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NE Ga police reports include teen death in Athens, teen arrests in Jackson Co

There was a late night car crash on the Highway 10 Loop in Athens. A child was killed. The victim of the Sunday night wreck on the Outer Loop is said to have been 13 years old, now identified as Kayla Smith. The accident closed a stretch of the Loop between Tallassee Road and the Atlanta Highway for several hours. Athens-Clarke County Police are investigating.

Two teenagers are among the three people arrested on sexual assault charges in Jackson County: Joshua Wells is 18 years old; Akhemu Dunston is 19. They, along with 21 year-old Davius Casteen of Nicholson face counts that include rape, child cruelty, and drug and weapons possession. All three were booked into the Jackson County jail.

Prison sentences ranging from four to eighteen years have been handed down to convicted members of a methamphetamine trafficking ring in Hall County: defendants from Gainesville, Lawrenceville, and Atlanta were among those found guilty of running a distribution ring that was busted by drug agents in 2019.

Tim Bryant

Tim Bryant

Tim Bryant hosts Classic City Today, 6-10 weekday mornings on 98.7FM & AM 1340 WGAU in Athens.

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