An Oglethorpe County sheriff’s deputy was charged Thursday with two counts of aggravated assault after authorities said he shot at a car that fled from a traffic stop in Athens-Clarke County.
Michael Norton Davis, 35, of Colbert was fired after an investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation requested by Athens-Clarke police, which had jurisdiction in the matter. No one was wounded in the shooting, police said.
Davis had worked as an Oglethorpe deputy since 2017, according to the sheriff’s office.
The GBI said Davis attempted to stop the car about 4:30 p.m. Monday for speeding on U.S. Highway 78 in Oglethorpe County. The driver, Patrouski Hodges, 27, of Athens stopped along the highway after entering Clarke County, according to the report.