Penny, a K-9 with the Special Operations Units of the Columbus Police Department, was responsible for taking thousands of dollars worth of illegal drugs off the streets before she died of cancer on Nov. 13.
Melvin Balkcom, 39, and Gracie Graves, 32, pleaded not guilty to two counts each of possessing child pornography and enticing a child for indecent purposes.
Merrick Emory Redding was sentenced to life without parole for fatally sucker-punching Joseph Davis in the head about 3:30 p.m. Sept. 5, 2016, at 2342 Bond Ave., in the Oakland Park neighborhood off South Lumpkin Road.
Demetria Stewart, the first cousin of shooting victim Derrick Scott, joined relatives and friends in the parking lot in the 1100 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard three days after Scott was fatally shot at the Sands Apartments.
Devon Flemming and Daevon Flemming, both 18, pleaded not guilty to one county of trafficking in meth and possession of marijuana charges during a Tuesday Recorder’s Court hearing
Derrick Scott, 34, was pronounced dead of a gunshot in the emergency room at 11:26 p.m. at Piedmont Columbus Regional midtown campus, said Muscogee County Chief Deputy Coroner Freeman Worley
The charges were made at businesses across the city, including convenience stores such as the Circle K , Zelmo’s and Crazy Cecil’s liquor store, according to arrest reports at the Muscogee County Jail
Troup County Sheriff’s Deputies seized 28 pounds of methamphetamine after a pickup truck driven by an illegal immigrant was stopped with an obstructed tag Thursday on Interstate 85, authorities said.
After the judge replaces a holdout juror, a Columbus father is found guilty of second-degree child cruelty for neglecting infant triplets doctors said were underweight.
A jury has reached a verdict in the murder case against Clayton Perry, 18, who was accused of robbing and killing a low-level marijuana dealer in August 2017.
Columbus need your help to ID suspects in the deadly Sunday shooting at Sands Apartments . The five suspects are described as black males, ages from 16-21 years old, ranging in height from 5 ft. 5 in. to 6 ft., 1 in. tall and weighing 140-200 lbs.
Columbus police are using surveillance camera photos to identify suspects in the deadly Sunday shooting at Sands Apartments on Martin Luther King Boulevard.
A friend remembers hanging out under a carport with James Francesconi on Aug. 15, 2017, before the marijuana dealer fatally was shot in the stomach during a robbery.
A Columbus man is dead after a Sunday shooting at the Sands Apartments. Boulevard. Derrick Scott, 34, was pronounced dead at 11:26 p.m. at Piedmont Columbus Regional midtown campus, said Muscogee County Chief Deputy Coroner Freeman Worley.
Columbus need your help to ID suspects in the deadly Sunday shooting at Sands Apartments . The five suspects are described as black males, ages from 16-21 years old, ranging in height from 5 ft. 5 in. to 6 ft., 1 in. tall and weighing 140-200 lbs.
