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Stephens County Sheriffs Office Arrest Report 3/5 – 3/12/2023

Arrest Reports, Police & Government March 14, 2023 , by Content Admin

The Georgia Open Records Act (O.C.G.A. 50-18-70) allows for FetchYourNews.com to obtain and post the arrest records/booking report of any and all individuals arrested in Stephens County. Those arrests are posted on FetchYourNews.com for viewing pleasure. Please remember that all individuals listed have been arrested and charged, however, they are presumed innocent until guilt has been proven in a court of law. FYN publishes the arrest report provided by the SCSO.

ATLANTA – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced today that a home fire in Stephens County killed one victim.

On January 6th at 11:55 a.m., a passing driver reported a possible woods fire on Oak Valley Lane in Toccoa. A second caller reported a residential structure fire on the same road, with a possible resident inside the home.

“When fire officials arrived on scene, they found the residential structure fully engulfed in flames,” said Commissioner King. “Upon extinguishment, a victim, identified as an 87-year-old woman living by herself, was found in the living room of the residence. The cause of the fire remains undetermined at this time.”

Our office is assisting the Stephens County Fire Department and Sheriff’s Office with this investigation.

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Stephens County Sheriffs Office Arrest Report 1/1 – 1/8/2023

Arrest Reports, Police & Government January 10, 2023 , by Content Admin

Arrest Avalon criminal FYN GA Georgia history RECORDS Sheriff Stephens Toccoa

Stephens County Sheriffs Office Arrest Report 12/26 – 1/3/2023

Arrest Reports, Police & Government January 6, 2023 , by Content Admin

Arrest Avalon criminal FYN GA Georgia history RECORDS Sheriff Stephens Toccoa

Stephens County Sheriffs Office Arrest Report 12/18 – 12/25/2022

Arrest Reports, Police & Government December 28, 2022 , by Content Admin

Arrest Avalon criminal FYN GA Georgia history RECORDS Sheriff Stephens Toccoa

Stephens County Man Arrested for the Sexual Exploitation of Children

Community, Police & Government December 12, 2022 , by SaraBeth Simpson

Toccoa, GA (December 10, 2022) – On Wednesday, December 7, 2022, Alan Savage, age 32, of Stephens County, GA, was arrested and charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children by the GBI Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit. The GBI CEACC Unit began an investigation into Savage’s online activity after receiving cybertip reports from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding the possible online possession of child sexual abuse material. This investigation led to a search of Savage’s electronic devices and his arrest. Savage is being criminally charged in Oconee County, GA, where it was determined his crime was committed. The GBI CEACC unit was assisted in this investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Georgia Department of Community Supervision. Savage was taken to the Stephens County Jail upon his arrest.

This investigation is part of the ongoing effort by the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, housed within the GBI’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit, to identify those involved in the trade of child sexual abuse material. The ICAC Program, created by the U.S. Department of Justice, was developed in response to the increasing number of children and teenagers using the Internet, the proliferation of child sexual abuse material, and the heightened online activity by predators searching for unsupervised contact with underage victims.

Anyone with information about other cases of child exploitation is asked to contact the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit at 404-270-8870 or report via the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline at CyberTipline.org.

Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.