Woman wanted in Albany aggravated assault case Nakendria Lashay Lewis (Source: Albany Police Department) By Krista Monk | March 1, 2021 at 8:51 PM EST - Updated March 1 at 8:51 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The Albany Police Department (APD) is looking for a woman facing three counts of aggravated assault, according to a press release.
APD said Nakendria Lashay Lewis, 20, is wanted on the three charges after police said a woman hit three people with a car Saturday night. One of the victims was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries.
Police said it happened just before 11:30 p.m.
Lewis is described in the press release as being 5′5, and weighing about 124 pounds.
12 Thomas Co. Jail inmates charged following fight (Source: Gray News, file) By Krista Monk | February 25, 2021 at 6:44 PM EST - Updated February 25 at 6:44 PM
THOMASVILLE, Ga. (WALB) - Twelve Thomas County Jail inmates are now facing charges in connection to a fight at the jail, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
In a press release, the GBI said that it was contacted by the Thomas County Sheriff’s Office around 12:30 in the afternoon on Feb. 15 to assist with an investigation regarding a fight between multiple inmates at the jail.
“Through multiple interviews of involved inmates, jail staff and other witnesses, charges were brought against those identified to be involved. Jail staff quickly secured the other inmates, segregated those fighting, and stopped the fight from continuing. Medical aid was rendered to those that required it with one transported to an area hospital with more severe, non-life-threatening injuries,” the press release state
Police report: Woman kidnapped at gunpoint in Albany Albany Police Department (Source: WALB) By Krista Monk and Keshawn Ward | February 18, 2021 at 6:15 PM EST - Updated February 23 at 9:43 AM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - A woman reported to the Albany Police Department (APD) that she was held at gunpoint, robbed, and told she would be killed if she didnât take the robber where he wanted to go, according to a police report.
The events:
an officer responded to an armed robbery call in the 1200 block of Maryland Drive.
The officer met with the victim who said that around 12:30 p.m. that day, a man she described as white, with tattoos all over his face, wearing a black hoodie and dark pants, knocked on the back door of her residence in the 2200 block of Pembroke Drive. She later told the officer he had NFL tattooed on his forehead and remembered that he had clean, white tennis shoes and he had on a ânice clean leather bookbag.â