Anonymous tip to investigate young mom for drugs came from father seeking custody | ANF Investigates

Behind the Investigation with Atlanta News First

A metro Atlanta mother who was seemingly targeted in a drug case as part of an effort to be denied custody of her daughter has now been granted full temporary custody.

On Friday, a Spalding County Superior Court granted an emergency motion for full custody filed by Macy Jones, who was the target of an anonymous tip that led to the investigation. Judge Ben Coker granted Jones “sole custody on a temporary basis” of Jones’ and Tyler Andrews’ now-four-year-old daughter.

Andrews will have “approximately one hour” of “supervised visitation” every other Sunday. Previously, the couple had joint legal custody.

Jones filed an emergency motion for full custody within hours after Atlanta News First Investigates told her about the case and sent her a copy of the internal investigation. Because it’s a public record, we offered to share the investigative file with both Jones and Andrews when separately asking them for interviews about its contents.

Andrews, as originally reported by Atlanta News First Investigates and Chief Investigative Reporter Brendan Keefe, gave an anonymous tip to Kris Voyles who was, at that time, commander of a Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit.

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The sheriff’s internal investigation determined that Voyles assigned his drug agents to set up surveillance on Jones’ griffin home to help his friend, Andrews, in a custody case.

Read the full story here: https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/02/26/drug-unit-commander-fired-after-anonymous-tip-traced-father-targets-child/