Crime

Crime within the community continues to rise and often it’s at the hands of people under the age of 18. The most recent arrest of three young boys 11, 15 and 16 have raised concerns in the Valdosta area.

Police say the victim told them that three suspects came up to him and stole an assault rifle from his vehicle.

Rufus Lee Sherman, 54, is wanted for rape and other sex offenses, along with first-degree cruelty to children charges, APD says. He stands 6′0 and weighs around 200 pounds.

The unnamed suspect then went into a plane and took thousands of dollars worth of electronics from the aircraft, DPD confirmed.

An Albany man with violent criminal history plead guilty to illegally possessing a firearm on Jan. 27.

Troopers said the violator in the high-speed chase hit another car and killed the person inside.

The WCSO said they also discovered six firearms in addition to drug contraband.

“Our end goal is to try and intervene beforehand. To get the community support and find ways to address with our young people that there are better ways to solve disputes, than taking a gun and shooting each other,” said Mark Scott Americus Police Chief.

Police said three juveniles — 11, 15, and 16 — were charged in connection to the incident.

Victor Washington, 64, was charged in connection to the rape incident that happened on Jan. 17 in the 2200 block of Heather Drive.

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The shots were fired near Head Start and Fresh Start Academy, however, neither school seemed to be the direct target, police confirmed.

Blakely police confirmed additional arrest were made in connection with the January 13 shooting.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (229) 439-TIPS or the Albany Police Department at (229) 431-2100.

Brown was previously identified as one of the suspects responsible for entering vehicles at the Holiday Inn Express on Jan. 6, according to a Perry detective.

The suspect has since been taken to the Houston County Jail.

The suspect was also wanted on unrelated warrants and charges in Douglas, Georgia, and Sanford, Florida.

The former mayor was robbed and shot at Albritten Funeral Services in Dawson around 11:30 a.m.

the city said that the Moultrie Poice Department was searching for suspects wanted in connection to a stabbing on Tuesday, Jan. 17.

The shooting incidents happened Wednesday and Thursday, barely a day apart from one another.

The shooting incident happened in the 500 block of Dorsett Avenue.

The sheriff’s office told our sister station WCTV in Tallahassee that the man was found shot and left in a ditch on Midway Road.

Police are asking for help identifying a suspect in connection to a robbery by intimidation incident. The robbery incident happened at Dixie Food Mart on E Broad Avenue.

The three shooting incidents happened within 24 hours.

Around 7 a.m. on Thursday, police responded to the 3100 block of Wax Myrtle Lane and found a man dead, according to APD.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Americus police say this is still an active investigation.

Junyu Kim, 23, was arrested after the car was searched and multiple pill bottles with suspected Xanax bars and pills and cash were found.

Albany police say this type of theft has become a big problem with the number of vacant buildings in the area.

The court upheld the murder conviction of Walter Russell Wright. Wright was charged in connection to the shooting death of Oletha Brady, 57.

Copper, metals and tools were found in the suspects’ vehicle.