This scam occurred on Jan. 16, when the 72-year-old woman received a telephone call from a person she believed was her ...

An Athens woman lost money in a scam recently where she thought she was paying for an ankle monitor so her son could be released from the Athens-Clarke County Jail. The fraud was reported May 11 to an ...

A 72-year-old Athens woman was nearly scammed out of thousands of dollars in a sweepstakes fraud. A family member intervened, preventing the payment and the sending of $1,000 in gift cards. An alert ...

A 52-year-old grandmother was convicted of trafficking methamphetamine last week during a jury trial in U.S. District Court in Athens. Kimberly Garcia of Athens was convicted of conspiracy to ...

The Limestone County Sheriff's Office says an Athens woman was arrested last week after a search of a home found over four ...