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  • Jul 2, 2024 | moultrieobserver.com | Jessi Flowers

    MOULTRIE — A little over two years after given seven different charges in regards to the death of two individuals and an unborn child, El’Driquez Silas Jr. is now out on bail. It was on March 17, 2022 when 50-year-old Charles Butt and 18-year-old Ja’Mya McIntosh, who was pregnant at the time of her murder, were found shot to death inside their residence at the Arts Center Apartments.

  • Jul 1, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jessi Flowers

    Jessi Flowers || [email protected], The Moultrie Observer, Ga.July 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM·1 min readMOULTRIE — A woman charged with murder has been granted immunity after arguing that she acted in self-defense. Nineteen months after she was charged in the shooting death of Jason Chad McCollum, Katelyn Ireland was a free woman. Judge Brian McDaniel issued his ruling about her immunity on Thursday, and the District Attorney’s Office dropped the charges on Friday.

  • Jul 1, 2024 | moultrieobserver.com | Jessi Flowers

    MOULTRIE — A woman charged with murder has been granted immunity after arguing that she acted in self-defense. Nineteen months after she was charged in the shooting death of Jason Chad McCollum, Katelyn Ireland was cleared by Judge Brian McDaniel's ruling. During a two-day hearing in April, Ireland maintained she acted in self-defense when she pulled the trigger on McCollum. McCollum and his estranged wife were having an altercation the evening of Dec.

  • Jun 17, 2024 | moultrieobserver.com | Jessi Flowers

    MOULTRIE — Three men were arrested Sunday morning in connection with a burglary at the former Riverside Manufacturing plant, thanks to trail cameras that had been placed on the property. The men — ages 28, 36 and 45 — were apprehended within about 30 minutes of the crime being reported, authorities said. Both the Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office and Moultrie Police assisted in the arrest.

  • Jun 14, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jessi Flowers

    Jessi Flowers || [email protected], The Moultrie Observer, Ga.June 14, 2024 at 8:59 PM·1 min readMOULTRIE — Appointments and term of office for different positions with the City of Moultrie will be acted on with a single vote by City Council members during the upcoming public meeting Tuesday. Being considered are the following:— Hannah Cooper, Melissa Lawson and Marci Meadows for the Moultrie-Colquitt County Humane Society.

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