HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI is investigating the death of William Charles Lamberti, age 48, of Demorest, GA, at the request of the Clarkesville Police Department, following a traffic stop and chase along Georgia Highway 115 in Habersham County, Georgia on March 3, 2024. At around 10:00 p.m., Clarkesville Police initiated a traffic stop […]

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. – On Monday, Jan. 29, a single-vehicle wreck occurred in Habersham County just before 9:30 p.m. The driver, Katelynn Brook Crocker, 32, was seriously injured in the wreck. Crocker was driving a Ford Focus sedan when she went off the south shoulder of the road, struck a ditch and flipped. She was […]

PRESS RELEASE – School system officials have been monitoring an unusual and serious weather system that will impact our county overnight and throughout the day tomorrow. Habersham County will be under both a High Wind Advisory and a Flood Watch. This afternoon, school system officials participated in a briefing with the National Weather Service. Heavy […]

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. – The White County Sheriff’s Office, Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, and Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office conducted a multi-day operation in December 2023 that led to the arrest of three people: Cody Lee Fendley, age 38, of Cleveland, GA, was arrested and charged with trafficking methamphetamine and possession of fentanyl with the intent […]

PRESS RELEASE – A North Georgia man is behind bars after a brief chase Sunday [Nov. 12] and faces charges in numerous entering auto and burglary cases. Joshua Adam Doster, 46, is from Habersham County though his identification lists him as a resident of Cumming, said Habersham County Sheriff’s Investigator George Cason. Doster was arrested […]

PRESS RELEASE – On November 13, 2023 at approximately 1150 pm, Officers with the Cornelia Police Department noticed a white Dodge Ram pickup truck parked behind 727 N. Main Street, the old Wolf Creek BBQ. Because the business has been closed for a few years, officers felt that someone could be attempting to steal items from the area […]

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. – Alexander Hardaway, a former Habersham County Jailer, was arrested on Monday, Oct. 2, for making false statements to police. Hardaway, 30, was arrested by the GBI after they were contacted on Thursday, Sept. 28, by the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office to investigate allegations into Hardaway. According to the GBI, an inmate […]

PRESS RELEASE – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced today that Farmers Insurance has rescinded tens of thousands of nonrenewal notices to Georgia consumers initially scheduled to go into effect in August. “It was brought to our attention this week that Farmers Insurance had alerted their customers that they would be non-renewing […]

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. – A fiery crash that took place on Ga Hwy. 365 on Sunday, July 16, left five people dead, three of which were the wife and two children of Hall County Deputy Patrick Neil Holtzclaw. According to a release from Georgia Law Enforcement, the driver of a Corvette, now identified as Mitchell Boggs, […]

PRESS RELEASE – Habersham County E-911 received a call at 4:20 p.m. Saturday reporting a juvenile who had been in the swimming area at Lake Russell Beach disappeared from view. Units from Habersham County Emergency Services and the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office responded, along with personnel from Cornelia Fire Department and the Georgia Department of […]

PRESS RELEASE – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced today that John McConnell, 51, of Alto, was arrested on March 10th in connection with a vehicle fire in Habersham County. “At approximately 5:12 p.m. that day, Habersham County 911 received a report of a vehicle fire at the intersection of Crane Mill […]

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. – Habersham County E-911 dispatched units from Habersham County Emergency Services and Demorest Fire Department at 2 p.m. Tuesday to a woods fire at 2190 Cannon Bridge Road, Demorest. Cornelia Fire Department units responded for mutual aid, along with the Georgia Forestry Commission. The fire burned about two acres. Units responding included […]

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. – Shane Bentley, the former Cornelia Fire Department Assistant Chief was arrested on Feb. 2 for allegations of forgery and theft. Bentley has officially been charged with one count of first-degree forgery and one count of theft by taking. According to a release from the GBI, an investigation was requested by the Cornelia […]

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