Upson County Sheriff - Dan Kilgore

10/16/2026

UPDATE... Arrest in Public Indecency Case

On Friday , October 16, 2026 investigators arrested Dillon Chance Watson, 29, of Roberta and charged him with Public Indecency.
***( NOTE: This IS NOT the same Dillon Watson from Thomaston nor is there any relation or affiliation).

Watson was identified from information received from a citizen after the earlier social media lookout posted on Thursday, 10/15/26.
Watson is in the Upson County Jail pending a $1000 bond.

This incident originated from a complaint from a road construction crewmember on Yatesville Highway. The complainant , and a witness, reported that a man approached their worksite and called a female traffic control employee over to his vehicle. He was naked in the vehicle. The man inquired about a job before driving away.

* Note: Ga law (OCGA 35-1-19) prohibits law enforcement from directly posting photographs of arrestees to our website or social media. Therefore, we are unable to post a photograph of this suspect. However, mugshot photos are available to media outlets who file the appropriate open records request.

Dan Kilgore, Sheriff
October 16, 2026

10/15/2026

BOLO

Public indecency suspect

On Tuesday afternoon, October 14, 2026at around 3 PM  Deputies investigated a public indecency complaint on Yatesville Highway. A traffic Control employee for a construction company doing utility work along the roadway notified us of an incident. The suspect, a white male driving a dark gray Toyota scion with a 1776 Georgia tag approached the worksite in his vehicle. He appeared to be shirtless and called the worker over to inquire about the work that was ongoing.

As the worker approached, she noticed that the male was completely naked. He inquired about how to get a job with the construction company saying that he was “tired of warehouse work”.

He is described as a white male with a buzz haircut, thick lens glasses driving a four door hatchback Toyota Scion.

The worker further stated that he resembles the cartoon character Bobbie Hill from the King of the Hill series.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Upson County sheriffs office
At 706-646- 7936

Dan Kilgore-Sheriff

10/13/2026

Public Notice
Sharp Rd is closed off Hwy 36 east of Thomaston (BARNESVILLE Hwy) due to an overturned tractor trailer truck
Deputies and first responders are on the scene awaiting personnel to arrive to clear the scene.
Hwy 36 is open

Dan Kilgore- Sheriff
October 13, 2026

09/16/2026

09/11/2026

News Release

On Friday, September 11, 2026 deputies were made aware of a threatening social media post made against Upson Lee Middle School. An investigation was begun and confirmed the identity of person making the threat to be a 13 year old male student from Upson Lee Middle School. The student, who was absent from school today used a fictitious name to make the post.

The post claimed that the student was " Finna blow up Mrs (----) classroom".

The student was referred to juvenile court on charges of Terroristic Threats and acts. The student will also face disciplinary consequences from the school system.

Dan Kilgore, Sheriff
Sept 11, 2026

08/21/2026

This afternoon at around 2:30pm there was a minor airplane accident at the Thomaston-Upson Airport on Delray Road in Northern Upson County. Thankfully, there were no injuries to either of the two persons on board the aircraft.
Preliminary information is that an airplane flying out of Cherokee County Ga stopped in Upson County to refuel before continuing to Sebastian Florida. The pilot reported that he retracted the landing gear on takeoff and then realized he was not going to get enough lift to clear the end of the runway. He attempted to redeploy the landing gear but it did not have time to deploy before he landed and skidded on the runway and struck an antenna after leaving the end of runway. This occurred on the north end of the runway near Rocky Bottom Road. There is also damage to the airplanes propeller from the impact.
The plane involved is a 1977 Piper Lance,PA32R.
The FAA was contacted an investigators are responding to conduct an investigation. The Thomaston Upson airport is shutdown until further notice

Dan Kilgore, Sheriff
August 21, 2026

08/21/2026

Today we say thank you to our local Farmers Furniture Store for providing lunch for our staff. We appreciate your kindness and support!!

08/06/2026

News release

This morning, August 6, 2026, at 8:19am a call was received by Upson 911. The caller claimed to be within the high school armed with a weapon. Upson Deputies, Thomaston PD and  GSP immediately responded to the high school. All Thomaston Upson schools school were immediately placed on lockdown The school was searched by law enforcement officers and no credible threat was located. We are currently working to determine the origin of this call. All students and staff are safe.
Dan Kilgore,Sheriff
August 6 2026

08/03/2026

School is back in session!! These are just a few shots of the back to school traffic on Monday morning August 3, 2026 on Knight Trail.
Traffic usually improves after the first few days.
Please drive carefully and have a great and safe school year.
Dan Kilgore, Sheriff

07/29/2026

News Release

Between July 12 and July 15, 2026 the Upson County Sheriff’s Office received 4 complaints of vehicles being broken into with items stolen. These incidents occurred during the overnight hours in the eastern part of Upson County on Rocky Bottom Road, Rose Creek Road and Mud Bridge Road. We also received a report of a Burglary on Rose Creek Road. Copper wire was stolen from the walls and ceiling during the burglary from a vacant residence.

Investigators received a tip identifying Ian Sweatt, 25, of Hampton Georgia as a suspect. A vehicle being driven by Sweatt was located in the area of the thefts by utilizing FLOCK camera technology. Sweatt was arrested by deputies during a license check on Barnesville Highway on July 23 on an outstanding warrant from Henry County. Sweatt was interviewed by Investigators and admitted to committing the thefts. Another suspect who is identified as Jacob Lee Chambers, 21, of Rose Creek Road was named as an additional suspect. Chambers was located by Investigators and interviewed. Chambers also confessed to committing the thefts.

Sweatt and Chambers are in the Upson County Jail facing charges of four counts each of Entering Auto, One count each of Burglary and one count each of Criminal Damage to property.
Investigators have been working to recover the property stolen. Some items have been located. Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact Investigator Marcus Denson at the Upson County Sheriff’s Office.

Dan Kilgore, Sheriff
July 29, 2026