Security guard killed while protecting woman at Cobb County bar identified
After a woman was assaulted in a bar parking lot in Cobb county on Saturday morning, a security guard intervened and was shot and killed. The security guard has now been identified as Jordan Alexander Jones, a 28-year-old from Lawrenceville. As Channel 2 Action News reported, the Acworth Police Department...
DeKalb Police looking for man who may have information about assault at Gresham Walmart
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Police in DeKalb County are seeking tips from the public to identify a man involved in an assault at a Walmart. The incident took place on Jan. 1. The victim told officers that a man followed her while she was shopping at the store located in the 2400 block of Gresham Road SE. She said he...
Coyote snatched small dog from backyard but dropped him saving pooch’s life
In Cobb County, Georgia, a small dog and his owner were left traumatized after a coyote snatched the pooch from his backyard and took off with him in its mouth. On Wednesday, Marie Uden opened the back door of her home to let her poodle mix, Teddy into the yard. Just moments later, she heard a ruckus outside and...
Arrest made in shooting of Atlanta rideshare driver
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Atlanta police have made an arrest in a shooting that hurt a rideshare driver. Police said a fight between the driver and his passengers ended in gunshots early Thursday morning on Noble Creek Drive in northwest Atlanta. The driver went to the hospital...
The grade debate: DeKalb schools could change elementary, middle, high split
DeKalb could implement pre-K through eighth grade or sixth through 12th grade schools.
Officer stabbed, man shot at DeKalb County gas stations overnight
DeKalb County police investigated two separate gas stations overnight after an officer was stabbed and a man was shot.
Marietta parent vows to fight charges after school bus altercation caught on camera
A Marietta mother was arrested after a physical confrontation with a school bus driver that was captured on surveillance and cell phone video. The incident began when the mother attempted to collect her children at a different stop after missing their scheduled drop-off location. The mother faces five charges,...
Man admits to killing ex-girlfriend in Gwinnett, burning body after strangulation
A man has pleaded guilty to murder in the strangling death of a woman in Gwinnett County.
4 indicted in for forging ‘bogus checks’ from state agency
Four Georgians were indicted Friday on accusations they forged checks from a state agency and stole tens of thousands of dollars.
Leader of violent jewelry theft ring that stole from stores in Tennessee, other states,...
CHARLOTTE, NC (WSMV) - A Georgia man who authorities say ran an organized and violent theft ring across multiple states has pleaded guilty mid-trial. The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of North Carolina said Friday that Deuntria Lamar Lyons, 45, of Valdosta, Georgia, had been undergoing a federal...
