December 22, 2025 PUBLIC NOTICE OPEN MEETING Pursuant to the terms of O.C.G.A. § 50-14-1, notice is hereby given to the public that the monthly meeting of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles is scheduled for Monday, January 12, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. The …
Carr Joins National PSA Campaign to Encourage Reporting of Gift Card Fraud ATLANTA, GA — Attorney General Chris Carr, together with attorneys general from 13 other states, launched a public service announcement (PSA) campaign paid for by the Gift Card …
Gwinnett County, GA (December 18, 2025) - At the request of the Gwinnett County Police Department (GCPD), GBI agents are investigating an officer involved shooting in Doraville, Gwinnett County, GA. Chris Richard, age 19, of Doraville, GA, was shot and …
Decatur, DeKalb County, GA (December 18, 2025) – The GBI has arrested and charged James Hill, age 79, of Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia, with Sexual Exploitation of Children. In February 2024, the GBI CEACC Unit began an investigation into Hills’s online …
Georgia Parole Board's investigators, Heavenly Taylor and Quinton Calloway, graduated with the Georgia Department of Community Supervision's 66th Basic Community Supervision Officer Training Course, becoming POST certified. Taylor and Calloway are …
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Wildlife Resources Division has received notification of a preliminary positive Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) test result for a deer in Atkinson County. The deer, which was collected for disease …
Teachers and students across the state are invited to celebrate wildlife through art by participating in the 36th annual Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest. The goal of this competition for grades K-5 is to generate knowledge of and appreciation for …
A Bryan County teacher’s proposal to increase biodiversity and ecosystem resilience on campus earned her school a $1,000 grant from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Kari Wilcher, outdoor educator at Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary in …
Catoosa County, GA (December 16, 2025) - At the request of the Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office, GBI Agents are investigating an officer involved shooting in Catoosa County, Georgia, involving officers from the East Ridge (Tennessee) Police Department. No …
DEKALB COUNTY, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that Kim Higgins and Marcel Higgens, both of Woodstock, have been indicted in DeKalb County on charges of Conspiracy to Commit Medicaid Fraud and a combined 23 counts of Medicaid Fraud. The …
Townsend, McIntosh County, GA (December 15, 2025) – The GBI has arrested and charged Justin Daniel Boone, age 26, of Townsend, McIntosh County, Georgia, with Sexual Exploitation of Children. In October 2025, the GBI CEACC Unit began an investigation into …
Bloomingdale, GA (December 15, 2025) - At the request of the Bloomingdale Police Department, GBI agents are investigating the death of Antonio Thornton Jr., age 17, of Loganville, Georgia. The investigation shows that on December 14, 2025, at about 7:43 a. …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 15, 2025 A prominent leader of Georgia’s forest industry is being celebrated with a permanent honor. The Georgia Forestry Commission’s headquarters in Dry Branch has been formally dedicated in the name of John Mixon. Mixon …
Operation “Patronus” leads to recovery of over 100 firearms RICHMOND HILL, GA – Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney Billy J. Nelson, Jr., Richmond Hill Police Chief Mitch Shores, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, …
Atlanta, GA (December 10, 2025) – A joint investigation conducted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Human Exploitation & Trafficking (HEAT) Unit and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Human Trafficking & Smuggling Group has resulted in …
Greene County, GA (December 11, 2025) – The GBI has arrested and charged Darius Terrell Robinson, age 34 of Union Point, GA, with two counts of Aggravated Assault and one count of Simple Battery. On Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at about 12:30 p.m., the …
Elberton, GA (December 10, 2025) - The GBI has arrested and charged Justin Cleveland, age 15, of Elberton, GA, with Malice Murder and Felony Murder in connection to the death of Dontavius Marable, age 17, Elberton, GA. The GBI was requested by the Elberton …
ATLANTA - The State Board of Pardons and Paroles will conduct a clemency meeting December 16, 2025, for condemned inmate Stacey Ian Humphreys. An execution order from the Superior Court of Cobb County opened a time period of December 17, 2025, to December …
Fulton County, GA (December 10, 2025) – The GBI Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) has arrested and charged Travys Davy, age 34, of Sandy Springs, GA, with Racketeering, Marijuana Trafficking, Possession of a Schedule IV Drug with Intent …
Swainsboro, Georgia (December 7, 2025) – At the request of the Swainsboro Police Department, the GBI is investigating the death of Amber Nichole Fields, age 34, of Swainsboro, GA. Fields was found dead inside her home located in the 600 block of North …
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