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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — An international fugitive wanted for homicide in Brazil has been arrested in Sandy Springs through a joint effort between local police and federal immigration authorities, officials said. Job Da Luz De Freitas-Junior, a Brazilian national, was taken into custody on Friday, April 30th, by U.S....

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Woodstock man who was convicted of grooming and sexually abusing several girls will spend the rest of his life behind bars. On Tuesday, 47-year-old Nicholas Wrightsman was sentenced to life, plus 60 years. A Cherokee County jury found him guilty of one count of aggravated child molestation, one count of aggravated sexual battery and nine counts...

The caller who made a hoax 911 call, threatening to harm himself and shoot police, did so because he was “mad” at a Marietta resident. The Marietta Police Department is investigating the phony call after officers were dispatched to a home on Walnut Path, off Whitlock Drive, for a caller making threats of suicide at 10:25 p.m. Sunday, according to Officer Chuck McPhilamy...

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The Suwanee pastors say their faith is keeping them going after the devastating lightning strike that destroyed their home.

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The state’s annual burn ban for 54 North Georgia counties starts May 1, adding to the 91 counties in South and Central Georgia under a 30-day ban to prevent wildfires. State law prohibits the open burning of yard and land-clearing debris in Metro Atlanta...

A Marietta man is accused of pulling a false fire alarm, flooding an apartment building and waving a handgun as residents evacuated. Richard Allen Warren, 35, of Marietta, is accused of breaking the sprinkler on the fourth floor of his apartment building and pulling the fire alarm on April 25 at 11:40 p.m. at 1960 Spectrum Circle in Marietta, in the Ilion Apartments...

ATLANTA — Actor Josh Brolin and his wife, Kathryn, are selling their massive Sandy Springs compound after owning it for about six years. Brolin's listing agent, Jacob Bean, said in an Instagram post that the seven-bedroom, 11-bathroom mansion has been rented in recent years and is "the preferred haven for a handful of Hollywood's while working in Atlanta."

Four individuals, including former postal workers, face federal charges in a scheme to steal valuable items from the mail, including a $4.9 million U.S. Treasury check.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Sandy Springs police said Wednesday that they’re searching for a suspect in a 2025 car theft. Michael Wayne Hutchinson Jr. is wanted in connection with a motor vehicle theft that happened in the Cimarron Parkway area last year. Police did not release...