PRESS RELEASE – On May 16, 2023, Towns County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Deputy Darringer Barrett conducted a traffic stop on Highway 76 near The Ridges Resort. K-9 Xena was deployed on a free air sniff of the vehicle and positively alerting on the vehicle. A search of the vehicle resulted in the confiscation of an […]

PRESS RELEASE – Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident that occurred at the skate park at Fowler Park this afternoon. A verbal altercation between a large group of teens and young adults became physical. One suspect produced a knife and cut a victim who suffered non-life threating injuries. An older adult produced a […]

ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Pueblo Cantina in Ellijay is having a grand re-opening tomorrow, May 19, after a truck drove through the side of the building on Saturday. Although they were officially open today, they are having a grand re-opening tomorrow to celebrate the hard work that went into fixing the building and the dedication they […]

PRESS RELEASE – A Young Harris woman was arrested for possession of Methamphetamine after a K-9 officer alerted to her vehicle. The arrested took place on Friday, May 13 at 5:00 p.m., when Lt. Tommy Shook and K-9 Dakota conducted a traffic stop on Highway 339 and Crooked Creek Connector. K-9 Dakota conducted a free […]

FLOYD COUNTY, Ga. – A Floyd County man was arrested after he threatened another man with a sword. According to the Police report, On Monday April 17, 2023 at approximately 9:05pm, a Floyd County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was dispatched to a residential house in reference to an altercation involving a sword. When the deputy arrived, […]

PRESS RELEASE – The Jackson County Sheriff’s office issued the following press release to warn the community of suspicious activity and break-ins that have occurred recently. On Thursday night after midnight and Saturday night a little before midnight, we have had two very disturbing incidents occur within the City Limits of Hoschton. On Thursday night, […]

LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. – A Dahlonega resident was arrested after methamphetamine and other drug related objects were found at his place of residence. Shaun Edward Cleveland, 37, of Dahlonega was arrested last Monday, May 8, 2023, after a raid on his place of residence. The Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office conducted a search warrant at 249 Wildflower […]

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – Two individuals were shot during an isolated altercation at a local business in Forsyth County this morning. According to reports, the two male shooting victims are temporary staffing employees at the local business and had not been employed very long. The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) sated, “at 7:40 this morning […]

PRESS RELEASE – In April of 2021, associates of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) conspired to abduct Rossano Delgado of Barrow County, Georgia. The members of this DTO associated together for the common purposes of illegally committing acts of violence and obtaining money and property through the sale of drugs and illegal controlled substances. The DTO distributed controlled substances, […]

TOWNS COUNTY, Ga – Towns County Sheriff’s Office has identified and arrested a serial drug supplier for the Towns, Clay, and Cherokee County NC area. According to the Sheriffs Office, they have been investigating the known drug supplier for awhile and were able to arrest Alphonso Terrell Cloud, 39, on Monday, May 1st. Cloud’s vehicle […]

GILMER COUNTY, Ga. – A student has been detained by police after he had claimed he brought a gun in his backpack and onto the bus. The Gilmer County School System release a statement this evening to address the incident that happened earlier today. According to the statement, the student had told a classmate on […]

PRESS RELEASE – The GBI and the Union County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Cordell McMillan. McMillan, age 21, was last seen walking away from his home on Nichols Circle in Blairsville, Union County, Georgia on Friday, April 28, 2023, between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. wearing a green shirt, blue […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Friday, May 5, 2023, Deputy Jon Henderson was on routine patrol when he observed a vehicle failing to maintain its lane on East Side Drive in Tallapoosa. Deputy Henderson initiated a traffic stop on the 2006 Pontiac. Deputy Henderson asked the driver of the vehicle if she had anything to drink […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Sunday, April 30, 2023, Steven Kyle Caudell, age 34, of Banks County, Georgia, was arrested on 9 counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children after an investigation conducted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit. The investigation began after receiving a CyberTip from the National Center […]

PRESS RELEASE – On May 3, 2023, at 3:00 AM, Deputies went to conduct extra patrol at the Haralson County Landfill on Landfill Road. Deputies located a person at the landfill who stated that he knew he was not supposed to be there and that he had already been trespassed. The male was placed under […]

PRESS RELEASE – Towns County Sheriff’s Office issued the following press release after they arrested two individuals on drug related charges. Tuesday afternoon, April 25th, a traffic stop was conducted on Hwy. 76 in Young Harris. K-9 Dakota alerted on the vehicle and a search was conducted. An amount of Methamphetamine and drug related objects […]