Man arrested in Georgia in connection with north Alabama murder

Man arrested in Georgia in connection with north Alabama murder

A man has been arrested in Georgia in connection with a Friday murder in Jackson County.

Sheriff Rocky Harnen said Dima Stevanovich Novikov, 29, was arrested Wednesday in Chatsworth, Ga., by deputies of the Murray County (Ga.) Sheriff’s Office.

Novikov has been charged with murder in the death of Terry Dewayne Warren, 61.

Warren’s body was found Friday at about 11:30 p.m. in a residence on County Road 17 in Skyline, dead from apparent gunshot wounds.

Novikov will be held in the Murray County Jail pending extradition back to Alabama.

According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, investigators were aided by numerous tips from the community.

The Murray County Georgia Sheriff’s Office, Scottsboro and Skyline police, Jackson County District Attorney’s Office, Skyline Fire, Highlands Ambulance Service and the Jackson County Coroner’s Office all assisted in the investigation.