Source: The Office of the District Attorney for the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit
What started as a roadside encounter on a Cherokee County highway has ended with a 30-year prison sentence for a Ball Ground man that prosecutors say put everyone around him in danger.
Jeremiah Joshua Cornette, 35, of Ball Ground, was sentenced Monday to a 30-year term after a Cherokee County judge found him guilty on multiple drug- and weapons-related charges. The case traces back to May 15, 2025, when officers say they found Cornette sitting on a guardrail along State Route 372 near Interstate 575 and recovered narcotics and a firearm…