Charges of making false reports, criminal impersonation, abuse of the 911 system and public intoxication against the son of a North Georgia sheriff were bound over to the Hamilton County grand jury on Wednesday.
Jeremy Summers, son of Catoosa County Sheriff Phil Summers, was arrested for the fifth time in six years on Halloween night. Police said he called 911 and falsely reported that a gunman was firing shots in the Jack’s Alley area of Market Street.
“One of the charges [false reports] is a felony,” Ben Boyer, an assistant district attorney, said during a brief hearing in General Sessions Court. Summers was represented by the public defender’s office. He remains in jail on a $7,500 bond.
Sheriff Phil Summers wouldn’t comment Wednesday on his son’s case.
Police said the prank call drew officers from all over Hamilton County, many with weapons drawn.