Register, GA (April 2, 2022) – On Thursday, March 31, 2022, the GBI arrested Conner Aaron Ryles, age 19, of Register, GA. Ryles is charged with one count of Sexual Exploitation of Children (Possession of Child Pornography). The GBI began investigating …
Watkinsville, GA (March 31, 2022) – On March 27, 2022, GBI and Eastern Connecticut State University Campus Police arrested Victor Jimenez Pastor, age 22, while on campus. Pastor is charged with Aggravated Child Molestation, Computer Pornography and Child …
The GBI is requesting assistance from the public in identifying a deceased man believed to be a hiker on Springer Mountain found on January 21, 2022. The man was found specifically off the Benton MacKaye Trail, which is part of the Appalachian Trail in …
Douglasville, GA (March 29, 2022) – The GBI has arrested and charged Austin Cole Sluder, 27, of Douglasville, GA, with Violation of Oath of Office by a Public Officer and Improper Sexual Contact. On October 27, 2021, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office …
Moultrie, GA (March 28, 2022) – On March 25, 2022, Eldriquez Silas, age 19, of Moultrie, GA, was arrested and charged with two counts of Malice Murder, two counts of Felony Murder, one count of Home Invasion, one count of Possession of a Firearm During …
Moultrie, GA (March 26, 2022) – The GBI is investigating the alleged child molestation of a juvenile that happened during a return trip to Colquitt County after an away school sporting event. The Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office requested the assistance …
Canton, GA (March 26, 2022) – The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Canton, GA. The Canton Police Department requested that the GBI conduct an independent investigation on March 26, 2022. One man was shot and has died. No officers were …
Toombs County, GA (March 25, 2022) – On Thursday, March 24, 2022, Jermaine Brown, age 44, and Joshua Brown, age 20, both of Vidalia, were arrested following a joint drug investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Southeastern Regional Drug …
Dade County, GA (March 24, 2022) – A Michigan woman who had been missing for 33 years has been identified as Stacey Lyn Chahorski of Norton Shores, Michigan. On Friday, December 16, 1988, at around 2:00 p.m., the Dade County Sheriff’s Office and the GBI …
Hartwell, GA (March 23, 2022) – On March 21, 2022, the GBI was requested by the Hart County Sheriff’s Office to assist with an assault investigation on that occurred on Saturday March 19, 2022. As a result, on March 22, Ricky Carter, age 64, was arrested …
Byron, GA (March 22, 2022) – On Thursday, March 17, 2022, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit, with the assistance of the Peach County Sheriff’s Office, the GBI Perry Office, and the GBI Middle Georgia …
Canton, GA (March 16, 2022) – The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Canton, Georgia. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on March 15, 2022. A man was shot and died during an …
Hawkinsville, GA (March 15, 2022) – The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, GA. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on March 15, 2022. No one was injured …
Wrens, GA (March 14, 2022) – The GBI has arrested and charged Richard Wood, age 44, and Lynda Wood, age 31, both of Martinez, Georgia, with one count each of Aggravated Child Molestation and Incest. On Tuesday, March 8, 2022, the Middle Judicial Circuit …
Elbert County, GA (March 14, 2022) – The GBI has charged Bobby Ray Cross, age 66, of Hartwell, GA with three counts of child molestation for acts committed at the Elbert County Primary School. On Friday, March 11, 2022, the Hart County Sheriff’s Office …
Martin, GA (March 15, 2022) – On Friday, March 11, 2022, Howell Tim Scott, age 49, of Franklin County, Georgia, was arrested and charged with three counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children (Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material) and three counts …
Jesup, GA (March 15, 2022) – On Friday, March 11, 2022, James Burton Shaw, age 60, of Wayne County, Georgia, was arrested and charged with one count of Sexual Exploitation of Children (Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material) by the Georgia Bureau of …
Douglas, GA (March 14, 2022) – The GBI received a request to investigate gang related crimes occurring in the Douglas, Coffee County, Georgia area from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office. Information was also received from the Douglas Police Department, …
Loganville, GA (March 13, 2022) – The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Loganville, Walton County, GA. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on March 12, 2022. William Taylor Parrott, 35 …
Blue Ridge, GA (March 10, 2022) – Vern Bennett, age 48, of Blue Ridge is arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault in connection to the death of Jennifer Layman, age 54, of Blue Ridge and the shooting of a second victim, also of Blue Ridge. …
