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Deputy hurt while enforcing court order
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Staff Report
Updated: Mar 23, 2016, 3:41 PM
Published: Mar 18, 2016, 6:34 PM

An Effingham County Sheriff’s deputy is recuperating from injuries sustained Friday.

Deputies went to a residence on Highway 21 North to enforce a court order when Franklin Johnson, 23, attacked Sgt. Danny Harrington with a knife, according to the ECSO. The deputy suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was treated Memorial Health University Center.

Harrington is at home recovering from his injuries. Johnson also was taken to Memorial for treatment and he remains hospitalized.
Father, Son Arrested After Armed Standoff in Eden
Sheriff's report
Deputies respond Tuesday to a home in Eden, where a father and son were arrested after a standoff following a domestic dispute. (Submitted photo)
Updated: Jul 23, 2025, 4:05 PM
Published: Jul 23, 2025, 4:17 PM
Two men were arrested Tuesday in Eden after a domestic dispute led to a standoff. Deputies say George Driggers, 47, threatened his girlfriend and law enforcement with a gun, then barricaded himself inside a home. His father, Alford Driggers, 80, was also charged for allegedly threatening deputies.
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