The Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing teenager.
Desiree Rider, 17 years old, is described as having red hair and hazel eyes. She is 5’9” tall and weighs 150 pounds. She was last seen in the Coal Mountain area of North Forsyth. She was wearing blue jeans, a black hoodie jacket and white/black checked vans.
Please contact Captain Marcus Sewell with any information at (706) 482-2619.
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Dawson County woman arrested for alleged meth trafficking
North Georgia authorities say that a 51-year-old Dawson County woman was arrested on Monday morning after 165 grams of methamphetamine were found during a search of a Dawson County residence.
In a Facebook post on Monday afternoon, the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office reported that Stacey Lynn Evans was taken into custody on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, for charges of trafficking methamphetamine, following a joint investigation by the Lumpkin and Dawson County Sheriff’s Offices, and the GBI’s West Metro Regional Drug Enforcement Office.
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The post said that law enforcement officers from the three agencies conducted a search at a Dawsonville residence on Monday and allegedly found Evans to be in possession of 165 grams of methamphetamine.
Lanier Technical College officer dies of COVID, one of more than a dozen GA law enforcement officers lost to virus
One of the latest COVID-19 casualties was Officer Steven Hemphill with the Lanier Technical College Police Department in Gainesville. Author: Jon Shirek Updated: 12:27 PM EST February 5, 2021
GAINESVILLE, Ga. The rising numbers of COVID-19 deaths include increasing numbers of law enforcement officers, believed to have been exposed to the virus when they were on duty.
One of the latest was a college campus police officer in Gainesville.
He was a career law enforcement officer, serving more than 35 years in north Georgia Officer Steve Hemphill, 59.
The Lumpkin County Sheriff s Office said Thursday that 12 people were charged with RICO Act violations. Author: Jonathan Raymond (11Alive) Updated: 1:16 PM EST December 17, 2020
LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga.
(Editor s note: The video above this story is related to a GBI heroin bust from August.)
More than a dozen people were arrested this week in north Georgia as part of a sting on a drug trafficking ring, the Lumpkin County Sheriff s Office said Thursday.
The sheriff s office said 12 were arrested in connection to a yearlong investigation and charged with violations of the Racketeering and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, while an additional two people were arrested while the original 12 warrants were being served.