DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – on Sunday, Dawson County Sheriff’s Office posted a statement to their social media that following a pursuit, DCSO was able to arrest a kidnapping suspect. According to the statement, a Forsyth County kidnapping suspect led DCSO deputies on a brief chase. The Crime Suppression Unit and Uniform Patrol Deputies were able […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Thursday, April 18, 2024, Banks County Sheriff’s Office arrested Ray Bernard Collins Jr., 57, of Commerce in connection with the 2019 burglary of a Banks County business after a thorough forensic investigation. On October 4, 2019, Banks County Deputies responded to a burglary alarm at the Four Way Stop convenience store. […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Thursday, April 18, 2024, the GBI arrested Cornelius Devaughn Curry, age 20, of Toccoa, Georgia, in Athens-Clarke County during a warrant operation. Curry has been charged with four counts of Aggravated Assault, four counts of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of Certain Crimes, two counts of Aggravated Battery, and […]

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. – On Tuesday morning, April 17, Habersham County Emergency Services responded to a two-vehicle wreck on U.S. 441 around 8:00 a.m. According to Georgia State Patrol, the wreck occurred at the road’s intersection with Turkey Crest Road when a Ford Escape failed to yield at the intersection and cause a tractor-trailer traveling […]

PRESS RELEASE – On April 15th, Towns County Sheriff’s Office Uniform Patrol were investigating a suspicious female at the Dollar General in Young Harris. During the investigation the suspect appeared to be under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol. The subject became combative and was placed under arrest. During the search incidental to the arrest […]

RABUN COUNTY, Ga. – Rabun County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a bar fight at the Route 76 Road House Bar and Grill in the 1500 block of Highway 76 in Clayton just after midnight Saturday. Patrons from the bar called 911 after a fight broke out between two males in the parking lot of the […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Tuesday morning, The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office was alerted by the Administration at Little Mill Middle School that a student possibly had a gun on campus. Administration had been alerted by a fellow student who reported the incident. The 14-year-old student was removed from class and searched by a School Resource […]

DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – Jonathan Bates, a Pauling County man that has been wanted for the last two years in connection to his 28-year-old wife’s murder, has been arrested in Dawson County. On Tuesday, The Dawson County Sheriff’s Office posted his arrested on social media. “The Dawson County Sheriffs Office Warrant Unit, in conjunction with […]

PRESS RELEASE – The GBI has arrested and charged Keenan Anderson, age 27, of Bowersville, GA, with one count of sexual assault by persons with supervisory or disciplinary authority, two counts of criminal attempt of sexual assault by persons with supervisory or disciplinary authority and one count of Tampering with Evidence. On Thursday, April 11, 2024, […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Sunday March 24, 2024, Union County Deputies Austin Bradburn and Riley Norton, responded to the area of Highway 515 West and Highway 325 intersection, in reference to a call for service, which was dispatched as someone falling out of a moving vehicle. It was determined later to be a medical call, […]

UNION COUNTY, Ga. – On April 9, 2024, UCFD firefighters, career and volunteer, from stations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 13 responded to a structure fire with people still in the home in the area of Eagle Bend yesterday. The responding units arrived to find a home approximately 75% involved with fire, a second […]

STEPHENS COUNTY, Ga. – A deputy with the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office was on routine patrol when he observed a red in color Mitsubishi Eclipse at the American Eagle Gas Station. The deputy observed a male standing at the driver’s side window doing what the deputy suspected to be a hand-to-hand drug transaction to the […]

RABUN COUNTY, Ga. – On Wednesday morning, four agencies from northeast Georgia, two from South Carolina and a juvenile prosecutor from the Mountain Judicial Circuit met at the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office to discuss last weekend’s vehicle theft crime spree. Investigators and Officers shared case files, evidence and leads on the six vehicle thefts and […]

RABUN COUNTY, Ga. – In mid-February, Rabun County Deputies took a report from Kevin Gragg of Terroristic Threats being made against him through Facebook: Messenger by his soon-to-be ex-wife, Krissi Gragg. Kevin Gragg told Deputies that he received several direct messages to his Faccbook account from an account belonging to Krissi. Those messages include threats […]

WHITE COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI has arrested Travis Sims, age 49, of Gainesville, GA, and Derrance Damon, age 43, of Cleveland, GA, following a joint drug investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, DEA Atlanta, ATF, the White County Sheriff’s Office, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office, the Gainesville Police […]

PICKENS COUNTY, Ga. – On March 29, Pickens Fire was dispatched to a reported aircraft crash near the intersection of Hwy. 53 West and Garrison Road. According to Pickens County Fire and Rescue, The first arriving unit reported a small engine plane on the ground at the Garrison Road intersection. It appeared to have struck […]