Jeremy Chisenhall

4 days ago | macon.com | Jeremy Chisenhall

Two minors were injured in a shooting in Forsyth over the weekend, according to the Forsyth Police Department. Police responded to a “firearm-related incident” Friday around 11:30 p.m. at the Forsyth Gardens Apartments, located at 500 Cabiness Road. Police said when they got to the scene, they found a male suffering from gunshot wounds and he was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

1 week ago | firerescue1.com | Jeremy Chisenhall

By Jeremy ChisenhallThe Macon TelegraphTWIGGS COUNTY, Ga. — A Twiggs County fire truck was flipped over by a pickup truck while firefighters were trying to respond to a car fire earlier this week, officials say. “When the fire truck slowed down, it was struck in the rear by a GMC Sierra going at a high rate of speed, causing the Fire Truck to flip over on its roof,” the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post.

1 week ago | macon.com | Jeremy Chisenhall

A Twiggs County fire truck was flipped over by a pickup truck while firefighters were trying to respond to a car fire earlier this week, officials say. The Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office said local firefighters were trying to get to a fully-engulfed vehicle on the westbound side of Interstate 16 near mile marker 28. With the lights and sirens on, the driver of the fire truck slowed to use an emergency cut-through. At that point, the crew was hit from behind.

1 week ago | ledger-enquirer.com | Jeremy Chisenhall

Ex-Keller Williams bookkeeper Lauren Eldridge was sentenced to 27 months in prison for a $400,000 fraud in Columbus involving stolen funds for personal use. Flickr A former Keller Williams Realty River Cities bookkeeper has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison after admitting to taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from the office in Columbus. Lauren Williams Eldridge, 38, was sentenced Wednesday by District Judge Clay Land.

1 week ago | ledger-enquirer.com | Jeremy Chisenhall

A man has died after being assaulted by his cellmate at Rutledge State Prison in Columbus, Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan said Wednesday. Bryan said Keith Bolden, 37, was assaulted by his cellmate and was pronounced dead at the prison Sunday just after 11 p.m. Bolden suffered blunt-force trauma from the attack, Bryan told the Ledger-Enquirer. It wasn't immediately clear why Bolden was imprisoned or who his cellmate was.