NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. — A multi-agency law enforcement search is being conducted for a man missing since May in Newton County Friday morning, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said.
Georgia DNR's Law Enforcement Division said the search was occurring through "several small ponds" in the area for the man, who was not identified.
"Recently received information was that the man liked to fish in these ponds," DNR said. "The game wardens are using a vessel to assist cadaver dogs in one of the larger ponds."
The Newton County Sheriff's Office earlier said on Facebook a search was ongoing. They did not say what the search was connected to.
11Alive reached the sheriff's office for details, with a communications officer describing it as an "informational search." A post on Facebook stressed there was "no threat to the community."
The sheriff's office wrote:
We want to inform our community of an ongoing area search on the east side of the county. Please be advised that there is no threat to the community. The following agencies and organizations are present in the area: Newton County Sheriff’s Office, Newton County Emergency Management, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Central Georgia K-9 Search and Rescue, Georgia Piedmont K-9 Search, and Search and Rescue K-9 of Georgia.
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