Clay County Sheriff's Office Press Release On 10/30/26 around 5:00 PM Clay County Officer Donovan Burke responded to the Ingles parking lot in Hayesville after a report of a man passed out behind the steering wheel of a grey Ford F-150 pickup truck. Officer Burke located the truck and found Jessie Ray Guffey, 55 years of age from Hayesville, in the driver’s seat. While looking inside of the truck, Officer Burke noticed a long gun in the front passenger seat and an empty holst