Alpharetta GA

After months of delays, security concerns and community angst, Dunwoody leaders approved a new contract with Flock Safety to continue operating license plate reader cameras in the city. Why it matters: While the Atlanta-based company remains generally popular among law enforcement agencies and governments, some cities are ending agreements over...

A missing ring could be the key to solving her disappearance.

CUMMING, Ga. — Law enforcement presence was spotted near a Home Depot in Cumming on Friday evening. This is near a shopping plaza along Market Place Blvd. According to the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, its deputies were assisting the Georgia State Patrol with a situation where a person fled from a traffic stop near the store at exit 14.

A Forsyth County man is facing felony drug charges after drug task force agents say he threw a bag and a pipe out of his moving car window while they were watching. What’s Happening: Agents with the Lanier Regional Drug Task Force were patrolling near Matt Highway and Dr. Bramblett Road earlier this week when they spotted a black Dodge Dart drifting out of...

Stephen Bunte was sentenced to federal prison and must register as a sex offender.

Brian Keith Smith, 28, of Powder Springs, is accused of slashing a man’s stomach with a utility knife on April 9 at 2 a.m. at Tires 24/7 New & Used, 1740 Cobb Parkway South in Marietta, according to an arrest warrant from the Marietta Police Department. Smith was in a business dispute with the victim, who fixed his tire before the altercation. Smith offered...

Saints + Council currently has one location at Colony Square.

A Forsyth County man was arrested for using his company's credit card to purchase money orders to the tune of over $30,000. The Hall County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) reports that 46-year-old Michael Chad Evans of Cumming faces 37 charges, 36 of which are unauthorized use of a financial transaction card. He also faces a count of theft by conversion, all felonies.

Jamar Grace of Austell is accused of resisting arrest and injuring people at Wellstar Cobb Medical Center on April 12 at 11:20 a.m., according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office. While resisting arrest, Grace bit a Wellstar security officer on the victim’s right calf. As a police officer actively tried to handcuff Grace, his resistance caused the officer to...

A Powder Springs man will spend life in prison, with a shot at parole, after a Cherokee County jury found he gunned down a father who had just shown up for his first court-ordered visit with his young son in the Acworth area. Nicholas Michael Mimms, 37, was sentenced Wednesday...