Four men were arrested in Cartersville, Georgia, for the theft of cooking oil in bulk from several businesses, according to police.

Carlos Laguna, 41, of Buford; Freddy Valencia Aguirre, 36, of Tucker; Luis Gaitan-Obando, 41, of DeKalb County, and Yunier Eliuth Aguirre-Polanco, 24, of Atlanta, are all suspected of bulk theft of cooking oil from various restaurants in Cartersville, according to the Cartersville Police Department.

This comes following a six-month investigation, police said.

Police said the suspects may be responsible for similar thefts that have been reported across metro Atlanta.

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The four men are also believed to be associated with a Gwinnett County criminal organization, police said.

Laguna was charged with theft by taking and possession of tools for the commission of a crime, and has posted a $3,000 bond. 

Aguirre faces two counts of theft by taking and two counts of possession of tools for the commission of a crime. He has posted a $6,000 bond.

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Police said the suspects may be responsible for similar thefts that have been reported across metro Atlanta. (iStock)

Gaitan-Obando was charged with theft by taking, possession of tools for the commission of a crime and criminal attempt to commit a misdemeanor. He remains in custody in the Bartow County Jail on a $4,500 bond.

Aguirre-Polanco faces charges of criminal attempt to commit a misdemeanor and theft by taking, and has posted a $3,000 bond. 

The Gwinnett County Police Department is assisting in the investigation.

Riley Strain, the University of Missouri student who disappeared from a night out in Nashville in March before his body was found along the Cumberland River, was served 12 to 15 drinks prior to his death, according to a police investigation.

A medical examiner determined that Strain, 22, had a blood alcohol level of .228% and died of drowning and ethanol poisoning, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) investigation report obtained by WSMV4 Investigates.

MNPD’s investigation also paints a clearer picture as to how Strain consumed so much alcohol in one night while on a spring formal trip to Nashville with his UM fraternity, which began on a bus ride from Missouri to Tennessee – about a 6.5-hour drive.

That’s when the drinking began, despite the bus driver’s strict no-alcohol rule, according to the report obtained by WSMV4.

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The business and finance student apparently had at least five drinks on the way to Nashville on March 8, including vodka shots and IPAs. When they arrived around 4:30 p.m., they went to a Mexican restaurant downtown, where Strain was seen on surveillance footage drinking a margarita. 

Surveillance footage showed Strain began stumbling around 8:40 that evening, according to WSMV4. He was asked to leave Luke’s 32 Bridge on Broadway after 9:30 p.m., after which Strain began walking in the general direction of his hotel and disappeared.

Riley Strain was last seen at Luke Bryan’s bar in downtown Nashville before his body was found in the Cumberland River. (Google Maps | A Voice for the Voiceless)

“At 9:35 p.m., our security team made a decision based on our conduct standards to escort him from the venue through our Broadway exit at the front of our building,” the bar said in a March 15 statement. “He was followed down the stairs with one member of his party. The individual with Riley did not exit and returned upstairs.”

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Riley Strain’s phone last pinged between 10 and 10:30 p.m. in the area of Public Square Park, located near the sheriff’s office and the Cumberland River, according to FOX 17. (Facebook)

The Tennessee Alcohol Beverage Commission previously ruled that Strain had not been overserved after conducting its own investigation that involved reviewing security camera footage. It remains unclear exactly how and where Strain consumed between 12 and 15 drinks on March 8.

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Mizzou student Riley Strain, 22, disappeared March 8 in downtown Nashville before his body was found in the Cumberland River. (The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)

The footage reviewed by TABC apparently did not show Strain visibly drunk, as WSMV4 reported.

Video footage shared by MNPD after Strain’s death showed the 22-year-old stumbling as he walked away from downtown and in the direction of the river.

David Flagg embraces Michelle Strain Whiteid, Riley Strain’s mother, moments before a press conference at Public Square Park in Nashville, March 19, 2024. (Denny Simmons/The Tennessean via USA Today)

Approximately two weeks after Strain disappeared, on March 22, a worker at a company based along the Cumberland River reported seeing a body to police, who were later able to confirm Strain’s identity.

Strain is remembered in his obituary for his commitment to service, dedicating more than 500 hours to the Wonders of Wildlife; his love for hunting, fishing and spending time with his family; and his passion for “good food.”

A Georgia fisherman is facing consequences for harboring an illegal number of freshwater fish.

Officials with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Law Enforcement Division shared news about the retrieval on the agency’s Facebook page.

The post said that Game Warden Will Gilstrap was patrolling for fish activity along the Chattachoochee River when he noticed something odd.

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“Game Warden Will Gilstrap observed a subject hiding fish along the river bank as he was catching them,” officials with the Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division wrote.

Gilstrap spoke with the fisherman and found him to be in possession of 10 trout.

The man was “charged” with “being over the limit of trout,” according to the Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division’s post.

“On seasonal trout streams, the creel limit (how many you may keep) for trout is 8 fish, and there is no size limit,” according to the Georgia DNR.

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The trout caught by the subject, who was not identified, were confiscated by Gilstrap and the Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division. It’s not yet clear what fines or penalties the man faces.

The state of Georgia only allows a fisherman to catch eight trout per day — or else they will be penalized. (iStock)

The post on Facebook was met with mixed reactions by users who shared their thoughts about the confiscation.

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“So charge him but let him keep the 6 limit. People are fishing not doing drugs, fighting or hurting anyone. Some rules and laws are ignorant,” one user stated.

“Times are hard for some people and that might be the only way of getting food for him or his family,” another person wrote.

Others defended the actions of the game warden by recognizing the need for limitations in an effort to ensure a thriving trout population and allow other anglers to catch fish.

Facebook users have responded to the Georgia fisherman being charged for catching an illegal number of trout. (Law Enforcement Division – Georgia DNR; iStock)

“If unlimited fish are caught eventually there will be limited resources for everyone that fishes,” one Facebook user commented.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Georgia DNR for comment.