Earlier this month, Stephens County Sheriff’s Office deputies were involved in the arrests of five suspects wanted on separate charges. The arrests took place in a span of four days, according to authorities.
After receiving a tip, Stephens County deputies on Tuesday, Dec. 10, executed an arrest warrant on Theodore Swilling, 75 of Toccoa, who police say was wanted on felony probation charges. Authorities said Swilling was arrested at a family member’s residence and transport him to the Stephens County Jail without incident.
The following day, a deputy conducted a traffic stop on a silver in color Lincoln LS near West Currahee Street and Peachtree Street in a separate incident. A run on the vehicle’s license plate determined Joshua Johnson, 36 of Toccoa, allegedly had warrants out of White County. Johnson was transported to the Stephens County Jail and has since been taken into custody by White County authorities.
Then, on Thursday, Dec. 12, authorities say Stephens County deputies responded to an address on Brookdale Road regarding a tip on the possible location of two known fugitives. Suspects Abby Jordan, 30 of Toccoa, and Ian Major, 36 of Toccoa, were wanted by the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office and Georgia State Patrol on several charges after allegedly fleeing traffic stops by multiple agencies.
Both suspects were arrested and transported to the Stephens County Jail without incident. Jordan was wanted for failure to appear, probation violation, failure to pay child support, no insurance, failure to obey stop sign, driving while license suspended, and knowingly driving a motor vehicle on suspended registration.
Major was wanted for felony probation violation and two counts of failure to appear. Both Jordan and Major remain in Stephens County Jail without bond.
In a fifth and final arrest on Saturday, Dec. 14, a deputy received a tip that a wanted suspect, Jeffrey Seth-Lamar Hawkins, 28 of Westminster, S.C., had been seen at an address in West Union, S.C.
The deputy then contacted an investigator with the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Division and the information was provided to Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina.
Deputies and investigators with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office were able to apprehend and arrest Hawkins at the address in West Union. Hawkins is wanted by several agencies in South Carolina and Georgia. He is currently being held in South Carolina and will be extradited to Stephens County in the future pending court proceedings in South Carolina.
