Lamar County Recent Arrest Records

Recent arrests in Lamar County are handled by the sheriff's office in Barnesville. The county has around 19,000 residents and sits in the central part of Georgia between Macon and Atlanta. Sheriff Brad White runs the jail and keeps all booking records for arrests made in the area. If you need to search for someone who was picked up in Lamar County, the sheriff's office is the first place to check. You can call, visit in person, or use state search tools to find arrest data from this county. This page walks through how to look up those records and what they contain.

Lamar County Sheriff's Office Recent Arrests

Sheriff Brad White heads the Lamar County Sheriff's Office in Barnesville. This is the agency that holds all arrest records for the county. The office runs the jail and handles all bookings when someone is brought in after an arrest. Staff can help you look up a person, check on a recent booking, or get copies of arrest files. The office is at 121 Roberta Drive in Barnesville, which is just off the main road near the courthouse.

You can reach the Lamar County Sheriff's Office at 770-358-5159. Phone calls are a quick way to check if someone is in custody. Give them the full name and date of birth if you have it. Walk-in visits work too. Bring your ID and be ready to fill out a short form if you need a copy of the arrest record. The staff handles requests during normal business hours. Lamar County is a smaller county so response times tend to be faster than what you see in the bigger metro areas around Atlanta.

The Georgia Crime Information Center also holds data from Lamar County arrests that feed into the state system.

How to Search Lamar County Recent Arrests

There are a few ways to find arrest records in Lamar County. The most direct route is calling the sheriff's office. Give them the name of the person you want to look up. They can tell you if someone is in custody, when they were booked, and what the charges are. This works well for recent arrests in Lamar County since the staff keeps the booking log current.

For in-person searches, go to the sheriff's office at 121 Roberta Drive. You can ask to see booking records and get printed copies. Staff will pull the file from their system. Older records may take a bit more time to find. Bring a valid ID with you. Lamar County does not have a large online jail roster like some of the bigger counties in Georgia, so phone and in-person visits are the most reliable options for local records.

State tools cover Lamar County too. The Georgia Felon Search tool lets you look up anyone with a felony conviction across the state. The Georgia E-Access system has court records that tie to arrests in Lamar County. You can search by name or case number on that site. Both are free to use and pull data from every county in the state.

Note: Booking data at the Lamar County jail may take a few hours to appear in the state systems after the arrest is made.

What Lamar County Recent Arrest Records Show

An arrest record from Lamar County has a standard set of details. It starts with the name and date of birth of the person who was arrested. Physical traits like height and weight are in the file. The booking date and time get logged when the person comes into the jail. Each booking gets a number that ties to that specific arrest. The charges at the time of the booking are listed, along with the name of the agency that made the arrest.

Under O.C.G.A. § 17-4-27, arrest records in Georgia are public. This law applies to Lamar County the same as it does everywhere else in the state. You can ask for these records without being part of the case. Bond amounts and court dates are also in the file when they apply. If the person has been released, that info shows up too. The Lamar County Sheriff's Office must provide these records when someone asks for them, as long as nothing in the file falls under a legal exemption.

The Georgia Sheriffs' Association directory can help you find contact info for the Lamar County Sheriff's Office and neighboring counties if you need to check more than one location.

The GCIC is the state hub for criminal history data that includes arrest records from Lamar County and all other Georgia counties.

Georgia Arrest Laws Affecting Lamar County Recent Arrests

Georgia law sets the rules for how arrest records work in Lamar County. The state open records act makes most booking data public from the time someone is brought into the jail. That means a recent arrest in Lamar County can be looked up by anyone. You do not have to be the person who was arrested or a lawyer to get this info.

There are some limits. O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72 lists situations where records can be kept from the public. Active cases under investigation, certain witness info, and some personal data may be held back. The Lamar County Sheriff's Office follows these rules when it fills records requests. If a file or part of a file is exempt, the office will let you know the reason. For most recent arrests in Lamar County, the basic booking info is open to the public without restrictions.

O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19 covers booking photos. This law puts limits on how mugshots can be used after they are released. It was created to stop websites from posting arrest photos and then charging money to take them down. Law enforcement in Lamar County can still share booking photos as part of a records request, but the rules about reuse apply once you have them.

If charges get dropped or a case ends without a conviction, the person can ask to have the arrest record restricted. O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37 allows for record restriction in Georgia. Once a record is restricted in Lamar County, it will not come up in a regular search. Law enforcement still has access to it, but the general public does not.

Court Records for Lamar County Arrests

When a recent arrest in Lamar County leads to formal charges, a court case opens up. The court record tracks everything from the first hearing to the final outcome. This gives you more detail than what shows up in the jail booking record alone. Two state tools let you search court records tied to Lamar County cases.

Georgia E-Access covers court records from Superior Court, State Court, and Magistrate Court in Lamar County. You search by name or case number and the system shows case type, dates, and hearing info. For a broader search, re:SearchGA pulls case data from courts across the state. You can filter by Lamar County and narrow results by date or case type. Both tools work well when you want to see what happened after someone was booked at the Lamar County jail.

The Georgia Department of Corrections offender search is useful if a Lamar County arrest led to a prison sentence at the state level. That tool shows current inmates in state facilities. It pulls records from across Georgia, so it can pick up cases that started with an arrest in Lamar County and resulted in time at a state prison.

The Georgia Felon Search tool covers felony records from all 159 counties, including arrests processed through Lamar County.

Note: Court records may take several business days to show up after the initial arrest in Lamar County.

Cities in Lamar County

Lamar County has a few small towns. Barnesville is the largest and serves as the county seat. Milner and Aldora are also in the county. All arrests made in these areas go through the Lamar County Sheriff's Office for booking and jail records.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Lamar County. If you are not sure where an arrest was processed, check the arresting agency on the record. Each county runs its own jail and keeps its own booking files.