Press Releases: 2011

Rome, GA – As result of information developed by the New York State Police,  a New York man was arrested in Rome yesterday after GBI agents found child pornography on his laptop computer.  Zachary Bourbeau, 19, of Tupperlake, NY, who was in Rome visiting a student at Berry College he met online,

Elberton, GA - The Elberton Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Athens Field Office are revisiting the investigation into the death of Icelean Noble, who was found brutally murdered inside her residence at 219 Roosevelt Street in Elberton, Georgia on F

CUSSETA, GA – A $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the deaths of Edward and Elaine Baker whose bodies were discovered August 9 in their burned residence in Cusseta.　

****UPDATE****

The Bartow County Sheriff's Office arrested Michelle Brooks-Powell on Saturday, July 30.  

DECATUR –An analysis of autopsies performed by the GBI Medical Examiner’s Office in 152 counties which drug overdose was the cause of deathor a significant contributing factor in the death found there was a 10% increase in the number of prescription overdose deaths in 2010

DECATUR, Georgia The GBIs Human Trafficking Unit (HTU) received information from the Nashville, Tennessee Police Department and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation that they had received information that led them to believe that a 16-year-old female juvenile runaway from Tennessee was located i

Decatur, GA - The GBI’s newly formed Human Trafficking Unit (HTU) and the Sandy Springs Police Department assisted the U. S.

Jesup, GA - On Wednesday, June 29, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from GBI Kingsland to investigate the death of Ron Burch, age 41, of Screven Georgia who was shot and killed in his driveway late Wednesday night.

Nashville-The GBI has obtained arrest warrants for five (5) individuals relating to the murder and burning of a victim and vehicle found in Berrien County, Georgia on Tuesday, June 21.

NASHVILLE-On Monday, June 20, 2011, Erin Hogan Robinson of Berrien County was arrested by the GBI and charged with Aggravated Assault and Possession of a knife during the commission of a felony for the stabbing of a Nashville man.