Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE Nurse Arrested For Bringing Contraband into the Detention Center CRISP COUNTY- June 30, 2021 On Thursday, July 29, 2021, at approximately 11:00 A.M. Jessica Douglas, a 45-year-old female from Cordele, Georgia, was arrested for bringing contraband into the Crisp County Detention Center. Investigators determined Douglas brought cigarettes to an inmate on three different occasions. Douglas worked as a nurse in the clinic. Douglas is charged with three counts of delivery...

UPDATE PRESS RELEASE Contraband Investigation Leads to Additional Arrests CRISP COUNTY- June 29, 2021 The investigation into contraband being bought to the Crisp County Detention Center that involved a Crisp County Detention Officer has led to additional arrests. On Friday, June 25, 2021, at approximately 12:00 P.M. Ashley Glenn, a 30-year old female from Ashburn, Georgia, was arrested as a result of an ongoing investigation after a package containing contraband was intercepted...

PRESS RELEASE A Crisp County Detention Officer Fired and Arrested After Attempting to Bring Contraband into the Detention Center CRISP COUNTY- June 22, 2021 On June 21, 2021, at approximately 10:20 P.M., Jhayvion Smith, a 20-year-old male from Vienna, Georgia, was terminated from employment with the Crisp County Sheriff’s Office and immediately placed under arrest. Also arrested was Sasha Savage, a 34-year-old female from Cordele, Ga. Authorities observed Savage meet Smith in the...

PRESS RELEASE Crisp County Fire Rescue Dispatched to Crisp County Detention Center; No Injuries Reported. CRISP COUNTY- June 14, 2021 Crisp County Fire Rescue and Crisp County EMS responded to the Crisp County Detention Center at approximately 1:23 A.M. on Saturday, June 12, 2021, after Juwon Vontravious Allen, a 26-year-old male, started a fire inside his cell. No one was injured. Initial investigation indicates that Allen used insulated wires from the TV to start the fire. Allen...

PRESS RELEASE Fatal Single-Vehicle Accident CRISP COUNTY- May 28, 2021 On May 27, 2021, at 7:09 PM, Crisp County E-911 dispatched Crisp County Sheriff’s Office and Crisp County EMS to a single-vehicle accident on Fenn Road. Driver Javan Campbell, a 20-year-old male, was pronounced dead on the scene. Reports indicate that a 2008 green Ford Fusion was traveling east on Fenn Road; the driver lost control of the vehicle and struck a culvert. The vehicle overturned, and the driver was...

For Immediate Release Crisp County Sheriff’s Office urges everyone to buckle up before busy Memorial Day holiday travel period The Crisp County Sheriff’s Office and the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety are asking all motorists to make this summer a safe travel season by buckling their seat belt before every trip, whether sitting in the front or back seat. Crisp County Sheriff’s Office is joining sheriff’s offices, police departments,...

PRESS RELEASE Burglary and Attempt to Elude CRISP COUNTY- April 30, 2021 On Friday, April 30, 2021, around 6:50 A.M., Crisp County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Jeffrey Bryan, a 31-year-old male from Warwick, Georgia. Bryan is charged with burglary, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of tools for the commission of a crime, driving while license suspended or revoked, entering auto, and numerous traffic...

PRESS RELEASE (2) Entering Auto Incidents and (2) Stolen Vehicles Recovered CRISP COUNTY- April 5, 2021 Crisp County Sheriff's Office received reports of two entering auto incidents, one in the area of Sirmons Road and another on Cemetery Road in the early morning hours on Saturday, April 3, 2021. As a Deputy was responding to the entering auto call on Sirmons Road, they observed a 2013 Ram 2500 on the side of the roadway that appeared to have been wrecked. The vehicle was...

PRESS RELEASE Murder Suspect Arrested in Crisp County CRISP COUNTY- March 16, 2021 On Tuesday, March 16, 2021 around 8:00 PM Crisp County Sheriff’s Office received information from Sheriff Frank Reynolds that wanted suspect Robert Long was traveling south on GA401/I75. A black Hyundai Tucson was spotted south around mile marker 101 by Georgia State Patrol and Crisp County Deputies. A GSP Trooper performed a PIT maneuver around the 93 mile marker. The suspect was arrested without...

PRESS RELEASE Subject Arrested After Attempting to Elude CRISP COUNTY- March 9, 2021 On Monday, March 8, 2021, around 11:00 A.M.,Crisp County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Rashan Ushery, a 24-year-old male from Newark, Delaware. Ushery is charged with theft by bringing stolen property into statefelony, D.U.I drugs, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, reckless driving, safety belt violation, failure to maintain lane, failure to signal lane change, driving in the...

PRESS RELEASE 2 (Two) Arrested After Attempting To Elude CRISP COUNTY- March 5, 2021 On Thursday, March 4, 2021, around 10:00 A.M., Crisp County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested James Collins, a 39-year-old male from Cordele, Georgia, and Kimberly Phillips, a 44-year-old female from Cordele, Georgia. Collins is charged with Sale, Distribution, or Possession of Dangerous Drugs, Possession of a Schedule I or II Controlled Substance, Possession of a Schedule I or II Controlled Substance,...