Police/Fire
A Calhoun man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on a long list of charges after leading police on a car crash during wish he drove into a patrol and eventually hid in the woods.
Thursday, June 25
Thursday, June 18
Police officers and first responders may not end up being protected classes in a contentious hate-crimes bill that has raised the blood pressure in the General Assembly in the waning days of the 2020 legislative session.
Chief Deputy Robert Paris with the Gordon County Sheriff's Office said Charles David Bagley has been located and is safe and sound.Â
Thursday, June 11
The Adairsville Police Department arrested two men last Saturday after they attempted to steal a trailer and were found with 28.2 grams of methamphetamine, according to a APD press release.
A 41-year-old man from Griffin died Sunday after causing a three-vehicle crash on Highway 225 in Gordon County, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
The two people arrested before and following a standoff with police in Calhoun last week are now facing additional identity theft and forgery charges, according to Chief Deputy Robert Paris the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office.
Intense protesting against police brutality and racial injustice rocked several Georgia cities over the weekend as local officials imposed nightly curfews and Gov. Brian Kemp ordered National Guard members to help quell bouts of property destruction.
The man arrested following a standoff with police in Calhoun on Tuesday had a loaded handgun, ammunition, drug paraphernalia, fake identification documents, fake license plates, counterfeit money, an electronic card reader, computers and cash inside the Express Inn room where he barricaded h…
The Gordon County Sheriff's Office has one suspect in custody following a standoff at the Express Inn on Highway 225 in Calhoun next to Interstate 75, as well as a second person who was arrested prior to the standoff.Â
A fight over a 12-pack of beer resulted in a Calhoun man being charged with three felonies over the weekend.
Investigators are still looking for a 1997 Gold Toyota Corolla which belonged two one of the two Floyd County women who were found dead on May 13.
A second man has been arrested in relation to the investigation into the killing of two Floyd County women whose bodies were dumped over a bridge last week.
A 20-year-old Bartow County man remained behind bars without bond on Thursday after his Wednesday arrest by Gordon County deputies after they learned he had sexual contact with a 15-year-old teen, according to reports.
A Rome man who had been wanted on a long list of charges after ditching his vehicle and escaping Calhoun Police Officers on foot during a traffic stop was booked into the Gordon County jail on Tuesday.
A 79-year-old man from LaFayette died after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 53 in front of the KFC and Ruby Tuesday on Saturday afternoon.
Four out-of-state people were arrested by the Calhoun Police Department Friday on a combination of methamphetamine, gun, fugitive from justice and other charges after employees at the Calhoun Walmart noticed one of the individuals shoplifting merchandise worth $6.
An Adairsville man surrendered to police earlier this week after refusing to exit his home shortly after members of the Bartow County Sheriff’s SWAT team arrived.
A 21-year-old Summerville woman has been arrested and charged with two crimes after having sex with an intoxicated teenager younger than 16, according to Gordon County Sheriff’s Office records.
The Calhoun Police Department arrested a pair of out-of-state individuals after finding them inside a couple of stolen vehicles at the Love’s on Belwood Road early Monday morning.
Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston announced Monday that the business lobby at his office has reopened to the public, while jail visitation will continue to be restricted until at least June 12.
A 21-year-old man from Johns Creek was arrested by the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday after he was found naked from the waist down with a 13-year-old girl in his vehicle at the Sonoraville Recreation Department.
The Calhoun Police Department took out warrants for multiple charges after a driver fled from a traffic stop and then disappeared with a backpack after ditching a rental vehicle.
Thursday, April 30
Tuesday, April 28
Mannington Industries in Calhoun recently donated face shields to the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office for use by their employees.
Thursday, April 23
A man who was already wanted by the Calhoun Police Department after fleeing on foot from a traffic stop that resulted in multiple drug arrests is now behind bars and facing additional charges after running from and fighting with police officers.
Tuesday, April 21
What started as a traffic stop Wednesday morning for an improper turn resulted in the arrests of two Calhoun men on charges related to the possession of more than 15 grams of cocaine, according to police records.
On Monday, April 20, the GBI Region 1 Office arrested Stormie Watkins, 52, of Cartersville, for three counts of Computer Invasion of Privacy. Watkins was a supervisor at the Bartow County E-911 Center.
The Georgia State Patrol cited a Fairmount man on three charges after a Saturday night single-vehicle crash that resulted in the driver being airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
