Crime

Middle Georgia sheriff’s deputy accused of stalking and harassing ex-girlfriend, GBI says

A Butts County sheriff’s deputy has been jailed on charges that he stalked and harassed his ex-girlfriend, the GBI said in a statement on Monday.

The deputy, 55-year-old Marlin Moultrie, was arrested in the wake of an investigation that began in early November after sheriff’s officials in Pike County, southwest of Griffin, asked state investigators to look into the allegations there.

“Preliminary information indicates that Moultrie had been in a relationship with a woman from Pike County,” the GBI statement noted. “After the relationship ended, Moultrie began to stalk and harass the woman in three (nearby) counties,” including Spalding and Upson counties.

He faces three counts of misdemeanor stalking and three counts of misdemeanor harassing communications.

It wasn’t immediately clear when Moultrie, who lives in the town of Flovilla near Indian Springs, was arrested or where he was being held in jail or whether he had posted bond.

Joe Kovac Jr.
The Telegraph
Joe Kovac Jr. writes about local news and features for The Telegraph, with an eye for human-interest stories. Joe is a Warner Robins native and graduate of Warner Robins High. He joined the Telegraph in 1991 after graduating from the University of Georgia. As a Pulliam Fellowship recipient in 1991, Joe worked for the Indianapolis News. His stories have appeared in the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and Atlanta Magazine. He has been a Livingston Award finalist and won numerous Georgia Press Association and Georgia Associated Press awards.
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