Greene County (September 9, 2024) - The GBI has arrested and charged Taliaferro County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Joshua Wilson, age 29, of Winterville, GA, with Home Invasion in the 1st Degree, Aggravated Assault, Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony, Simple Battery (Family Violence), Obstructing or Hindering a Person Making an Emergency Telephone Call, and Criminal Damage to Property in the 2nd Degree.

On Thursday, September 5, 2024, at about 7:00 a.m., the GBI was requested by the Greene County Sheriff’s Office to assist with a domestic violence investigation.

On the morning of September 5, at about 5:00 a.m., the Greene County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 1000 block of McInteer Circle in Greensboro, Georgia, regarding a domestic dispute. The preliminary investigation shows that Wilson entered a home and got in a fight with residents of the home. At the time of the incident, Wilson was a deputy with the Taliaferro County Sheriff’s Office and was off-duty. Wilson later turned himself in to the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.

This investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the GBI regional investigative office in Milledgeville at 478-445-4173. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

Once the investigation is complete, the case file will be given to the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Officefor prosecution.

Contact

Special Agent in Charge Mary Chandler

[email protected]