Dahlonega man charged with aggravated assault
News January 12, 2021
LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. – Lumpkin County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Dahlonega man last week after he allegedly threatened to kill his aunt at a residence on Pine Tree Lane.
The victim called deputies to report her nephew, 32-year-old Andrew Phagan, was high on meth and that he held a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her.
When deputies arrived, the woman was in the driveway and Phagan was inside the residence. According to the incident report, she said her nephew was high on meth and had not slept for three days. When Phagan, a convicted felon, emerged from the residence, deputies discovered he had a loaded handgun, pocket knife and marijuana in his pants pockets.
He was transported to the Lumpkin County Detention Center where he is charged with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of marijuana.
Dahlonega woman charged with aggravated assault
Business, News September 16, 2020
LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. — A 30-year-old Daholenega woman was arrested last week on charges that she assaulted her mother at a residnce on Hwy. 52 in Lumpkin County.
Tiffany Dunagan is charged with aggravated assault, battery-family violence and cruelty to children.
According the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office incident report, Dunagan punched her mother, Juli Dunagan, in the face twice and slapped one of the juveniles present in the face before fleeing the residence
Juli Dunagan told authorities she believed her daughter was under the influence of alcohol or possibly methamphetamine.
Dunagan was arrested at the Adam Circle Apartments in Lumpkin County.
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Gainesville man charged after violent attack
News July 14, 2020
LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. — A 32-year-old Gainesville man was arrested July 5 following a brutal attack on his girlfriend at an Owl Court residence in Dahlonega during which a large portion of her nose was bitten off.
According to the incident report, witnesses said Joseph Russini and Lindsey Le Barron were in the bedroom when they heard her screaming and rushed into the room to pull Russini off the victim.
When Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office deputy Charlie Roberts arrived, Ashley Hendrix told him, an ambulance transported her to the hospital and her brother and boyfriend were in the bedroom holding Russini. Hendrix told the deputy, “He bit her nose off.”
She said he had been doing meth, bath salts and drinking heavily when the attack occurred.
Roberts said Russini’s speech was slurred and he was vomiting profusely. He was handcuffed and ambulance transported him to the hospital.
He is charged with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, aggravated stalking and criminal trespassing.
Lumpkin County man charged with aggravated assault, battery, DUI
News June 23, 2020LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. — Donnie McKinzie, 42, faces charges of felony aggravated assault and battery in Lumpkin County and DUI in Dawson County following a domestic violence incident June 15.
McKinzie’s girlfriend Priscella Roper, 41, told Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office deputies that McKinzie had been drinking all day and became violent, punching her in the face and threatening to stab her. She tried to escape into her mother’s room but he followed her and punched her 62-year-old mother in the face.
She said he had outstanding warrants and fled in a tan Chevrolet pickup truck before deputies arrived. Deputies issued a BOLO and deputies with Dawson County Sheriff’s Office stopped McKinzie and transported him to the Dawson County Detention Center.
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Dahlonega man arrested for aggravated assault
News June 8, 2020
Randall Hanley
LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. – Randall Thomas Hanley, 38, of Dahlonega was arrested last week on charges of aggravated assault, aggravated stalking, battery, false imprisonment and criminal trespass following a domestic violence incident on Rock Garden Place.
According to the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office incident report, Hillary Lisa Watson, 32, said when she returned home, Hanley became verbally abusive, punching her in the face, grabbing her by the throat and throwing her to the ground.
Watson said when she saw an opportunity to escape, she ran to her car and drove away. When Lumpkin County Sheriff’s deputies arrived, there were visible signs of an altercation, including blood on the bed. When deputies contacted Watson she returned to the scene and deputies observed a bloody lip and bruises on her arms.
Deputies handcuffed Hanley and transported him to the Lumpkin County Detention Center.
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