Blairsville man arrested for arson following North Carolina–Georgia state line fires

Blairsville man arrested for arson following North Carolina–Georgia state line fires

A man has been arrested following an investigation into multiple fires that were deliberately set in wooded and brush areas near the North Carolina–Georgia state line, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO). Kevin James Roper, 48 of Blairsville, Georgia has been arrested in connection to these fires. The investigation began in late December 2025 after several suspicious fires were reported along Tate Road, an area that straddl…

SERIAL ARSON SUSPECT ARRESTED

A Union County man is in custody following his arrest by law enforcement officials with the North Carolina Forest Service, with assistance from the Georgia Forestry Commission’s Law Enforcement unit, on wildland arson charges. Forty-eight-year-old Kevin James Roper of Blairsville is charged with 10 counts of arson of lands in connection with a series of fires in North Carolina and an additional seven counts of arson of lands in Georgia. Once rel…