Case Files
New Case File – Joshua Weinwurm Civil (GA)
SUMMARY: Joshua Weinwurm’s civil case against Cherokee County is a Georgia Open Records Act dispute focused on whether the County fully and lawfully searched for, identified, retrieved, and produced public records related to a disputed probation sweat-patch result....
New Case File – Terri Arnold (GA)
Terri Arnold’s Cherokee County case began with a September 2025 family-violence allegation that she denied, followed by an arrest warrant and her October 4, 2025 arrest. The record that followed includes conflicting witness accounts, body-camera evidence, medical...
New Case File – James Rowe (FL)
SUMMARY: James Rowe faces one felony and two misdemeanor charges arising from a May 31, 2026 traffic stop in Citrus County, Florida, where alleged drugs and paraphernalia were discovered during a warrantless vehicle “inventory” search after he refused consent. The...
New Case File – Barbara Crawford (GA)
SUMMARY: The Barbara Kay Crawford case centers on questions about the management of her legal, financial, trust, estate, property, and personal affairs during a period in which supplied records describe her as vulnerable and reliant on others for significant aspects...
New Case File – Charles Aaron Mills CCSO Post (GA)
SUMMARY: The Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST) opened an administrative certification investigation into Cherokee County Corporal Charles Aaron Mills following complaints arising from the August 30, 2025 arrest of Natasha Lopez. POST’s file...
New Case File – CCSO Body Camera Violations
SUMMARY: Three reported Internal Affairs interviews involving Cherokee County Sheriff's Office personnel raise questions about whether deputies consistently followed the department's written body-camera policy during active law-enforcement incidents. According to...
New Case File – Richard Flynn (GA)
Richard Flynn says he went to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office on November 12 to deliver evidence concerning serious threats against his family, including audio of death threats and information he believed was connected to suspicious circumstances surrounding the...
New Case File – Edward James (TX)
Edward David James III is serving a five-year Texas prison sentence for an assault he has consistently denied. His conviction rested largely on one accuser’s account; no witness testified to seeing the assault, and supporters contend the photographs did not match the...
New Case File – Joshua Weinwurm (GA)
Joshua Weinwurm was arrested and detained in a Cherokee County probation-revocation matter after a sweat patch was reported positive for methamphetamine. He had a lawful prescription for Adderall, an amphetamine medication, disputed the reported methamphetamine...
New Case File – Natasha Lopez (GA)
Natasha Lopez says she was arrested inside her own home after demanding to see a warrant. Her children were present. She says they were screaming and crying. She called 911. She asked for a warrant. She was handcuffed and charged with obstruction. Cpl. Mills’s own...