TOCCOA, Ga. — A Toccoa couple is behind bars after a child abuse investigation led to their arrest Thursday afternoon.
On June 24, Stephens County investigators received a report that a child was allegedly physically abused in a home by their parents.
“After obtaining evidence corroborating the complaint, investigators applied for and were granted a search warrant for the suspects’ residence on Ed Davis Boulevard,” Stephens County Sheriff Rusty Fulbright said in a news release.
According to Fulbright, at 3:26 p.m. on June 26, the Sheriff’s Office Crime Suppression Unit executed the warrant. Deputies arrested 37-year-old James Griffin Jr. and 41-year-old Natasha Griffin at the scene.
The Griffins both face charges of first- and second-degree cruelty to children and battery under the Family Violence Act.
James and Natasha Griffin were booked into the Stephens County Jail. As of Friday evening, June 27, they remained in jail on $31,000 bond each.
