13 things about Cartersville, Georgia’s Billy Joe Cagle

Billy Joe Cagle is a resident of Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia, United States. The city is around 43 miles away from Atlanta, Georgia.

BIOGRAPHY

Cagle is an American entrepreneur and convicted felon. Here are 13 more things about her:

He is Scott Nelson‘s brother.
He is an alumnus of Cass High School in White, Georgia.
He and his friend Nick Roberts have known each other since high school.
Aside from Cartersville, he has lived in other parts of Georgia including Bartow and White.
He worked at a hay farm in Cartersville.
He has two daughters.
He was born in 1976.
In 1997, he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon in Bay County, Florida, USA and found guilty but never formally convicted.
In 1999, he was arrested for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, convicted and sentenced to eight years.
In 2000, he was released from prison.
In 2001, the Cartersville Police Department responded to a report of disorderly conduct at an Applebee’s where he and a former girlfriend had a heated argument but no arrests were made.
In 2018, he had a citation for an expired tag following a crash in which another driver was found at fault.
In 2025, he was arrested at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia after allegedly making a threat to shoot up the airport.

Cagle has a history of mental health challenges. As a convicted felon, he is not allowed to possess a firearm.

“I’m at the airport and I’m gonna go rat-a-tat-tat”, he said on a FaceTime call while he was driving then abruptly ended the call on October 20, 2025. The person he was talking to contacted the Cartersville Police Department, which alerted the Atlanta Police Department. That day, he was arrested at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and a Springfield AR-15 style with 27 pounds of ammunition was found inside his truck parked outside the airport. He was charged with attempted violence at an international airport, interstate communications containing threats to injure the person of another and being a felon in possession of a firearm.