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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Vidalia man accused of assault, false imprisonment
A Vidalia man is facing aggravated assault and false imprisonment charges following a December incident in Statesboro.
According to a release from Statesboro Police Capt. Jared Akins, officers responded to the Holiday Inn Express on South Main Street to meet with a female victim of an assault.
The victim told officers that her boyfriend, later identified as Jorge Houed-Cartacio, 34, from Vidalia, had battered her and choked her during the course of a domestic dispute. Akins said Houed-Cartacio then refused to allow the victim to leave the room.
2 Statesboro women charged with elder abuse
2 Statesboro women charged with elder abuse By Dal Cannady | December 22, 2020 at 4:43 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 6:12 PM
STATESBORO, Ga. (WTOC) - Two Statesboro women face charges after police say they signed on to care for a senior citizen just to receive his Social Security. Police say the crime is more and more common.
Police say the arrests they made this week trace back to a man they found huddled under a tree. In his 70′s, legally blind, while his registered caregivers continued to cash his monthly check.
Police call this the flip side of human trafficking - a side many of us might not realize happens every day.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Marc Wilson gets second bond hearing after six months in jail Also enters not-guilty pleas in Hutcheson’s death Listening while his mother testifies during Tuesday s bond reconsideration hearing, defendant Marc Wilson sits between two of his defense attorneys, Mawuli Davis, left, and Gary Spencer, right. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff
When William Marcus “Marc” Wilson, 22, got a new bond hearing Tuesday, his mother fought back tears and testified to what the family would be willing to do to see him released while he awaits trial.