With the people whose home this
took place that would they
be responsible for anything,
would they possibly be facing
criminal charges as well?
So we're not taking anything off the table.
We're looking at this from this
investigation from a holistic point of view,
not only the parents that the
home that this occurred in,
but we're also looking into whee
the alcohol was obtained from as
well as any type of narcotics.
We also know that this has been named that
hazing investigation by your department.
Originally log is in a soft call when
it was put into the CAD system for your
dispatchers and then named the t
incident in the press release for you all.
According to our legal experts, this case
doesn't fit the Georgia law for hazing.
Is this still the hazing investigation? I
would agree with you,
this does not mean Georgia
Code for hazing because it
doesn't involve a public.
Public school event or organizan
that's related to the school.
Our victim was an adult.
As you as you're aware of the
individuals that are involved in this,
the other individuals that are
involved in this thing are juveniles.
So it would not rise to that definition.
I agree.
And do you see yourself,
the agency arrested us or do you
believe that this will be a case
permitted to the grand jury?
We're going to collect the fact.
That's our job.
After we collect all the facts,
then we'll consult with the
District Attorney's office.
And we'll allow him to make
that determination. Have
you had other calls to that
house previously before this,
any sort of other incidents,
no incidents of this
magnitude or of this nature.
We had a total of about 10 call.
I believe it was from August
or September of 2022 until a
couple days after the event,
a lot of the calls that we had there.
Revolved around or senator after this
incident of officers going by dg
neighborhood patrols and things of that sort.
She was there, a parent home.
All the drinking was taking pla.
We're still investigating
what where that where we are.
There's been a number of threats
that have been issued to a numb.
There's been a list of familiest
are may or may not be involved in this.
Not officially confirmed.
I understand there was some thrs
towards members of those famili.
Is that also being investigatede
are going to look into
that before I came into.
Well, I am aware of other Miss s
that are misidentified that had
nothing to do with this investigation.
We will be looking into that if
they make a complaint to our of.
Have you all look further into
the police report states that
his father turned his father.
So believe that train has been
at the hospital prior to that
incident for a vacillation over
his eyes of the person that is
that something that you all aren
this investigation as well. We'e
looking at the whole combination of things,
not just the incident with him
sitting in the chair or the
incident where he's being water,
water hose is being used on him.
But one of the things that we have to do is
go back and re interview our victim, right?
We just recently had an opportuy
to interview him for for the
first time back on Sunday.
At that point in time obviously he was
still being treated at a hospit.
So we need to go back and re interview him.
That picture of him in the chair
and the video of him being Hoser
are those two separate nights.
That is what that is, correct.
And the video of him being hoses that
the night that the dad mentioned that he
came home with a go spray paint WD40 on
him. I don't know if we've naild
that part down, but we do.
We have confirmed that there
that those were two different
nights or two different incidens
just happening in your communit,
the fact that it is so.
All, and I guess has so many
people upset to see this here,
what happened as a Member of this community,
not just the police chief,
what do you say to people who
are looking now at Lynn County
from across the country and
say look what happened there.
It's a sad misfortune event.
I I want the rest of America,
if you will,
and from across the the pond.
To understand that we are we,
the citizens of Glenn County,
are mostly very good people,
hardworking people.
This is an isolated incident.
And don't judge Glenn County by
one group of juvenile teens.
You said you identified all
the individuals involved
in the video and photos.
How many individuals have you identify?
What's that number?
So in the housing incident,
what a hose incident,
I believe they were 11 juvenile.
In the second incident,
there were nine juveniles.
Obviously in what do you call i,
some of those are duplicates
or some of the individuals
are at both incidents. Are
there any possible charges
that they could face out of now
we're still working through that
as of those people who've
beenified the 11 and the nine,
are all of them juveniles or soe
of them over the age, I guess.
Over the ages of adults,
none of the individuals that wee
identified it would rise to that level.
The limit driven out to the 9 to the now
that were named from the three dropping
checking out at the hospital they were.
Just to clear from misconception
that's online and I apologize iu
already answered this, I missed this,
but a lot of people were posting
that the victim was on the specm
or you know had a mental disabi.
Is that something that's true?
I just want to see if you can Fact Check it.
So we have interviewed the
victim as well as his family.
There is no information that wee
been provided to support that c.
She has the family expressed any interest
in wanting to press charges at this point
they are fully cooperative
with this investigation.
What are some of the charges?
If they weren't charged,
what would they look like? What would
they be charged? I I don't
want to speculate it on that.
I want the facts to point wheree
facts show and in consultation h
the District Attorney's Office,
will determine where we have enh
probable cause for to support a
charge that's not only chargeabe
or but it's also prosecutable.
And it's winnable.
We've only got time for two more questions.
He's a busy man and we've got t.
We have a lot of things to take care of.
Can you tell us how many search warrants
have been executed and how many locations?
I think that ways too much
provides too much information in
regards to the investigation.
I'm not going to release that is
disregarding that because I think you
probably would like to let peopn
this community know you are hero
speak to them and answer their questions
about this. And aren't you busy
to do that? You say to those pe,
especially those hundreds that
gathered at that vigil the other night,
the Da's office is asking for patience here,
but they remember another case here where
it took 74 days for someone to be arrested.
What do you say to the people in
this community that are so upset
that this took days to come outo
the public and now we're a week
later and they say arrested over
people this, this, this event tk
days to come out to the public out of
respect for the victims privacye
looked at that it was requested of us.
And this was a incident that was
isolated that we believe that we
had no other public threat goin.
Is there any surveillance video?
Is there surveillance
from the hospital?
Yes, there is. Is
that, is there clarity to it ors
that I have not viewed it personally.
The investigators are working with that and
working with the hospital staff on that.
That video has already already circulated
social media but that's something that
you all as the Police Department plans
to release already have for that that
I missed your question. The vido
of social media has already circulated,
has already circulated on social media.
The video of trends being water
goes with that something that yu
all at the Police Department pln
to release from the department.o
once we can, I mean obviously le
you said it's in the in the pubc
forum on social media, but we're
going to retain what we have he.
You've always kids went to Glenn Academy. Are
you going to be working with
the school at all on trying
to address this kind of anger?
We've been working with Chief Rod Ellis,
with the school school police on this
investigation that will be up to the school
as far as what type of actions they take.
Thank you.