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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Oconee County Sheriff's Office Crime Report

UPDATE: Parent Accused of Taking Her Child Had Recent Troubles with the Law

Oconee County Sheriff's deputies detained Shannon Fluri on Jan. 24, and she was booked into the Athens-Clarke County Jail on charges related to a hit and run/leaving the scene of an accident.

An Oconee County woman authorities believe took her 5-year-old daughter from a day care without permission Wednesday afternoon was recently behind bars in Athens-Clarke County. According to jail records, 48-year-old Shannon F. Fluri of Mars Hill Road was booked on charges related to a hit and run traffic accident on Jan. 24. Patch has contacted Athens-Clarke Police for more information about the accident. Fluri was detained around 5 p.m. that Thursday by an Oconee County Sheriff's deputy on US 78 near Garrett Road.  The deputy had been alerted that a red Nissan Quest had been "involved in numerous hit and run accidents," according to an incident report. When the deputy first spotted the minivan near Ruth Jackson Road, he says its bumper …

Monday, January 28, 2013

Oconee County Sheriff's Office Crime Report

Man Accused of Breaking Into Bogart Home Will Also Face Theft Charge in Oconee County

Authorities say they have evidence that a 19-year-old Bogart man snatched a boy's dirt bike from outside of a Malcom Bridge Road home earlier this month.

A 19-year-old resident of Stonehenge Place that was wanted in connection with the burglary of an occupied home on Luke Road in Bogart last Wednesday is behind bars in Athens-Clarke County. Demarcus Veron Ellison was booked into the jail early Monday, according to jail records. The Athens Banner-Herald reports Ellison has been in trouble with the law before and was on probation at the time he's accused of kicking in the door of a disabled veteran. Bond has been set at $5,000 for the burglary charge but the Oconee County Sheriff's Office has placed a hold on Ellison for theft of a dirt bike. According to Oconee County Investigator Dave Stauffacher, Athens-Clarke County investigators issued a search warrant on Ellison's cell phone and found …

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