1-23-19

(Cleveland)- The White County Sheriff’s office continues to investigate an incident that happened earlier this month in which a  Clarkesville woman allegedly fired shots at another person. 

Captain Rick Kelley with the White County Sheriff’s office advised in an email that on January 8th  the suspect identified as  53-year old  Barbara  Kaye Benfield  was involved in an altercation with an individual at the Shiloh Recovery Treatment  House located at 47 Academy Drive east of Cleveland. 

According to Kelley during the altercation Benfield allegedly  fired a gun multiple times at another individual.  Kelley said the incident was not reported to the Sheriff’s Office until January 10th.   

Benfield was arrested on January 16th  and charged with aggravated assault.