GBI Arrests Former Soperton Police Officer in Aggravated Assault Investigation

Soperton, Treutlen County, GA (August 20, 2024) - The GBI has arrested and charged former Soperton Police Department Officer Kenneth Bishop, age 60, of Swainsboro, GA, with three counts of Aggravated Assault and one count of Terroristic Threats and Acts.

On July 31, 2024, the Soperton Police Department asked the GBI to investigate an incident that occurred on July 26, 2024, while Bishop was employed as a Soperton Police Officer. The GBI investigation indicates Bishop was dispatched and responded to a call about an assault. During the initial investigation, Bishop stopped a car occupied by three people who were relatives and friends of the assault victim. Bishop and the people in the car got in an argument. The incident escalated and Bishop pulled out his gun from his holster. He pointed it at the people in the car while beating on the windows and threatened to shoot the car.

Bishop was booked into the Treutlen County Jail on August 19, 2024.

This investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the GBI regional investigative office in Eastman at 478-374-6988. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

Once the investigation is complete, the case file will be given to the Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office for prosecution.