PRESS RELEASE – On June 3 2025, The White County Sheriffs Office received information that a subject named Richard Lee (56) of Cleveland, GA was trafficking and selling methamphetamine in the White County area. During the course of the investigation, a search warrant was executed at his residence located on Young Dr., Cleveland, Ga. Mr. […]

CHATTOOGA COUNTY, Ga.– On Wednesday June 18, 2025, the GBI arrested and charged former Trion Police Officer Joel “Chris” Wooten, age 52, of Summerville, GA, with Aggravated Battery and Violation of Oath by a Public Officer. On June 11, 2025, the GBI was requested by the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office to investigate allegations of excessive […]

ELBERTON, Ga.- At the request of the Elberton Police Department, GBI agents have arrested and charged Garrett Anderson, age 24, of Elberton, GA, with Felony Burglary and Felony Criminal Trespass. The preliminary information indicates on April 27, 2025, Anderson broke into the Elberton Memorial Hospital pharmacy. On Monday, June 9, 2025, Anderson was arrested and […]

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Habersham County, Georgia. The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on June 11, 2025. One deputy was injured in the incident. Jonathan William Harris, age 34, of Sautee, GA, is wanted in connection to this incident. Preliminary […]

RABUN COUNTY, Ga. – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent investigation into the in-custody death of Jacie Louise Harrison, age 22, of Clayton, Georgia. On Thursday, June 5, 2025, Harrison became unresponsive while in custody at the Rabun County Detention Center. Detention staff initiated lifesaving measures, and EMS responded to continue care. […]

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has arrested Kenneth Rankin, 52, an officer with the Georgia Department of Community Supervision, for illegally sharing official data with a criminal suspect tied to a Tennessee drug investigation. He has been charged with Computer Theft and Violation of Oath of Office. In May 2025, […]

WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. – At the request of the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office, the GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Whitfield County, GA. Johnathan Zuccarini, age 32, of Dalton, GA, died in the incident. No officers were injured. Preliminary information indicates that on June 3, 2025, at about 11:40 p.m., narcotics investigators with […]

TOWNS COUNTY, Ga. – The sole commissioner of Towns County, Cliff Bradshaw, is facing allegations of misuse of his taxpayer-issued phone to take inappropriate photos of female volunteers for the county government and disperse them among fellow government employees. One of the alleged victims of the inappropriate photos came forward to “call out” Bradshaw and […]

CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. – May 29 2025 – Catoosa County, Georgia – On May 28, 2025, Brandon James McGarvey-Rogers of Chattanooga, Tennessee admitted to attempting to make sexual contact with a 14-year-old Georgia child and pled guilty without a recommendation from the State of Georgia in Catoosa County Superior Court. The Honorable Judge Brian House […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Monday, June 2, 2025, a deputy with the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit initiated a traffic stop on a stolen motorcycle being driven by an escaped inmate from Hall County. The traffic stop resulted in a vehicle pursuit into South Carolina, and a motor vehicle accident occurred. One male was […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, members of the Haralson County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant and made an arrest in an ongoing Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) case. The arrest and search warrant were part of an investigation that began in May of 2025, when Investigator Nicole Wilson, received a cybertip […]

PICKENS COUNTY, Ga. – On Thursday, May 29, The Jasper Police Department responded to a domestic dispute around 3:30 p.m. Allegedly an individual was armed with an axe on  Pioneer Road. The suspect was identified as Nick Garner. Garner had “caused damage to a vehicle and residence before fleeing and barricading himself inside his nearby […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Thursday, May 15, 2025, the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office Crime Suppression Unit (CSU), in conjunction with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s (GBI) Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO), executed a search warrant at a residence in the area of Lake Harbor Trail in Martin as part of an ongoing narcotics investigation. […]

HARALSON COUNTY, Ga. – On Tuesday, May 27th, 2025, Deputy Michael Manson, part of our Crime Suppression Operational Interstate Task Force, was on I-20 working traffic enforcement when he observed a White Dodge Charger with illegally tinted windows. Deputy Manson initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle and when he approached the vehicle, he could […]

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI has arrested and charged Emaleigh Smith, age 23, of Elberton, GA, with Providing Items Prohibited for Possession by Inmates, Crossing of Guard Lines with Intoxicants, and Violation of Oath by Public Office. On May 22, 2025, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office requested the GBI to investigate a Franklin County […]

LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI has arrested and charged Andrew Howard Whaley, age 61, of Cumming, GA, for one count of aggravated child molestation, one count of child molestation, and one count of possession of child pornography in Lumpkin County. Whaley was also charged in Forsyth County, GA with six counts of creation of […]