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SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Spalding County deputy shot and killed Friday morning was Sgt. Marc McIntyre, a eight-year veteran of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office. The GBI is conducting the investigation of McIntyre’s death. “They are at the scene processing it, and they are here interviewing deputies that were on scene. They are conducting […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Spalding County deputy shot in the line of duty Friday morning has succumbed to his wounds. Sheriff Darrell Dix, who confirmed the tragic outcome, has not yet officially identified the deputy. The GRIP will withhold the deputy’s name until it is formally released. The suspect, who barricaded himself in a […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Kaomarion Kendrick, the suspect in the Sept. 30 murder of 14-year-old Emmanuel Dorsey, has been arrested. Dorsey died after sustaining a gunshot wound to the torso following the annual Griffin-Spalding football game. Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix said deputies from the SCSO Special Operations and STING units, along with investigators from […]
STAFF REPORT ::: A Spalding County jury on Thursday convicted Carmen Emilio Torres and Eric Cabrera Lopez in the murders of Carlos Benford and Joshua Wyatt. Beford and Wyatt’s bodies were discovered burning in a truck on April 13, 2021. Spalding County firefighters and deputies responded to a location on Jackson Road near the Butts […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::Three teenaged suspects, Sydney Maughon, age 18, MacKenzie Davenport, age 19, and Jeremy Munson, age 18, have been charged with murder in connection with the Monday afternoon shooting death of 21-year-old Jonathan Gilbert, who went by the name Tyler Lane. The shooting occurred in the roadway in front of a residence in […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A 21-year-old man was killed Monday afternoon in a shooting on Dobbins Mill Road. “We had a homicide this afternoon on Dobbins Mill Road. We had a 21-year-old male who was shot and killed during an altercation,” said Spalding County Coroner Michael Pryor, who is not yet releasing the victim’s identity […]
STAFF REPORT ::: The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office investigation into criminal allegations involving the Spalding County Animal Shelter has been completed. Sheriff Darrell Dix reports the investigation found no criminal acts or policy violations had occurred. According to Dix, the investigation was initiated after Spalding County Manager Steve Ledbetter reported criminal allegations that had been […]
STAFF REPORT ::: Two suspects are in custody and one remains at large related to the June 23 shooting death of 18-year-old Dallas Johnson. Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Uniform Patrol Division deputies discovered Johnson’s body in the Sunnyside Baptist Church parking lot. Authorities say Johnson was shot by a cohort as he and three other […]
STAFF REPORT ::: The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a murder after a shooting victim was discovered early Friday morning in a church parking lot. Deputies responded to Sunnyside Baptist Church at approximately 2:40 a.m. in reference to the discovery of a gunshot victim in the parking lot. The victim has been identified as […]
STAFF REPORT ::: A former employee of the Spalding County Tax Commissioner’s Office, Alteria Williams, has been arrested on theft and computer crime related charges stemming from an investigation conducted by the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO). Tax Commissioner Sylvia Hollums initially contacted the SCSO after she noticed irregularities. “I was contacted by Spalding County […]
STAFF REPORT ::: Three suspects are in custody following an armed robbery of a local Dollar General. Spalding County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the Dollar General located at 3430 Jackson Road at approximately 9:19 p.m. Sunday night in reference to a report of an armed robbery in progress. Responding deputies were informed that three […]
STAFF REPORT ::: What began as a missing person report resulted in an arrest for trafficking methamphetamine. At approximately 2:37 a.m. May 21, Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Nathan Gray conducted a traffic stop on a gold GMC Sierra pickup truck that was previously reported as being involved in a missing person incident from the […]
STAFF REPORT ::: More than 75 people are in custody or being sought for arrest following a several months long investigation initiated by the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office. Beginning in December 2022, the SCSO S.T.I.N.G. and Special Operations units began targeting the “Neighborhood Bloods Rollin’ 20’s Zoo Krew,” which officials describe as the most violent […]
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