Eatonton Police Department

GBI Crime Scene Specialist Mikayla Hardman, foreground, and Eatonton Police Officer Christian Waldroup outside the Grease Monkey as they processed the burglary scene last Wednesday. CONTRIBUTED

GBI Crime Scene Specialist Mikayla Hardman, foreground, and Eatonton Police Officer Christian Waldroup outside the Grease Monkey as they processed the burglary scene last Wednesday. CONTRIBUTED

EPD investigates burglary

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Eatonton Police Department officers and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime scene specialists spent their day before Thanksgiving investigating the burglary of a local business.Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell said the Grease Monkey oil change and auto repair on Walmart Drive was...
Antonio Maurice Barnes

Antonio Maurice Barnes

Driver jailed for DUI, going wrong way on bypass

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, December 4, 2025
A Milledgeville man is in jail after he passed a police officer while driving on the wrong side of the road.Antonio Maurice Barnes, 40, of Briar Cliff Road, Milledgeville, is facing charges that include DUI-alcohol less safe, speeding 74/55, and driving on the wrong side of the roadway, according...
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.According to Waldroup’s...
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.
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. First Class Michael Screws, post commander of Georgia State Patrol Post 8 in Madison, said a 2002 Chevrolet pickup was traveling...
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.The police department received the call a few...
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. regarding the...
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.Cory Jensen,...
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