PRESS RELEASE – On December 20th Sandy Springs PD alerted FCSO that a vehicle with a stolen tag from their jurisdiction was entering ours. One of our Crime Reduction Unit deputies located the car in a South Forsyth Apartment Complex and attempted to pull it over. In true un-law-abiding citizen fashion from a county south […]

PRESS RELEASE – The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Chattooga County after a request from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office. On Sunday, December 24, 2023, police were attempting to apprehend a suspect in a murder investigation. John Wayne Siffles, age 44, of Summerville, GA, was wanted in the death of a woman whose body was found in […]

PRESS RELEASE – The GBI has arrested Michael Thompson, age 56, of Cleveland, GA on drug and gun charges. On December 19, 2023, the White County Sheriff’s Office and the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office executed a search warrant at Thompson’s home in Cleveland, GA. Thompson was arrested on scene and charged with the following: […]

PRESS RELEASE – December 19, 2023 marks fifteen years since father and business owner Michael Mullens was shot and killed outside his machine shop in Flintstone, GA. On the morning of December 19, 2008 Walker County Investigators along with the GBI were called to Premier Pattern and Machine on Woodburn Rd, Flintstone, GA to investigate […]

On Friday, December 15, 2023, former Haralson County Sheriff’s Office employee Jada Lee Pike was booked into the Haralson County Detention Center for Violation of Oath of Office and Theft by Taking. Last week, the Haralson County Grand Jury Indicted Pike on these charges and she was allowed to turn herself in this morning. These […]

HARALSON COUNTY, Ga. – On Saturday, December 16, 2023, at around 2:00 AM, the Haralson County Crime Suppression Unit along with Floyd County Sheriff’s Office arrested Angela Nicole Patton, a 42-year-old W/F out of Buchanan, Georgia and David Glyn Smith, a 50-year-old W/M out of Lindale, Georgia in Floyd County Georgia on a Grand Jury […]

PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI and the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office are seeking information about a 2022 homicide. Joshua Mitchell, age 37, of Douglasville GA, was found dead in his driveway on Saturday, December 17, 2022. He had been shot multiple times. The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office requested the GBI to assist with the […]

PRESS RELEASE – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced, on Dec. 15, that a residential fire on Heritage Drive in Dallas claimed the life of one victim. On December 12th, Investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s Office were requested to assist in the investigation of a residential fire with one possible victim. […]

PRESS RELEASE– Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced today that Patrick Morse, 41, of Cumming, has been charged with two counts of insurance fraud. In September 2020, Mr. Morse purchased a high-end gold bracelet worth $7,062. Later that same month, the suspect claimed to law enforcement officials in San Diego, California, that […]

PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. – A $25,000 reward has been offered to any person with information regarding the shooting death of Brianna Long, 21, of Paulding County, Georgia. Long was tragically shot and killed on Oct. 29 outside her workplace. According to reports, Long was working her job as a bartender at The Pier bar in […]

PRESS RELEASE – On December 12, 2023, at approximately 2:30 PM, the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop on a black in color Ford Fusion after observing the vehicle violate a traffic law on the Toccoa Bypass near Highway 145. The driver then began accelerating away from the deputy. The deputy then began […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Sunday, December 10th, during a two-week investigation into drug activity at the Sunoco located on Highway 17 at the North Carolina state line, Towns County Sheriff’s Office drug investigators, K-9, and uniform patrol deputies conducted concentrated patrols and surveillance of the business. A traffic stop was conducted on Young Harris Mountain […]

GILMER COUNTY, Ga. – The Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office released a statement regarding the arrest of a Fannin County resident for trafficking drugs. According to GCSO, a multi-week investigation was conducted and resulted in the arrest of (Ardeo) Ray Monroe Moore, on December 4, 2023. The investigation was a a joint operation between Gilmer County […]

Please help Nugget and Zoey find a new furever home. The following was posted on social media by Monica Ivonne Stephens, pleading to the public to help these animals in need: “I have very heavy heart and I am hoping you all can think of someone you know who can help these two and give […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Thursday, December 7, 2023, at 9:56 AM, deputies were dispatched to Corinth Poseyville Road in reference to a stolen vehicle. At 11:15 AM, a deputy spotted the stolen 2016 Dodge Challenger on GA Highway 120 in the area of Highway 113. That deputy, Investigator Sean Chastain, initiated a traffic stop and […]

LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga.– The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Lumpkin County, Georgia. The Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on December 7, 2023. No one was injured during the incident. Preliminary information indicates that at about 2:55 a.m., Lumpkin County deputies were requested by Hall County […]