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Authorities: Gainesville man struck person holding baby with car, fired gun...
By: FCN Regional Staff A Gainesville man faces seven counts of aggravated assault after allegedly hitting a person with a car and firing a gun, according to authorities. Saul Garcia, 29, was booked...
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Suspect at large after armed bank robbery in south Forsyth
By: Isabel Hughes SOUTH FORSYTH – An armed robbery occurred about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Foothills Community Bank on Bethelview Road, according to officials with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. A...
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Authorities release information on south Forsyth armed robbery suspect
By: Isabel Hughes SOUTH FORSYTH – An armed robbery occurred about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Foothills Community Bank on Bethelview Road, according to officials with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. A...
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No new leads in North Forsyth High fire
By: Isabel Hughes NORTH FORSYTH -- Forsyth County Fire Department investigators said they have no new leads in the Friday, Aug. 12 fire at North Forsyth High School, according to Division Chief Jason...
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Cumming man arrested on suspicion of trafficking meth
By: Isabel Hughes CUMMING – A Cumming man was arrested after a traffic stop Sunday, Aug. 14 for suspected trafficking in methamphetamine. Jim Poff, 44, was traveling northwest on Jot Em Down Road when...
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FBI seeking scruffy-bearded suspect from Roswell robbery
By: Jim Dean ROSWELL -- The FBI is looking for the public’s help in identifying a man who they say tried to rob a Bank of America branch on Alpharetta Highway in Roswell on Friday. They say the man...
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Gainesville man charged in home invasion, assault
By: FCN Regional Staff A Gainesville man is charged with entering an apartment and pointing a gun at four people, police said. Emmanuel Antonio Gonzalez-Fuerte, 19, was charged with home invasion and...
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Gainesville man accused of threatening Islamic leader, others with gun;...
By: FCN Regional Staff A Gainesville man is accused of threatening people with an AK-47 rifle and kidnapping a baby, police said. Marquis Bonds, 24, is charged with aggravated assault after what police...
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Surveillance footage shows armed south Forsyth bank robbery suspect
By: Kayla Robins SOUTH FORSYTH – Forsyth County Sheriff’s investigators are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect involved in an armed robbery at the Foothills Community Bank in...
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Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office receives state accreditation
By: Isabel Hughes FORSYTH COUNTY -- The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office was once again awarded certification from the State of Georgia Law Enforcement Certification Program. Certification lasts for...
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Rape, kidnapping among charges for man after two-hour foot chase
By: FCN Regional Staff OAKWOOD -- Oakwood Police added charges including rape and kidnapping for a man accused of assaulting a woman and two officers with a knife Sunday. Steven Areizaga was booked in...
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OSHA continues legal fight to inspect poultry plant
By: Gainesville Times GAINESVILLE — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is pushing back against a local judge’s recommendation to deny the agency a warrant to inspect the Mar-Jac poultry...
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Forsyth Superior Court text-based customer service debuts
By: Isabel Hughes Instead of playing phone tag with government officials over a simple question, residents can now get answers from the Forsyth County Clerk of State and Superior Courts as fast as...
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Citizen journalist files lawsuit against property owners from 2014 rally
By: FCN Regional Staff DAWSON COUNTY - Nearly two years after Nydia Tisdale was arrested at a GOP rally at Burt's Pumpkin Farm in Dawsonville the "citizen journalist" has filed a lawsuit against the...
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Georgia Southern student shot, killed; friend faces charges
By: FCN Regional Staff STATESBORO - A Georgia Southern student was shot and killed early Wednesday morning and a friend faces involuntary manslaughter - felony charges in connection with his death,...
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Police: Remains found Friday in Gainesville were adult male
By: Gainesville Times GAINESVILLE – The remains found Friday in a vacant lot in Gainesville were an adult male, Gainesville Police Sgt. Kevin Holbrook said Sunday. The man’s identity isn’t known....
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Police: Gainesville man accused of attempted rape at Dairy Queen
By: Gainesville Times GAINESVILLE -- A Gainesville man is accused of attempting to sexually assault a woman in a Gainesville Dairy Queen restroom, police said. Demetrius Miguel Render, 44, is charged...
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Gainesville Police searching for missing woman
By: FCN Regional Staff The Gainesville Police Department “is actively searching for” a missing 43-year-old woman, according to a Facebook post on the department’s page Thursday afternoon. Sandra Nicole...
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South Forsyth woman suspected of hit and run found peeing behind truck
By: Isabel Hughes SOUTH FORSYTH -- A south Forsyth woman was arrested Thursday night after fleeing from an accident that injured one person, though she made sure to relieve herself in front of deputies...
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Murder suspect sought in shooting death of Gainesville man
By: Gainesville Times GAINESIVLLE -- Authorities are searching for a 33-year-old man suspected of murder in the Friday night shooting death of a Gainesville man. Darvis Donquan Bledson, otherwise known...
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