A Cherokee County Sheriff's Office corporal has been fired after investigators determined he created a fake Facebook page to target and harass a woman he had arrested at her own home more than a year earlier. The woman, identified by local reporters as Natasha Lopez, says the deputy posted her family's personal information, unredacted juvenile records, and AI-generated material to the account in what she describes as a sustained campaign of online intimidation.
The conflict between Lopez and Corporal Charles Mills traces back to August 2025, when Mills arrested Lopez during an investigation at her home involving her 21-year-old son. According to 11Alive, Lopez called 911 when Mills entered her house before a search warrant had been signed, and she was ultimately arrested on obstruction charges. She went on to publicly challenge the legality of that warrantless entry on social media, using the account name Natasha Noble.
A Fake Page Called Not So Noble
That public criticism, according to WSB Radio, is what allegedly prompted Mills to create an anonymous Facebook page named Not So Noble, a direct jab at Lopez's online handle. The station reports the page was used to post personal family information, unredacted juvenile records, and AI-generated content targeting Lopez. The page was reportedly deleted before the sheriff's office publicly announced Mills' termination, per the same report.
Per the seed reporting from CBS News Atlanta, the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office received a complaint accusing Mills of creating the fake account and placed him on administrative leave while it investigated. The department ultimately found evidence that Mills had violated its code of conduct and fired him. CBS News Atlanta reports that the sheriff's office has released no additional details about the account, the targeted individual, or the nature of the posts, and that no criminal charges against Mills had been announced at the time of that report.
Prosecutors Confirm Ownership, Victim Seeks Protection
Local prosecutors have independently corroborated who was behind the page. The Cherokee County Solicitor General's Office confirmed that Mills created and owned the fake Facebook account used to target Lopez, as reported by WSB-TV. That determination came out of an investigation into citizen harassment complaints filed against the deputy.
Lopez has since taken her own legal action. WSB-TV reported that she filed a petition for a temporary protective order against Mills in Cherokee County following months of alleged online harassment, filing it while Mills was still on administrative leave. The sheriff's office has also asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to conduct an independent criminal investigation into the harassment allegations, according to the same report, a step local agencies often take to avoid conflicts of interest when reviewing their own personnel.
What Could Happen to Mills' Career and Certification
Mills' firing triggers a separate administrative process at the state level. Under Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council rules, law enforcement agencies must formally notify the council within 15 days of taking disciplinary action, including termination, against a certified officer, according to the Georgia Peace Officer Standards & Training Council. The council holds statutory authority under state law to investigate terminated officers and sanction or revoke their certifications, which would bar Mills from working in law enforcement anywhere else in Georgia.
Georgia law also lays out potential criminal exposure if prosecutors decide to pursue charges. Under Georgia Code § 16-10-1, a public officer who willfully and intentionally violates the terms of their sworn oath commits a felony punishable by one to five years in state prison, according to Justia Law. Separately, Georgia Code § 16-5-90 defines stalking, including cyberstalking carried out through electronic communications, as contacting or surveilling someone without consent to cause harassment or intimidation, treating a first offense as a misdemeanor carrying up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine, per FindLaw.
Whether either statute will actually be applied to Mills remains an open question, as no criminal charges had been announced as of the CBS News Atlanta report. Cherokee County, a fast-growing suburban county north of Atlanta with more than 260,000 residents, has seen its sheriff's office come under increasing public scrutiny as the case has unfolded, a visibility that comes with the territory for an agency serving one of Georgia's most rapidly expanding communities.
