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Media Release Multi-Agency Investigation Results in Multiple Arrests of Middle Georgia Suspects. On September 24, 2019, a Houston County Grand Jury returned a fifteen-count indictment on seven individuals who were suspects in a lengthy criminal investigation involving thefts, burglaries, and other property-related offenses. Each suspect was charged with three counts of Violation of Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act....

PRESS RELEASE TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO TWO ARRESTS FOR FRAUD CRISP COUNTY- September 26, 2019 Crisp County Sheriff’s Deputy Corporal Kris Herrick, arrested Keiyana Wiltz, a 21-year-old female, and Melwin Colon, a 26-year-old male, both residents of Kissimmee, Florida on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at approximately 4:20 p.m. Wiltz the following charges; 12 counts of financial transaction card theft, possession of marijuana, possession of firearm during commission of a crime, forgery...

PRESS RELEASE TRAFFIC STOP NETS 5 KILOS OF COCAINE CRISP COUNTY- September 23, 2019 Crisp County Sheriff’s Deputy Sergeant Kenny Purvis, arrested Mario Flounoy, a 38-year-old male, resident of Pavo, Georgia on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at approximately 3:00 p.m. Flounoy faces felony charge trafficking in cocaine. Sergeant Kenny Purvis initiated a traffic stop on a black Hyundai, Sonata traveling southbound on GA401/I75 around milepost 104 for impeding the free flow of...

2019 marks the celebrated 20th anniversary of the Georgia Governor's Challenge, an annual banquet hosted by the Governor's Office of Highway Safety. The awards program recognizes statewide law enforcement agencies in nine different categories based on department size, as well as in several other specialty categories. Governor's Challenge is designed to highlight outstanding achievements in highway safety enforcement and education. It recognizes agencies for the approach and effectiveness of...

PRESS RELEASE CRISP COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE VEHICLE TARGETED FOR THEFT CRISP COUNTY- September 12, 2019 Wednesday, September 11, 2019, a Crisp County Sheriff’s Office Investigator made reports of their unmarked county vehicle being broken into sometime in the night. The vehicle was parked at the employee’s residence in the city limits of Cordele. The rear window was shattered, a police rifle and bulletproof vest were stolen. Investigators are pursuing leads. If anyone has...

PRESS RELEASE TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO THREE ARRESTS CRISP COUNTY- August 20, 2019 In the early morning hours of Tuesday, August 20, 2019, a Crisp County Sheriff’s Deputy stopped a 2015 Ford Explorer traveling southbound on Interstate 75 near mile marker 103 for following another vehicle too closely. When the deputy approached the car, a strong smell of marijuana was detected, and open containers of alcohol were spotted. The driver of the vehicle, Addy Cook, stated that he and the...

PRESS RELEASE 25 AED’S PURCHASED WITH ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS CRISP COUNTY- August 19, 2019 Sheriff Billy Hancock purchased twenty-five G-5 Fully Automatic AED’s with Asset Forfeiture Funds. Twenty-two AEDs will be assigned to Patrol Deputies, and the remaining three will be assigned to the Crisp County Government Center and the Crisp County Court House. Deputies will attend mandatory training before the AED’s being issued. “I hope that they will never be needed, but they...

UPDATE: JAMES MOSS IN CUSTODY IN COOK COUNTY Agencies assisting in the arrest: Department of Corrections K-9 Units, U.S. Marshal Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, Georgia State Patrol, Cook County Sheriff’s Office, Cordele Police Department, Turner County Sheriff’s Office, and Crisp County Sheriff’s Office Wilcox State Prison Inmate, James Moss walked away from a supervised off-site work detail at the Cordele State Farmers Market 1901 US Highway 41 N Cordele, GA on Thursday,...

PRESS RELEASE FATAL SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT CRISP COUNTY- July 30, 2019 Crisp County E-911 dispatched First Responders to a single-vehicle accident on GA HWY 33 and Antioch Road at approximately 4:20 P.M. Monday, July 29, 2019. Crisp County Fire Rescue, Crisp County EMS, and Crisp County Sheriff’s Office responded to the accident. The Traffic Division reports a white Chevrolet Malibu was traveling south on GA HWY 33 when a possible medical emergency caused the driver to drift...

PRESS RELEASE JUVENILE TURNED OVER TO VIENNA POLICE FOR STOLEN VEHICLE CRISP COUNTY- June 28, 2019 On Thursday, June 27, 2019, around 9:10 P.M. Crisp County E-911 issued a BOLO for a 2016 white Ford Fusion that was reported stolen from Dooly County. A Crisp County Sheriff’s Deputy spotted a car matching the description and attempted to stop it. The vehicle failed to stop. The car continued at speeds above the posted limit on various city roads. The driver lost control of the car...

PRESS RELEASE SUBJECT ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE CRISP COUNTY- June 24, 2019 Pervis Burden, 35-year-old male, resident of Dooly County was arrested on June 23, 2019, at approximately 7:10 p.m. Burden faces charges of Possession of Cocaine, Possession of THC, Possession of a Firearm during Commission of Crime, Possession of Open Alcohol Container, Attempting to Elude, and numerous traffic violation charges. Sunday, June 23, 2019, Crisp County E-911 received a tip on a...

PRESS RELEASE MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED CRISP COUNTY- June 11, 2019 Michael Anthony Savage, 26-year-old male, a resident of Crisp County, Georgia was placed under arrested on June 11, 2019, at approximately 10:50 a.m. Savage was taken into custody on HWY 215 Dooly County, Georgia without incident. Savage faces charges of Murder, Possession of Firearm or Knife during Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, and Aggravated Assault. Sunday, June 9, 2019,...