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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 […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Several employees of the Spalding County Animal Shelter have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation being conducted by the Sheriff’s Office. After receiving information alleging serious issues involving the Animal Shelter, The GRIP submitted an Open Records request for information related to any 2023 investigation. Spalding […]
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 […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Christy Garner, of Spalding County, has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Patricia Gresham, in a crime described by Sheriff Darrell Dix as an “insidious.” The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office, Spalding County Fire Department and Spalding County Coroner Michael Pryor on Sunday responded to a structure fire […]
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 […]
STAFF REPORT ::: An alert Spalding County Sheriff’s Office deputy thwarted what authorities are describing as a violent armed robbery in progress. According to Sheriff Darrell Dix, Deputy Logan Smith was patrolling Highway 19/41 near Birdie Road with his K9 partner, Rambo, at approximately 10 p.m. Thursday when he became spotted two men coming from […]
STAFF REPORT ::: Kionta Parks, the suspect wanted for the March 14, murder of 11-year-old Asijah Love Jones, has been arrested by the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office. Parks was arrested April 12, by Spalding County Sheriff’s Office criminal investigators, Special Operations and STING agents, the Fugitive Apprehension Unit and SWAT Team, working in partnership with […]
STAFF REPORT ::: The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office has identified a suspect in the overnight shooting death of an 11-year-old little girl. Kionta Jahaun Parks is wanted on charges including felony murder, aggravated assault, cruelty to children, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, violation of the Georgia Street Gang Act and […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The GRIP has confirmed through multiple official sources that rumors a Rehoboth Road Middle School administrator was removed from the school in handcuffs are false. Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix contacted Capt. Frank Clark, who contacted all SCSO school resource officers, as well as Donald Britt, with the Griffin-Spalding County School […]
STAFF REPORT ::: Seventeen people have been arrested and four additional suspects are being sought in a Griffin-Spalding County narcotics investigation involving the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations and S.T.I.N.G. units, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation West Metro Regional Drug Office, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Gang Task Force, Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: An arrest has been made in a Saturday night hit-and-run that killed 59-year-old Richard Miley, who was riding his bicycle on Vineyard Road when he was struck. Benjamin Tyshawn Akins, age 46, is now in custody and charged in Miley’s death. “The Georgia State Patrol arrested him,” said Maj. Dwayne Jones, […]
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