PRESS RELEASE – At the request of the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office, GBI agents are investigating the death of Robert Smith, age 35, of Cookeville, TN. The preliminary information indicates that Smith was wanted for aggravated assault out of Nashville, TN. On Wednesday, April 16, 2025, Smith drove to Georgia and abandoned his car at […]

CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. – A Catoosa County couple were tried by jury the week of March 24, 2025 for the offenses of Cruelty to Children in the 1st Degree (2 counts) and Cruelty to Children in the 2nd Degree (2 counts). The couple were convicted of all counts on March 27, 2025 and each received […]

PRESS RELEASE – This morning, our deputies responded to a welfare check. Upon arrival, they were greeted by the homeowner, who allowed them entry into the house. They were led to a bedroom where a man was lying in bed with a gun. He began shooting at the deputies, injuring one of them. In response, […]

TOWNS COUNTY, Ga. – On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, The Towns County Sheriff’s office Drug Investigators did a follow up at a location on Rogers Rd, Hiawassee. Probable cause was established for the residence and a search resulted in an amount of methamphetamine and drug related objects being seized. Nathaniel Jerome Edwards Jr, 48, of […]

STEPHENS COUNTY, Ga. – In late November 2024, the Stephens County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of one Tek84 Intercept body scanner for use within the Stephens County Jail. The new technology was procured using money from the opioid response fund in an effort to stop the impact of illegal drugs in the jail […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Friday, April 11, 2025, the GBI, the Bartow County Detective Unit, the Bartow DTF/SWAT Unit, and the Murray County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Gary Fowler, age 74, of Chatsworth, GA, and his wife Mary Fowler, age 73, of Chatsworth, GA, with murder in connection to the death of Travis Silvers. […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, the Haralson County Sheriff’s Office was made aware of a case involving a missing child under the age of two from Missouri. Lt. Heather Mecillas made contact with a Detective from Harrisonville, MO who advised that they had a missing person case involving a mother and a […]

DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI has arrested and charged Ethan Blake Taffar, age 34, of Dawsonville, GA, with one count of Distribution of a Schedule II Controlled Substance and one count of Violation of Oath of a Public Officer. On March 25, 2025, the GBI was requested to investigate potential misconduct by Taffar. During […]

PRESS RELEASE – Pursuant to recent narcotics investigations, The Murray County Sheriff’s Office has arrested three individuals from Murray County that were involved in drug trafficking. Kevin Langford of Chatworth was arrested following a narcotics investigation and the execution of a search warrant at his residence. He was found with approximately 5 ounces of Methamphetamine. […]

PRESS RELEASE – In the early morning hours of Saturday, April 5, 2025, at approximately 2:12 AM, the Fannin County Fire Department Search and Rescue (SAR) team was activated following a distress call from Panther Creek Falls, located deep within the Cohutta Wilderness of the Chattahoochee National Forest. The call reported a life-threatening emergency involving […]

PRESS RELEASE – On June 3, 2024, the Towns County Sheriff’s Office Investigators received a complaint regarding child molestation of a 13 year old victim. Investigation revealed that the victim had been molested since the child was 9 years old. The molestation occurred in Towns County and other jurisdictions. On June 3rd the suspect, Tanner […]

CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga – On February 25, 2025, Samantha Hyatte, a 37 year-old woman from Dayton, Tennessee entered a plea of guilty to two counts of Home Invasion in the First Degree, two counts of Aggravated Assault, and Attempted Armed Robbery in the Superior Court of Catoosa County, Georgia. On February 24, 2024, Hyatte entered […]

PRESS RELEASE – Sheriff Jamie Callaway reported that on Thursday, March 28,  Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to Jones Ferry Road to a vehicle accident involving two vehicles. It was reported that one driver got out of his vehicle and shot the driver of the other vehicle. Deputies arrived on Jones Ferry Road and located a […]

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. – Two Northeast Georgia residents were arrested on drug charges Wednesday night outside Cornelia. Jeremy Keith May, 34, of Demorest, was charged with trafficking methamphetamine. He also faces multiple outstanding out-of-county arrest warrants. Also arrested was Meagan Brooke Hutcheson, 25, of Cleveland, who also was charged with trafficking methamphetamine. The arrests occurred […]

PRESS RELEASE – At approximately 8:27 a.m. Sunday morning, a truck driver reported finding a body near an empty mini-van on the Interstate 75 Northbound 320 entrance ramp. Deputy sheriffs, along with Fire-Rescue personnel, arrived within minutes. Deputies summoned the Coroner and State Troopers to the scene as well. The victim, who was determined to […]

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – On March 13th around 10:45pm a Forsyth County deputy observed a vehicle that was driving in the south end of the county cross the double yellow line multiple times. The driver of the vehicle, identified as James Anderson of Blairsville, was also using a blue light as a tag light, which […]