Barrow County, GA

Winder City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution allowing the City to propose a new agreement with Barrow county for Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) distribution at their meeting on Tuesday night. The City Council is also seeking to end litigation over Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) disputes with the...

Two Barrow County jail guards are now on the wrong side of the bars: the Sheriff’s Office in Winder says 21 year-old Hunter Perkins and 28 year-old Zavier McWhorter were smuggling drugs into the Barrow County jail and trading them with inmates. Charges include bribery. The GBI is investigating.

Three Georgia deputies — one in Troup County and two in Barrow County — have been arrested and charged after allegedly smuggling contraband into jails in the state in two unconnected cases, according to authorities. Steven Michael Crowder, 23, had been working as a detention officer with the...

Two officers who worked for the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office were arrested Monday after investigators said they were smuggling contraband into the jail where it was sold to inmates. The pair were identified by the sheriff’s office as Hunter Lewis Perkins, 21, and Xavier Jamal McWhorter, 28, both of...

Tuesday was the first day of a new school year in Barrow County, and with it came a new push for safety in school zones in Winder: Winder Police say there are new speed limit signs and new speed zone cameras. From the Winder PD…. The Winder Police Department will...

GEORGIA (WRBL) – Two corrections officers in Barrow County are in custody following a GBI investigation into allegations that they allegedly brought contraband items into the jail in which they were employed, and gave the items to inmates. According to the GBI, Hunter Lewis Perkins, 21, and Xavier Jamal McWhorter, 28, both of Winder, have […]

Two Barrow County jailers found themselves behind bars Tuesday after a GBI investigation. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested and charged 21-year-old Hunter Lewis Perkins, of Winder, and 28-year-old Xavier Jamal McWhorter, also of Winder, with bribery, trading with inmates without consent of the warden or superintendent, items prohibited for possession by inmates, and violation of oath of a public officer.

BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — Two deputies with Barrow County were arrested and charged for smuggling contraband into the jail, according to the office. Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said the 21 and 28-years-old deputies face charges of bribery, trading with inmates without consent of the warden or superintendent, items prohibited for possession by inmates and violation of oath of a public officer.