What began as a search for a runaway child led Georgia deputies to a separate and troubling discovery inside a home in north Georgia.
The Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office says that on Dec. 23, 2025, deputies went to a home on Iberian Road as part of a follow-up related to a runaway juvenile report.
While there, deputies found a five-year-old boy who they said was being restrained in a way that is not allowed under Georgia law.
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Officials say several adults living in the home were aware of how the child was being restrained. Four adults were taken into custody in connection with the situation…