Search Warrant For My Emails?

I’m using an old account I rarely used because I’m being slandered and harassed, so I don’t want to take chances.
I’ve been dealing with some people (about 5 or 6) who have been accusing me of something with no substance. They’ve created a conspiracy theory amongst themselves that, had they’d thought it through to any kind of conclusion, they’d realize how ludicrous it is.
In short, they’re accusing me of defrauding/stealing their money because I referred them to a friend’s business; transactions were unsuccessful of no fault of the business and that business has been trying to refund everyone (me included; I haven’t received mine yet), but these same people have gotten the business’ accounts (Venmo, PayPal) frozen by calling and accusing them of fraud (within a couple of days of the transaction failing; despite the business maintaining constant communication). It’s pretty dumb all the way around. Those calls freeze up the accounts for up to 180 or 190 days (can’t remember exactly). However, the business has been able to refund most of their clients (30ish people) through some workarounds. I may not be explaining all of this exactly correctly, but I’m trying my best as a third-party.
My local sheriff’s department had detectives speak with me in November because one of these people filed a report with false accusations. It took the detectives about five minutes to realize there wasn’t anything there and they closed it out.
Today, I got a (legit) email from Google notifying me they’d received a search warrant for my email account from my city police department (GA).
I don’t live inside city limits and what they’re accusing me of didn’t occur within city limits (the business is in a different state and I’m not/have never been an employee; did not receive any compensation or benefits for my referrals either).
I haven’t received a summons or notification from the city police department of any kind. The business has not received anything from my police department.
I don’t even know what I’m asking, really. But I guess mainly, is this normal? Legal?
I will be reaching out to the lawyer I consulted with when the accusations began, but thought I’d ask here since it’s a Friday/Saturday.
I’m just really confused. They’re not going to find anything incriminating (because I haven’t done anything at all), but that’s not really the point, you know?
I’m just feeling really violated and I can’t afford to deal with this in the first place (the irony).
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