Crime

A woman is behind bars after Albany police say she stabbed a man after an argument.

No injuries have been reported after a witness said a man jumped on her car and shot at another vehicle near a high school, according to an Albany police report.

Laquessa Redding, 37, was charged with three counts of first degree cruelty to children.

A Douglas man who participated in a widespread drug trafficking conspiracy and two former state prison guards who smuggled drugs behind bars are among the final people sentenced to federal prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Warrants for aggravated assault are pending for both men, according to APD.

A woman is now facing a murder charge after the victim she allegedly shot died on Monday, according to the Tifton Police Department (TPD).

He was taken to the Stewart County Jail.

Raheem White, 28, of Richland, is charged with aggravated assault with a firearm. The GBI considers him to be armed and dangerous.

An Albany woman is still recovering after she says her life was threatened by an unknown man who attacked her, an Albany police report states.

A woman and her four children were uninjured after a shooting at an Albany on Thursday, an Albany Police Department (APD) report stated.

A homeowner and three others were uninjured after a Saturday night shooting in Albany, per the Albany Police Department (APD).

A woman and her four children were uninjured after a suspect shot over 15 rounds at her home, according to the Albany Police Department (APD).

Three people have been arrested after a joint operation drug and firearm seizure in two southwest Georgia operations, according to the United States Attorney’s Office Middle District of Georgia.

Deputies found 5 kilos of suspected methamphetamine and cash while searching the couple's car during a traffic stop.

A woman is behind bars after a traffic stop turned into a drug bust Monday, according to Crisp County Sheriff’s Office.

The investigation started at a home on Swamp Creek Road early Tuesday morning shortly before 1 a.m.

Austin Ray Sumner,44, and Phillip Luckey,42, are wanted for theft by taking from a motor vehicle.

The investigation is ongoing.

Xavier McGhee, 31, and Jamel Armstrong, 27, were charged with aggravated assault and firearm possession in connection to the incident. Armstrong was charged with obstruction of an officer.

One person was arrested after he and two other suspects robbed two men at gunpoint, an Albany Police Department incident report states.

A man was injured after likely being hit by a bullet during an aggravated assault, according to an Albany police report.

He was charged with aggravated assault and aggravated assault on a police officer.

It happened in the 900 block of Dorsett Avenue.

WALB spoke to the Albany Police Department as gang violence seems to be on the uptick. Keep reading to see what the department said about what their seeing in the streets of Albany.

An Albany-based fentanyl and meth trafficker has been sentenced to over 30 years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia.

A be-on-the-lookout order has been issued for an escaped inmate from the Decatur County Prison.

Residents say that they're tired of the random acts of violence. And that more needs to be done.

Two suspects have been arrested after they led law enforcement on a chase and shot at them, according to the Albany Police Department (APD).

The GBI said the arrest stems from a home that was burglarized on Oct. 11.

Police are currently searching for a woman that is alleged to have shot a man multiple times, according to the Valdosta Police Department.