UPDATE: 9:30 p.m. July 30
The Oconee County Sheriff's Office is reporting that Kaleb Jordan Moss has been captured by the Morgan County Sheriff's Office. Additional details were not immediately available.
UPDATE: 4:40 p.m.
The following message was posted on the Oconee County Sheriff's Office Facebook Page:
"We have evidence that STRONGLY suggests Kaleb Moss is located in Morgan Co and is NO LONGER IN OCONEE CO. Units are assigned to the Bishop/High Shoals area to respond quickly to any additional information. Morgan Co is leading the search effort."
UPDATE: 12:33 p.m.
The Oconee County Sheriff's Office is reporting that Kaleb Jordan Moss has been captured by the Morgan County Sheriff's Office. Additional details were not immediately available.
UPDATE: 4:40 p.m.
The following message was posted on the Oconee County Sheriff's Office Facebook Page:
"We have evidence that STRONGLY suggests Kaleb Moss is located in Morgan Co and is NO LONGER IN OCONEE CO. Units are assigned to the Bishop/High Shoals area to respond quickly to any additional information. Morgan Co is leading the search effort."
UPDATE: 12:33 p.m.
Oconee County Chief Deputy Lee Weems is in Morgan County and confirmed a helicopter is searching for the suspect. There is no active perimeter set in Oconee, but deputies are staged in the area of the county line ready to respond if needed.
UPDATE: 12:03 p.m.
The search perimeter has moved to Morgan County along Price Mill Road between Riverwalk on the Apalachee subdivision and Rehoboth Road.
UPDATE: 11:35 a.m.
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Law enforcement officers spotted wanted fugitive Kaleb Jordan Moss sometime after 11 a.m. in the Price Mill Road area of Oconee County, near the Morgan County line. This continues to be a multi-agency pursuit. Morgan County Sheriff Robert Markley to Patch editor Stephanie Gross: "It's a hot situation right now. When it cools down, I can give you an update."
UPDATE: 11:15 a.m.
Law enforcement vehicles are speeding down Price Mill Road, toward Morgan County. Activity in the area has picked up.
UPDATE:
More than 16 hours after a car chase that originated in Barrow County turned into a foot pursuit in Oconee County, authorities say the suspect remains on the lam.
"We are still actively searching for the suspect in the Price Mill/Gober Road area," the Oconee County Sheriff's Office posted on Facebook around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
Check back with Patch for updates as new information becomes available.
ORIGINAL REPORT:
A manhunt is under way in the area of Price Mill and Gober roads in southern Oconee County for a burglary suspect who's fled into a wooded area.
Oconee County Chief Deputy Lee Weems identified the suspect as 18-year-old Kaleb Jordan Moss of Bethlehem. He's wearing a black T-shirt with cutoff sleeves and black pants, according to a Nixle alert. He's described on the Sheriff's Office Facebook Page as a light-skinned black male, about 6 feet tall and weighing 190-200 pounds.
Barrow County deputies chased Moss down GA 53 after he fled in a truck from a burglary, Weems said. The pursuit continued down Cole Springs Road to GA 186 and Moss eventually crashed a truck at the intersection of Gober and Price Mill roads around 4 p.m. Monday and fled on foot into the nearby woods, he said.
Authorities have established a perimeter and are using K-9 units to assist in the search. An airship has also been called, Weems said.
Along with Oconee deputies, Barrow, Walton and Morgan county agencies and the Georgia State Patrol are on the scene.
Moss is believed to have stolen an AR 15 rifle , Weems said, and an empty rifle case was found in the truck.
"We have to take that into consideration," Weems explained.
If spotted, authorities warn not to approach Moss. Call 911 immediately.
Moss is also wanted on a charge of aggravated assault out of Morgan County, according to Weems. Lake Oconee News reports he's a suspect in the June 23 assault of an elderly Bostwick man.
Moss appeared in the Barrow Patch docket book in September 2012 on charges of possession of pistol or revolver by a minor and battery and again in November 2012 for probation violation and obstruction or hindering law enforcement.
UPDATE: 11:15 a.m.
Law enforcement vehicles are speeding down Price Mill Road, toward Morgan County. Activity in the area has picked up.
UPDATE:
More than 16 hours after a car chase that originated in Barrow County turned into a foot pursuit in Oconee County, authorities say the suspect remains on the lam.
"We are still actively searching for the suspect in the Price Mill/Gober Road area," the Oconee County Sheriff's Office posted on Facebook around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
Check back with Patch for updates as new information becomes available.
ORIGINAL REPORT:
A manhunt is under way in the area of Price Mill and Gober roads in southern Oconee County for a burglary suspect who's fled into a wooded area.
Oconee County Chief Deputy Lee Weems identified the suspect as 18-year-old Kaleb Jordan Moss of Bethlehem. He's wearing a black T-shirt with cutoff sleeves and black pants, according to a Nixle alert. He's described on the Sheriff's Office Facebook Page as a light-skinned black male, about 6 feet tall and weighing 190-200 pounds.
Barrow County deputies chased Moss down GA 53 after he fled in a truck from a burglary, Weems said. The pursuit continued down Cole Springs Road to GA 186 and Moss eventually crashed a truck at the intersection of Gober and Price Mill roads around 4 p.m. Monday and fled on foot into the nearby woods, he said.
Authorities have established a perimeter and are using K-9 units to assist in the search. An airship has also been called, Weems said.
Along with Oconee deputies, Barrow, Walton and Morgan county agencies and the Georgia State Patrol are on the scene.
Moss is believed to have stolen an AR 15 rifle , Weems said, and an empty rifle case was found in the truck.
"We have to take that into consideration," Weems explained.
If spotted, authorities warn not to approach Moss. Call 911 immediately.
Moss is also wanted on a charge of aggravated assault out of Morgan County, according to Weems. Lake Oconee News reports he's a suspect in the June 23 assault of an elderly Bostwick man.
Moss appeared in the Barrow Patch docket book in September 2012 on charges of possession of pistol or revolver by a minor and battery and again in November 2012 for probation violation and obstruction or hindering law enforcement.
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