PRESS RELEASE – On Sunday March 24, 2024, Union County Deputies Austin Bradburn and Riley Norton, responded to the area of Highway 515 West and Highway 325 intersection, in reference to a call for service, which was dispatched as someone falling out of a moving vehicle. It was determined later to be a medical call, […]
Read More »Union County house fire leaves one injured and one fatality
UNION COUNTY, Ga. – On April 9, 2024, UCFD firefighters, career and volunteer, from stations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 13 responded to a structure fire with people still in the home in the area of Eagle Bend yesterday. The responding units arrived to find a home approximately 75% involved with fire, a second […]
Read More »Stephens County Sheriff’s Office makes drug arrest
STEPHENS COUNTY, Ga. – A deputy with the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office was on routine patrol when he observed a red in color Mitsubishi Eclipse at the American Eagle Gas Station. The deputy observed a male standing at the driver’s side window doing what the deputy suspected to be a hand-to-hand drug transaction to the […]
Read More »RCSO hosts multi-jurisdictional meeting following weekend vehicle theft crime spree in Warwoman Community
RABUN COUNTY, Ga. – On Wednesday morning, four agencies from northeast Georgia, two from South Carolina and a juvenile prosecutor from the Mountain Judicial Circuit met at the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office to discuss last weekend’s vehicle theft crime spree. Investigators and Officers shared case files, evidence and leads on the six vehicle thefts and […]
Read More »Lakemont Man Arrested for Falsely Reporting Terrorist Threats Made Through Social Media
RABUN COUNTY, Ga. – In mid-February, Rabun County Deputies took a report from Kevin Gragg of Terroristic Threats being made against him through Facebook: Messenger by his soon-to-be ex-wife, Krissi Gragg. Kevin Gragg told Deputies that he received several direct messages to his Faccbook account from an account belonging to Krissi. Those messages include threats […]
Read More »Two Men Arrested Following Drug Investigation in White and Hall Counties
WHITE COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI has arrested Travis Sims, age 49, of Gainesville, GA, and Derrance Damon, age 43, of Cleveland, GA, following a joint drug investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, DEA Atlanta, ATF, the White County Sheriff’s Office, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office, the Gainesville Police […]
Read More »Plane crash in Pickens County
PICKENS COUNTY, Ga. – On March 29, Pickens Fire was dispatched to a reported aircraft crash near the intersection of Hwy. 53 West and Garrison Road. According to Pickens County Fire and Rescue, The first arriving unit reported a small engine plane on the ground at the Garrison Road intersection. It appeared to have struck […]
Read More »Man saved from trench collapse
PRESS RELEASE – On Friday, March 29th, 2024, Paulding County 911 received reports of a construction worker burried in a collapse. Crews from Paulding and Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services worked together for over 3 hours to safely rescue the man, who was burried up to his neck in a 20 foot deep trench. […]
Read More »Maryland man arrested after police chase in Dade County
PRESS RELEASE – On Tuesday night, March 26th at approximately 10:00pm, a Dade County Deputy observed a passenger car traveling West on Slygo Rd. The Deputy observed the vehicle displaying an expired tag and multiple equipment violations. The Deputy attempted a traffic stop in the area of the Midnight Oil Gas Station, but the driver […]
Read More »Three Toccoa men arrested after drugs found during traffic stop
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 […]
Read More »Fannin County Student dies after car crash
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 […]
Read More »Seven Arrested in White and Hall Counties during “Operation Rolling Hills”
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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Read More »Polk County Police Department assisted with an investigation that led to the arrests of child predators
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 […]
Read More »Drug arrest in Towns County
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 […]
Read More »Deputy involved shooting following a chase
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 […]
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