SOPERTON, Ga. — A former Soperton Police Department Officer has been arrested for aggravated assault and terroristic threats and acts, according to a release from the GBI.
60-year-old Kenneth Bishop of Swainsboro was taken into custody on Monday and charged with three counts of Aggravated Assault and one count of Terroristic Threats and Acts.
On July 26, Bishop was dispatched to work an assault call. The GBI says Bishop allegedly stopped a car occupied by three people who were relatives and friends of the assault victim.
Bishop and the people in the car got into an argument. Bishop pulled out his gun from his holster and pointed it at the people in the car while beating on the windows and threatened to shoot the car, according to a release from the GBI.
On July 31, the Soperton Police Department called the GBI to investigate, and Bishop was booked into the Treutlen County Jail on August 19.
This investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information should contact the GBI regional investigative office in Eastman at 478-374-6988. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.
Once the investigation is complete, the case file will be given to the Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.