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GWINNETT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CONDUCTS TRAFFIC STOP LEADING TO DRUG TRAFFICKING ARREST

GCSO

May 1, 2024

News Release

(Gwinnett County, Ga., May 1, 2024) – The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive, K-9 and Warrants Units successfully apprehended Jonathan Medina. These units have a duty to protect the citizens of Gwinnett County and keep them safe from dangerous criminals.



On March 26, at approximately 5:15 p.m., members of the K-9 and Warrants Units conducted a traffic stop on Jonathan Medina in Suwanee, Georgia. Before the traffic stop was complete, Medina fled the scene striking multiple vehicles. After his vehicle was inoperable, Medina then fled on foot in an attempt to elude arrest. Medina was then tracked and captured by a Sheriff’s Office K-9, apprehended by our responding units, and taken into custody. Upon further investigation, approximately 430 grams of methamphetamine were located during a search inside of Medina’s vehicle. Medina was later transported to Northside Hospital in Lawrenceville, Georgia for medical treatment.



The mission of the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office is to keep criminals out of our communities. In doing so, we will continue to provide additional updates as we obtain further information on this case.



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2900 University Parkway

Lawrenceville, GA 30043

 

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