GBI investigates holiday weekend drowning on Lake Sinclair

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is now looking into the drowning of a Habersham County man on Lake Sinclair over the July 4th holiday weekend.Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills said he emailed the GBI on Thursday and requested their agency investigate the drowning of 34-year-old David Hoyt...

EPD investigates burglary

Eatonton Police Department officers and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime scene specialists spent their day before Thanksgiving investigating the burglary of a local business.Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell said the Grease Monkey oil change and auto repair on Walmart Drive was...

Eatonton woman arrested on sexual exploitation of children charge

A Cyber Tipline Report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children led to an investigation and subsequent arrest of a young Eatonton woman, authorities say.On Tuesday, June 17, special agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested 18-year-old Haley Wheeler of Jefferson...