UPDATE: On Wednesday, The Athens-Clarke County Police Department arrested the driver of the vehicle involved in the crash, according to a press release from the ACCPD.
Clinton Jester, 37, is charged with eight offenses including homicide by vehicle, feticide by vehicle and reckless driving, according to the release. Jester is currently being held at the ACC Jail.
The original story is below.
A 27-year-old pregnant woman died Saturday in a single-vehicle car crash on Danielsville Road between Hull Road and Nowhere Road, according to a press release from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.
Police identified the woman as Alana Barnes, of Lavonia. Barnes was 15 weeks pregnant, and the fetus did not survive, according to the report.
The City of Cleveland has named three finalists for police chief, including the current interim chief, a Hall County sheriff’s captain, and a University of Georgia Police Department lieutenant.
In accordance with the Georgia Open Records Act, the city has released the names and documents related to the applicants selected as finalists.
Finalists for the position, released Monday night, include:
Cleveland Police Maj. Aaron A. Weiland
Maj. Aaron Weiland has spent his career with Cleveland Police Department and was named interim police chief after the retirement of Chief John Foster.
A 22-year member of Cleveland P.D., Weiland has completed more than 1,700 hours of Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Council law enforcement training.
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Former UGA Professor Pleads Guilty In Project Safe Childhood Investigation
A forensic review of the electronics located 450+ images and 8 videos on his UGA laptop, as well as an additional 100+ image on his cell phone.
December 21, 2020
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says a former University of Georgia professor who admitted to authorities that he possessed hundreds of images of child pornography entered a guilty plea in federal court for his crime.
Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia said James Edward Monogan, III, 39, of Athens, pleaded guilty to one count possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal. Monogan faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison to be followed by a maximum lifetime of supervised release and a $250,000 fine. Monogan will also have to register as a sex offender. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. There is no parole in the federal system.