Athens woman shot, plane crashes near Elberton, Hall Co child molestation suspect arrested

Athens-Clarke County Police say woman was shot and seriously wounded: details are sketchy, but a police report says the woman, who was shot in the upper torso, was dropped off at a local hospital, possibly by a boyfriend who then left the scene.

Athens-Clarke County Police say there are road rage charges for a man from Lincoln County: 30 year-old Nico Lockhart is accused of ramming the car of the mother of his children; police say his three young children were in the car at the time of the incident on Chase Street.

There was a Thursday plane crash in Elbert County. The single-engine craft went down near Elberton just off Brewers Ridge Road Thursday afternoon. The 82 year-old pilot was taken to Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. Nobody else was on board. The FAA and NTSB continue to investigate the cause.

A Hall County teenager is arrested on child molestation charges: 18 year-old Bryan Zavala (pictured above) was booked into the Hall County jail, accused of molesting a 15 year-old girl.

Police in DeKalb County were, at last report, still trying to track down the shooter who used a BB gun or a pellet gun to shoot at students at an elementary school in Stone Mountain. No serious injuries were reported; investigators say the shots appeared to come from off-campus.

The FBI says there is now $30,000 in reward money in the ongoing search for suspects in last month’s robbery of an armored car in Atlanta. It happened on March 21 on Moreland Avenue in Atlanta, when the car’s crew was held up by a masked man with a gun.