PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. – January 30, 2025 – District Attorney Robert S. Lane announces that earlier today Superior Court Judge Dean C. Bucci sentenced Vincent Lemark Burrell, 57, to serve 475 years in prison, the maximum sentence possible. Burrell was found guilty of 103 counts, 93 counts of Dog Fighting and 10 counts of Cruelty […]

PRESS RELEASE – On January 24, 2025, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for a broken windshield, driving with an off road illuminated light bar and broken tail light. During the traffic stop, the driver admitted to prior Drug and DUI charges and gave deputies consent to search his […]

PRESS RELEASE – On December 3, 2024, a student at Gilmer High School reported to a Deputy Sheriff (SRO) that a vendor, Ronald Richardson, who was refilling vending machines at the school, had asked her to send him pictures through a social media app, and she felt that was inappropriate. The student told the SRO […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Friday, January 24, 2025, Sgt. Sam Swanger with the Haralson County Crime Suppression Unit was on concentrated patrol when he observed a silver Chevrolet Impala crossing Highway 27 from Hayes-Glass Road with an equipment violation. Sgt. Swanger initiated a traffic stop and made contact with the driver, Robert McCutcheon. During the […]

PRESS RELEASE – Ringgold, GA – On January 15, 2025 the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District’s Attorney’s Office secured a conviction of Samantha Shea Leamon of Rossville, Catoosa County, Georgia for Possession of Fentanyl with the Intent to Distribute. Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid responsible for a significant number of overdose deaths in the […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Tuesday January 21st, Towns County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Keanu Nguyen conducted a traffic stop on Highway 76 West. Probable cause was developed during the stop to search the vehicle. An amount of crystal-like substance, which field-tested positive for Methamphetamine, was confiscated. David Anthony Lowe, age 44, Blairsville was arrested and charged […]

PRESS RELEASE – Sheriff Jamie Callaway reported that on Thursday afternoon, 1/23/2025, a Lt. with the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office attempted to stop a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and driving erratically on Washington Hwy. After the deputy initiated his emergency lights and siren, the suspect vehicle continued traveling south on Hwy […]

PRESS RELEASE – The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest following the investigation into a school related threat at East Jackson Middle School. The juvenile suspect has been taken into custody and charged with one felony count of Terroristic Threats and Acts. The Sheriff’s Office and the Jackson County School System have been […]

CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. – On Monday, January 20, 2025, the body found on the embankment of Emberson Drive in Ringgold was identified as Jamie Lauren Wiley, age 37, of Ringgold, GA. The preliminary results indicate that Jamie Wiley was a victim of a homicide. Fingerprints taken from the autopsy were run through the FBI AFIS […]

ELBERT COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI has arrested and charged Edar Carreon, age 30, of Elberton, GA, with one count of Rape and one count of Violation of Oath of Office. Carreon, formerly an officer with the Elberton Police Department, is accused of raping a woman in Elberton, GA. The City of Elberton Police Department requested GBI […]

JACKSON COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI has arrested and charged Amber Nicole Ferguson, age 33, of Commerce, GA, with two counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children. She turned herself in to the Jackson County Jail on January 15, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. Ferguson, formerly an officer with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, is accused of […]

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. – David Dale, 75, of Gainesville, Georgia, was charged with improper backing after his car was struck by a Norfolk Southern train on Jan. 6. The collision occurred around 12:20 p.m., according to The Georgia State Patrol. Dale’s vehicle was traveling south on S. Main Street and began to cross a set […]

PRESS RELEASE – Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader issued the following statement regarding an attempt to steal an ATM. “In the early morning hours of Jan. 6, the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office was notified of an Automated Teller Machine alarm at the UCBI Trion branch. Deputies arrived to find a stolen truck, which was used […]

PRESS RELEASE – The Whitfield County Fire Department is investigating a house fire that claimed the lives of five people early Wednesday morning. The fire destroyed a residential property on Tree Top Lane in the City of Cohutta. The call was received at 3:30am and a total of 9 fire trucks and two battalion chiefs […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Sunday, January 12th, 2025, at approximately 8:00 am, deputies received an anonymous tip stating fugitive Brandon Frady could be found at a residence near the 2600 block of Banks Road. Frady was wanted in Catoosa County, Georgia, for Aggravated Assault, Simple Battery, Criminal Trespass, and two counts of Cruelty to Children. […]