Eatonton Police Department

Shards of glass are scattered and piled around the back door of the Grease Monkey after burglars broke their way inside early Wednesday morning. CONTRIBUTED/EPD

Shards of glass are scattered and piled around the back door of the Grease Monkey after burglars broke their way inside early Wednesday morning. CONTRIBUTED/EPD

Grease Monkey burglarized overnight

Lynn Hobbs
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Eatonton Police Department officers and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime scene processors are spending their day before Thanksgiving investigating a burglary of a local business.
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Man lands in jail for suspected pine straw fraud

Lynn Hobbs
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
A Manchester man is in jail after an Eatonton woman went to police because she felt she’d been a victim of a pine straw scam.The woman, who lives in a neighborhood off Godfrey Road, went to the Eatonton Police Department on Nov. 18 and spoke with Officer Blaze Waldroup.
Bagged cocaine is seen in the cuff of Omar Andrews as he was being arrested for an active warrant. CONTRIBUTED/EPD

Bagged cocaine is seen in the cuff of Omar Andrews as he was being arrested for an active warrant. CONTRIBUTED/EPD

Cocaine found stashed in arrested man’s sock

Lynn Hobbs
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
During the routine pat-down search of a man they were arresting, Eatonton Police Department officers discovered a significant bulge in the top of his sock. Once identified, the package in his sock was added to the charges he was already being arrested for.On Monday, Nov.
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Authorities seek downtown juvenile joyriders

Lynn Hobbs
Wednesday, November 5, 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.
Gus Davis

Gus Davis

Employee takes more than $10k in copper wire

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, September 11, 2025
When a local business manager noticed copper wire mysteriously disappearing from the company’s inventory, he installed surveillance cameras. What he saw on the security videos prompted a call to the Eatonton Police Department.
Traffic temporarily ground to a standstill last Thursday until a multi-car accident could be investigated and then cleared from the southbound lanes of Hwy. 441, near Walmart. MATT SMITH/Staff

Traffic temporarily ground to a standstill last Thursday until a multi-car accident could be investigated and then cleared from the southbound lanes of Hwy. 441, near Walmart. MATT SMITH/Staff

UPDATE: 7-vehicle wreck stalls traffic at intersection

Lynn Hobbs
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
There were seven vehicles, but only a couple of relatively minor injuries in a crash at the Walmart intersection at Hwy. 441 and Oak Street, Thursday afternoon.“It’s a miracle no one was seriously hurt,” Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell said.
Photo by Matt Smith

Photo by Matt Smith

Minor injuries sustained in 7-vehicle wreck at intersection

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, August 28, 2025
There were seven vehicles, but only a couple of minor injuries in a crash at the Walmart intersection on Thursday afternoon.“It’s a miracle no one was seriously hurt,” Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell said.The police department received the call a few minutes before 2 p.m.
Cory Jensen

Cory Jensen

Speeding more than 100 adds cruelty charges for child, pet

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, August 14, 2025
A homeless man is now sleeping and eating in jail after authorities caught him reportedly driving 110 miles per hour in a 45-mph zone with a young child and dog in the car, driving on the wrong side of the road, and committing quite a few other traffic and obstruction-related offenses.
Sgt. Dillon Waldroup

Sgt. Dillon Waldroup

Waldroup promoted to sergeant

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell proudly announced the promotion of officer Dillon Waldroup to sergeant at the Eatonton Police Department on July 21.“This achievement reflects his dedication, discipline, and commitment to serving our community with professionalism and integrity,” Cardwell said.
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