according to court documents surfacing today. Billy Hammond, professor and graduate coordinator for psychology, was pulled over on Loop 10 near U.S. Highway 441 and arrested Saturday morning. He was charged with following too closely, hit and run and driving [...]
