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Jonesboro, GA: Clayton County sheriff's new unit reports 11 arrests and a Glock with an illegal switch in week two
JONESBORO, GA - The Clayton County Sheriff's Office says its new Rapid Action Patrol and Tactical Operations Response unit made 11 arrests in its second week, nine of them on felony charges, and seized drugs and two guns, including a Glock fitted with an illegal switch.
Sheriff Levon Allen created the unit, called R.A.P.T.O.R., to go after criminal activity across the county. In the second week, the sheriff's office says deputies made 11 arrests, including nine on felony charges, and impounded one vehicle.
Deputies seized about 284.5 grams of marijuana, 39 grams of MDMA, 15.5 grams of powder and crack cocaine and 4 grams of methamphetamine. They also recovered two guns: a Glock with an illegal switch, a device that converts a semi-automatic handgun into a fully automatic weapon, and a gun deputies say was taken from someone with a prior felony conviction.
In the unit's first week, Allen said it made seven arrests, four of them felonies, and seized two guns and more than three pounds of drugs, mostly cocaine. Allen has said he wants the unit to be proactive instead of waiting for crime to happen. The sheriff's office has not released the names of the people arrested or where the stops happened. Charged, not convicted: everyone arrested is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
Source: Clayton County Sheriff's Office via FOX 5 Atlanta and 95.5 WSB, Oct. 2026. Images: Clayton County Sheriff's Office seizure photos; Clayton County Courthouse (Thomson200, Wikimedia Commons, CC0).
Charged, not convicted.
Sources: Clayton County Sheriff's Office via FOX 5 Atlanta, Oct. 17, 2026 · 95.5 WSB
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