JACKSON, Ga. (AP) – A Georgia sheriff says one of his deputies has been arrested on drug charges.
Monroe County Sheriff Brad Freeman said in a Facebook post that Paul Nicholas Stewart, who was assigned to the sheriff’s office’s support services division, was arrested Friday.
Freeman said he received a call around 10 a.m. Friday from Butts County Sheriff Gary Long, who said an investigation there revealed that a Monroe County deputy was involved in illegal drug activity.
Two investigators from Monroe County were sent to Butts County to help, and investigators from the two counties arrested Stewart.
“One of my own, your own, has betrayed the trust we have placed in him,” Freeman wrote.