A Sheriff's Office representative would not release the name of the inmate who was shot but said he is recovering. Records show Hurt has been booked into the jail 14 times since 2000. He's awaiting trial for a 2009 case, including charges of murder, aggravated assault, and drug possession. He'll face additional charges in the shooting. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/28326889/detail.html Comment here
Federal and state investigators arrested four law enforcement officials for drug trafficking June 22, 2011 TALBOTTON, Ga. -- Federal and state investigators today arrested four law enforcement officials in Talbot County, including three employees of the Talbot County Sheriff‘s Office, amid a federal corruption probe involving a drug trafficking organization. The only full-time deputy arrested was Maj. Jeff Sivell, an investigator, said interim Sheriff Tom S. Wimberly. But the arrests shook a tiny department still recovering from the unexpected death this spring of Sheriff Herman Howard. Also jailed Wednesday were Charlie Stephens, a 76-year-old part-time deputy, and Alvin Malone, a former Talbotton police officer. A federal indictment states Malone worked for the Talbot County Sheriff‘s Office, but Wimberly said Malone was a police officer recently fired by the city. All three were indicted last week by a federal grand jury on charges of extortion by a public official. They were taken into custody Wednesday along with Mike Gamble, a county jailer who was arrested on a state bribery charge. Gamble has not yet been indicted, prosecutors said.