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Deep Run High School The Wildcats’ softball squad finished the regular season with a record of 14-6 and an eight-game winning streak, after defeating Tucker 20-2 last Thursday and Freeman 5-1 last Friday. Against Freeman, Hope Tate put on a show, pitching all nine innings, striking out 11 batters and allowing only three hits. At
Operation âSandy Bottomâ: Drug investigation indicts 48, including 3 prison guards Prison cells (Source: KFVS) By Dave Miller | January 13, 2021 at 3:33 PM EST - Updated January 13 at 3:33 PM WAYCROSS, Ga. (WALB) - Nearly 50 people have been indicted in a drug trafficking investigation that targeted violent gang members distributing methamphetamine and other drugs in the Coffee County area, according to the United States Department of Justice. Dubbed âOperation Sandy Bottom,â the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation centered in the Sand Ridge n...
Updated: 2:27 PM EST January 13, 2021 DOUGLAS, Georgia — Four dozen people have been indicted in a Coffee County drug trafficking operation that targeted gang members. Three of them are correctional officers. According to a news release, the focus of Operation Sandy Bottom was the Sand Ridge neighborhood in Douglas. The indictment alleges that the ring, controlled by part of the Gangster Disciples street gang, controlled meth trafficking in South Georgia and distributed contraband in prisons. The news release says the investigation started back in 2018 when the Coffee County...