Sheriff’s Office targets high crime, drug and gang areas; multiple arrests result

STAFF REPORT ::: An operation of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit and C.A.G.E. Deputies resulted in multiple arrests May 26 and 27. Targeted were high crime, gang and drug activity areas across the city of Griffin and Spalding County. Many of the charges pertained to alleged drug offenses and violations of the […]

Sheriff: Two men arrested on meth charges currently on probation

STAFF REPORT ::: A Sunday traffic stop resulted in the arrests of two men on a variety of drug related and other charges. According to a press release issued by Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix, an SCSO deputy initiated a traffic stop that led to the seizure of methamphetamine and the arrest of two men. […]

Two men charged with stalking, aggravated assault in connection with 16-year-old GCA student

  STAFF REPORT ::: The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office has made two arrests in the case of a 16-year-old female Griffin Christian Academy student who reported being followed by two men in a white pickup truck Friday morning, Sept. 9, and approached at gunpoint at the intersection of Ellis Road and North Expressway, and a […]

GPD Operation Wheelin’ and Dealin’ targets street level drug dealers

STAFF REPORT ::: Personnel of the Griffin Police Department Special Investigations Unit with assistance from the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit and the Fayette County Tactical Narcotics Team on Oct. 28 concluded Operation Wheelin’ and Dealin,’ a sale case operation targeting street level drug dealers throughout the city of Griffin and Spalding County. […]

Joint Sheriff’s Office, Police Department operation nets 44 arrests

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A joint operation of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office and Griffin Police Department narcotics units on Wednesday resulted in the arrests of 44 suspects on drug-related and other charges. According to Sheriff Wendell Beam, the arrests are the result of a four-month investigation conducted by the SCSO Special Operations Unit and […]

SCSO executes search warrant at Mama’s Country Showcase; three arrested

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: According to Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, personnel of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office at 2:30 a.m. Sunday executed a search warrant at Mama’s County Showcase located at 2700 North Expressway that resulted in the arrests of three suspects on gambling related charges. “We had received complaints from concerned citizens based […]

GPD arrests 11 in connection to entering auto, other cases

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Griffin Police Department today announced the arrests of 11 suspects in a recent series of entering auto cases. During the months of June and July, the Griffin Police Department (GPD) Criminal Investigations Division (CID) investigated several reports of entering autos in the Hillandale, Forest Hills and Cold Water Creek neighborhoods. […]

Three arrested in connection with two Liberty Technology burglaries

STAFF REPORTS ::: The Griffin Police Department on Tuesday made three arrests in connection with two burglaries that were committed over the past weekend at Liberty Technology located at 120 E. Taylor St. Arrested were Joseph Love, Ke’onta Deon Glass and a juvenile, all of Griffin. All three suspects have been charged with one count […]

Joint county, city RICO investigation nets 24 drug-related arrests

STAFF REPORTS ::: A joint four-month investigation of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office(SCSO) Special Operations Unit and the Griffin Police Department’s (GPD) Special Investigation Unit spanned five states – Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Alabama – resulted in the arrest of 24 individuals on a variety of drug-related and other charges and the […]