Multi-agency manhunt leads to one arrest, another fled

  • A traffic stop on Ga. 365 on Tuesday, May 8, near the Habersham-Stephens county line escalated to a multi-agency manhunt that involved the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office, Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, and the U.S. Forest Service Commission. A work truck was pulled over and two men hopped out and fled into the nearby woods.
    A traffic stop on Ga. 365 on Tuesday, May 8, near the Habersham-Stephens county line escalated to a multi-agency manhunt that involved the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office, Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, and the U.S. Forest Service Commission. A work truck was pulled over and two men hopped out and fled into the nearby woods.

    Multiple law enforcement agencies participated in an operation to deter criminal activities on national forest lands in three states earlier this month.

    One suspect is in custody and another at large f…