According to the GBI, the investigation began when the Alapaha Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office received ...

Pearson Mayor Robert Johnson has been arrested and charged with fraud, bribery, theft, violation of his oath of office, and ...

The District Attorney subsequently requested the GBI to look into these allegations. During the investigation, agents ...

Keith Pearson served one year as sheriff. Now he will head to Washington as part of the new Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security.

Pearson faced criticism and spent much of the year after his appointment as sheriff locked in a heated Republican primary campaign with Del Toro, yet he looks back on his time in office as a success.

PEARSON, Ga. (WALB ... the investigation began when the Alapaha Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office received complaints of Mayor Johnson participating in fraudulent activities.