Parents accused of locking boy in laundry room arrested
Albany, Georgia (Albany Herald) A Dougherty County couple arrested this week in a child-abuse case are accused of holding a 12-year-old boy in what police described as “inhumane” conditions and could face additional charges.
Gwendolyn Warren and Gary Thomas Warren were each charged Wednesday with one count of false imprisonment and cruelty to children in the first degree.
The 12-year-old apparently had been locked inside a laundry room and held for long periods of time, the Dougherty County Police Department said.
Officers began the investigation as a missing juvenile case involving the boy. They discovered there were four other children living in the residence.
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Phone scam costs Dougherty Co. resident nearly $10K
DCP Investigate Almost $10K Phone Scam By Bobby Poitevint | January 26, 2021 at 12:31 AM EST - Updated January 26 at 12:35 AM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Scammers are at it again in Dougherty County and it cost one victim almost 10-thousand dollars.
Dougherty County Police (DCP) are looking into a scam they’ve labeled as theft by deception.
According to a DCP shift report from Sunday, someone filed a complaint that they were scammed out of $9,700 by someone posing as an FBI agent.
Unfortunately, scams like this still happen.
“Supposedly had a rental car that was in his name in San Antonio, Texas that had blood and drugs in it. Now what amount of money was gonna do to fix that? I don’t know,” said Sgt. Ted Wertz with the Dougherty County Police Department.
No threatening incidents in Dougherty County on Inauguration Day reports Sheriffâs Office By Bobby Poitevint | January 21, 2021 at 12:23 AM EST - Updated January 21 at 12:23 AM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The Dougherty County Sheriffâs Office told WALB News 10 that there were no reported threats to government properties in the county on Inauguration Day.
âWell, we havenât received any intel or any information,â said Chief Deputy Terron Hayes. Terron Hayes (Source: WALB)
The Dougherty County Sheriffâs Office said theyâve gotten no reports of threatening incidents at government buildings or agencies on Inauguration Day and didnât get receive reports following the riots at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month.