PRESS RELEASE – On November 8, 2024, Jarred Hosch, a forty-one-year-old Rossville man, pled guilty to three counts of sexually exploiting a child, one count of soliciting another to commit child molestation, and one count of soliciting another to sexually exploit a child. During a guilty-plea hearing, evidence showed that the defendant, who was out […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Friday, November 22nd, Towns County Sheriff’s Investigators received a call on Twin Mountain Road. During the investigation, probable cause was developed and an amount of Methamphetamine, which field-tested positive, was confiscated. Ronald Shane Lowary, age 38, Hiawassee and Christine Cardona, age 49, Hiawassee were arrested. Lowary is charged with: • Felony […]

The Warming Center, open to anyone in need of a warm place for the night, will open at 5pm on SUNDAY, Monday and Tuesday December 1, 2 and 3rd. The center is located in the Gilmer County Civic Center, 1561 South Main Street in Ellijay. Doors will open at 5pm (enter on the left through […]

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI has arrested and charged Kayla Michelle McClure, age 21, of Ringgold, GA, James Logan Darty, age 21, of Rossville, GA, and Marcuse Allen Chambers, age 18, of Rossville, GA, in connection to the death of Dakota Bottomlee in Chickamauga, GA. Brayden Whatley, age 23, of Rossville, GA is wanted […]

PRESS RELEASE – At the request of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, GBI agents are investigating an officer involved shooting in Cherokee County, GA. Charles H. Woodall, age 52, of Cartersville, GA, was shot and killed. No officers were injured. On Friday, November 22, 2024, at about 9:50 p.m., the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office was […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Monday, November 25, 2024, the GBI arrested and charged Corey Bryant, age 36, of Toccoa, GA, with malice murder in connection to the death of Angela Baker, age 42, of Toccoa, Georgia. On Friday, November 22, 2024, at about 4:30 p.m., the GBI was requested by the Toccoa Police Department to […]

PRESS RELEASE – On November 1, 2024 around 1:19am, Deputies responded to University Heights in reference to suspicious males dressed in all black that were pulling on the door handles of vehicles. Deputies observed the silver Hyundai passenger car travelling on Morrison Moore and attempted to stop the vehicle. The Hyundai failed to stop and […]

PRESS RELEASE – SCSO Deputies Arrest Subject Following Monday Night Manhunt At approximately 5:51 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 11, Stephens County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the Whispering Woods area of Martin in reference to a disturbance. While heading to the call, deputies were informed that the male caller and female homeowner were being […]

GILMER COUNTY, Ga. – Gilmer County Sheriff, Stacy Nicholson, was sworn in today as President of the Constitutional Officers Association of Georgia during the Fall Conference in Savannah, Ga. “COAG is a collaborative association of all 159 Georgia Sheriffsq, Probate Judges, Tax Commissioners and Clerks of Superior Court,” stated Sheriff Nicholson. He expressed his appreciation […]

PRESS RELEASE – The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office, in collaboration with the Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office, has been awarded the Gang Activity Prosecution (GAP) Grant to enhance efforts in identifying and prosecuting gang members in the local community. “The $70,000 grant was appropriated by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Sunday, November 10, 2024, the Banks County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call in the area of Moccasin Gap Rd in Lula. Deputies discovered a deceased female victim with a gunshot wound. After a preliminary investigation, it has been determined to be an isolated incident and there is no immediate threat […]

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. – At the request of the Cornelia Police Department, GBI agents are investigating an officer involved shooting in Cornelia, Georgia. One man was shot and injured. No officers were injured in this incident. Preliminary information indicates that the Cornelia Police Department responded to a 911 call from a citizen on Irvin Street […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Friday September 27, 2024, 21 year-old Keishann Rowe, 20 year-old Keonte Ragland, and 19 year-old Deonna Ragland, were convicted by a Catoosa County jury for the 2021 murder of Jaylon Eberhardt, a 19 year old man from Ft. Oglethorpe. The evidence presented over the course of a week-long trial showed that […]

TOWNS COUNTY, Ga. – Towns County Sheriff’s Office Drug Investigator received a tip in reference to a person of interest transporting drugs into Towns County. A month-long investigation and two-week surveillance of the individual came to a conclusion on Monday evening, October 21st during a traffic stop. During the stop, probable cause was developed, and […]

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. — GBI agents and Habersham County Sheriff’s Office investigators have located the remains of a woman believed to be 25-year-old Minelys Zoe Rodriguez-Ramirez, of Cornelia. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources assisted in the recovery. Angel DeJesus Rivera-Sanchez, age 24, also of Cornelia, will be charged with murder in connection to Rodriguez-Ramirez’s […]

GORDON COUNTY, Ga. – On Thursday October 31, 2024, the GBI arrested and charged Rebecca Hood, age 50, of Calhoun, GA, and Scott Hood, age 56, of Calhoun, GA with cruelty to children. On January 26, 2021, the GBI was requested by the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office to investigate allegations of sexual and physical abuse […]