Updated: November 2, 2017


THE GILES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO AN ALARM ON BUFORD STATION ROAD WEDNESDAY.  UPON ARRIVAL DEPUTIES NOTICED A WINDOW OPEN AT THE RESIDENCE AS WELL AN AUDIBLE ALARM.  A GMC ENVOY WAS SEEN LEAVING THE PREMISES AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.  DEPUTIES STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THE HOUSE HAD BEEN BURGLARIZED AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE WAS THE SUSPECT.  BOBBY JOE BOLTON WAS TRANSPORTED TO GILES COUNTY JAIL AND CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BURGLARY AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.  BOLTON POSTED BAIL OF 4 THOUSAND 5 HUNDRED DOLLARS AND WAS RELEASED.  IN AN UNRELATED CASE, WHILE DEPUTIES WERE OUT WITH BOLTON, A VEHICLE PASSING BY WAS STOPPED IN WHICH THE DRIVER HAD OUTSTANDING WARRANTS FOR AGGRAVATED BURGLARY AND THEFT OVER 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS.  KATIE EILEEN DAVISON, 26, WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE GILES COUNTY JAIL WHERE SHE POSTED BAIL OF 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS.