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Cherokee Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested an absconded sex offender in Woodstock Friday afternoon...
Lt. Governor Casey Cagle: Lake Condition Has Produced Economic Hardships in North Georgia
Today, a state House and Senate delegation will travel toWashington, D.C. to meet with Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), John Paul Woodley Jr, along with U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss and U.S. Congressman Nathan Deal to press the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow Lake Lanier levels to increase as weather and rainfall permits...
Jul 9, 2008
Cherokee Man Struck, Killed by Truck
On Sunday, July 6, 2008 near 3:00 P.M. Cherokee Sheriff’s Office responded to a call in reference to a person struck by a vehicle...
Jul 7, 2008
Softball Umpire Discovered to be Registered Sex Offender
While investigating an alleged armed robbery of a softball umpire, detectives with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office discovered the umpire was a registered sex offender and was in violation of the Georgia Sex Offender Registry Act...
Jul 3, 2008
Wandering Black Bear Killed on Hwy. 20 in Forsyth County
Recent bear sightings in the metro Atlanta area underscore the importance of residents bear-proofing their garbage and making other non-natural food items such as birdseed and pet food inaccessible to bears...
Jun 30, 2008
Operation Community Shield Nabs More than 100
More than 100 gang members and associates were arrested as a result of a state-wide initiative in Georgia led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents...
Jun 27, 2008
Letter to the Editor: Zero Tolerance Means No Warnings and No Excuses
As Georgians begin making their vacation plans for the upcoming July Fourth festivities, please remember there are two activities that never mix well on our holiday social calendar: Drinking and Driving. Putting them together behind the wheel creates a deadly combination on our highways...
Jun 19, 2008
Persons in Custody for Assault, Burglary of Elderly Man
Detectives with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Violent Crime Division have secured arrest warrants for two suspects involved in the robbery of a 79 year old man last month on Kellogg Creek Rd...
May 28, 2008
Arrest Made in Armed Robbery Case
Detectives with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Violent Crime Division have made an arrest in the May 13th armed robbery of the Chevron located on Highway 5 at Sixes Rd...
May 28, 2008
Governor's Office of Highway Safety Issues Sobering Holiday Predictions
It’s tragic to report, but fifteen of the twenty-two Georgia traffic fatalities from the 2006 Memorial Day holiday involved crash victims who weren’t wearing seatbelts...
May 23, 2008
Armed Robbery Suspect Sought
Deputies with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office responded to an armed robbery Tuesday night at the Chevron located at the intersection of Highway 5 and Sixes Rd...
May 19, 2008
Woodstock Home Invasion Suspect Sought
Detectives with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Violent Crime Division are investigating a home invasion that occurred Tuesday in the 800 block of Cherrydale Lane in Woodstock...
May 14, 2008
Cherokee Sheriff's Office Train in Crash Reconstruction
Deputies with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Traffic Enforcement Unit graduated from a Vehicle / Pedestrian / Bicycle Crash Reconstruction Course in Cartersville last week...
May 13, 2008
Bear Sightings Not Uncommon This Time of Year
This time of year, young male bears are roaming and often stumbling into what’s considered non-traditional bear range, including urbanized areas and suburbs...
May 13, 2008
Cherokee Sheriff's Office Investigates Missing Man-Hole Covers
Since April 29th approximately 28 cast iron man-hole covers have been removed from the roadway...
May 7, 2008
Bottled Water's Days are Numbered, says leading Environmental Magazine
Did you know that eight out of 10 water bottles end up in the landfill? The bottles that drift from landfills or end up as litter in streams are washing out to sea to form a huge "raft" of plastic debris in the center of the Pacific that is estimated to be twice the size of Texas...
May 7, 2008
