http://www.scandouglas.com ScanDouglas en-us hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:05:37 -0400 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=136 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=136 Lt. Steve:<br><br>I was driving up 400 and a cop stopped me for speeding. There was traffic to my right so I pulled over to the left against the median wall. The officer was agitated with me and I didn't like his attitude. I couldn't pull over to the right because of the traffic. What should I have done? Was I dumb to do that?<br><br>Dear Dummy:<br><br>Having been there myself, I'm guessing the officer was a bit on the agitated side knowing that he was about to be run over. The only thing that would fit in... Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:20:28 -0500 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=135 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=135 A Brinks security guard was shot in the leg and a lone suspected gunman shot in the side and face in front of frightened holiday shoppers at Arbor Place Mall Monday, a law enforcement official confirmed for 11Alive News.<br> <br> Ambulances transported the guard and suspect to area hospitals while authorities put the mall in lockdown, not allowing shoppers to enter or exit. Eventually, just after 1 p.m., shoppers were allowed to leave as police officers directed traffic at every entrance to the ... Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:43:50 -0400 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=134 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=134 The juvenile suspect in the Oct. 11 armed robbery of the First Choice Community Bank on Chapel Hill Road had a charge of armed robbery bound over to Superior Court Thursday by Magistrate Judge Harold Lane.<br><br>The 16-year-old Fulton County resident was also denied bond on charges of motor vehicle theft and two counts of aggravated assault and received a $1,000 bond for a charge of criminal trespass.<br><br>According to officials, the aggravated assault charges relate to the suspect allegedly... Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:55:29 -0400 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=133 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=133 One suspect in the Oct. 11 armed robbery of the First Choice Community Bank on Chapel Hill Road made a second appearance Wednesday in Magistrate Court, a day after his codefendant turned himself in to Atlanta police.<br><br>Uriahs Stinchcomb, 18, of Fulton County had his case bound over to Superior Court by Judge Harold Lane on felony charges of armed robbery and theft by receiving stolen property.<br><br>Stinchcomb received an additional $1,000 bond on a charge of misdemeanor obstruction. According to ... Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:35:35 -0400 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=132 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=132 Four public service officials were honored Tuesday at the second annual Douglas County Chamber of Commerce Heroes Luncheon.<br><br>The awards were part of the chamber\'s GreyStone Power Luncheon at the Douglasville Downtown Conference Center.<br><br>Honorees included Douglas County Sheriff\'s Deputy Chris Reeves; Assistant Fire Chief Tommy Brown; Firefighter/EMT Mari York; and Douglasville Police Detective Shane Sadler. Douglas County Capt. M.O. Harper presented the award to Reeves.<br><br>... Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:35:32 -0400 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=131 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=131 With the reservoir level continuing its rapid downward plunge, the Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority (WSA) announced Tuesday it is taking more severe conservation measures, including the immediate service cutoff to residents caught watering their lawns.<br><br>\"Effective immediately, all water ban violators caught by a WSA-authorized representative watering their lawns will be shut off from water service on the spot,\" warned a Tuesday WSA announcement.<br><br>WSA also said it is... Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:47:07 -0400 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=130 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=130 One suspect is in custody and another is being sought by the Douglasville Police Department following a Thursday afternoon armed robbery at the First Choice Community Bank branch on Chapel Hill Road.<br><br>Around 3:30 p.m., a suspect described as a young black male robbed the bank with a gun while another suspect waited outside in the getaway car.<br><br>According to officials, a dye pack went off once the suspect reached the parking lot, and he dropped at least some of the money before entering the... Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:44:40 -0400 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=129 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=129 A Douglasville man, whose body was found Sept. 26 in an Arbor Station subdivision pond, died of drowning, according to Douglas County Coroner Randy Daniel.<br><br>However, Daniel said officials still have not determined why Michael Davis, 46, East Field Drive, fell into the water. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) State Crime Lab is looking at blood and tissue samples to try and find any contributing factors in the death, Daniel said.<br><br>\"The autopsy showed he had water in his lungs, which ... Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:05:23 -0400 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=128 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=128 Police have identified the robbery suspect shot and killed last week by a Douglas County deputy as a 31-year-old Stone Mountain man who is a suspect in several armed robberies.<br><br>The suspect, Jnmarie Bryan, died of shotgun wounds to the head and neck early Friday morning in Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Bryan was shot late Thursday night by the deputy after he fired several times at the officer\'s car while being pursued along I-285 south of Atlanta.<br><br>Douglas County Chief Deputy Stan... Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:40:00 -0400 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=127 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=127 Three suspects facing drug trafficking charges were denied bond in Magistrate Court Friday by Judge Susan Camp.<br><br>Saul Diaz Valencia, Maria Torres and Jose Torres are all facing a charge of trafficking methamphetamine. The charges stem from a traffic stop that began when a deputy stopped a vehicle with a Texas tag to check for a window tint violation.<br><br>Following a K-9\'s search, over five ounces of methamphetamine and $5,000 were discovered in the vehicle, officials said. All three suspects... Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:39:43 -0400 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=126 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=126 Emergency personnel got a first look Thursday at a truck that will be transporting radioactive waste through the state. Starting at the end of November, trucks will be going from Savannah River Station to New Mexico.<br><br>The route will take the waste through Douglas County on Interstate 20.<br><br>William Mackie, a manger of institutional programs for the U.S. Department of Energy explained that the transports carry only solid waste, including clothing, tools and lab equipment that has been tainted... Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:26:24 -0400 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=125 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=125 Every once in a while you see a news story of someone impersonating a police officer. A young woman was robbed by a man who followed her and then pulled her over while she was on her way home. He asked for her license, walked back to his car, and then returned and took the contents from her wallet. She said he had a large knife in his belt.<br><br>This method is well documented all over the country. Years ago, Cherokee County authorities arrested a man who used a blue light to pull over and then... Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:33:04 -0400 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=124 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=124 One person was reported injured in a fight yesterday afternoon as some students were getting off a school bus near the Villas apartments on Lee Road in east Douglas County.<br><br>According to reports, a Lithia Springs High School student was knocked unconscious in the altercation, and two other students were reportedly taken into custody.<br><br>The incident was investigated by the Douglasville Police Department, but no other details were available by press time. <br><br>... Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:32:50 -0400 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=123 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=123 Despite a list of needs that includes updates to its radio communications system, the city of Douglasville Police Department has several technological tools in its patrol cars that were acquired mainly through the use of grant money.<br><br>Laptop computers that aide officers by allowing them to do everything from writing reports to running tag numbers to seeing who else is on duty are currently installed in every Patrol Division officer\'s car.<br><br>\"With this system (on the laptops), our officers... Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:03:43 -0400 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=122 http://www.ScanDouglas.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=122 An Austell woman who recently complained on TV that police were ignoring a sexual assault she reported has now admitted the alleged incident had never been reported, according to authorities. \"The woman said she was sexually assaulted in August near the corner of Highway 78 and Highway 6 (Thornton Road),\" said Douglas County Chief Deputy Stan Copeland. \"She said she reported it to law enforcement and nothing was being done.\"<br><br>The area of Austell where the alleged incident took place is...