Oconee County Sheriff's Office Crime Report

Knife Found in Drain Pipe Near Scene of Fight

No one was reportedly injured in the altercation involving juveniles on Dowdy Road in Oconee County, Ga., last Wednesday afternoon.

A knife was found in a drain pipe and a gun was rumored to have been flashed during a fight Wednesday afternoon in Oconee County, but no one was reportedly harmed during the altercation. According to an incident report, a sheriff's deputy was called to an address in the 1200 block of Dowdy Road around 4:15 p.m. on Jan. 16.  As he arrived on the scene, he saw "two large groups of people running in separate directions, but never saw any actual fighting." The deputy interviewed the parties involved who said the fight started after one juvenile said something about another juvenile's mother. A girl said she saw a knife during the fight, which was later found in a nearby drain pipe, according to the report. The deputy notes that the girl …

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Valentine's Day Brawl at Walmart Lands Three in Jail

An employee was punched in the face by a 45-year-old grandmother when she tried to separate two other women who were fighting, according to reports. An arrest does not mean a conviction.

A quarrel broke out near the nail salon inside Walmart about 3 p.m. on Feb. 14 between two women who reportedly have children by the same father, according to an incident report on file at the Oconee County Sheriff's Office. A 25-year-old Athens woman told deputies she saw her son's 45-year-old grandmother at the nail salon and went to talk to her when she was forced to defend herself against a 30-year-old Crawford woman with whom she's had problems before. She said the woman began to hit her. However, the Crawford woman claimed she was hit first and was only acting in self defense. A store employee, the Crawford woman's sister, said she tried to break up the fight and remove a baby from the area when the grandmother punched her in the …

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