Georgia Bureau of Investigation

Dawsonville woman charged with DUI

CORNELIA, Ga. -- When 38-year-old Ashly Sophia Tolbert, 38, of Dawsonville was told she was under arrest for DUI, she…

3 years ago

DCHS Business Education teacher arrested, charged with sexual exploitation of children

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. -- Ryan Dennis Coker, 38, a Business Education teacher at Dawson County High School, was arrested Tuesday…

3 years ago

GBI: Dawson County inmate death due to combined drug intoxication

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Medical Examiner has ruled the 18-year-old Dawson County inmate found dead in a cell on…

4 years ago

Agents seize $705,000 in drugs, arrest 48 in year-long, multi-jurisdictional drug bust

North GA (July 10, 2020) – After an extensive 11- month local, state, and federal joint investigation, 48 men and women…

4 years ago

Dawsonville man caught in undercover child sex sting

WOODSTOCK, Ga.  -- A Dawsonville man is one of six people arrested during an undercover child sting that targeted online…

4 years ago

GBI makes two more arrests in Hannah Bender murder case

DAWSONVILLE, Ga – Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation with assistance from Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested two…

5 years ago

GBI investigates officer involved shooting in Hall County

GBI PRESS RELEASE HALL COUNTY, Ga. -- On Monday, July 8, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was requested by the…

5 years ago

GBI investigates death of Dawson County Detention Center inmate

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. -- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an investigation into the death of an inmate at the…

5 years ago

Dawson County Sheriff’s Office, GBI investigate possible murder-suicide

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. -- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called to assist with crime scene processing at what is believed…

5 years ago

Dawsonville man among 82 arrested in child internet sex crimes crackdown

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. -- Chad Sitzwohl, 35 of Dawsonville, has been arrested along with 30 others in a crackdown on child…

5 years ago

Bodies identified in suspected murder-suicide

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Dawson County Sheriff’s Office and Georgia Bureau of Investigation are investigating what appears to have been…

5 years ago

GBI Crime Lab Identifies Central Georgia Counterfeit Pills

Decatur, GA – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Lab has identified counterfeit pills related to the reported overdoses in…

7 years ago

GBI Assessment of Fentanyl Spill

Decatur, GA – On Thursday, June 29, 2017, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) conducted an assessment of the fentanyl…

7 years ago

Body Found Near Amicalola Falls State Park is that of a 54-Year-old Kentucky Man

DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. — Dawson County Coroner Ted Bearden today identified the body found Tuesday just off the Appalachian Trail…

7 years ago