Two arrested after fight over beer
by Staff reports
Aug 29, 2012 | 3100 views | 2 2 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend | print
The Griffin Police Department (GPD) responded to a location on D.F. Fuller Drive on Aug. 21 at about 8 p.m. in reference to an assault, according to a GPD incident report.

When police officers arrived at the scene, they made contact with 51-year-old Leon Jenkins and 31-year-old Zachery Lewis Mathis, both of Griffin.

Jenkins told police that he went next door to purchase an alcoholic beverage from Mathis. He further stated that Mathis told him he would sell a beer for $2 — to which Jenkins responded he would pay $1.50 for that beer, but not $2.

Jenkins told officers that Mathis then punched him in his left eye with a closed fist, as officers noticed Jenkins’ left eye swollen shut.

(For the complete story, see tomorrow's print edition.)
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JulieBrandenburg
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August 31, 2012
This post is for the real decision makers at Griffin Daily News: Why woud you continuously post articles like this on the front of your web page? Do you ever wonder about the stigma that's attached to Griffin? Any company out there that may possibly want to relocate to this area would do a search of the local paper. And these are the stories that keep businesses away. These ARE things that happen in Griffin, but for someone who does not live in the area to be able to pick up a paper copy, this is the image you portray to them.

This web page has been the SAME format since the day you began it. Why not change it up and maybe have a specific page just for police reports? Why does this stuff (usually a ver batum account of the police report) get posted on the front? Its ridiculous.

And while you are at it, why not post every comment as long as there is no vile language? Why do you take a politically correct stance when chosing what comments to post? That's not real journalism.
JulieBrandenburg
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August 29, 2012
Welcome to Griffin. This is worthy enough to make the news around here. Tomorrow it will be "Leroy beats up Jerome because he made him ride the pink bike instead of the blue one to get the forty."