Published 7:00 am Wednesday, November 4, 2026 A road patrol deputy with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office has been cleared of wrongdoing in a use-of-force case involving a Milledgeville man this summer. The incident, involving Deputy Joseph Harker and 59-year-old Calvin Bernard Brown, occurred on Aug. 3. An altercation began between the two men in the parking lot of the Family Store, a Texaco convenience store on Vinson Highway. Harker had been dispatched to the business in reference to a criminal trespass call from the owner of the store. Brown had previously been trespassed from the store and was not supposed to be on the property. When Harker explained to Brown that he was under arrest for the misdemeanor offense, Brown pulled away from the deputy and attempted to run. Harker chased Brown, and both men engaged in at least two separate physical altercations. Baldwin County Sheriff Bill Massee called for an independent investigation by special agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Region 6 Office in Milledgeville because it was a use-of-force case. GBI Special Agent Amanda Hammock was assigned to the case. Once the GBI concluded its investigation, the case file was sent to the Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia (PAC), where it was then assigned for review by Lalanie A. Briones, assistant district attorney pro tempore with the PAC. “Mr. Brown violently and actively resisted arrest and attempted to evade arrest by flight, by biting, striking and choking…
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