Prior to the execution of the search warrant, investigators had obtained an arrest warrant for Ellis Lowe in connection with the sale of methamphetamine. During the search, law enforcement officials recovered evidence that led to Lowe’s arrest for trafficking in methamphetamine.

Detectives and agents with the Douglas-Coffee Drug Unit (DCDU) began the investigation following numerous complaints from community members about illegal drug activity in the area. Once enough evidence was gathered, a search warrant was issued for a residence on Amber Hill Road.

On November 1, 2025, we officially launched the Drug Interdiction and Criminal Enforcement Unit (D.I.C.E.), a specialized team dedicated to proactive enforcement aimed at stopping criminal activity in transit along our county’s key transportation routes. Working hand-in-hand with the DCDU and our Criminal Investigative Unit, the D.I.C.E. Unit focuses on identifying and intercepting criminal operations before they reach our neighborhoods. Each agent has received specialized training to better detect and disrupt street-level crime in areas known for criminal activity.

Deputies were unable to locate Sosa that night. The following day, Sosa’s wife contacted the Sheriff’s Office to report the vehicle missing. On October 29, 2025, deputies made contact with Sosa at his residence, where he admitted to driving the vehicle and leaving the scene.

On October 30, 2025, deputies with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for a traffic violation at the intersection of Maple Street and First Avenue in Douglas, Georgia. The vehicle was identified as being operated by Jesse Music.

Cameron Wright Never Formally Charged Following Misidentification.
The Sheriff’s Office does not control third-party crime sites, which often post information before formal charges are filed. These sites typically report the reason for detention or arrest, not the final charges.

UPDATED: OCTOBER. 22, 2025:
Coffee County, GA – The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office is providing an update regarding the arrest of Jonathan Leaven Tucker Jr., who was previously taken into custody on Monday, October 20, 2025, following an investigation into a violent incident that occurred on Friday, October 17, 2025, at a residence on Wood Duck Road.

On October 16, 2025, the Law Enforcement Division of CSX Transportation notified local authorities after receiving reports of two individuals unlawfully “train hopping.” Deputies with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office responded and initiated efforts to locate and apprehend the suspects

The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) has apprehended 32-year-old Matthew D. Hall, the individual responsible for multiple recent auto enterings in Coffee County. Hall is also wanted in multiple jurisdictions.

On October 10, 2025, Detectives with the Douglas-Coffee County Drug Unit executed a search warrant within the city limits of Douglas. During the search, investigators located a quantity of suspected crack cocaine.

Detectives from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Unit have arrested Booker T. Rhem, a convicted sex offender absconded from the state of Michigan, after discovering he had been living in Coffee County without properly registering as required by Georgia law.

Johnson now faces:

• One count of Violation of Vital Records Registration

• One count of Felony Theft by Taking

• Seven counts of Misdemeanor Theft by Taking

• Three counts of Felony Theft by Deception

• Thirteen counts of Misdemeanor Theft by Deception

• Thirteen counts of First-Degree Forgery

On September 22, deputies with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association’s Operation Watchful Eye X, conducted compliance checks on all 98 registered sex offenders in Coffee County.

On Monday, September 22, 2025, a K9 Unit and detective with the Douglas Coffee Drug Unit conducted a traffic stop on a moped in the Sand Ridge area. The driver was identified as Michael Ashley.

The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office is actively seeking the whereabouts of Clarence W. Mixon, who has been determined to be absconded from his registered address of 141 JDK Lane Broxton GA 31519.

Mixon is a registered sex offender, convicted of Child Molestation…

On September 28, 2025, at approximately 3:37 a.m., deputies with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office observed a 2008 Nissan Sentra exemplifying erratic behavior on New Forest HWY. Deputies conducted a welfare check on the driver, identified as 20 year old Nelson Perez Carrillo.

Investigators say Cristal Arguello Valle, who attended the ceremony last November as a family friend and assisted the bride with her make-up, took the rings just before the bride walked down the aisle. Valle then abruptly left the event.

During the investigation, deputies determined that a verbal argument between a mother and her child escalated into a physical altercation. Abby Gail Fernandez told deputies that she indeed backhanded the minor; officers observed several pieces of jewelry on the hand in which Fernandez used that were consistent with the juvenile’s visible  sustained injuries; that were also consistent with the statements provided to deputies on scene by the minor.

On September 17, 2025, the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a sexual assault. Following an immediate and thorough investigation by the Coffee County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division, investigators determined that a sexual assault had occurred.

Deputies responded to a business on North Highway 221 and found a male subject reportedly slumped over the wheel of a vehicle. The subject was identified as Matthew Clay Chitty, age 55, of Tallahassee, Florida. During the investigation, Chitty admitted to occasional methamphetamine use and consented to a search of his vehicle.