Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Turner County, Georgia, has about 9,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Turner County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one other agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Turner County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Turner County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Turner County
The Turner County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Turner County. It reported 382 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Turner County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Ashburn, 4,239 residents.
- Sycamore, 743 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Turner County: Turner County Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Turner County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Sycamore: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Turner County Sheriff's Office: 382 for 2025, 414 for 2024, 349 for 2023, 294 for 2021 and 210 for 2020; 2022 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,534 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,534 in 2025 against 1,566 in 2024, down 2 percent.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 712 arrests, against 798 in the same months of 2025.
Ashburn reported only part of 2025 (1 month) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Turner County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Turner County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 54 people on an average day, up from about 43 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 108 beds, and it is running at 50 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Turner County Sheriff's Office at turnercountyso.com/jailcustodydisclaimer.html (page title: Sheriff's Office Turner County, GA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Georgia Department of Corrections lists its inmates at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Turner County
An arrest in Turner County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Turner County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/turner, phone 229-386-7900).
Georgia is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: Georgia Felon Search lets anyone check felony convictions online by name, through the Georgia Crime Information Center. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Turner County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge for search, retrieval and copying after the first quarter hour.
- An arrest by the Turner County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Ashburn or Sycamore: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Turner County Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 229-386-7900, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Turner County Superior Court, through the court records page at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Turner County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Turner County: Ashburn and Sycamore. Rebecca has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Turner County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Turner County each year?
Sycamore reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,534 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Turner County?
Ask the Turner County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at turnercountyso.com/jailcustodydisclaimer.html.
Where are people arrested in Turner County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Turner County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Turner County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Georgia Crime Information Center: Georgia Felon Search lets anyone check felony convictions online by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Georgia Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Turner County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Turner County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Turner County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.