Stolen gun leads to hysteria
Tweet Staff Reports It’s an unfortunate fact of life. Things get stolen. Police officers do their best, but it’s impossible to completely prevent. However, a theft yesterday lead to wild rumors of an active shooter incident in Albany.
Read More →Home invasion leaves three injured
Tweet Staff Reports A late night home invasion left three out of four people inside the home injured, one requiring treatment by EMS. Reportedly, two men in all black wearing masks forced their way into a home at 1010 9th Street just before 1 am this morning. Both men are reported to be armed. They [...]
Read More →Fight, arrest last night possibly linked to murder
Tweet Staff Reports Albany police responded to Big Daddy’s around 3 am this morning due to a large brawl. Few details are known at this time, but some at the scene report that the fight was the result of the recent murder of Dontavious Luke, a 24 year old gang leader killed after shots were [...]
Read More →Officer responds to burglary, shots fired
Tweet Staff Reports Shots were fired early this morning when an Albany police officer found 19 year old Christopher Mathews trying to break into a Northwest Albany business.
Read More →Gang leader arrested for murder of rival. Is more coming?
Tweet Staff Reports A reported gang leader was arrested yesterday in Thomasville, Ga. Danny Wilkerson is allegedly a high ranking member in the notorious Bloods street gang. The victim in the shooting, 24 year old Dontavious Luke who was killed in an altercation this past weekend. Luke was reported to be a leader of the [...]
Read More →One dead, others injured in shooting
Tweet Staff Reports Albany, Ga.- Albany police were called to the Shackleford Shopping Center early this morning where one man was killed, four other people were injured – three to gunshot wounds and one to a high heel shoe hitting them in the head. Police were initially called after a large fight broke out in [...]
Read More →Is APD looking for a killer?
Tweet Staff Reports Albany, Ga. – An east Albany trailer park was rocked Wednesday with the discovery 44 year old Judith Dianne “Daisy” Hernandez’s body. The news media began to tell tales of Hernandez being murdered. Dougherty County district attorney Greg Edwards told WALB, “The body was sent to the crime lab for examination, and [...]
Read More →APD offers details around bomb scare
Tweet Written by Tom Knighton Albany, Ga – Bomb scares aren’t anything new in Albany. However, today the Good Life City reached a new level in bomb scares as the community was just one of many throughout the nation to fall victim to it. Captain Benita Childs reports that Albany police received a notification of [...]
Read More →Carmike cinemas subject of bomb threats
Tweet Staff Reports Albany, Ga – A bomb scare delayed staff members from entering from the Wynnsong 16 theater, owned by Carmike Cinemas. The scare was just one of many across the nation as the Columbus, Ga based theater chain became the target of a threat. Reportedly, the threat extended well past Georgia’s borders and [...]
Read More →APD on the lookout for BP robbers
Tweet Staff Reports An early morning robbery at the BP station located at the corner of Dawson Road and Westgate has Albany police on the lookout for two men. In an email from APD media manager Phyllis Banks, police are reportedly on the lookout for these two black men. The first Banks describes as wearing, [...]
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