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Two people face drug charges after being arrested during the execution of a search warrant by the Banks County Sheriff’s Office late Friday, Aug. 27. [Full Story »] 

The Maysville Police Department responded to the following incidents during the past week:

•fraud at a Jade Way, Maysville, residence.

•criminal damage to property and burglary at a First Street, Maysville, residence. The complainant advised the responding officer that came to the residence to work on the air conditioner and discovered someone had entered the home and ripped the copper out of the electrical panel box and out of the walls in one of the bedrooms damaging the sheetrock.

•traffic stop on Fair Street at Comer Street.

•aggravated assault – Family Violence Act (FVA) at a Meadowlark Way, Maysville, residence.

The Banks County Sheriff’s Office responded to a chemical spill, involving a tractor-trailer, on Interstate 85 south bound at the Martin Bridge Road exit on Friday, Aug. 13. [Full Story »] 

A 24-year-old Homer man was struck and killed early Saturday morning on Highway 15/441. [Full Story »] 

A Banks County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to the report of a suspicious vehicle on Mount Sinai Road at Westmoreland Road on Sunday, July 11. The responding officer found a female who had locked herself in the back of a van for several hours. The officer was able to make entry into the van, a medical unit was called to check the female and she was released. [Full Story »]