By Alyson Shields
CUMMING - A former police
officer turned himself in Friday to Forsyth County authorities after he was
involved with the sale of firearms to a convicted felon.
The former Alpharetta Police
Officer, 54-year-old Craig Allen Garner of Dawson County, was charged with two
counts of party to a crime. Also arrested was Michael Cummings, 44, of Cumming.
He charged with two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and
one count of criminal solicitation.
According to Forsyth County
Sheriff's Major Rick Doyle, the office received a tip that Cummings was in
possession of firearms that he allegedly purchased from Garner.
"We received a complaint
on March 3, from somebody... who informed us Mr. Cummings, who is a convicted
felon, was in possession of firearms that he allegedly had purchased from Mr.
Garner," said Doyle. "So we began an investigation on Monday and were
quickly able to determine and get evidence indicating that Mr. Garner knowingly
purchased and provided these firearms - one being a semi-automatic rifle and
the other being a 12-gauge shotgun - to Mr. Cummings with knowledge that he is
a convicted felon."
Garner was released from the
Forsyth County Detention Center on a bond of $22,220. Cummings, however,
remains in the detention center, ineligible for bond release due to his
probation requirements.
