ALBANY, GA- For the third year in a row the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty has increased.

And the south has the highest numbers. 

FBI data says 72 law enforcement officers were killed in 2011 an increase of 16 from the previous year.  29 of those officers were from the South including 36-year old Albany Police Corporal Terry Lewis Flemming who died in a car crash while chasing two armed robbery suspects.

The number of officer deaths has increased every year since 2008.

ALBANY, GA- You can be the key to solving crime. A recent violent home invasion in Albany is proof.

A long-time criminal charged with beating a 79-year-old Albany woman in her home last Friday was caught in large part because of tips from the community.

Carol Dozier's daughter Anne Spelts says she couldn't be more thankful for all the hard work police and the community put it to help catch her mother's attacker she says a number of things that came together that led to his arrest but one of those things was information from an anonymous tipster.

ALBANY, GA- A telecommunications company, who owed the city of Albany more than $100,000, has now paid off their debt.

The city simply failed to bill the company for fees for seven years.

Albany taxpayer Robert Caldwell wasn't happy to hear the city had not collected more than one hundred thousand dollars in right of way fees from Verizon Wireless for the past seven years, especially with the talk of a possible tax increase for the upcoming fiscal year.