Hays State Prison: Officer Falsely Claiming Military Heroism Sentenced for Smuggling Methamphetamine and Taking Bribes

Grindle, 32, of Summerville, was sentenced to 87 months of confinement, followed by three years of supervised release

GBI Investigating Fatal Shooting of Roswell Police Officer

The early investigation indicates on February 7, 2025, at about 7:15 p.m., a Roswell Police officer responded to a report of...

District Attorney’s Office Secures Conviction in Important Fentanyl Case

  January 28, 2025 – Ringgold, GA – On January 15, 2025, the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office secured...

Hiram Man Indicted for Possessing Enough Fentanyl to Kill Up to 500,000 Individuals

“This indictment highlights the significant threat that fentanyl and methamphetamine pose to our communities,” said GBI Director Chris Hosey. “The seizure...

Individual Arrested for Shooting at Family Sledding

Individual Arrested for Shooting at Family Sledding

GBI Investigates Death in Macon County

UPDATE- January 3, 2025 An autopsy performed this morning by the GBI Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed the identity of the...

Georgia Power encourages customers to be vigilant of scams in 2025

Scams of various types often increase around the holidays and during the first of the year as post-holiday bills begin to...

Justice Department Reaches Proposed Consent Decree with Fulton County, Georgia, and Fulton County Sheriff’s Office to Resolve Claims that Conditions Inside the Fulton County Jail Violate the Constitution and Other Federal Laws

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced today that the Department...

Holiday Travel Alert: Georgia DOT Suspends Lane Closures, Shares Key Travel Windows

To accommodate the anticipated increase in holiday travel, the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) will temporarily halt lane closures on...

Another former Richmond County deputy pleads guilty to violating civil rights of jail detainee

A former Richmond County Sheriff’s Office deputy has pled guilty to federal civil rights charges involving an assault on a jail...