• Drug arrest

    PRESS RELEASE – After a week-long investigation, the Towns County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on Wednesday December 4th at Bugscuffle Road on Hwy. 76E. During the traffic stop, probable cause was developed and a search of the vehicle was conducted. A trafficking amount of Methamphetamine was confiscated along with Opiod/Fentanyl and an amount […]

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  • GBI Arrests Toccoa Man in Methamphetamine Trafficking Investigation

    PRESS RELEASE – The GBI has arrested and charged Jeremy Lee Mans, age 32, of Toccoa, GA, with Trafficking Methamphetamine, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. On November 22, 2024, the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office, and the […]

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  • Deputy Arrests 1 for Illegal Drug Possession

    PRESS RELEASE – On Wednesday, Nov. 27, a deputy with the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office S.T.I.N.G. Unit conducted a traffic stop on a red in color RAM 1500 in reference to the vehicle displaying no tag. While patrolling East Currahee Street, a S.T.I.N.G. deputy observed that a red in color RAM 1500 truck displayed no […]

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  • Rossville Man Convicted of Sexually Exploiting a Child

    PRESS RELEASE – On November 8, 2024, Jarred Hosch, a forty-one-year-old Rossville man, pled guilty to three counts of sexually exploiting a child, one count of soliciting another to commit child molestation, and one count of soliciting another to sexually exploit a child. During a guilty-plea hearing, evidence showed that the defendant, who was out […]

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  • Gang member arrested after drug bust

    PRESS RELEASE – On Friday, November 22nd, Towns County Sheriff’s Investigators received a call on Twin Mountain Road. During the investigation, probable cause was developed and an amount of Methamphetamine, which field-tested positive, was confiscated. Ronald Shane Lowary, age 38, Hiawassee and Christine Cardona, age 49, Hiawassee were arrested. Lowary is charged with: • Felony […]

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  • Warming center in Gilmer

    The Warming Center, open to anyone in need of a warm place for the night, will open at 5pm on SUNDAY, Monday and Tuesday December 1, 2 and 3rd. The center is located in the Gilmer County Civic Center, 1561 South Main Street in Ellijay. Doors will open at 5pm (enter on the left through […]

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  • Three Arrested in Walker County Death Investigation

    WALKER COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI has arrested and charged Kayla Michelle McClure, age 21, of Ringgold, GA, James Logan Darty, age 21, of Rossville, GA, and Marcuse Allen Chambers, age 18, of Rossville, GA, in connection to the death of Dakota Bottomlee in Chickamauga, GA. Brayden Whatley, age 23, of Rossville, GA is wanted […]

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  • GBI Investigates Officer Involved Shooting in Cherokee County

    PRESS RELEASE – At the request of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, GBI agents are investigating an officer involved shooting in Cherokee County, GA. Charles H. Woodall, age 52, of Cartersville, GA, was shot and killed. No officers were injured. On Friday, November 22, 2024, at about 9:50 p.m., the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office was […]

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  • GBI Arrests Man in Toccoa Homicide Investigation

    PRESS RELEASE – On Monday, November 25, 2024, the GBI arrested and charged Corey Bryant, age 36, of Toccoa, GA, with malice murder in connection to the death of Angela Baker, age 42, of Toccoa, Georgia. On Friday, November 22, 2024, at about 4:30 p.m., the GBI was requested by the Toccoa Police Department to […]

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  • Suspect arrested after multiple vehicle break-ins

    PRESS RELEASE – On November 1, 2024 around 1:19am, Deputies responded to University Heights in reference to suspicious males dressed in all black that were pulling on the door handles of vehicles. Deputies observed the silver Hyundai passenger car travelling on Morrison Moore and attempted to stop the vehicle. The Hyundai failed to stop and […]

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  • Man arrested on Aggravated Assault

    PRESS RELEASE – SCSO Deputies Arrest Subject Following Monday Night Manhunt At approximately 5:51 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 11, Stephens County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the Whispering Woods area of Martin in reference to a disturbance. While heading to the call, deputies were informed that the male caller and female homeowner were being […]

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  • Gilmer County Sheriff sworn in as COAG president

    GILMER COUNTY, Ga. – Gilmer County Sheriff, Stacy Nicholson, was sworn in today as President of the Constitutional Officers Association of Georgia during the Fall Conference in Savannah, Ga. “COAG is a collaborative association of all 159 Georgia Sheriffsq, Probate Judges, Tax Commissioners and Clerks of Superior Court,” stated Sheriff Nicholson. He expressed his appreciation […]

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  • Stephens County Sheriff’s Office Awarded Georgia Gang Activity Prosecution Grant

    PRESS RELEASE – The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office, in collaboration with the Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office, has been awarded the Gang Activity Prosecution (GAP) Grant to enhance efforts in identifying and prosecuting gang members in the local community. “The $70,000 grant was appropriated by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) […]

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  • GBI Investigates Officer Involved Shooting in Cornelia, Georgia

    HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. – At the request of the Cornelia Police Department, GBI agents are investigating an officer involved shooting in Cornelia, Georgia. One man was shot and injured. No officers were injured in this incident. Preliminary information indicates that the Cornelia Police Department responded to a 911 call from a citizen on Irvin Street […]

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  • The presidential race in Georgia is called!

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    The race in Georgia has been called! Georgia has turned red! News outlets have called the race in Georgia as a tight race between former President Trump and Vice President Harris. Trump was able to flip the state after Biden previously won the state in 2020. Final numbers are still too early to know, but […]

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