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Columbia County deputies arrested Yostin Gomez on a Gwinnett County murder warrant after plate readers spotted his car.
The Augusta Press and WJBF reported that 19-year-old Yostin Gomez, wanted in a Gwinnett County murder, was arrested Monday night, Oct. 12, 2026, at a house in the 4000 block of Old Trail Road West in Columbia County. License-plate readers picked up a red Chevrolet Cruze in Richmond County. A murder warrant from Gwinnett was still forthcoming when Columbia County announced the arrest. No mug shot had been released.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
An arrest while a murder warrant is described as forthcoming is an accusation. It is not a conviction, and the public accounts used here do not say who was killed or when. Columbia County's report is about how he was found. It is not the Gwinnett case file.
WJBF, citing the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, reported that Gwinnett investigators told Columbia County a murder suspect might be staying at an address in the county and that he was connected to a red Chevrolet Cruze. Plate readers caught the car Monday night in Richmond County. Richmond County deputies stopped it, and that stop led investigators to the 4000 block of Old Trail Road West. The Augusta Press quoted Columbia County Sheriff's Office Maj. Andy Shedd on the same plate-reader trail.
Columbia County helped Gwinnett investigators get a search warrant. The sheriff's Special Response Team went in and found Gomez inside. Shedd said Gomez had been staying at the house while working a construction job in Augusta. Several other people were in the home. Their checks came back clear and they were released. Gomez was interviewed by Gwinnett investigators and was to be taken to the Columbia County Detention Center to wait for extradition. Shedd said a murder warrant was forthcoming and that details of the killing, and a mug shot, had not been released.
A plate hit and a house search explain the arrest. They do not describe the homicide Gwinnett is investigating. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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