Press Releases: 2011

DECATUR, GA – As a result of a 5-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 40 Georgia counties in connection with the distribution of child porn over the Internet. 

Tifton, Ga. - On Friday March 25, 2011, the Tift County Sheriff's Office requested the GBI to investigate allegations that Omega Police Chief Walter R. Young assaulted an inmate in custody at their facility.

Atlanta, GA:    The body found in Dooly County on March 9, 2011 was identified as Gladis Russell, 85, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, on March 10, 2011 at the GBI Crime Lab in Macon, Ga.  Mrs.

MADISON, GA – Laura Dyar of Watkinsville, GA turned herself in to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office today after a Special Agent with the GBI’s Milledgeville Office obtained an arrest warrant charging Dyar with one count of Child Molestation, one count of Enticing a Minor, and one count of Sexual

Macon, GA - The autopsy on the unidentified human remains found yesterday in Dooly County has been completed at the GBI Crime Lab in Macon.   The body has been identified as Gladis Russell, 85, of Bellefontaine, Ohio.  Mrs.

Dooly County, GA - At approximately 11:15AM today, a farmer was working on a well in a cotton field and located a body near the field and a wooded area.  The farmer contacted the Dooly County Sheriff’s Office and they notified the GBI for investigative and crime scene processing assistance.

Commerce, GA. - On February 22, 2011, agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Athens Office, arrested Commerce Police Officer Matthew Scott Rogers, age 44, charging him with one felony count of Criminal Liability and Penalties of Crimes of Computers, O.C.G.A.

Rockmart, Ga. – As result of a GBI investigation requested by Rockmart Police Chief Keith Sorrels, agents have arrested Rockmart police officer Randy Poole on one count of cruelty to children, second degree.

OGLETHORPE, GA – As result of a use-of-force investigation requested by Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) Commissioner Brian Owens, GBI agents, assisted by DOC, have arrested seven correctional officers at Macon State Prison.  

ROME, GA - On Tuesday, February 8, Special Agents with the GBI’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit (CEACC) along with members of the Floyd County Police Department executed a search warrant at the residence of Freddy Douglas Wright, Jr, at 19 East Street in Rome.  This warrant was execu