Press Releases: 2010

LAINVILLE, GA – The Gordon County Sheriff’s Office and the GBI are alerting the public that an escapee from Tennessee could be driving a truck stolen this morning from a Plainville, Georgia residence. 

CILLA - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and the Ocilla Police Department have charged an Ocilla man with the March 11, 2005 murder of Reggie O’Neal, then age 20, during a shooting incident at the Nautica Hot Spot Game Room in Ocilla.

GROVETOWN, GA – Richard Andrew Mitchell turned himself in to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Detention yesterday after a Special Agent with the GBI’s  High Technology Investigations Unit (HTIU) obtained an arrest warrant charging Mitchell with one count of Sexual Exploitation of Children (OC

RESACA, GA - The woman who attempted to ram her vehicle into the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office this morning has been identified as 24-year-old Johana Cortes.

BLAIRSVILLE, GA – In an effort to identify the writer of the letter sent to the Cherokee County, NC Sheriff's Office and the Union County Sheriff's Office in January, the GBI and Union County Sheriff’s Office are releasing the letter’s contents, images of the envelops and the GBI Case A

BLAIRSVILLE, GA - The one-year anniversary of the disappearance of Kristi Cornwell is today, August 11.  Kristi was last heard from at approximately 9:00 pm on August 11, 2009 while walking on Jones Creek Road in Blairsville, Georgia. 

STOCKBRIDGE, GA – As result of an investigation requested by Fulton Superior Court Judge Gail Tusan, the GBI has arrested a Stockbridge lawyer alleged to have forged the Judge’s signature on several documents as well as lying under oath.

COVINGTON, GA – As result of today’s Kimberly’s Call, a citizen’s tip has led to the arrest of Joseph C Crawford, charged in connection with the July 22 Little Caesar's shooting/robbery in Cornelia.

DECATUR, GA.

DECATUR, GA "As part of the GBI's effort to gain re-accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.