Press Releases: 2011

Jesup, GA - On Monday June 20, 2011 at approximately 3:30pm, the GBI’s Kingsland Office was requested by the Georgia State Patrol to investigate an apparent officer involved shooting which occurred at 841 North Fourth Street in Jesup Georgia. 

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Region One office in Calhoun, GA is requesting the public’s assistance in reference to the below incident:

NASHVILLE-On Friday, June 10, 2011, the GBI Douglas Office was requested by the Nashville Police Department to investigate the stabbing of a Nashville City Councilman at his residence located on Sirmans Avenue in Nashville, Georgia.

ATHENS, GA - On Monday, June 6, 2011, at approximately 6:15 a.m., Carlotta Shields Appling (age 40) was shot and killed by an intruder at her residence, located in Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia.

Jefferson, Georgia – The Jefferson Police Department, the Athens-CLarke County Police Department and the GBI are asking the public’s help in locating Anthony Tyrone Appling, wanted in connection with the early morning murder of a woman whom he knew in Jefferson.

Social Circle, Georgia The Social Circle Police Department, the FBI and the GBI are asking the publics help in identifying the man in the attached photos who robbed the Pinnacle Bank in Social Circle this morning at around 9:45.

Adel, Georgia, -  On Thursday, 5-19-11, shortly after 9:00 am, an unidentified black male entered The Trust Bank in Adel, Georgia at 607 West Fourth Street with a handgun and demanded money from a bank teller.

Swainsboro, Georgia – A paraprofessional at the River Quest School in Burke County has been charged by the GBI after an investigation indicated she had been involved in a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student at the school.  River Quest is a multi-county school for children with emotiona

ALMA- On Thursday, April 21, 2011, Alma Police Department Corporal Christopher Wayne Harlin was arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) on one count of sexual assault of a person in custody.

Sardis, Burke County Georgia – As result of information developed by the Sardis Police Department, a Burke County Middle School counselor has been arrested by the GBI for having a sexual relationship with a student.