Press Releases

“Operation The Real McCoy” Yields 47 Arrests for Gang & Drugs Charges JUNE 24, 2020 Pickens County, GA (June 24, 2020) – As a result of a 9-month investigation known as “Operation The Real McCoy,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), the Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad (CMANS), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) served 47 arrest warrants for multiple charges including gang and drug related offenses. In September 2019, Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad (CMANS) agents began

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On 5/18/2018 Dustin James Funk was arrested at Northside Cherokee Hospital, in Canton, after Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad (CMANS) Agents learned that Funk had used a false name to receive treatment and pain medication prescriptions at the Northside Cherokee Emergency Room. Funk was initially arrested for an outstanding warrant out of Bartow County. The CMANS investigation developed that Funk had visited Northside Cherokee Hospital on 29 different occasions since July of 2017. On each of

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On May 7th, 2018, Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad (CMANS) Agents arrested another heroin dealer who came into Cherokee County to deal his deadly product. In this case, the product was believed to be the substance known as “Gray Death”. Cherokee Sheriff’s Office deputies and CMANS agents arrested Schamell Anthony Powell, of Penny Lane in Marietta. CMANS Agents had received a tip from a concerned citizen saying that Mr. Powell was distributing heroin

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