Terroristic Threats Arrest

At approximately 8:50 P.M. on Thursday, November 7, 2019, Canton Officers responded to a water leak coming from an apartment into a unit below at the Heritage Apartments located at 101 Heritage Dr, Canton, GA.  Officers attempted to make contact with the resident of the apartment, Jushua Honea.  Mr. Honea refused to cooperate and made terroristic threats towards officers and his wife.  He then barricaded himself inside the residence.  

Cherokee County Sheriff's Office assisted by deploying their Negotiation team and later joined by Cherokee SWAT.  After a four and a half hour negotiation period, the SWAT team made entry into the apartment and apprehended Mr. Honea without incident.  He was transported to the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center.

Interim Chief Merrifield stated, "I would like to commend our Officer's response to the call and would like to thank the Cherokee County Sherrif's Office for their fast response and safe resolution to the situation.  I would also like to thank the Cherokee County Fire Department, who also was on scene assisting during the incident.  We are proud to have such a great working relationship with all the responding agencies". 

Suspect:
Joshua Honea 36 yrs old of Canton Ga

Charge: 
O.C.G.A. 16-11-37 Terroristic Threats