Thousands of biking fans will come to Athens this weekend for the Twilight Criterium — they will be thirsty. Crowds will gather on the streets to watch the bike road race through downtown Athens streets, drinking beer as bikers buzz past and waiting eagerly for a crash. University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said visitors should [...]

Silence and anonymity could have become precious commodities to the victims of the three strong arm rapes that occurred within ten days of each other on the University campus after they were reported to the University Police Department — because of the Clery Act. The rapes were reported to have occurred on March 23, March [...]

A University student was arrested Thursday at 12:08 a.m. on charges of possession of a fake ID, possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and possession of drug-related objects, according to a University Police report. Later that morning, all three charges were dismissed. Officers Mandel and Peacock and Sgt. Seawright were dispatched to Creswell [...]

A University student was arrested last Thursday after a warrant was signed that day for the charge of stalking under the family violence act, according to a University police report. A police officer was dispatched last Tuesday to the Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center parking lot in reference to Carson Mckenzie Wells, 21, sitting on [...]

Car break-ins have increased by 16 percent, according to the Athens-Clarke County Police. Seventy percent of the vehicles that experienced a break-in were left unlocked or did not show signs of forced entry. The data also revealed that a third of the break-ins occurred in and around downtown Athens. As reported by the Athens-Clarke County [...]

A University student was arrested and charged with fake ID and underage possession of alcohol on Friday morning after her wallet was returned to front desk at Brumby Hall, according to a University police report. The wallet contained a debit card and a South Carolina driver’s license. The name on the driver’s license was Sara [...]

Here is a map of crimes reported by the Athens-Clarke County Police and University Police Department. The red points correspond to burglary and theft by taking The purple points correspond to criminal trespass and suspicious persons The green points correspond to stolen vehicles and entering auto. The light blue points correspond to assault and battery [...]

A University student was arrested on Monday morning and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to dim headlights and driving with a suspended license, according to a University police report. Ryan William Dinardo, 22, was traveling south on Milledge Avenue, when the officer observed his high beams turned on. When the officer [...]

A University student was arrested on Sunday morning and charged with pedestrian under the influence of alcohol and pedestrian disobeying traffic control device after an officer observed him running westbound on Clayton Street toward the intersection with Lumpkin Street, according to an Athens-Clarke County police report. The officer reported Kevin John Frikor, 22, to be [...]

A research technician for the University Complex Carbohydrate Research Center was arrested and charged with pedestrian under the influence of alcohol and pedestrian disobeying traffic control device on Saturday morning, according an Athens-Clarke County police report. James Amor Smith, 28, was seen by an officer “staggering” into path of a taxi on Clayton Street at [...]