PRESS RELEASE – On March 29, 2024, the Stephens County Sheriffs Office in conjunction with the North Georgia Major Offenders Task Force, the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, and the Toccoa Police Department conducted a search warrant on a residence at 18 Shire Drive after a four-month-long investigation which resulted in a large quantity of […]

FANNIN COUNTY, Ga. – On April 1, 2024, five of six children in the Holsonback family of Fannin County were involved in a tragic car accident. While out of town, the Holsonback children were in an accident involving a semi truck, according to the GoFundMe page set up in their honor. Tragically, one of the […]

WHITE COUNTY, Ga. – Following a joint drug investigation in White and Hall Counties by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office, Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office, White County Sheriff’s Office, and the Georgia State Patrol, several people were arrested: Dwayne Beck, age 42, of Cleveland, GA (booked into the White County Detention […]

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PRESS RELEASE – This past weekend, the Grovetown Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force, conducted “Operation Sweet Tee” aimed at targeting on-line child predators. Beginning Thursday evening through early Sunday morning, undercover agents and investigators were engaged with over 1000 individuals, via the internet, of which […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Tuesday March 19th, during concentrated patrols targeting the Gumlog Road area, a Towns County Sheriff’s Office deputy conducted a traffic stop near Barnard Road. During the traffic stop, probable cause was developed to search the vehicle where an amount of Methamphetamine, which field tested positive, was seized. Robert Curtis Parker, age […]

PRESS RELEASE – On March 23, 2024, at 3:59 AM, the Haralson E-911 Dispatch was notified of a high-speed pursuit east bound on I-20 that had started close to Birmingham, Alabama and may possibly come into Georgia. Haralson County Deputies set up at the Georgia state line on I-20 and were advised that the driver […]

PRESS RELEASE – Pickens Fire was dispatched to a brush/woods fire Tuesday, March 26, where a tree fell on power lines on Hwy. 53 near Dragon Drive. Upon arrival of first unit, it was reported there were two separate fires and there were electrical wires down on the ground. First arriving crews began initial suppression […]

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga.  – The GBI has arrested and charged Celia Savage, age 34, of Habersham County, GA, following a joint drug investigation by the GBI Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO), the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and the GBI Special Enforcement Team.  Police charged Savage with the […]

PRESS RELEASE – Stephens County Sheriff’s Office issued the following statement following multi-day investigations into school threats: The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) has been diligently investigating a series of threats made against Stephens County Middle School over the weekend of March 22-24, 2024. The initial incident involved pre-recorded phone calls received by several students, […]

TOWNS COUNTY, Ga. – On Monday, March 10th, Towns County Sheriff’s deputies received a call with information concerning possible drug activity on Vista Road. During the investigation it was determined a female, Rebeka Eichhold, had outstanding warrants in Cherokee County GA and Clay County NC. Probable cause was established to conduct a search of the […]

PICKENS COUNTY, Ga. – Around 11:46 a.m. this morning, March 13, Pickens County Fire and Rescue responded to a motor vehicle accident on Hwy. 136 West. Pickens County Fire Rescue-61 was the first to arrive on the scene. They discovered a tractor-trailer and sedan that had crashed. According to Pickens County Fire and Rescue, after […]

HARALSON COUNTY, Ga. – On March 8, 2024, Investigators with the Criminal Investigations Division arrested Michael David Moore on his outstanding warrants for Child Molestation and Aggravated Sexual Battery. This investigation began in November of 2023 when the parents of a juvenile came to the Sheriff’s Office to file a complaint. In that complaint, they […]

PRESS RELEASE – On March 12, 2024, a multi-agency operation resulted in the arrests of six individuals at 979 Hulsey Rd, Cleveland, GA. This investigation which led to a search warrant at this residence was conducted by White County Sheriff’s Office, Dawson County Sheriff’s Office, Cleveland Police Department, and the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office. […]

FANNIN COUNTY, Ga. – The Fannin County School System issued a statement early this morning to let parents and students know that there was an unsubstantiated threat to the middle school that School Resource Officers were made aware of last night. “‘Sergeant Darvin Couch, Lieutenant Anthony Walden, and Deputy Thomas Kay have worked diligently through […]

PRESS RELEASE – On March 2, 2024 the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office and Cherokee County Emergency Services responded to a 911 call at 75 Gooseberry Road in Murphy, North Carolina. The reporting party was a Cherokee County Father who had arrived at the home of his separated wife to exercise custody of his four-year-old twin […]