• Gordon County Couple Arrested for the Sexual Exploitation of Children

    PRESS RELEASE – On Thursday, December 29, 2022, William Sandridge, age 42, and Allyn Sandridge, age 41, of Gordon County, GA, were arrested and each charged with eight counts of sexual exploitation of children by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit. The GBI CEACC Unit and Homeland Security Investigations began a […]

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  • Christmas Eve house fire takes one life

    FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ga. – A Christmas Eve house fire has taken the life of one victim in Franklin County. The fire occurred at Buttercup Lane in Gumlog in Franklin County, Georgia during the early morning hours. The body of the victim has been taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab for positive identification. […]

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  • Merry Christmas!

    From all of us at Fetch Your News, we wish you a very Merry Christmas! May this holiday season bring you peace and joy to you and your family!

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  • Dawson County Man Arrested for the Sexual Exploitation of Children

    PRESS RELEASE – On Tuesday, December 20, 2022, John Leonard Maxfield Jr, age 41, of Dawson County, Georgia, was arrested and charged with nine counts (two counts of distribution and seven counts of possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. Exploitation of Children by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit.  […]

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  • Arrest in Cedartown Home Invasion/Shooting Investigation

    POLK COUNTY, Ga. – Brandon Lyle, 30, has been arrested and charged with ‘murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery, Home Invasion, Burglary, Theft by Taking and several other offenses’ in connection with the home invasion and shooting in Cedartown, GA that took place on Dec. 19. The Polk County Police Department has been investigating the […]

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  • String of burglaries in Forsyth

    PRESS RELEASE – The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office released the following statement regarding a string a burglaries that have been taking place in Forsyth County: There have been a few burglaries on the South end of the county and we are asking for the community’s assistance. If you see anyone suspicious in your neighborhood or […]

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  • Man arrested for animal cruelty

    GORDON COUNTY, Ga. – On Dec. 15, David William Edwards was arrested by The Calhoun Police Department on one count of cruelty to animals. According to the incident report, an investigation into Edwards occurred after a complaint was received from local animal control from the Georgia Department of Agriculture. As a result of the investigation, […]

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  • Pickens County Man Arrested for the Sexual Exploitation of Children

    PICKENS COUNTY, Ga. – Kelly Eugene Howard, 49, of Pickens County was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 14 and charged with ‘one count of Sexual Exploitation of Children by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit’. According to a press release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, “The GBI CEACC Unit […]

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  • Five hour standoff with individual threatening self-harm

    PRESS RELEASE – The Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office released the following statement after an almost five hour incident where they responded to a call where an individual had barricaded himself and was threatening to harm himself. GCSO stated, “The heavy Sheriff’s Office and EMS presence in the 1600 block [off] John Call Road today was […]

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  • Dade County Man Arrested for the Sexual Exploitation of Children

    PRESS RELEASE – On Monday, December 12, 2022, Donald Rudolph Moore, age 59, of Dade County, Georgia, was arrested and charged with three counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit. The GBI CEACC Unit began an investigation into Moore’s online activity after receiving cybertip […]

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  • Polk County Woman Charged with Arson

    PRESS RELEASE – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced today that Virginia Dawson, 20, of Rockmart, has been charged with arson. The incident occurred at a 980-square-foot mobile home on Blue Hold Road in Rockmart. The occupants were home at the time of the fire. “At approximately 3:51 p.m. on December 6th, Ms. […]

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  • Undercover sting operation led to car chase involving four individuals

    TOWNS COUNTY, Ga. – An undercover sting operation led to the chase, and ultimate arrest, of four individuals in Towns County. The sting operation came about when a ‘Towns County resident reported that he was purchasing a Kubota Excavator from an individual valued at $23,000 but  became concerned the equipment might be stolen.’ The Sheriff’s […]

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  • Methamphetamine related arrest in Towns County

    TOWNS COUNTY, Ga. – A traffic stop in Towns County led to the arrest of Nicholas Sean Swisher on charges of possession of Methamphetamines among others. According to a statement from the Towns County Sheriff’s Office, they arrested Swisher Early Sunday morning, December 4th. “Towns County Sheriff’s Office Drug Investigator and K-9 Deputies conducted a […]

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  • Stephens County Man Arrested for the Sexual Exploitation of Children

    STEPHENS COUNTY, Ga. – Alan Savage, 32, of Stephens County, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 7, and ‘charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children by the GBI Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit.’ According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) started sending ‘cybertip […]

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  • Walker County man convicted of child molestation

    Walker County – On November 30, 2022, Wesley Lebron Romine was convicted by a Walker County Jury of Rape, Aggravated Sexual Battery, Aggravated Sodomy, Aggravated Child Molestation, Sexual Battery against a Child and Child Molestation. The jury deliberated only a short time before rendering their verdicts. The case came to light after a juvenile relative […]

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  • Rossville man arrested during traffic stop

    Catoosa County – According to Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office incident report, On November 12th, 2022, at 2:25 AM, Deputy Weaver was sitting stationary running LIDAR on the off-ramp of Exit 345 Southbound when he observed a vehicle traveling at 99mph in a 70mph zone. According to the report, “Deputy Weaver observed the vehicle making sporadic […]

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