Sunday, May 19 2013 10:19 AM EDT2013-05-19 14:19:32 GMT
A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana. Deputies responded to a complaint at Jose Sanchez's house on Highway 129 North Friday. AuthoritiesMore >>
A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana.
Saturday, May 18 2013 11:42 PM EDT2013-05-19 03:42:03 GMT
Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff. It was the first annual pigs in the park event, put on by the Georgia Narcotics Officer'sMore >>
Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 9:47 PM EDT2013-05-19 01:47:12 GMT
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks. Police say they responded to the Dollar General on West Jackson Street around 9:15pm Friday. EmployeesMore >>
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks.
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:59 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:59:02 GMT
Dougherty County police are searching for a motorist who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene. Authorities say it happened around 11pm Friday near the 3900 block of Radium Springs Road. PoliceMore >>
Dougherty County police are searching for a motorist who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene. More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:58 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:58:50 GMT
It's graduation time for high schools in Dougherty County and students are ready to embark on their next journey. 230 graduates received their high school diplomas from Westover Comprehensive High SchoolMore >>
230 graduates received their high school diplomas from Westover Comprehensive High School this Saturday morning.More >>
June 18, 2008
Dougherty County -- A Copper wire thief risked his life to steal a couple of hundred dollars worth of metal. The bold thief could have been electrocuted stealing wire from a power sub-station in Dougherty County.
Someone cut a hole in the fence around the power sub-station on South U.S. 19 and stole ground wire that attaches the power structures to the fence as a lightning rod.
The sub-station is owned by Municipal Electrical Authority of Georgia, but is serviced by Albany Water Gas and Light.
Only a couple of feet of the wire, worth about $200 was stolen. But W.G.and L. officials say the thief was lucky he was not killed. W.G.L. Assistant G.M. for Operations Keith Goodin said "The way the ground systems are, they can be subject to having primary voltage on them. If certain factors are present. And in our case that would be 7200 volts. In a sub-station it could be much more."
W.G.and L. says it will cost about $500 to repair the damage done by the copper wire thief.
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