The GBI is investigating in Oconee County, where a deputy has been arrested and fired after allegedly having sex with a female inmate at the Oconee County jail. Blake Patat is 30 years old, from Comer. The incident is believed to have happened last month.
Police say a gunman is in custody after he shot and killed a mail carrier. The Banks County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to reports of a person shot on Hebron Road in Commerce Saturday morning. They found 59 year-old Asa Wood dead of a gunshot wound. A suspect was found a short time later, one who allegedly opened fire on officers. The suspect was shot and hospitalized with what are said to have been non life-threatening injuries. The GBI is investigating.
The suspect in the armed robbery of an Elbert County pharmacy has been arrested in Atlanta. Police say Willie Bradford claimed to have a gun while stealing cash from a CVS pharmacy in Elberton. Bradford is 53 years old, from Jefferson County.
A man from White County is arrested after a motorcycle chase in Hall County: the Georgia State Patrol says 21 year-old Trent Ash of Cleveland faces counts that include reckless driving and DUI after the police pursuit on State Highway 365 and Interstate 985.
Gwinnett County Police are investigating a deadly stabbing: it is said to have happened during a domestic dispute at a home in Lawrenceville. A man was killed and a woman arrested.