Sheriff: Teamon Road suspect remains at large; not considered armed or dangerous

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its search for an as-of-yet unidentified suspect that on Monday afternoon fled from deputies patrolling in the area of Teamon Road. According to Sheriff Wendell Beam, the subject, on whom the Sheriff’s Office has an active warrant, was spotted in the vicinity of Teamon […]

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. […]

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 […]