Greene County Deputy Jonathan Franco has been fired by the Greene County Sheriff’s Office for violating the deputy’s oath of office and having an inappropriate relationship with a student, according to a letter from Chief Deputy Richard Campbell filed in Franco’s personnel records.

A Conyers man who tossed a book bag full of marijuana out of his car during a pursuit, hoping to avoid a drug charge, was arrested for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute after Sheriff Donnie Harrison later found it.

A new deputy joined the Greene County Sheriff’s Office on March 29 with Sheriff Donnie Harrison in attendance at Quin’sha Goss’s graduation.

Greene County Sheriff Donnie Harrison will be challenged by a former deputy sergeant who has spent his career thus far in law enforcement in the county. Josh Wilson, 30, is a married father of three and a lifelong resident of the county.

Events bring community, and law enforcement together The flashing lights of ambulances and firetrucks and the county’s finest men and women in uniform were on hand at last week’s Faith and Blue community event at Grace Fellowship Church in Greensboro.