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Jerrod J. Brown

Jerrod J. Brown

PIT maneuver ends police chase on I-20

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, July 9, 2026
A police chase that began June 30 with what appeared to be a routine traffic stop ended after a Georgia State Patrol trooper performed a Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT) maneuver, sending the fleeing driver to the Greene County Jail.Jerrod Javarius Brown, 29, of 499 Briar Bay Road in...
Lake Oconee News/File Photo

Lake Oconee News/File Photo

Crash takes two lives over weekend before Christmas

T. Michael Stone
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
A single-vehicle accident took the lives of two people in the early morning hours of Dec. 21 as they traveled along Greensboro Highway in Morgan County, according to a report obtained from the Georgia State Patrol.Diego Vargas Solis, 20, of Monroe, and Nicholas Jackson, 19, of Madison, were killed...
Lake Oconee News/File Photo

Lake Oconee News/File Photo

Authorities seek downtown juvenile joyriders

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Several teens joyriding through downtown Eatonton late Saturday night ended up fleeing from law enforcement, with one being transported to the hospital.According to Sgt. First Class Michael Screws, post commander of Georgia State Patrol Post 8 in Madison, said a 2002 Chevrolet pickup was traveling...
Lake Oconee News/File Photo

Lake Oconee News/File Photo

Morgan County woman killed in tragic accident

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, May 8, 2025
The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the death of a Morgan County woman who was killed April 26 when she fell out of a vehicle traveling on Linger Longer Road in the Reynolds Lake Oconee area of Greene County.According to a preliminary report obtained by the Lake Oconee News from the Georgia...
Lake Oconee News/File Photo

Lake Oconee News/File Photo

Morgan County woman killed in tragic accident

T. Michael Stone
Friday, May 2, 2025
The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the death of a Morgan County woman who was killed April 26 when she fell out of a vehicle traveling on Linger Longer Road in the Reynolds Lake Oconee area of Greene County.According to a preliminary report that was obtained by The Lake Oconee News from the...
Graphic from NewsBreak

Graphic from NewsBreak

Pedestrian killed, another injured, crossing highway

T. Michael Stone
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Two men tried to cross Eatonton Road on the evening of Dec. 8, and both were struck by vehicles.Jimmy Love, 67, of Athens, succumbed to his injuries at the scene, according to the Georgia State Patrol (GSP), and Robert Higgins, 65, of Madison, was airlifted to Grady Hospital in Atlanta with serious...
Christian Fuller, 8 years old, of Greensboro, checks out a few of the Georgia State Trooper vehicles. MAUREEN STRATTON/Staff

Christian Fuller, 8 years old, of Greensboro, checks out a few of the Georgia State Trooper vehicles. MAUREEN STRATTON/Staff

Faith & Blue

Maureen Stratton
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Events bring community, and law enforcement together The flashing lights of ambulances and firetrucks and the county’s finest men and women in uniform were on hand at last week’s Faith and Blue community event at Grace Fellowship Church in Greensboro.
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