Press Releases: 2009

Broxton, Ga. - On Sunday, October 25, 2009, at approximately 1:00 a.m., the Broxton Police Department requested assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Douglas Office in investigating the death of Jason L. Rish, 34, of Broxton, Ga.
    

UPSON COUNTY, GA - The Upson County Sheriff’s Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have arrested three individuals in the murder of an Upson County couple.

POLK COUNTY - As result of a lengthy investigation by the Northwest Georgia Criminal Enterprise Task Force (NGCETF) into a stolen vehicle ring, task force members, assisted by local, state and federal agencies, made eight arrests this morning in Polk and Floyd Counties.

Nashville- The human remains found in Madison County Florida on Friday are possibly of a Berrien County man.

DECATUR – Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vernon Keenan is pleased to announce that the Chemistry Section of the GBI Crime Lab has been presented with the 2009 August Vollmer Excellence in Forensic Science Award from the

ATLANTA - Today, agents from the GBI’s Atlanta Regional Office arrested Georgia Tech employee Merideth Durrah and charged her with Theft by Taking and Forgery (both felonies) for her role in stealing approximately $10,000 from Georgia Tech. 

On Wednesday evening, September 30, 2009, the GBI Region 2 office in Columbus and the Harris County Sheriff’s Department arrested HAROLD WILLIAM KELLEY, 56 yoa, on 16 counts of Child Molestation.

Adel, Georgia, - On Monday, September 28, 2009, at approximately 10:32 a.m., the Cook County Sheriff's Office received a call in reference to Thomas Lindsey Parrish who had been found deceased in the yard of his residence.

CORDELE, GA - The charred body discovered on Wednesday, August 26, 2009, inside of a smoldering SUV in a cotton field near Blackshear Road in Cordele, Georgia, has been positively identified as 51-year-old Jerry Lee Lawrence.   Lawrence, of South Joe Wright Drive in Cordele, was identified by the

CORDELE, GA - On Friday, September 4, 2009, two additional arrests were made in connection with the ongoing investigation into the deaths of Harold Reese Jr.