http://www.scanmuscogee.com ScanMuscogee en-us hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 Thu, 15 May 2008 08:43:26 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=220 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=220 A Columbus man had a gun put to his head Wednesday morning during an armed robbery, Columbus police said.<br><br>The 31-year-old man was talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone outside of his Cusseta Road apartment around 1:45 a.m. when he saw a man hiding behind a nearby car. The man then jumped from his hiding spot with a .38-caliber revolver, stating, \"Give it up, fool,\" police said.<br><br>The man told the robber he had nothing before he was forced face down on the pavement. The robber felt... Wed, 14 May 2008 08:14:10 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=219 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=219 Lanett, Ala., police are looking for a local man who shot another man in the buttock early Sunday.<br><br>Police Lt. Johnny Wood said Derrick Arvello Gibson, aka \"DG,\" is accused of shooting another Lanett man, Milton McCants, twice in his left buttock.<br><br>Both men were visiting a mutual acquaintance at a house on 12th Avenue around 1:45 a.m., when they started arguing, Wood said. Why McCants and Gibson were fighting has not been determined, he said.<br><br>... Sun, 11 May 2008 09:18:34 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=218 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=218 A man was beaten and robbed of his boots and other items during an attack in downtown Columbus early Saturday.<br><br>Christopher Martin, 24, told police that he was walking to his vehicle in the parking lot at the northeast corner of 13th Street and Broadway around 2:45 a.m. when he was approached from behind by three men.<br><br>In a report, police said one of the men punched Martin in the face, while another pushed him to the ground, put his foot on his back and told him to stay down or he would... Thu, 08 May 2008 09:19:07 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=217 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=217 A man who police said fled from officers Tuesday night was shot twice by a patrolman when he refused to obey his commands.<br><br>Timothy Pugh, 30, of 1410 Talbotton Road was shot in the arm and the shoulder by Columbus Police Officer Michael Doolittle just after 10 p.m. behind a Sheffield Drive apartment complex, Police Chief Ricky Boren said. The shooting came after Pugh jumped from his moving Ford Crown Victoria and ran from police following a brief car chase down Macon and Forrest roads.<br><br>Pugh... Thu, 08 May 2008 09:18:34 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=216 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=216 The Columbus Police Department had never before awarded a Medal of Valor to one of its own.<br><br>That changed Wednesday, when those crowding a room at the Columbus Public Safety Center rose to their feet in honor of Cpl. Michael Dahnke, who received the honor at the annual employee recognition ceremony.<br><br>Dahnke, an eight-year veteran of the police department, was the second officer to reach Doctors Hospital on March 27 when he shot suspect Charles Johnston in the shoulder. Johnston, 63, is... Wed, 07 May 2008 06:32:59 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=215 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=215 A Columbus man was found dead Tuesday morning, accidentally burned to death outside of a local business.<br><br>Jimmy Lee Gates, 73, of 3116 Wise St., was pronounced dead by Coroner Bill Thrower at 10:57 a.m. Gates was at 2306 Buena Vista Road, a gas station at the corner of Buena Vista Road and Ewart Avenue.<br><br>\"There was fire involved,\" Thrower said. \"He\'ll be going up (to Atlanta) for an autopsy.\"<br><br>... Mon, 05 May 2008 08:05:41 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=214 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=214 A man went from getting robbed early Saturday to getting into a car wreck and then to getting arrested, Columbus police said.<br><br>Brian Crotty, 41, was walking to his motel room along Victory Drive at 12:12 a.m. when five men approached him, Lt. Charles Kennedy said.<br><br>\"One of them said, \'Give me the money,\' \" the lieutenant added.<br><br>... Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:28:13 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=213 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=213 Valley, Ala., police have identified a man who was shot and killed early Monday morning.<br><br>Yokbricus Monte Taylor, 22, was pronounced dead at Lanier Hospital in Valley after being shot in the chest.<br><br>Taylor was fatally shot during a encounter that occurred at a home on 29th Boulevard in Valley around 4 a.m. Monday. The homeowner, Eric Nelson, told police that upon arriving at the house after work, he was confronted by two men.<br><br>... Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:50:39 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=212 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=212 Police are looking for a man accused of robbing a Columbus gas station at gunpoint Saturday afternoon.<br><br>Columbus Police Sgt. Matt Blackstock said a masked man entered the Circle K on Milgen Road around 3:30 p.m. armed with a handgun.<br><br>He took an undisclosed amount of money from the store and fled on foot. Blackstock said he may have gotten into a silver or blue vehicle.<br><br>... Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:38:18 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=211 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=211 A Phenix City man was found dead in the swimming pool at his apartment complex on Tuesday night.<br><br>Kentrell Verdell Bowens, 26, was found at the bottom of the pool at Carriage Hills Apartments on Lakewood Drive around 8:40 p.m., police said.<br><br>Phenix City Police Capt. Frank Ivey said CPR was performed and Bowens was transported to Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital in Phenix City. He was pronounced dead at 9:46 p.m. His body was sent to the forensics lab in Montgomery for an autopsy.<br><br>... Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:35:02 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=210 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=210 No one was injured in an early Wednesday morning house fire in Columbus.<br><br>Firefighters were called to 2117B Schatulga Road at 2:22 a.m., said Fire Lt. Ricky Wadkins. When the first unit arrived about six minutes later, they found the one-story, wood-frame home consumed.<br><br>\"It totally destroyed the house,\" Wadkins said.<br><br>... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:26:48 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=209 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=209 The man who police say killed three people Thursday at Doctors Hospital confessed to the shootings hours later while being treated for a gunshot wound.<br><br>Charles Johnston, 63, was rolled Monday in a wheelchair into Columbus Recorder\'s Court, where Columbus Police Detective Katina Williams testified that the man who once taught at Muscogee County schools told her he shot Peter David Wright, 44, Leslie A. Harris, 44, and John Baker, 76.<br><br>The three men died Thursday when Johnston used a 9 mm... Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:58:42 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=208 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=208 A car crashed into the sign at the main entrance of Columbus State University Saturday afternoon after the driver suffered a seizure.<br><br>Police said the woman, who was not identified, was driving near the intersection of University Avenue and Gentian Boulevard, when she suffered a seizure and crashed her white four-door car into the brick university sign.<br><br>The woman, who was not seriously injured, was taken to The Medical Center for treatment.<br><br>... Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:52:08 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=207 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=207 An Opelika, Ala., man was arrested on drug charges Wednesday afternoon.<br><br>Opelika police arrested Robert Montaye Johnson, 27, on outstanding warrants for trafficking in cocaine, unlawful possession or receipt of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana.<br><br>The charges stem from a search of Johnson\'s residence on March 13, in which police found cocaine and marijuana.<br><br>... Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:00:18 -0400 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=206 http://www.ScanMuscogee.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=206 Charles Coleman had just months remaining on his robbery sentence as he worked out of the Columbus Diversion Center in November.<br><br>Now, the 32-year-old Atlanta man is back in prison on a three-year sentence for walking away from his job.<br><br>Coleman pleaded guilty Wednesday to escape -- a charge stemming from his disappearance from the Gateway Road Wal-Mart on Nov. 3, said Assistant District Attorney Don Kelly. Muscogee County Superior Court Judge John Allen sentenced him to three years in...