September 25, 2026
By JAW GA News
Investigative Report | Berrien County, Georgia
JAW GA News began reviewing materials supplied by Wendy Palmer as part of a broader examination of allegations involving law enforcement, probation supervision, public records compliance, government accountability, and officer disciplinary histories in Berrien County and Nashville, Georgia.
What began with approximately 50 emails and attachments expanded into a much larger collection.
A broader review of Palmer’s Gmail materials identified approximately 186 messages across roughly 110 email threads, along with numerous attachments, forwarded records, court documents, screenshots, Georgia POST material, agency correspondence and other supporting documents. JAW GA News preserved a working evidence package containing the available material and identified duplicate records so that repeated copies were not treated as independent corroboration. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
The result is not a simple story.
Some of Palmer’s allegations are supported by government and court records.
Some are partially supported.
Some remain allegations.
Some contain contradictions or chronology problems.
And several of the most important questions remain unresolved.
That is precisely why JAW GA News is continuing the investigation.
The Standard: Follow the Documents
The purpose of this investigation is not to advocate for Wendy Palmer, any law-enforcement officer, the City of Nashville, Berrien County, the Georgia Department of Community Supervision, or any other party.
The purpose is to determine what the available evidence actually establishes.
JAW GA News has therefore separated findings into categories including documented, corroborated, partially corroborated, alleged or unverified, contradicted, and unresolved. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
An allegation appearing in a lawsuit does not automatically become fact.
A government document does not automatically prove every interpretation placed upon it.
A disciplinary investigation is not necessarily the same thing as a conviction.
And several copies of the same record do not become several independent sources merely because somebody forwarded the document five times.
That distinction matters throughout the Wendy Palmer investigation.
The Probation Proceedings
One of the strongest documented portions of Palmer’s account concerns probation-enforcement proceedings in early 2025.
The records reviewed by JAW GA News establish that a warrant for Palmer’s arrest existed and that a Petition for Revocation had been filed involving allegations of failed drug screens. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
Palmer was also contemporaneously seeking documentation concerning those drug tests and the authority for changes made to her probation conditions.
On February 9, 2025, she directly requested records concerning changes to her probation conditions, including the complete drug-test order and results, along with communications surrounding the decision to conduct drug screening.
The following day, Palmer pursued similar information through an Open Records request to the Georgia Department of Community Supervision.
DCS responded that community-supervision records were confidential under Georgia law and therefore not subject to production through the Open Records Act in the manner Palmer requested. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
Those requests do not prove Palmer was correct in disputing the legality or validity of the testing.
They do establish that she was challenging the basis of those actions before her probation was terminated.
The original drug-testing evidence remains one of the most important missing pieces of the case.
The March 11 Change
The most important documented sequence currently identified occurred on March 11, 2025.
Records reviewed by JAW GA News show that Andrea Radney signed a petition requesting dismissal of the probation warrant and Petition for Revocation.
The judge granted the dismissal.
Radney also signed a Petition for Termination of Probation.
The termination paperwork indicated that restitution had been paid and that the District Attorney’s Office would not seek continued supervision.
Judge Richard Perryman then signed an order terminating Palmer’s probation and releasing her from the sentence.
The following day, the Georgia Department of Community Supervision issued written notice stating that the supervision portion of Palmer’s sentence had ended effective March 11. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
Those events are documented.
What caused them remains unresolved.
A Significant Correction to Palmer’s Characterization
Palmer has characterized the March sequence as DCS reversing or overruling Radney.
The underlying records reviewed by JAW GA News do not support that description as presently written.
Radney herself appears to have signed both the petition seeking dismissal of the warrant/revocation proceedings and the petition seeking termination of Palmer’s probation. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
That does not settle the matter.
It creates another question.
Why did the same official associated with the earlier enforcement process later sign documents seeking dismissal and termination?
The records currently available do not provide a sufficiently clear answer.
Possible explanations could involve supervision decisions, evidentiary concerns, legal issues, prosecutorial decisions, administrative developments or other circumstances.
JAW GA News is not selecting among those possibilities without evidence.
The Missing Reason for Dismissal
The March 11 Petition Requesting Dismissal of Warrant/Petition for Revocation contains another unusual feature.
The portion of the form intended to explain the reason for dismissal appears not to contain a completed explanation.
JAW GA News later identified evidence showing that Palmer noticed the same omission shortly after the dismissal.
In a March 25 email exchange, Palmer specifically asked about the “reason for dismissal.”
The visible response did not provide a clear substantive explanation for why the field appeared incomplete. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
This is therefore not merely a question developed months later by JAW GA News.
Palmer herself was questioning the missing explanation in March 2025.
The current classification is:
Documented omission. Unresolved explanation.
The February 12 Tolling Order
Another major issue involves a tolling order Palmer says existed.
In federal court filings, Palmer stated that Andrea Radney filed an affidavit for a tolling order on February 12, 2025 and that a tolling order was granted the same day.
Palmer later represented to the federal court that she possessed documentary proof, referring to official DCS correspondence, warrants and tolling orders.
JAW GA News searched the materials supplied by Palmer.
We located the warrant/revocation dismissal.
We located the probation-termination petition.
We located the signed termination order.
We located the DCS termination notice.
We have not located the February 12 affidavit or signed tolling order. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
As a result, Palmer’s statement that a February 12 tolling action occurred is documented as a claim made in federal court.
The underlying February 12 order remains alleged and unverified based on the material currently available to JAW GA News.
The separate claim that the order was later reversed or vacated also remains unresolved.
The complete Berrien County Superior Court record may ultimately answer those questions.
Palmer Filed Complaints Before the March Termination
The records also establish that Palmer was making formal complaints before the March termination of her probation.
On February 12, 2025, Palmer submitted a Georgia Attorney General Consumer Protection complaint.
Additional material shows continued complaints during February, including allegations involving Radney, DCS, the Berrien County Jail and Sheriff Ray Paulk. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
These records establish that complaints were submitted.
They do not establish that any agency agreed with Palmer’s allegations.
They also do not establish retaliation.
Those are different questions, and pretending otherwise would be rather convenient for everybody who enjoys replacing evidence with adjectives.
The Retaliation Question
Palmer has alleged that probation-related actions were retaliatory and connected to complaints she made involving officials.
The available evidence does not yet establish retaliation as fact.
One important missing link is knowledge.
To establish Palmer’s theory more fully, evidence would be needed showing whether Radney knew about Palmer’s earlier complaints before the January probation actions occurred.
JAW GA News has not yet located sufficient evidence establishing that knowledge. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
Temporal proximity can justify further investigation.
It does not, by itself, establish retaliatory motive.
Palmer v. Paulk et al.
Palmer filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
The case is Wendy Palmer v. Ray Paulk et al., Case No. 7:25-cv-00065.
The federal docket identifies defendants including Sheriff Ray Paulk, William Addison, Andrea Radney, Alvin Clarkson, Myron Glaze, the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department, the Berrien County Board of Commissioners and the Georgia Department of Community Supervision. The case was filed May 15, 2025. Justia Dockets
The existence of the lawsuit proves that Palmer brought those claims.
It does not prove that the allegations in the complaint are true.
What the Federal Court Actually Ruled
There has also been misunderstanding surrounding a March 16, 2026 federal ruling.
The Georgia Department of Community Supervision and Andrea Radney had previously filed a motion to dismiss.
After Palmer filed an amended complaint, U.S. District Judge W. Louis Sands denied the earlier motion as moot, without prejudice.
The order explains why: once the amended complaint replaced the earlier complaint, the motion directed toward the earlier pleading became procedurally moot. Justia Dockets & Filings
That ruling did not determine that Palmer had proven her claims.
It also did not represent a merits ruling against Palmer.
It was procedural.
That distinction is important because court procedure has an unfortunate habit of being much less dramatic than social media captions.
Chronology Problems in Palmer’s Own Filings
JAW GA News has also identified discrepancies in Palmer’s own narrative.
One example appears in the amended federal complaint.
Palmer described a December 16, 2024 complaint and then stated that “thirteen days later,” on January 5–6, 2025, Radney initiated allegedly retaliatory contact.
The calendar does not support that calculation.
December 16 to January 5 is approximately 20 days.
December 16 to January 6 is approximately 21 days. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
That does not prove the underlying contact did not occur.
It does mean the stated interval is inaccurate.
Because Palmer relies heavily upon chronology to support her retaliation theory, chronological accuracy matters.
Officer Sapp and Another Date Discrepancy
A separate timeline question concerns a statement Palmer attributed to Officer Sapp.
On March 19, 2025, Palmer told journalist Kevin Hall that Sapp had said he was present in court “last Thursday” when the judge dropped the probation warrant and terminated approximately 22 months of probation.
March 19, 2025 was a Wednesday.
Taken literally, “last Thursday” would ordinarily mean March 13.
The court paperwork reviewed by JAW GA News is dated March 11. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
Several explanations are possible, including inaccurate recollection, a separate court appearance or another courtroom event.
JAW GA News has not selected among those possibilities.
Court calendars, minute sheets or transcripts from March 11 through March 13 could resolve the discrepancy.
Georgia POST Records Opened Another Investigation
The Palmer collection also contains substantial Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council material concerning multiple law-enforcement officers.
Those records produced several findings that require separate treatment.
Larry L. McBrayer
Georgia POST material reviewed by JAW GA News documents that Larry L. McBrayer was arrested around January 2000 for first-degree arson.
The POST case summary states that a grand jury subsequently indicted him for first-degree arson, insurance fraud and false report of a crime.
The record further states that McBrayer later entered a guilty plea under Georgia’s First Offender Act to first-degree arson.
The unexpunged fraud and false-report counts were nolle prossed.
POST material records eight years of probation, a substantial monetary penalty and surrender of his peace-officer certification. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
JAW GA News has classified that history as substantially documented.
Questions concerning subsequent reinstatement or later employment remain unresolved.
James T. Herrington
Georgia POST records concerning James T. Herrington state that he was terminated from his employing agency in May 2001 because of outstanding warrants involving bad checks.
The POST material identifies multiple bad-check matters and several bench warrants.
The Probable Cause Committee subsequently recommended revocation, and the POST Council later recorded revocation of certification. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
Palmer also made a stronger allegation regarding Herrington’s hiring by Nashville Police while warrants were active.
JAW GA News has not independently established that claim.
It remains alleged and unverified.
Shane L. Lipsey
POST material concerning Shane L. Lipsey states that POST was notified in January 2025 that Nashville Police terminated Lipsey for policy violations.
The record describes an incident involving a request for GCIC-related information concerning a relative.
Critically, the POST record states that protected GCIC information was not actually disseminated.
JAW GA News therefore characterizes the matter as an alleged or attempted improper information request, not successful acquisition of protected GCIC information. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
Jon Teegardin
POST material concerning Jon Teegardin describes a misconduct investigation associated with a law-enforcement encounter.
The record describes an investigation, a polygraph characterized in the record as deceptive, an internal investigation and an ultimate resignation or termination.
Teegardin resigned.
POST later revoked his certification.
Later POST material indicates the certification was reinstated in 2008 with a 24-month probationary period. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
The unresolved question is not whether the original POST action occurred.
It is why certification was later reinstated.
That issue is being reserved for further investigation.
Cameron Brady Nash
A separate POST issue involves Cameron Brady Nash.
One case summary identifies a termination from the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office on December 9, 2024.
A Georgia POST Individual Officer Profile instead lists employment with the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office ending December 9, 2023 and Nashville Police Department employment beginning January 6, 2024. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
Those dates cannot both accurately describe the same employment transition if the disciplinary event relates to that termination.
JAW GA News has classified this as a documented records contradiction requiring reconciliation through Berrien County employment records, Nashville hiring records and POST corrections or history.
Leyon Grover Kerklin
A Georgia POST profile generated in May 2026 listed Leyon Grover Kerklin as being in good standing and actively employed with Nashville Police beginning January 16, 2026.
The profile also records a July 25, 2025 final action described as “APPROVE CERTIFICATION.” JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
JAW GA News found no established misconduct finding in that profile.
Any separate sanctioned case would require independent review before adverse conclusions could responsibly be published.
Chief Ronald J. Knowles
Public City of Nashville materials independently identify Ronald Knowles as Chief of Police and document a lengthy progression through Nashville Police Department leadership positions.
Palmer’s materials also contain POST-related allegations concerning older criminal and certification history.
JAW GA News is separating official POST documentation from secondary articles and material merely repeated within Palmer’s collection. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
Any eventual article concerning Knowles’ history will distinguish primary records from secondary reporting.
The Jeffrey Marrero Brady/Giglio Question
Palmer’s materials also contain an exhibit summary concerning Jeffrey Marrero and a POST disciplinary record.
Separately, JAW GA News reviewed a February 20, 2026 response from the Alapaha Judicial Circuit District Attorney Chase Studstill concerning a request seeking Brady/Giglio-related records involving Nashville Police Department officers.
The District Attorney’s response stated that responsive information could not be located in the office’s files. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
The existence of a Georgia POST record does not automatically mean the District Attorney possessed that record.
The unresolved questions include whether the DA had ever been notified, whether Nashville Police transmitted relevant information, whether the material met Brady/Giglio disclosure standards in particular prosecutions and whether corresponding files exist elsewhere.
Those questions remain open.
Open Records Issues
Palmer supplied substantial correspondence concerning Georgia Open Records Act requests involving Berrien County, the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office, Nashville and other agencies.
Some disputes concern response times, exemption citations, missing records, fee calculations and later acknowledgments of records that were initially described differently.
Georgia law requires agencies to respond to Open Records Act requests within three business days, subject to statutory provisions governing availability, exemptions and production.
But the existence of many requests does not itself establish an Open Records Act violation.
Each request must be examined individually.
JAW GA News is therefore developing a separate request-by-request compliance matrix rather than treating the entire record collection as one giant violation. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
A Berrien County Sheriff’s Office Fee Record
One specific fee record reviewed by JAW GA News contains an itemized calculation attributed to Captain William Addison.
It lists two hours of work at $22.50 per hour, totaling $45, plus a $5 copying charge, for a total of $50. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
That record documents that particular calculation.
It should not be confused with separate disputes involving much larger estimates, including another estimate Palmer challenged that was reportedly reduced from approximately $4,949 to approximately $911.
Those larger disputes require their own underlying calculations before conclusions can be reached.
What Palmer’s Records Have Established
After the first major phase of review, the following matters are supported by primary records:
Palmer was subject to probation-enforcement proceedings in early 2025.
A probation warrant existed.
A Petition for Revocation existed.
The March dismissal paperwork refers to alleged failed drug screens.
Palmer was requesting records concerning drug testing and changes to her probation conditions.
Palmer submitted complaints before her probation was terminated.
Radney requested dismissal of the warrant/revocation proceeding on March 11.
Radney also petitioned for termination of Palmer’s probation.
The court granted termination.
DCS notified Palmer that supervision ended effective March 11.
The dismissal paperwork appears to contain an incomplete explanation for the reason for dismissal.
Palmer questioned that missing explanation shortly afterward.
Palmer filed federal civil-rights litigation.
Multiple Georgia POST records supplied by Palmer contain authentic and significant disciplinary histories. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
Those findings justify continued investigation.
What the Records Have Not Established
The evidence reviewed so far does not establish that Radney retaliated against Palmer.
It does not establish that DCS independently overruled Radney.
It does not explain why Radney moved from participation in enforcement activity to requesting dismissal and termination.
It does not independently establish the February 12 tolling order.
It does not establish why the warrant or revocation proceedings were dismissed.
It does not prove the underlying drug-test evidence or the alleged violations themselves.
It does not establish that every officer appearing in historical POST material was improperly hired or retained.
It does not establish that the District Attorney knowingly withheld Brady/Giglio material merely because POST disciplinary records existed.
And it does not establish that every legal conclusion contained in Palmer’s federal pleadings is factually correct. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
Those distinctions are not technicalities.
They are the difference between investigation and advocacy.
The Central Question
The strongest evidence reviewed in Part I is not an accusation.
It is a sequence.
Enforcement proceedings existed.
A warrant existed.
A revocation petition existed.
Palmer was challenging the basis of the proceedings.
Palmer was filing complaints.
Then on March 11, Radney signed paperwork seeking dismissal of the warrant and revocation proceeding and separately sought termination of Palmer’s probation.
The judge granted those actions.
DCS recorded Palmer’s supervision as ending effective March 11. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
Something changed.
The records presently available do not establish what caused that change.
That is one of the principal questions driving Part II.
Part II: What JAW GA News Is Seeking Next
The next phase of the investigation will concentrate on records capable of producing definitive answers.
Priority records include the complete Berrien County Superior Court record for the relevant criminal case, particularly filings between January 1 and March 15, 2025.
That record could determine whether the February 12 tolling affidavit or order exists and what ultimately happened to it.
The original drug-test and alleged violation documentation is equally important.
Internal DCS communications from March 9 through March 12 could potentially explain the abrupt sequence culminating in dismissal and termination.
The investigation will also seek records showing whether Radney knew about Palmer’s December 16 complaint before later probation actions.
Further personnel and POST work will address employment-date contradictions, disciplinary histories, certification decisions and reinstatements.
Open Records disputes will be evaluated individually against the actual request, response deadline, cited exemption, initial cost estimate, revised cost, production history and final disposition. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
The Finding of Part I
Part I does not establish a sweeping theory of corruption.
It also does not support dismissing Palmer as somebody whose allegations can simply be ignored.
The evidence reviewed demonstrates that genuine official records exist behind significant portions of her account.
At the same time, those records do not establish every conclusion Palmer has drawn from them.
Some claims are corroborated.
Some are partially corroborated.
Some remain allegations.
Some contain identifiable inconsistencies.
Several of the most important questions remain unanswered. JAW GA News Investigative Report Part 1.pdfPDF
The appropriate response is neither automatic acceptance nor automatic rejection.
It is verification.
Where Palmer’s statements match official records, JAW GA News will report that.
Where records support only part of a claim, we will say so.
Where government records contradict another, we will identify the contradiction.
Where Palmer’s interpretation extends beyond what the documents establish, we will distinguish the document from the interpretation.
Where the evidence contradicts Palmer, that will also be reported.
And where the answer remains unknown, it will be identified as unresolved.
Part I establishes the foundation.
Part II follows the evidence into a more difficult question:
What changes when previously missing records begin to surface?
JAW GA News will continue applying the same standard regardless of where the evidence leads.
We don’t decide who is guilty.
We bring what is hidden into the light, put the record before the people, and let the truth do the judging.
THE WENDY PALMER FILES: WHAT THE RECORDS NOW ESTABLISH, WHAT CHANGED, AND WHAT REMAINS UNANSWERED
September 25, 2026
By JAW GA News
Investigative Report | Berrien County and Nashville, Georgia
JAW GA News has spent weeks reviewing an extensive collection of records supplied by Wendy Palmer involving probation supervision, law-enforcement activity, public-records disputes, government correspondence, Georgia POST disciplinary material, court proceedings, property issues, and a separate series of disputes involving young people, firearms, marijuana, confrontation, pursuit, and video evidence.
The investigation has now reached its second major phase.
Part I established the initial foundation.
Part II materially expands it.
The result is not a simple story of innocence versus guilt, corruption versus vindication, or a citizen versus government.
It is considerably more complicated.
And that is exactly why the records matter.
JAW GA News has reviewed emails, court documents, public-records correspondence, Georgia POST material, screenshots, social-media exhibits, video evidence, government responses, cost worksheets, Messenger exchanges, and other records supplied by Palmer.
Part II does not erase Part I. It documents what changed when additional evidence became available. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
Our standard remains simple:
A complaint proves that a complaint was made. It does not prove the allegation.
A screenshot may preserve a statement. It does not automatically establish that the statement is true.
An exhibit caption reflects the interpretation of whoever prepared the exhibit. It is not automatically an evidentiary finding.
And a contradiction does not automatically establish corruption, retaliation, concealment, falsification, or criminal conduct.
The evidence controls the conclusion.
PALMER WAS QUESTIONING HER PROBATION BEFORE THE MARCH TERMINATION
One of the most important developments in Part II is additional documentation showing that Palmer was actively questioning her probation supervision before the dramatic events of March 11, 2025.
A February 9, 2025 email establishes that Palmer contacted Probation Officer Andrea Radney seeking documentation concerning what Palmer described as changes to her reporting requirements, supervision requirements, and reassignment.
She specifically requested records concerning the drug-test order and results.
On February 10, the Georgia Department of Community Supervision responded through Legal Analysis Specialist Supervisor Stephanie Cleary.
The response cited Georgia law and stated that supervision information was confidential and not subject to disclosure through the Georgia Open Records Act in the manner requested.
Those communications establish that Palmer was seeking probation-related records before the later termination of her supervision.
They do not, by themselves, establish that Radney acted improperly or that Palmer’s interpretation of the supervision changes was correct. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
THE FEBRUARY 12 TOLLING ACTION IS NOW DOCUMENTED
This is one of the most important changes from Part I.
Part I treated the February 12 tolling action cautiously because JAW GA News had not yet obtained sufficient underlying documentation.
That has changed.
Part II includes an Affidavit and Request for Tolling Order and an Order Tolling Sentence dated February 12, 2025.
The existence of the tolling action is therefore now documented. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
That is a significant evidentiary upgrade.
But it does not answer every question.
The documents establish that the tolling action occurred.
They do not, standing alone, establish whether the action was justified, mistaken, retaliatory, routine, or otherwise improper.
The fact that something happened is not automatically proof of why it happened.
MARCH 11: THE CASE CHANGES DIRECTION
The March 11 sequence remains one of the central events in the Palmer investigation.
The records establish that Palmer had been questioning her supervision and drug testing.
A tolling action occurred.
A warrant and revocation process existed.
Then, on March 11, documents were executed concerning dismissal of the probation warrant and Petition for Revocation and termination of Palmer’s probation.
The warrant and revocation proceeding was dismissed.
Palmer’s probation was terminated.
The Department of Community Supervision subsequently recognized Palmer’s supervision as ending effective March 11.
Those events are documented. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
What remains unanswered is why the proceeding changed direction.
ANDREA RADNEY APPEARS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TIMELINE
Part I identified a problem with describing the March events simply as DCS “overruling” Andrea Radney.
Part II reinforces that problem.
The underlying paperwork shows Radney associated with both the earlier enforcement process and later documents connected with dismissal and termination.
That means the evidence does not support a simple narrative in which Radney pursued Palmer and was later independently reversed by DCS.
Instead, the records create a more precise question:
What changed between the earlier enforcement activity and March 11?
The evidence reviewed so far does not establish the answer. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
PALMER WAS ASKING THE SAME QUESTION IN MARCH 2025
Palmer’s questions concerning the dismissal and termination were not created later for litigation or for the JAW GA News investigation.
On March 20, 2025, Palmer contacted Ryan Smith at the Lanier County Probation Office seeking an explanation after the dismissal and termination.
She asked why the probation warrant had been dropped and why approximately 22 months of felony probation had been terminated early.
She also requested official documentation concerning the warrant, dismissal, and probation termination.
That communication is documented.
It establishes that Palmer was asking these questions contemporaneously.
It does not establish her theory concerning why the actions occurred. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
JUDGE RICHARD PERRYMAN RESPONDED
Part II adds a significant piece of correspondence from Superior Court Judge Richard L. “Dick” Perryman III of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit.
JAW GA News reviewed Palmer’s March 25, 2025 correspondence with Perryman.
According to the report, Perryman stated that court staff received Palmer’s request on March 21 and that he received it on March 25.
He stated that he had no documents, records, emails, memoranda, notes, or reports relating to Palmer’s request in his possession.
He then explained the process.
When he signs probation-related documents, including warrants, petitions, probation terminations, and warrant dismissals, he does not retain copies because those documents are required to be filed with the Clerk of Court.
That response narrows the next investigative step.
Perryman responded.
But he did not explain why the warrant and revocation proceeding was dismissed.
He did not explain why Palmer’s probation was terminated.
Instead, he identified the Clerk of Court as the repository for the signed probation-related documents. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
THE CLERK OF COURT IS NOW CENTRAL
Based on Perryman’s response, the complete Clerk of Court file has become critical.
JAW GA News needs the official record surrounding the tolling request, tolling order, warrant, Petition for Revocation, dismissal, Petition for Termination, termination order, relevant docket entries, minute entries, and any document explaining the basis for the March 11 actions.
The question is no longer whether Judge Perryman personally retained the records.
He did not.
The question is whether the official court file contains an explanation that JAW GA News has not yet obtained. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
THE DRUG-TEST EVIDENCE GAP REMAINS
Despite the additional evidence obtained in Part II, one of the largest gaps remains unresolved.
The records strengthen the chronology showing Palmer’s efforts to obtain drug-testing information.
But JAW GA News still does not have all of the underlying testing evidence.
That includes the original drug-screen results, collection information, testing methodology, confirmation testing, laboratory results, chain-of-custody information, violation documentation, and relevant DCS case notes.
Until those records are obtained, allegations concerning failed drug screens and the reliability of the evidence supporting those allegations remain separate questions.
The timeline is increasingly clear.
The underlying testing evidence is not. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
PALMER’S BERRIEN COUNTY RECORDS ACTIVITY PREDATED 2025
Part II also establishes that Palmer’s public-records dealings with the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office predated the 2025 probation dispute.
An October 30, 2024 email to Captain William Addison concerned Palmer collecting requested records.
Additional correspondence documents later disputes involving jail records and other BCSO materials.
This establishes earlier records activity.
It does not establish that subsequent government actions were retaliation for those requests.
Timing alone does not prove motive. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
“NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS” VERSUS BODY-CAMERA FOOTAGE
Part II identifies another records dispute involving Berrien County.
Some correspondence stated that no responsive records existed.
Later correspondence concerned deputies and body-camera footage withheld under a pending-investigation exemption.
Those statements may relate to different categories of records, different dates, different requests, or different search parameters.
Saying that no responsive record exists is not the same as saying a responsive record exists but cannot presently be disclosed.
That creates an apparent contradiction requiring complete comparison.
JAW GA News has not established intentional concealment.
The records dispute itself is documented.
The explanation remains incomplete. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
THE GEORGIA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE WAS CONTACTED
Correspondence involving Assistant Attorney General G. Keith Pridgen Jr. establishes that Palmer brought the Berrien County records dispute to the Georgia Attorney General’s Office.
The correspondence addressed body-camera footage and the pending-investigation exemption.
Palmer maintained that her complaint concerned an earlier representation about whether responsive records existed.
The correspondence proves that the dispute was raised.
It does not prove intentional concealment or another violation. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
THE NASHVILLE RECORDS DISPUTES
Part II also substantially expands the Nashville public-records portion of the investigation.
A May 16, 2026 email establishes that Palmer submitted a City of Nashville records request containing seven categories.
The requested materials reportedly included City Council minutes, agendas, meeting packets, City Manager reports, emergency-management records, vehicle records, and employee-equipment requests.
That matters because any later characterization suggesting the request contained only one item must be compared against the actual May 16 request.
The seven-category request is documented. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
On May 20, Amanda Thacker transmitted six City Council meeting-minute files covering meetings during 2023.
Palmer responded that the production did not satisfy the full seven-category request.
The exchange documents both the broader scope of Palmer’s request and her contemporaneous position that the response was incomplete.
Whether additional responsive records existed, were exempt, were scheduled for later production, or were otherwise handled requires review of the complete correspondence and production history. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
THE NASHVILLE RECORDS-FEE DISPUTES
Part II identifies two separate fee issues.
Palmer challenged a larger quoted amount of $1,342.60.
The existence of the dispute is documented, but the evidence reviewed does not independently establish that the amount itself was unlawful.
A separate Nashville Police Department Open Records Cost Worksheet dated May 26, 2026 documents a $46.16 charge involving records identified on the worksheet as relating to Gavin Crews.
A July 16 letter from attorney Timothy M. Tanner subsequently referenced the $46.16 amount and stated that the City understood it remained unpaid.
The City later indicated that additional unpaid balances concerning that request could affect later production.
Tanner also allowed for the possibility that the City’s information might be mistaken and invited Palmer to provide proof if payment had already been made.
The $46.16 worksheet is documented.
The City’s later payment position is documented.
The legality of the larger disputed fee and the ultimate status of the smaller charge require separate analysis. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
THE GAVIN CREWS / TJ PALMER EVIDENCE TRACK
Part II also opens a considerably different evidentiary track.
The newer evidence package contains multiple sources involving Gavin Crews and TJ Palmer.
JAW GA News reviewed group-chat screenshots, Messenger exchanges, social-media exhibits, escalation exhibits, and a video file identified as JAWNEWS29.mp4.
Those materials repeatedly reference firearms, confrontation, property, marijuana, pursuit, and disputes involving young people.
That makes the evidence significant.
It does not make every interpretation contained in the exhibit captions true. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
THE GROUP-CHAT EVIDENCE
One screenshot attributed to Gavin Crews contains the statement:
“He took the p he set me up.”
The exhibit caption interprets that as an admission concerning a stolen pound of marijuana.
Separate Messenger correspondence explicitly references “a pound of weed.”
Taken together, those records provide an evidentiary basis to investigate whether marijuana formed part of the underlying dispute.
But they do not independently establish who possessed it, who allegedly took it, whether the statement was literal, whether a pound actually existed, or whether any criminal offense occurred.
Those questions require corroboration. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
MESSENGER MESSAGES ATTRIBUTED TO “ALLISON”
The evidence package also contains Messenger screenshots from an account attributed to “Allison.”
The writer states that she was not present for portions of the events and describes receiving information from others.
The messages nevertheless describe Levi allegedly picking up Gavin and Ryder and taking them to another boy’s house.
They then describe another boy allegedly punching Gavin, taking a gun, pointing it at Gavin, and Ryder subsequently leaving in Levi’s vehicle.
The writer also describes her fiancé following afterward in an effort to recover property.
Those statements matter because they preserve a detailed account concerning the firearm dispute.
But they are not automatically firsthand proof.
The writer expressly indicated that portions of the account came from what she had been told. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
WHO HAD THE GUN FIRST?
This remains unresolved.
One exhibit characterizes the Messenger material as proof that Gavin introduced the firearm.
The underlying messages are less definitive.
A statement that another person allegedly took “the gun” from Gavin can support an inference that Gavin possessed the firearm immediately beforehand.
But an inference is not the same thing as a firsthand admission.
The evidence presently available does not establish who first possessed or introduced the firearm into the larger sequence.
JAW GA News is leaving that question unresolved. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
PURSUIT AND ESCALATION
Messenger evidence also describes people following others after the initial confrontation in an effort to recover property.
One message states that the writer’s fiancé followed them.
That evidence may be important when reconstructing whether the incident continued or escalated after the initial encounter.
But an exhibit caption characterizing the evidence as proving that “aggression came from their side” is an interpretation.
JAW GA News does not adopt that conclusion.
The messages themselves are the evidence.
The caption is not. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
THE VIDEO EVIDENCE
Part II also confirms that JAW GA News reviewed the approximately two-minute recording supplied as JAWNEWS29.mp4.
The recording shows a person seated in the front passenger seat of a vehicle.
During portions of the recording, an object at or near the passenger’s lap appears visually consistent with a handgun.
The recording alone does not establish whether the object was functional, loaded, lawfully possessed, or owned by the passenger.
The spoken exchange is also significant.
The working transcription contains confrontational language, including statements about what the speaker would do if he encountered another person.
The recording also contains comments about an unresolved dispute involving disrespect toward a deceased friend and a statement that the matter “ain’t never squashed.”
JAW GA News does not presently classify those statements as a criminal threat.
Doing so would require complete context, identification of the participants, authentication of the recording, comparison with official investigative records, and applicable law.
The supplied transcription remains a working transcription rather than a certified verbatim transcript. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
WHY THE VIDEO MATTERS
The video is not being evaluated in isolation.
Other evidence separately references firearms during disputes involving individuals identified in the supplied exhibits.
Messenger messages describe young people allegedly having a gun pointed at them.
Other messages describe a firearm allegedly being taken and then pointed at Gavin.
Separate material references marijuana.
The video depicts an apparent handgun while confrontational language is being used.
Taken together, these sources justify investigating whether the records concern the same incident, connected incidents, or entirely separate events.
That distinction is critical. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
SOCIAL-MEDIA EVIDENCE IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY PROOF
The evidence package contains screenshots from social-media materials depicting young people.
Some exhibit captions characterize those images as showing firearms, marijuana use, or gang-related conduct.
The screenshots do not independently establish those conclusions.
A still frame cannot establish that an object is a functional firearm.
A photograph of someone apparently smoking cannot establish what substance was consumed.
Authentication, dates, and context matter.
The screenshots therefore remain investigative leads and contextual evidence rather than automatic proof of the captions attached to them. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
EVIDENCE VERSUS EXHIBIT CAPTIONS
Several exhibits contain conclusions written above or below screenshots and recordings.
Some captions state that the evidence proves Gavin introduced the gun, proves aggression originated from one side, proves marijuana rather than money caused the dispute, or undermines particular individuals as innocent victims.
JAW GA News does not automatically adopt those conclusions.
Where the evidence establishes a fact, we will report the fact.
Where it supports only an inference, we will identify the inference.
Where it preserves someone’s allegation, we will identify the allegation.
The screenshots and recordings are evidence.
The captions are interpretations. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
THE PECAN STREET PROPERTY INVESTIGATION
Part II also identifies a separate investigative track involving 902 and 906 Pecan Street and Parcel N13 7 000.
Palmer supplied deed records concerning those properties and contacted Stewart Title seeking assistance concerning a transaction she believed could indicate a title defect.
Stewart Title did not determine that a title defect existed.
Its response requested additional transaction documentation and explained limitations on the information available to the responding department.
Accordingly:
A title defect is not established.
An unlawful transfer is not established.
Public corruption is not established.
The matter remains open for analysis of the recorded deed chain and corresponding government authorization records. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
PALMER’S GEORGIA POST COMPLAINT
A November 9, 2025 communication establishes that Palmer submitted a complaint to Georgia POST concerning alleged prejudicial publicity and due-process concerns.
That evidence establishes that the complaint was made.
It does not establish that POST substantiated the allegations.
A response, investigative finding, or formal disposition from POST would be necessary before upgrading that classification. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
WHAT PART II CHANGES
Part II makes several significant upgrades to the evidentiary record.
The February 12 tolling action is now documented.
Palmer’s February 9 request for probation and drug-testing documentation is documented.
DCS’s February 10 response is documented.
The March 11 dismissal and probation termination are documented.
Palmer’s March 20 attempt to obtain an explanation is documented.
Judge Perryman’s March 25 response is documented.
The reason for the March 11 dismissal and termination remains unresolved.
The May 16 Nashville seven-category request is documented.
The Nashville Police Department $46.16 cost worksheet is documented.
The City’s later reliance on that charge is documented.
The Gavin/TJ evidence track is supported by multiple source materials.
JAWNEWS29.mp4 has been reviewed. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
WHAT JAW GA NEWS STILL NEEDS
The investigation has reached a point where targeted records are now more valuable than simply accumulating more allegations.
For the probation investigation, the highest priority is the complete Clerk of Court file concerning the February tolling action and March 11 dismissal and termination.
That includes docket entries, petitions, orders, minute entries, and any filing explaining why the enforcement proceeding ended.
Original drug-testing documentation remains essential.
For the Berrien County public-records dispute, JAW GA News needs the complete corresponding request-and-response chains necessary to determine whether apparent inconsistencies actually concern identical requests.
For Nashville, the complete calculation supporting the disputed $1,342.60 amount remains important.
For the Gavin/TJ investigation, the highest-priority evidence is the official law-enforcement record corresponding to the incidents portrayed or described in the private evidence.
That includes incident reports, supplemental reports, 911 and dispatch records, body-camera footage where available, witness statements, evidence logs, firearm descriptions, and investigative narratives.
Those records would allow JAW GA News to compare the official account against the video, group chats, Messenger messages, and other materials already reviewed. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
FINAL ASSESSMENT
Part II establishes substantially more than Part I could establish.
The probation chronology is now increasingly grounded in primary documentation rather than Palmer’s later recollection alone.
The February tolling action is documented.
The March dismissal is documented.
The probation termination is documented.
Palmer’s contemporaneous attempts to obtain records and explanations are documented.
Judge Perryman’s response is documented.
But Perryman’s letter does not answer why the proceedings changed direction.
Instead, it narrows the search by identifying the Clerk of Court as the repository for signed probation-related documents.
That is where the documentary trail now leads. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
The public-records disputes have also become more defined.
JAW GA News can document requests, government responses, fee worksheets, and apparent inconsistencies.
But an inconsistency will not be transformed into an accusation of intentional concealment unless the evidence supports that conclusion.
The Gavin Crews/TJ Palmer material represents another major development.
The evidence package contains multiple source materials referencing firearms, confrontation, marijuana or property, pursuit, and escalating disputes.
The reviewed video adds particularly important evidence because an object visually consistent with a handgun is visible while confrontational language is being spoken.
Messenger material independently contains accounts involving a firearm.
Group-chat and Messenger material provide a basis for investigating whether marijuana was involved in the underlying dispute. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
But major questions remain.
Who possessed the firearm first?
Were all of these materials connected to the same event?
Were there multiple confrontations?
What happened before and after the portions captured on video?
What did witnesses tell law enforcement?
What did responding officers observe?
What do the official reports say about the firearm?
And does the official investigative record match the private communications and video evidence now in the JAW GA News investigative file? JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
Those questions cannot be answered by exhibit captions.
They cannot be answered by assumptions.
They require the underlying records.
We now have more evidence.
We have stronger evidence.
We also have clearer evidentiary limitations.
Some future records may support Palmer’s allegations.
Some may contradict them.
Some may establish administrative mistakes or misunderstandings rather than misconduct.
And some may reveal facts neither side has accurately described.
JAW GA News will not decide that outcome before the evidence does.
Part I established the foundation.
Part II expands the record, documents what has since been verified, identifies what remains unresolved, and establishes where the investigation must go next. JAW GA News Investigative Report — Part II Revised (2).pdfPDF
We don’t decide who is guilty.
We bring what is hidden into the light, put the record before the people, and let the truth do the judging.
People. Facts. Accountability.
A STRONGER GEORGIA.
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