FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Wednesday, January 9, 2019 Sheriff Recognized Deputy For Drug Court Service Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: Today (January 9th) Sheriff Mitch Ralston recognized Deputy Keith Jones for distinguished service following several years as being...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Wednesday, January 9, 2019 Sheriff Honors Military Purple Heart Recipients Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: Sheriff Mitch Ralston, the Sheriff's Office staff, and the Sheriff's Auxiliary joined the Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH),...

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT... Saturday, December 22, 2018 Beware of Telephone Scammers Posing as Deputies Sheriff Mitch Ralston Announces: The Sheriff's Office has received a number of complaints about a telephone scam wherein the callers claim to be deputy...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Saturday, December 15th, 2018 Sheriff Investigating Shooting Death Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: At about 1:15 a.m. this morning (December 15), deputy sheriffs were dispatched to a private home on Sylvania Circle near Calhoun in response to a...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Friday, December 14, 2018 Couple Arrested For Reckless Conduct and Cruelty to Children Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports; Yesterday, December 13, deputy sheriffs  arrested Nancy Janette Marroquin, age 42 and Faraon Marroquin, age 48, both of 320...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Thursday, November 29, 2018 Fraud/Mail Theft Arrests of Three People Result in Over 50 Criminal Charges Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: In late October (2018), Sheriff's detectives initiated an investigation into a number of reports of fraud...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Saturday, November 24, 2018 Deputies Respond to Domestic Violence Incident, Find Suspicious Device Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports; At approximately 3:30 p.m. today (Saturday, November 24), deputy sheriffs were dispatched to a private residence...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Saturday, November 24, 2018 Deputies Respond To 'Road Rage' Incident, Subsequent Arrest Made Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports:   At approximately 5:30pm today (Saturday, November 24), deputy sheriffs were dispatched to the area of Dews Pond...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Friday, November 16, 2018 Fugitive Arrested, Deputies Assaulted With Firearms Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: At approximately 11 a.m. today (November 16), several deputy sheriffs were at an RV camp on Red Bud Road near Calhoun in search of an...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Tuesday, November 13, 2018 Sheriff Ralston Comments on Passing of Representative John Meadows Sheriff Mitch Ralston said: " I was deeply saddened this morning to learn of the passing of my longtime friend and mentor, Mr. John Meadows. I knew...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Friday, November 2, 2018 Sheriff's Auxiliary Helping 'The Winners Club' Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: The Sheriff's Auxiliary, the organization which supports the Sheriff's Office, and local charities in Calhoun and Gordon County, donated...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Thursday, October 25, 2018 Sheriff Adds Second Deputy to Sex Offender Registry Supervision in Response to Increased Number of Sex Offenders Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: This month, Sheriff Mitch Ralston had to add a second deputy sheriff to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Saturday, October 13, 2018 Missing Man Found Safe Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: UPDATE...UPDATE...UPDATE... 8 a.m. Monday, October 15: TIMOTHY CLYDE FLIPPEN has been located and is safe. Sheriff Ralston thanks the public, and all of the other...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Thursday, October 11, 2018 Plainville Man Arrested for Financial Transaction Card Theft, Fraud Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: On Monday, October 8, the Sheriff's Office received a report of fraud involving multiple financial card transactions...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Monday, October 1, 2018 Calhoun Man Charged with Multiple Offenses Against Children Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: On September 20, acting in response to a report of children having been sexually molested, Sheriff's detectives initiated an...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Monday, October 1, 2018 Shooting on Peters Street Leaves Man in Hospital, Woman in Jail Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: At about 3pm Sunday afternoon (September 30), deputy sheriffs were dispatched to a location on Georgia Drive near Calhoun...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Thursday, September 27, 2018 Child Molestation Investigations Leads to 2 Arrests Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: On September 23, Sheriff's detectives initiated an investigation into allegations of child molestation and statutory rape said to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Calhoun Man Arrested for Rape Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: On Monday, September 17, Sheriff's detectives received a report of a rape which had occurred the previous day. The victim is a minor. the event is...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Tuesday, September 18, 2018 Major Methamphetamine Distributor Arrested, Large Amount of Drugs Seized, Additional Arrests Forthcoming  Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: In early September, the Sheriff's Office initiated an investigation into...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Monday, September 17, 2018 Shooting Incident on Midway Road Leaves Wife Hospitalized, Husband in Jail for Aggravated Assault Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: At about 4:45 am this morning (September 17), deputy sheriffs were dispatched to a...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 Alert Citizen Calls 911, Deputies Interrupt Burglary-in-Progress at Convenience Store, 3 Arrested Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: At about 3:30 a.m. Monday (September 3rd) morning, deputy sheriffs were dispatched to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 Sheriff Investigating Death of Infant Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: At about 7 a.m. Monday morning (September 3rd), deputy sheriffs were dispatched to a private residence on North Airport Circle near the Whitfield...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Monday, August 20, 2018  Student Struck by Automobile in Red Bud School Parking Lot Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: At approximately 4 p.m. today (August 20) deputy sheriffs and other first responders were dispatched to Red Bud School on...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 Sheriff Ralston Sworn Into Georgia P.O.S.T. Council Sheriff Mitch Ralston Announces: Today, August 15th, Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston was officially sworn in as a member of the Georgia Peace Officers...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Thursday, August 9, 2018 Calhoun Man Arrested for Aggravated Child Molestation Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: On August 3, 2018, the Sheriff's Office received a report of a suspected child molestation from a local health care provider. the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Thursday, August 9, 2018 Calhoun Man Arrested For Aggravated Assault After Shooting Incident Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: At about 8:45pm Tuesday night, August 7th, deputy sheriffs were dispatched to a private residence on 5th Street in...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Monday, July 23, 2018 Sheriff's Auxiliary Hosts Annual Youth Football Clinic Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: On Saturday, July 14, the Sheriff's Auxiliary hosted the 9th Annual Youth Football Clinic at the Recreation Department football field...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Thursday, July 12, 2018 Sheriff Recognizes Deputies For Lifesaving in Sheriff's Office Project DAN (Deaths Avoided by Naloxone) Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: Since 2016, the Gordon County Sheriff's Office has participated in "Project DAN...

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT  Monday, July 2, 2018 Fireworks: Georgia Laws Changed July 1st Sheriff Mitch Ralston wants the people of Gordon County informed about the State Laws regarding fireworks: All “consumer fireworks” may be purchased and used in Georgia....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 Fugitive Leads Deputies on Pursuit Across County Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports; At about 5:45pm yesterday (June 4th), a deputy sheriff  attempted to stop a suspicious Volkswagen (VW) automobile on US Highway 41 near...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Friday, May 25, 2018 Sheriff Hosts Noted Civil War Historian Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: Sheriff Mitch Ralston hosted noted Civil War historian, author, and Kennesaw State University Adjunct Professor Gerald Flinchum at this monthly...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Tuesday, May 22, 2018 "Operation EXPO" Nets Four Arrests for Meth Trafficking, Conspiracy, Firearms Offenses Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: Several weeks ago, the Sheriff's Office initiated an investigation into the activities of a number of...

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: FLASH FLOODING Saturday, May 19th, 2018, 4 a.m. Gordon County Subjected to Overnight Flash Flooding, Many Roads Affected Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports Overnight (Friday/Saturday May 18/19), Gordon County was subjected to a series of severe...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Wednesday, May 16th, 2018 Sheriff Appears Before House Committee on School Safety On Monday, May 14th, Sheriff Mitch Ralston appeared before the Georgia House of Representatives Study Committee on School Security. Sheriff Ralston was invited...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Friday, May 4th, 2018 Deputies Respond to Aircraft Accident Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: At about 8 p.m. this evening (May 4th) deputy sheriffs were dispatched to private property in a rural area near McDaniel Station/Darby Road in southern...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Sheriff Warns of Scam Telephone Callers Posing as Deputy With a Warrant  Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports; The Sheriff's Office has received several complaints from citizens who've received calls from a male posing as a...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Friday, April 13, 2018 Sheriff Asks For Community's Help with littering Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: Among the hundreds of tons of trash removed annually from state, county, and city roadways within Gordon County by inmate work crews are...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 12, 2018 Sheriff Investigating Shooting Death Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: At about 10:45pm last night (April 11) deputy sheriffs were dispatched to a private residence in the Rock Creek community in response to the report of a...

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT... Thursday, April 5, 2018 Sheriff Warns of Telephone Scams From Sheriff Mitch Ralston: "It is becoming increasingly common for our citizens to receive 'scam' telephone calls soliciting personal information, money, or other data. Our...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Thursday, March 29, 2018 Deputies Locate Missing Juvenile, Arrest Fugitive from Murray County Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: In the early morning hours of March 28th, (Gordon County) deputy sheriffs received information from Murray County...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT... Monday, March 19, 2018     3 p.m. The National Weather Service (NWS) has predicted that northwest Georgia will be impacted by severe weather this evening through tonight. Conditions may include thunderstorms with...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Friday, March 16, 2018 Plainville Woman Arrested For Methamphetamine Trafficking Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: On Thursday afternoon (March 15), Sheriff's detectives received a confidential tip that a Plainville woman was engaged in...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Friday, March 16, 2018 Two Men Arrested in Connection With Multiple Shooting Incidents, Arson, and Theft Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: On Saturday, March 10th, deputy sheriffs and detectives responded to a number of reports of property...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Monday, February 26, 2018 Sheriff Meets With School Officials About School Security Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: This morning, Sheriff Mitch Ralston and his command staff met with representatives from our local (county) school system,...

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Friday, February 23, 2018 Sheriff Warns of Scam IRS Calls Sheriff Mitch Ralston warns Gordon County residents to beware of scammers posing as employees/agents of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) demanding money or financial information,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Wednesday, February 21, 2018 16 Year Old Juvenile Arrested For Making Threats Against School Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: Late last night (February 20), deputy sheriffs received a tip that an unknown person had made a threat to commit an act...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Friday, February 16th, 2018 Governor Appoints Sheriff Mitch Ralston to Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council Governor Nathan Deal today announced the appointment of Sheriff Mitch Ralston to the Georgia Peace Officer Standards...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Thursday, February 8, 2018 Pursuit Leads to Capture of Fugitive and Large Methamphetamine Seizure Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: Monday morning, February 5, deputy sheriffs attempted to stop a suspicious automobile on Cline Road near Resaca....

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT... Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Sheriff Says Beware of Telemarket Scammers Posing as Sheriff's Association Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: "We have received reports that some Gordon County citizens have received telephone calls from persons...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Tuesday, January 30, 2018  Three Month Investigation Results in Arrest for Marijuana Possession/Sale/Distribution, Firearms Offenses Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: In November, 2017, Sheriff's detectives initiated an investigation into reports...