LCSO makes multiple arrests for firearms, drugs

Release: The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, Special Operations Division, recently conducted a series of searches related to firearm and illegal narcotic offenses. Recovered in the searches were 9 illegally possessed firearms, two known to be…

Six arrested in GBI operation

Release: On Friday, July 31, 2020, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), the Georgia State Patrol (GSP), the GBI’s Southwestern Regional Drug Enforcement Office, the FBI Southwest Georgia Gang Task Force, the Georgia Department of…

Lanier Co. man charged with arson

Release: ATLANTA – On July 20, Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King’s Fire Investigations Unit arrested Ronnie Brewington, 33, of Hortense, with Arson in the 1st Degree. The charges stem from his involvement…

VPD arrest burglar after chase

Release: On August 6, 2020, at approximately 2:59 am, Valdosta Police Officers responded to 1707 North Forrest Street, after receiving a 911 call that someone had possibly observed a burglary occurring. When the first officer…

VPD make indecent exposure arrest

Release: On August 4, 2020, at approximately 6:50 pm, a patrol officer with Valdosta Police Department responded to the 1100 block of North St. Augustine Road, after a citizen called 911 to report an indecent…

Lakeland men arrested for fraud and arson

Release: TWO LANIER COUNTY MEN CHARGED WITH ARSON, INSURANCE FRAUD  ATLANTA – On July 23, Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King’s Fire Investigations Unit took out warrants on Nilesh Patel, 41, and Bhavinkumar…