trustee with Towns County inmate work detail at large

TOWNS COUNTY, Ga. – On Monday afternoon July 15, 2024, around 2:30 pm, 39-year-old Bruce Douglas Partin, Jr. a trustee with the Towns County Sheriff’s Office inmate work detail was working at the Towns County Transfer Station (county dump) off Hwy. 288 walked away from the work detail duty into the woods.

Towns County Sheriff’s Office deployed the drone and K9 tracking dog with no success.

Subject was currently being housed in the Towns County Detention Center and awaiting his court appearance on the following charges.

• Purchase, possession, manufacture, distribution or sale of marijuana

• Theft by taking

• Probation violation

• Burglary X 2

As an update, the subject was last seen on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at approximately 1:20 p.m.

Partin, Jr. was spotted on a trail camera at the end of Ivy Mountain Road which is in the Fodder Creek area.

Georgia State Patrol, Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Natural Resources have all utilized every resource including aerial patrol and K-9 units to assist with the search and capture of Partin as of 4:40 p.m. on Tuesday, he is currently still at large.

Towns County Sheriff’s Office is offering a $500.00 reward for information leading to his arrest.

Bruce Douglas Partin, Jr. is described as a 39-year-old white male, 6 ft. 4 in. tall with brown hair, brown eyes wearing an orange jumpsuit.

Please call Towns County 911 or the Towns County Sheriff’s Office at 706-896-4444 if you have any information pertaining to absconded subject.

Emma Dunn

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