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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.

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 05, 2013  Updated with video; A group of ministers and church leaders in Moultrie held a meeting Saturday morning to come up with strategies to stop the violence.

Sunday, May 05, 2013  Updated with video; A little rain couldn't stop Doerun residents from enjoying their annual, 'May-day' barbeque cook-off.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  Updated with video; A Moultrie woman has been placed into a drug induced coma at a Thomasville hospital after police found her severely beaten in the grass in the 500 block of Northside Drive early Monday morning in Moultrie.

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.

Sunday, April 28, 2013  Updated with video; The Albany-Dougherty NAACP held a "Stop the Violence" program Friday where community leaders called on residence to help put an end to violence.

Sunday, April 28, 2013  Updated with video; The Albany community met downtown this morning to walk and support, 'Stop the Violence,' a movement that looks to end crime inside the 'Good Life City.'

Sunday, April 28, 2013  Tift County Coroner Josh Hendrix is reporting that Christopher Raphael Sears has been identified as the man killed in a shooting Friday.

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.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  The Albany Dougherty Drug Unit made a routine traffic stop around 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev immediately stopped talking after a magistrate judge and a representative from the U.S. Attorney's office entered his hospital room and gave him his Miranda warning.

Sunday, April 21, 2013  Southwest Georgia will soon be testing whether a network of pumps can boost the flow of depleted streams and rivers.

Monday, April 15, 2013  The Albany Police Department is investigating after an officer's knee is injured during a traffic stop.