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Yesterday at 8:20 PM  Updated with video; Tift County Commissioner Melissa Chevers and Captain Dennis Reese with the Tift County Sheriff's Office have joined forces to implement a Neighborhood Crime Watch on the south side of the county.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  The Albany Police Department's Criminal Investigations Bureau would like to solicit the public's assistance with locating Cedrick Butler, a black male that is 5'10 and weighs 155 pounds.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Updated with video; Suspects are being questioned by police about two burglaries early Tuesday morning.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 

Monday, May 13, 2013  Updated with video; Women in our community are taking advantage of gun safety and self defense courses.

Monday, May 13, 2013  Police vow to solve shooting that wounded 19 people during Mother's Day parade in New Orleans

Sunday, May 12, 2013  Updated with video; For several weeks, church leaders in Moultrie have been planning an anti-violence rally in the community. Saturday morning, their plans came to life.

Sunday, May 12, 2013  Updated with video; Albany Police are reporting that two male suspects ran into the Save-Rite Petro Station, at 427 South Westover Boulevard at around 9:30 PM Friday night .

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Shots rang out in Moultrie this afternoon, sending one to the hospital in critical condition.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Updated with video; FOX 31 looks into several cases in southwest Georgia where children have fallen victim at the hands of their caretakers.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Jodi Arias trial now turns to whether she should live or die for killing her lover in 2008

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Police reports and court documents paint a picture of a young man who appears to have made a fatally flawed decision in the heat of the moment.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Tift County Sheriff Gene Scarbrough reports that investigators with the department’s criminal investigation division and agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are continuing their investigation into a homicide which occurred on Friday, April 26 on Short Street in Tift County.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Armed robberies against individuals in Albany are on the climb but at these numbers go up; the Albany Police Department is reporting a drop in business robberies.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Updated with video; The mother of a murdered Albany man issued an emotional plea for people with information regarding her son’s death to come forward at a Friday morning press conference.