Cherokee County

Cherokee Co. Deputies say runaway teen has been found safe

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office has announced that a missing 14-year-old boy who ran away on Monday is back home safe.

Garrett Byrum, 14, ran away Monday from Cherecobb Lane in Woodstock.

Deputies thought he was possibly headed to Montgomery, Alabama, or to the Pinhoti National Trail in Fannin County.

They did not say where he was found.

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