Who polices Middletown
Middletown has its own police department, and most arrests in the city are made by Middletown officers, including arrests involving Wesleyan University students. There is no campus force with its own jurisdiction here: a student arrest is a city arrest and is heard at the same court as any other.
Route 9 runs through Middletown, and stops on it may be made by state troopers instead. That changes which agency holds your paperwork, not where the case goes.
Where your case goes
Middletown cases are heard at Middletown Superior Court, GA 9, in the city, which makes this one of the few towns where the courthouse is local. The Court Street garage is nearby; the court page has the parking and the docket.
The building houses the Geographical Area court and the Judicial District together, so check the daily docket for your courtroom rather than assuming. Released, your date is on your paperwork; held, court is the next business day.
After the arrest
Middletown officers either release you on a written promise to appear or on a bond, or hold you for court the next business day. Released, the date is on your paperwork; held, a judge reviews the bond at the first appearance. The arrest page covers booking and the bond and bail page covers the bond.
Stop talking about it now. Not to officers, not to friends, not in a group chat, and not on a recorded call from holding. Messages are evidence and they are the easiest kind for a prosecutor to obtain.
A family violence arrest, including between people who share a residence, goes to court the next business day with a protective order issued there. The arraignment page covers that appearance and the what to expect page covers the case around it.
Common charges in Middletown
GA 9 sees the full range out of Middletown: DUI, assault, domestic violence and family violence, drug possession, and larceny and shoplifting.
For a student, or anyone else with no record, the question is usually which diversionary program applies, because completing one ends the case in a dismissal rather than a conviction that follows into graduate applications and licensing.