Fayette County Sheriff's Office

Special Weather Statement HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES Special Weather Statement issued April 3 at 11:34AM EDT by NWS Peachtree City GA Relative Humidities of 25 percent or less can be expected for 4 or more hours this afternoon into the evening. Winds will be light and variable throughout the day, but generally out of the SSW at or below 5 MPH.... With dry fuels, high fire danger conditions can be expected. Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities whether you may burn outdoors. If you do burn outside, use extreme caution. http://www.weather.gov

Please avoid the area of Ga Hwy 85 South in the area of Summit Point Shopping Center. Officers on on scene working a serious motor vehicle accident and the road is completely shut down. 4:23PM

Temperatures are on track to fall into the upper 20s to lower 30s by early tomorrow (Saturday) morning. A Freeze Warning is in effect from midnight tonight unti...l 10 AM tomorrow for the entire forecast area (aside from the northeast Georgia mountains, where the growing season typically begins later in April). Don't forget to bring in sensitive plants and provide pets a warm place to sleep! #gawx See more

Day 2 of #DistractedDrivingAwarenessMonth and a reminder that this is what will happen if you're caught texting behind the wheel in Georgia. #HeadsUpGeorgia #DriveAlert #HandsFree

Information from the City of Fayetteville.

Residential Burglaries Reported On January 14, 2021 two Fayette County residents reported burglaries after arriving home to find items missing. One residence was located in the Jeff Davis Plantation subdivision off S. Jeff Davis Drive and the other in the Farrington subdivision off Seay Road. The incidents appear to be connected and we are seeking any information that may aid the investigation. Anyone with video of suspicious vehicles or persons in the two neighborhoods from noon to 7:00pm can contact Sgt. C. Patton at 770-716-4715 or email to [email protected].

Special Weather Statement Snow Flurries and Black Ice Possible Special Weather Statement issued December 23 at 2:38PM EST by NWS Peachtree City GA... A storm system will move into the area tonight into Christmas Eve. Initially, it will bring heavy showers with embedded thunderstorms with a small threat of strong winds. On the backside of this system Thursday evening, we could see some snow flurries flying across the area before ending early Christmas Eve night. With the precipitation moving out so quickly, no accumulations are anticipated with these snow flurries. In addition to the flurries, cold air rushing in could allow for some black ice to develop even after the precipitation has ended. Winds will help dry things out but patches of black ice will be possible well into Christmas Eve night and linger into Christmas morning so caution is advised on area roads. http://www.weather.gov

The Fayette County Sheriff's Office Administrative Office will be closed Monday, January 18, 2021 in observance of the Martin Luther King holiday. The Sheriff's Office Administrative Office will reopen on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. If you need assistance, please call (770) 461-6353 or 911 if its an emergency.

Information from District 4 Public Health.

The Fayette County Sheriff's Office administrative offices will be CLOSED Thursday, December 24, 2020 and Friday, December 25, 2020 in observance of Christmas. If you need assistance, please call (770) 461-6353 or 911 if it's an emergency. The Fayette County Sheriff's Office administration offices will reopen on Monday, December 28, 2020 at 8:00 a.m.... Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

Deputy Gipson accepted a special cookie delivery today from two of our special friends! Thank you so much!!

Last week Cyber Monday kicked off the online shopping season. We want to stress the importance of protecting yourself from a crime epidemic sweeping the nation called Package Theft or Porch Piracy. An estimated 36% of online shoppers in the US have reported a missing or stolen package. Last year packages worth approximately $9 billion were stolen or went missing.... Here are 7 ways you can protect yourself from package theft: 1. Have packages delivered to your workplace or office If work deliveries are not possible, consider shipping to a neighbor or family member you know will be home to receive the delivery. 2. Require signature on delivery If you’re not home the package will be available for you to pick up at the delivery service’s facility. 3. Use Amazon or UPS counter pickup Amazon has partnered with retailers like GNC and Health Mart Pharmacies and UPS’s Access Point program partners with CVS, Michaels and Advance Auto Parts to provide package pickup at tens of thousands of retail locations across the country. See the Amazon and UPS links below to find a safe, convenient package pickup location: Amazon Pickup Locations - https://www.amazon.com/gp/css/account/address/view.html UPS Access Point Locations - https://www.ups.com//indi/ups-access-point-deliveries.page 4. Use Amazon Hub Locker Amazon also offers customers the choice to ship your package to a secure Amazon Locker for pickup, thousands of these package lockers have been installed across the country. The attached Amazon link will help you find a convenient location near you: Amazon Hub Locker 5. Sign up for alerts When you place an order, sign up for alerts and know when your package arrives and ask a neighbor or friend to pick it up for you. 6. Pick up packages in person Fed-ex, UPS, Amazon and DHL offer the option of pickup at their shipping facilities. 7. Utilize smart technology Ring or Google Nest smart video doorbells can aid law enforcement in arresting package thieves. Other smart technology like Amazon Key allow delivery drivers to place a package inside your home, garage or even vehicle trunks, providing you have installed smart locks that are compatible with Amazon Key.

A huge shout out and thank you to Charlene Denney from Peachtree Mechanical, Inc., Fayetteville, GA for providing a catered lunch today from Georgia Tacos! It was quite a feast and thank you again for this wonderful gesture towards our staff!

Vaccine Fraud Warning Recently the FBI began warning about the increase in Covid-19 Vaccine related fraud and I hope that does not shock or surprise anyone. Criminals have found it is much easier to sit on their rear and do scams and fraud. It seems the Covid-19 vaccine is just one of the most recent targets.... Any attempt to get you or a loved one to purchase early or select access to the vaccine is a scam. Just like the other popular scams where a caller urges you to buy pre-paid or gift cards to keep you out of jail or to help you with your computer they are all scams. We see reports daily where someone falls for these very convincing criminals. I believe for several reasons this is very underreported. The only way I know right now to get an appointment for the Covid vaccine in our area is to contact the District 4 office of the GA Dept of Public Health. The only phone number is 1-800-847-4262. I am hearing this is not easy. There is one phone number for everyone to call. Their advice is to keep calling over and over until you get through. The web site will define who can get the vaccine now (Phase 1a). You may also be able to ask your Primary Care Physician about possible locations and rumor is some pharmacies and immediate care providers will have some availability. I have included a link to the website for District 4 Public Health. https://www.district4health.org/

Covid-19 Update: Due to enhanced risk of exposure, our Fayetteville location will be closed to the public for activities and the cafe from Monday, January 11 t...hrough Friday, January 15. Our Peachtree City location will remain open to the public next week as minimal activities are planned there. We will continue to provide care management services, deliver Meals On Wheels and provide critical transportation services. We will evaluate opening on a week by week basis going forward. Thank you for your understanding and stay well!

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A special Thank You to J.J. Battle, owner of Seen and Heard Electronics Inc. for brining by lunch for us today. Thank You JJ!

We would like to express our upmost gratitude to those of you who were able to donate to our Holiday Food Box drive this year. With your donations, we were able to deliver 435 food items and $225.00 in grocery cards to Fayette County Department of Family and Children Services. Fayette County Department of Family and Children Services will distribute the items to food insecure families in our community during the Holidays. Your generosity is a blessing that is going to help families in our community during this Holiday Season. (pictured L-R: Officer Amanda Hall, Capt. Tom Brenna, Director Holly Line, Amelia Eubanks and Beatrice Pledger)

As Hurricane Zeta made landfall in Louisiana, CFEMC was already hard at work making preparations for potential effects our service area will receive. Currently,... the storm is supposed to hit our area between 2-6am Thursday. We urge all of our members to remain weather aware tonight. Should you experience an outage, you can call, text ( https://utility.org/text-an-outage/ ) or report the issue online. You can also view outages on our website at https://outage.utility.org/OMSWebMap/OMSWebMap.htm.

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A local health care worker wanting to show her appreciation for the job we do teamed up with Angelo Olivera, owner of the Subway at 8420 Senoia Road (Fairburn), and delivered 20 meals to our Criminal Investigations Division today. Thank you Twiggy and Mr. Olivera the meals were very much appreciated.

We had a special visit today from Dr. Randy Wood, Senior Pastor of Liberty Baptist Church along with Ms. Pat Mason and Ms. Sharon Beasley. Liberty Baptist Church donated 154 Bibles to the Sheriff’s Office for use in the Jail. A big Thank You to the staff and congregation of Liberty Baptist Church for the Bibles!

Due to the potential threat of Severe Weather approaching our area from Hurricane Zeta. If you need a way to receive weather alerts on your smartphone. Visit the Fayette County Sheriff's Office web site link below. You can download the Fayette County Sheriff's Office app today either in the App Store or Google Play. After downloading the APP - make sure to click on the setting button in the top right corner of the app. Then click Notification Settings to make sure the NOAA Weather Alerts is turned on. https://fayettesheriff.org/285/Sheriff-Office-Smartphone-APP See Less

A special Thank You to Caty McDaniel with Southern Correctional Medicine dropped off 2 large containers of goodies for members of the Sheriff's Office. Thank you very much. We are truly blessed during this Holiday Season!

Hurricane Zeta Update 10/28 1130 AM: Tropical Storm Warnings have been issued for Georgia, generally along and to the north of I-85. The core of the storm is fo...recast to pass over the area beginning around midnight tonight into the early morning hours tomorrow. Our primary concerns at this time for these areas are: 1) Wind threat - with saturated soils and many leaves still around, some tree damage will be possible with any falling trees or limbs creating power outages and potentially damaging property. 2) Flash Flooding - heavy rainfall will occur ahead of the system tonight into the morning hours. Soils are saturated and many plants and grasses are going dormant, so water will move quickly into streams, rivers, creeks and other drainage basins. PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. We have seen multiple instances this year of roads being washed away by flood waters this year. Beyond that, we will have a low tornado threat as is the case with any landfalling tropical system. Any tornadoes would be brief and weak. We will continue to update the forecast through the evening.

North Highway 92 at Peters Road is back open.

Good Thursday morning! Clouds will be slow to clear out for much of north and central Georgia, preventing temperatures from climbing out of the upper 30s to upp...er 40s. A chilly night is in store with low temperatures in the 20s for much of the area. In the higher elevations of north Georgia, wind chill values will be in the teens late tonight into tomorrow morning. #gawx See more

TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT Tropical Storm Warning issued October 28 at 11:04AM EDT by NWS Peachtree City GA A Tropical Storm Warning means tropical storm-force winds are...Continue reading

Traffic Alert Both lanes of North Highway 92 at Peters Road are blocked due to a disabled Tractor Trailer. Please use alternate routes.

TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT Tropical Storm Watch issued October 27 at 5:09PM EDT by NWS Peachtree City GA A Tropical Storm Watch means tropical storm-force winds are possible somewhere within this area within the next 48 hours * LOCATIONS AFFECTED...Continue reading

The left eastbound lane of Stonewall Avenue next to the Historic Fayette County Courthouse and Fayetteville First United Methodist Church will be closed startin...g Friday, December 4, to accommodate construction. The main two eastbound lanes will remain open to traffic. Please use caution driving in the Courthouse Square area, as construction workers will be on site.

Zeta 10/27/20 11AM Update: The Flash Flood Watch has been expanded for north and central Georgia. Rainfall totals of 24" (with locally higher amounts) will ...be possible, primarily northwest of the I-85 corridor. In addition, sustained winds of 20-30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph will be likely across the area starting late Wednesday through Thursday. See more

FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING Flash Flood Watch issued October 27 at 10:20AM EDT until October 29 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Peachtree City GA The Flash Flood Watch continues for... Portions of north central Georgia...northeast Georgia...northwest Georgia and west central Georgia, including the following areas, in north central Georgia, Barrow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Hall, Lumpkin, North Fulton, Pickens, South Fulton and Union. In northeast Georgia, Banks, Jackson, Towns and White. In northwest Georgia, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker and Whitfield. In west central Georgia, Coweta and Heard. * From Wednesday morning through Thursday evening Periods of heavy rainfall are expected across the area with the rain bands associated with Tropical Storm Zeta as it weakens and tracks across the forecast area Wednesday night through Thursday. Associated rainfall totals of 2 to 3 inches are expected on average across north and northwest Georgia with locally higher amounts possible where heavy rain bands persist for prolonged periods of time. A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to Flash Flooding. Flash Flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. http://www.weather.gov

Here is the latest forecast for Hurricane Zeta. For more information, visit the NHC web page at www.nhc.noaa.gov #gawx

This Halloween, let’s make happy memories, not tragic nightmares. The only thing scarier than zombies and witches loose on the streets is an impaired driver. This year, NHTSA is teaming up with local officials to help spread the message that Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving. Even one alcoholic beverage could be one too many for some drivers. So, if you plan to drive, plan to refrain from alcohol. If you do plan to enjoy some witch’s brew, be sure to arrange a sober ride home i...n advance. Stay safe on Halloween night, and every night. Read these scary stats and commit to sober driving: During the Halloween nights from 2013-2017, there were 158 people killed in drunk-driving crashes. During the Halloween nights from 2013-2017, 42% of those killed were in traffic crashes that involved at least one drunk driver. During the 2017 Halloween night, there were 11 vehicle occupants and three pedestrians killed in drunk-driving crashes.