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DeKalb Deputy and K-9 Crash With Bull; Man and Dog Doing Fine

Jul 28, 20171 min read

DeKalb Deputy and K-9 Crash With Bull; Man and Dog Doing Fine

At approximately midnight on Thursday, DeKalb Deputy Hunter Akins and K-9 Marianna were involved in an accident on Highway 75 in Fyffe....

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A Letter From the Sheriff: Dade Must Identify and Battle Child and Elderly Abuse

Robin Ford Wallace

Jul 28, 20172 min read

A Letter From the Sheriff: Dade Must Identify and Battle Child and Elderly Abuse

Dear Fellow Dade County Citizens: As your Sheriff, I am writing you this letter to bring some light to a growing and worrisome problem:...

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Sheriff's Dept Names Suspect in Tuesday Home Invasions

Robin Ford Wallace

Jul 26, 20171 min read

Sheriff's Dept Names Suspect in Tuesday Home Invasions

The Dade County Sheriff's Department today named Jason Ray Beam, 43, of Ringgold, as the man arrested for Tuesday's home invasions on...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Jul 25, 20172 min read

Home Invasion on Carrell Street

Editor's note: Dade County Sheriff's Department Public Information Officer Chad Payne submitted the following correction to this release:...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Jul 24, 20171 min read

Dade County Weekend Drug Arrests

On Saturday, July 22, a Dade County sergeant was investigating a possible broken-down vehicle at Crossroads Hardware. Further...

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DeKalb SD Busts Its Own Jail Nurse, Kitchen Worker for Supplying Meth to Inmates

Robin Ford Wallace

Jul 21, 20172 min read

DeKalb SD Busts Its Own Jail Nurse, Kitchen Worker for Supplying Meth to Inmates

On Wednesday, following an investigation by the DeKalb County Sheriff ‘s Office and DeKalb County Drug Task Force, Belinda Sue Lewis...

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DeKalb Cops Nab Fugitive in Trunk of Mom's Buick

Robin Ford Wallace

Jul 20, 20173 min read

DeKalb Cops Nab Fugitive in Trunk of Mom's Buick

DeKalb County (Ala.) lawmen had been looking for John Christopher Hunter (left), 34, of Valley Head, who has 14 outstanding warrants on...

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Etowah nabs DeKalb suspect in burglary charge

Robin Ford Wallace

Jul 18, 20171 min read

Etowah nabs DeKalb suspect in burglary charge

DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff’s investigators had an ongoing investigation on Joseph Wayne Willis, 31, of Fort Payne, for a burglary that...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Jul 13, 20172 min read

Dade Fugitive Captured in DeKalb

Craig Carrell, a fugitive wanted in connected with an incident last week in which two Dade officers were injured, was taken into custody...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Jul 12, 20172 min read

DeKalb County Law Nabs Charlie Wooten

On Sunday, DeKalb County (Ala.) sheriff’s deputies and Ider police officers conducting a routine driver’s license check arrested a...

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Lucky Charms (Not): Dade Sheriff Reports Weekend Drug Arrests

Robin Ford Wallace

Jul 11, 20171 min read

Lucky Charms (Not): Dade Sheriff Reports Weekend Drug Arrests

Dade County Sheriff Ray Cross recently released the following law-and-order news: A Dade County deputy noticed a wanted subject, Jamey...

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DeKalb Sheriff Reports Drugs, Stabbing Over Weekend

Robin Ford Wallace

Jul 11, 20172 min read

DeKalb Sheriff Reports Drugs, Stabbing Over Weekend

On Saturday, while doing a welfare checkup on a child in a home where drug activity was suspected, DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff’s...

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DeKalb Sheriff's Department Reports Holiday Drug Arrests

Robin Ford Wallace

Jul 6, 20171 min read

DeKalb Sheriff's Department Reports Holiday Drug Arrests

DeKalb County (Ala.) deputies were called to a residence on County Road 221 on Saturday, July 1, concerning a suspicious vehicle. Once on...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 28, 20171 min read

DeKalb Farmer Finds Body in Field

A body found in rural DeKalb County on Tuesday remains unidentified. DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris said in a press release today...

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GSP, Local Officers Arrest Kidnapping Suspect in Dade After Interstate Chase

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 23, 20172 min read

GSP, Local Officers Arrest Kidnapping Suspect in Dade After Interstate Chase

(Police Photos) A man wanted for kidnapping is behind bars after leading police on a high-speed chase through Dade County Thursday night....

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DeKalb Deputy Injured in Head-On Collision

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 12, 20171 min read

DeKalb Deputy Injured in Head-On Collision

A DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Department deputy was involved in a late-night head-on collision on Sunday. Three vehicles were...

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DeKalb Sheriff's Dept. Offers Free Training to Local Officers

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 6, 20171 min read

DeKalb Sheriff's Dept. Offers Free Training to Local Officers

Area officers gather for a free law enforcement training session at the DeKalb Sheriff's Department (contributed photo). The DeKalb...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 5, 20171 min read

DeKalb officers recover stolen vehicle

The DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Department reports that its deputies and local police departments have recovered a stolen vehicle. On...

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Lookout Mountain Hit-and-Run Injures Two

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 5, 20172 min read

Lookout Mountain Hit-and-Run Injures Two

Nicolas Caldwell Gravitt (left), 21, of Lookout Mountain, Georgia, was arrested last week in a serious hit-and-run incident on Scenic...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Apr 20, 20173 min read

Bridge Replacement May 5-7 Converges with Sheriff's Benefit

Correction: Since this article was written, GDOT has announced it will perform the bridge transfer the following weekend May 12-14. The...

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