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Area briefs: Athens shooting suspect released on bond, Watkinsville PD gets new Chief

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Zachariah Best has bonded out of the Athens-Clarke County jail. The 27 year-old Best is the suspect in the New Year’s Day shooting that damaged a building under construction at the Boehringer Ingleheim facility on Olympic Drive in Athens.

Courtney Gale is scheduled to start new job as police chief in Watkinsville today. The former Athens-Clarke County Police Officer spent the past two years as police chief in Thomson.

The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the death of a man who passed away after being taken to Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center: he was struck by a vehicle on Highway 198 in Banks County.

A man from Flowery Branch is facing charges after a deadly weekend crash in Hall County: the Georgia State Patrol says 61 year-old Taz Jordan was behind the wheel of the vehicle that struck a man on a motorcycle near downtown Flowery Branch. 23 year-old motorcycle rider Nathan Browning was killed. Jordan is charged with second degree vehicular homicide.

Tim Bryant

Tim Bryant

Tim Bryant hosts Classic City Today, 6-10 weekday mornings on 98.7FM & AM 1340 WGAU in Athens.

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