UPDATE: Bleckley County Sheriff’s Office releases a statement concerning warrant for Sheriff Coody in sexual battery allegation

UPDATE(3): According to the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office jail website, Sheriff Coody was booked Friday night just after 8pm after turning himself in to authorities. He has since been released on bond.

UPDATE(2): The Bleckley County Sheriff’s Office has sent out a statement concerning the outstanding warrant for Sheriff Coody. According to their statement, Sheriff Coody is currently participating in a church sponsored mission trip outside of Georgia that had been scheduled for nearly a year.

The letter addresses Coody’s time as a law enforcement officer and that he is taking these allegations seriously and will meet with authorities as soon as he returns, and that he will provide more information concerning this investigation at a later date as he is able to do so.

The letter ends with the statement that the Bleckley County Sheriff’s Office has always believed in complete transparency, and that they won’t provide further comments in order to allow the investigation to continue without interference.

UPDATE: More details about the incident involving Sheriff Kristopher Coody have come to light through the criminal warrant from the Magistrate Court of Cobb County. According to the warrant, the sexual battery occurred on the 18th of January, 2022, around 9:30 p.m. at 2450 Galleria Parkway in Atlanta where the victim states Coody placed his hand on her breast without her consent. The incident took place after hours at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly bar and was not in the course of his normal duties.

COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A warrant has been issued for a local sheriff in reference to sexual battery.

According to a release from the Cobb County Police Department, the department was alerted to an alleged sexual battery that had occurred the evening of January 18, 2022 at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly involving the Bleckley County Sheriff Kristopher Coody.

Following the investigation, an arrest warrant was obtained on Sheriff Coody. It is unclear at this time if the Sheriff is currently in custody or not.

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