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Saturday, May 18, 2013  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.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Thanks to a tip made to Crime stoppers a Dougherty County registered sex offender is behind bars.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Updated with video; Colquitt County officials held their annual service to honor fallen officers Thursday morning.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Updated with video; Local law enforcement officials wore aprons instead of uniforms to put their cooking skills to the test.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 

Monday, May 13, 2013  Tift County Sheriff Gene Scarbrough has announced that his office's Criminal Investigation Division has arrested fourteen people over the past two months after extensive investigations into the crime of identity theft and other types of fraud.

Friday, May 10, 2013  The Tift County Sheriff's Office needs your help finding a missing person.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office and Valdosta Police Department have responded to numerous residential burglaries that have occurred primarily in the southwest portion of the county.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  According to information released by the Justice Department, former Wilcox County Sheriff Stacy Bloodsworth has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for assaulting an inmate inside the Wilcox County Jail and for conspiring to cover up the assault.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  The Dawson Police Department has released new information on the late night meth lab bust.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Updated with video; Over the past few days the Terrell County Sheriff's office has received several complaints about two different scams.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Sumter County Sheriff Pete Smith has advised that an inmate from the Sumter County Correctional Institute walked off a work detail Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Officials pick up a second suspect believed to have been involved in an armed robbery that led U.S. Marshals to hunt and capture Shorofsky Horton and Matanya Miller near Tift Regional Medical Center.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  The Georgia Bureau of Investigation say they were requested to assist the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office in the death of two individuals that were found in the 5500 block of River Road in Seminole County.

Monday, May 06, 2013  A Cook County man has been charged in the death of a Francis Lisa Hall, 33, and her 15-month-old daughter, Jersi Rayne Hall.