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 between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Wheeler County, Georgia, has about 7,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wheeler County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 Wheeler 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: Wheeler County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wheeler County
The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wheeler County. It reported 50 arrests for 2023, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists one city in Wheeler County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Alamo, 2,818 residents.
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.
How Many Arrests The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Wheeler County Sheriff's Office: 50 for 2023, 42 for 2022 and 33 for 2021.
The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office's 50 arrests in 2023 were up 19 percent from 42 in 2022.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wheeler County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Wheeler 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 18 people on an average day, up from about 14 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 30 beds, and it is running at 60 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Wheeler County Sheriff's Office at wheelercounty.org/wheeler-county-jail (page title: About Wheeler County Jail & Inmate Search, GA), phone (912) 568-7151, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Wheeler County
An arrest in Wheeler County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Wheeler County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Wheeler 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).
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 Wheeler County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Wheeler County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (912) 568-7151.
- An arrest in Alamo: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wheeler 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 Wheeler County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Wheeler County: Alamo. Glenwood 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 Wheeler County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wheeler County each year?
The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office reported 50 arrests to the FBI for 2023, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Wheeler County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wheeler County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wheeler 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 Wheeler County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wheeler 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 Wheeler 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.