Former Hall County investigator resigns after Forsyth DUI arrest
A former Hall County investigator resigned after a Forsyth County DUI and hit-and-run arrest tied to a July 3 crash and charges involving two children.
Hall County Sheriff's Office said a former investigator had already resigned after a Forsyth County arrest on DUI and hit-and-run charges, putting a law-enforcement employee from one county under scrutiny in a neighboring one.
Local station 97.5 Glory FM identified the former investigator as Joshua Twombly and said he was arrested over the July 4 weekend after a July 3 hit-and-run traffic accident. The charges reported in the case included DUI, two counts of endangering a child, hit-and-run and following too closely.
Hall County's confirmation came after the arrest became public, making the resignation the first clear personnel consequence tied to the case. The development also raises familiar concerns for Forsyth County readers about how sheriff's offices handle arrests involving their own employees when those cases happen outside the county line.
Forsyth County has treated impaired driving as a recurring public-safety issue for years. In October 2021, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office received a $77,680.64 Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic grant for DUI enforcement from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, money aimed at stepping up traffic policing in a county where alcohol-related crashes have carried heavy consequences.
Those consequences are still fresh in local memory. In 2020, a fatal hit-and-run in Cumming killed 13-year-old Leonardo Camacho. In that case, 38-year-old Katie Pancione of Milton was booked into the Forsyth County Jail after prosecutors said she was driving the vehicle that struck the boy on June 16.
Another deadly case followed in 2019, when Forsyth County deputies arrested David Castleberry, 36, of Cumming, after a Sunday hit-and-run that killed Jose Ramirez Labra, 27. Investigators said Castleberry struck Labra with his motorcycle and left the scene.
Against that backdrop, Twombly's arrest drew attention not just because of the charges, but because the case involved a former Hall County investigator and an arrest in Forsyth County. The resignation closes one employment chapter, but the criminal case and the questions around accountability in law enforcement remain the part local residents are watching most closely.
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