*A deputy with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is reportedly on leave following his arrest on a DUI charge. The Times reports that Sgt. Jeffrey Moore was also charged with failure to maintain lane after he was involved in a one-vehicle crash Sunday on Georgia 400 in Forsyth County. A spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office is quoted as saying Moore is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, adding that he has been employed by the sheriff’s office for two years.
*A 24-year-old man is being held without bond in the Hall County Jail following his arrest in a reported four-year-old rape case. Austin Frank Giannotti was arrested Tuesday, according to jail records, and was being held without bond late Thursday afternoon. Capt. Kevin Holbrook of the Gainesville Police Department says Giannotti’s ex-girlfriend alleges that he forced her to have sex in 2022.