Athens police investigating rape

Police in Athens are investigating a rape of a 20-year-old woman.

Athens-Clarke County Police did not identify the location of the attack other than saying it was on the west side. However, Lt. Keith Morris said it did not occur on or near the University of Georgia campus.

The victim told investigators she was sexually assaulted around 3 a.m. Saturday and she knows her attacker.

No description is available of the attacker, Morris said.

About the Author

Megan Matteucci

Dickens asks top donors for $250K to help fund inauguration events

Man pleads guilty in 2022 stabbing death of Buckhead grandmother

Officials identify 2 killed in Gwinnett before man’s arrest in Tennessee

Featured

Credit: Miguel Martinez-Jimenez

When ICE takes breadwinners, it takes a toll on families ... and on the economy

For immigrant families, brushes with ICE can result in financial precarity that could have implications for the broader economy.

‘I’m a bad kid,’ he told himself. How Georgia’s special ed program failed one child.

Parents find that it's easy to get into the GNETS program, but in some districts, difficult to leave.

‘A lot of blame, but not enough action’: Atlanta leaders lack path to fix jail

Stakeholders across Atlanta and Fulton County grapple with a complex web of issues that contribute to overcrowding, crumbling structure.