JACKSON COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI has arrested and charged Jefferson Police Department Sergeant Reginald Lee New, age 58, of Jefferson, GA, with disclosing information from the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) system to a person unauthorized to receive it.

The Jefferson Police Department requested the GBI to investigate the alleged disclosure of information to a city official who had no authority to access or possess the protected information from the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) system.

New was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Jackson County Jail.