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Yesterday at 3:11 PM  Tift County Commissioner Melissa Chevers and Captain Dennis Reese with the Tift County Sheriff's Office have joined forces to implement a Neighborhood Crime Watch on the south side of the county.

Monday, May 13, 2013  Tift County Sheriff Gene Scarbrough has announced that his office's Criminal Investigation Division has arrested fourteen people over the past two months after extensive investigations into the crime of identity theft and other types of fraud.

Friday, May 10, 2013  The Tift County Sheriff's Office needs your help finding a missing person.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Officials with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have released details about a Friday shooting that caused a lockdown at the Tift Regional Medical Center.

Friday, April 26, 2013  The Tifton Gazette is reporting that two shootings occurred in Tifton Friday morning.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Updated with video; Officials with the Tift County Sheriff's Office and Sheriff's Association have accepted a check of $25,000 from a generous donor. Clarence Smith, of Tift County, donated gifted the $25,000 check to help with operation costs at the Sheriff's Boys Ranch in Hahira.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Tift County Sheriff's deputies need your help after a wallet theft occurred Sunday.

Friday, March 22, 2013  The Tift County Sheriff's Office have confirmed that two people were shot Friday afternoon.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  Two connected to Colorado stolen items arrested in Tift County.

Friday, January 25, 2013  Updated with video; Tift County Sheriff Gene Scarbrough reports that deputies responded to a 911 call stating there had been a shooting at Wilton Avenue on Thursday night at 9:20 PM.

Monday, January 21, 2013  Officials confirm Edd Walker, the former longtime Sheriff of Tift County, has passed away.

Thursday, December 27, 2012  The Tift County Sheriff's Office is currently searching for Adrian Golson who reportedly shot and killed, Arlester Jackson Jr. in Ty Ty, Georgia on October 27th of 2012.

Monday, October 29, 2012  Updated with video; The Tifton Sheriff's Office now has a suspect in the Saturday night murder of a Ty Ty man.

Saturday, July 07, 2012  Updated with video; A Tifton mother hopes someone has information on the disappearance of her daughter.

Tuesday, March 06, 2012  A shooting in Tift County leaves one man dead and another behind bars.