Narcotics, firearms found at home on Sherman Street

WARNER ROBINS – The Warner Robins Police Department arrested five subjects at 102 Sherman Street after finding narcotics and firearms on Thursday, Aug. 22.

Warner Robins Police Chief Wayne Fisher provided an update on the incident on Friday, Aug. 23. He said prior to that day, they received information about criminal activity taking place on Sherman Street. 

The location was then placed under surveillance operation through the department’s narcotics investigation unit. 

During their investigation, police determined quantities of narcotics were sold from the home and the individuals present were known gang members. 

Fisher said five subjects were taken into custody ranging from 20 to 27 years old. 

Each individual was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell or distribute, possession of a firearm during a commission of a crime and Georgia Street Gang Terrorism Prevention Act.

During the search, law enforcement secured 45.8 ounces of marijuana, 23 hydrocodone pills and three firearms. According to Fisher, two out of three of the firearms were reported stolen.

Fisher said officers in the Narcotics Investigation Unit secured search warrants and executed them at 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon. The timing of the warrant’s execution took community impact and school dismissal times into consideration. 

Fisher said due to the subjects being armed, the SWAT team was activated, The warrant was executed safely, with no injuries and no collateral damage reported.

Fisher thanked the department’s Narcotic Investigation Unit, the SWAT unit and the Criminal Investigations and the Patrol Division for their efforts to combat crime in the city and their execution of the warrant.

“The City of Warner Robins runs a multifaceted police department with multiple disciplines that work in all unison with each other to address these matters we face as a community,” he said.

Fisher also provided statistics of crime in the city. He said so far this year, police have made 2,007 arrests and seized 97 firearms. He said the issue of stolen firearms is not just a city issue, but throughout middle Georgia.

He also shared although police have been successful in recovering firearms, 109 were reported stolen. Fisher said 71 have been stolen from vehicles, which is why he urges gun owners to lock their cars.

Fisher also shared the number of calls received has gone down since 2022. He drew a six-month comparison to address the issue of whether crime is going up in the city.

According to Fisher, as of June of this year, they have responded to 31,955 calls. He said if they continue that trend, there will be an estimated reduction in service calls of 3,579. 

He then drew a comparison of the last six months of 2023 and the first six months of this year. In the data, he found that the city has had a downturn of 10.57%. When he compared them directly between the first six months of 2023 and 2024, he said crime is down 1.3%. 

“I can tell you statistically, showing off of what we’re having for reporting numbers for the FBIs, that our trending as of from 2023 using 2022 as our benchmark has been on a continuing downturn,” he said. 

He said although there is a downtrend in numbers, they do not take lightly the fact there are human factors to each call and impacts to the community. 

“I would like the community to know that we are all as one in this community together. The police, fire, all city governance and every resident within the city. Again, for us as a community to thrive, we have to work together,” he said. “We need to ensure that we’re supporting our children as they’re going through their public education system. To help build our youth, to have the most opportunity for success as they get older. We need to come together as a community.”