Alleged Domestic Dispute Leads To Chase, Arrest

A man faces multiple charges after an alleged domestic incident Tuesday.

Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said that deputies were dispatched to a residence on Old Mize Road in reference to a domestic dispute just before 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Shirley said that the female called 911 saying she was being held against her will and had been hit in the face.

However, the sheriff said the suspect fled just before deputies arrived.

“When deputies arrived, the female stated that her boyfriend had taken her six-month-old child and fled into the woods,” said Shirley. “As deputies gave chase, they lost him. About a half hour into the search of the area, after a perimeter was set up, the suspect came out of the woods and laid the six-month-old child down and then took off running again.”

Shirley said that deputies from his office along with tracking K-9’s from the Georgia Department of Corrections continued the search for the suspect, while Stephens County EMS checked the child, who was unharmed.

The sheriff said that his office also put out a lookout on social media regarding the suspect.

“We got one call from that,” said Shirley. “They saw a gentleman fitting the description that was given walking up Broad River Road. It was in fact the suspect and he was arrested without incident.”

Shirley identified the suspect as 26-year-old Jeremy Maney.

The sheriff said Maney was arrested and charged under the Georgia Family Violence Act with Kidnapping, Simple Battery, Cruelty to Children in the Third Degree, and Obstruction of a Law Enforcement Officer.

In addition, Shirley said Maney also has outstanding warrants in Hart County for violating his probation.

Maney is currently at the Stephens County Jail awaiting a first appearance.