Press Releases: 2010

DECATUR, GA - As a result of the 3-month investigation known as "Operation Restore Hope" which targeted the distribution of child porn over the Internet, authorities with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force have made 67 arrests and have s

On Wednesday, February 17, 2010, a joint Narcotics Investigation that spanned the Continental United States was successfully completed with the arrest of 12 suspects in Georgia and Louisiana.  The investigation began as an undercover investigation in Cherokee County, Georgia involving the traffic

On Friday, February 19, 2010, Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in Athens and officers with the Banks County Sheriff's Office arrested former Banks County Deputy Tax Commissioner Lori Ann Slaton, age 41, of Homer, Georgia, charging her with seven (7) felony counts of Computer Fraud

SAVANNAH, GA – The Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) Police and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are asking the public’s help in locating a missing AASU student. Bryce Tarter, 19, was last seen in the early morning hours of January 31, 2010 leaving the AASU campus. 

At 3:15 PM  on February 17, 2010, the Georgia State Patrol SWAT Team and other  law  enforcement arrested 44-year-old Robert Milam Cook at his residence at 6625 Roosevelt Hwy, Fairburn, GA.  Cook has been charged with the murder of Lt. Mike Vogt.

The six month anniversary of the disappearance of Kristi Cornwell is today, February 11.  Kristi was last heard from at approximately 9:00 pm on August 11 while walking on Jones Creek Road in Blairsville, Georgia. 

Covington, GA - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation along with Newton County Sheriff’s Investigators are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a suspected murderer by the name of Brandon Hambrick.  Hambrick has active arrest warrants for the crime of Murder in reference to the death of A

DECATUR, GA – As a result of a 3-month investigation coordinated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, search warrants are being executed today in 34 Georgia counties in connection with the distribution of child porn over the Internet.