Bartow County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigators and Deputies have been conducting an ongoing investigation into a number of auto theft cases primarily involving Jeeps, full size pickup trucks, motorcycles, and all terrain vehicles since early January 2015. According to Sheriff Clark Millsap, Investigators and Deputies have recovered a number of vehicles reported stolen in Bartow County and from other surrounding cities and counties in Northwest Georgia. The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office has arrested and charged Charles Jack Hardin ”CJ”, James Michael Daniell, Christopher Robert Lanham, Brittany Lynn Lanham, Caron Elizabeth Collum, and Anthony Lee Harris with charges from Theft by Taking Motor Vehicle, Theft by Receiving Stolen Property Motor Vehicle, Fleeing and Attempted to Elude Law Enforcement Officer, and Obstruction.

The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office along with the Adairsville Police Department, Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office (Alabama), City of Cartersville Police Department, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, Cobb County Sheriff’s Office, Floyd County Police Department, Floyd County Sheriff’s Office, Gordon County Sheriff’s Office, and the Gulf Shores Police Department have worked together to identify a number of person(s) involved in these theft cases and have recovered a majority of the stolen property. Law Enforcement from all agencies are continuing to investigate other incidents possibly related to this group of individuals and anticipate more arrests.

Charles Jack Hardin and James Michael Daniell are currently being held in the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Center in Alabama on similar charges.

Due to the continuing investigation, no more information is available at this time but information will be released following the investigation.