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Former APD officer accused of rape will soon face grand jury

A former Atlanta police officer accused of raping a massage therapist will soon face a grand jury after a judge found probable cause for the charges.
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DEA arrests in metro Atlanta round up Mexican drug cartel suspects, fentanyl

The DEA’s Atlanta Division has arrested 48 individuals linked to the Sinaloa Cartel and seized significant quantities of fentanyl in a major crackdown.
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Women say travel company owner took thousands, left them stranded without luxury trips

What began as a community for women who loved to travel has unraveled into allegations of theft and deceit. Dozens of women across the country, including in Atlanta, say they paid thousands of dollars to the travel company Divas of Distinction for luxury vacations, only to arrive in cities with no hotel reservations,...
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Woman says stranger groped her while she was sitting on a bench outside Gwinnett...

A woman in Gwinnett County is recovering after she says she was groped by a man in public, leading to a panic attack that required hospital treatment.
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DeKalb County jail employee charged with drug crimes, fired

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A detention officer has been charged with bringing drugs into the jail and has lost his job, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said DeShawn Robinson was arrested on Sept. 11 on multiple felony charges, including possession of synthetic cannabinoid, marijuana or...
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Atlanta high school placed under lockdown after bomb threat, district says

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - An Atlanta high school was briefly placed on lockdown after receiving a bomb threat, according to Atlanta Public Schools. APS said Booker T. Washington High School was placed under lockdown Monday. According to APS, “no suspicious or harmful items were located.”
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Murder trial to begin in Secoriea Turner death

A murder trial is scheduled to begin on Monday for one of the men accused of killing 8-year-old Secoria Turner in July 2020 as she was riding with her mother near the Wendy's in southwest Atlanta where police fatally shot Rayshard Brooks.
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Armed robbery suspect arrested by Forest Park police Monday

FOREST PARK, Ga. - UPDATE: Atlanta Police Department have released new information connecting this arrest to an armed robbery of an armored vehicle transport company employee on Metropolitan Parkway. ORIGINAL STORY: section of Forest Parkway near Frontage Road and Falcon Drive was shut down briefly Monday following...
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Suspect shoots armored truck driver outside Kroger, takes $50K in cash

Police have arrested a man accused of shooting and robbing an armored truck driver outside a Kroger in Atlanta. Investigators identified the suspect as 19-year-old Clinton Mayers, who was arrested in Forest Park. The latest developments and how police caught the suspect, LIVE on Channel 2 Action News at 4:00 p.m....
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Three arrested, charged in east Cobb Waffle House fight

All three suspects charged in last week’s fight at an east Cobb Waffle House have been arrested and booked, according to jail records. The suspects, Sammy Dodd, 17, of Ball Ground; Daniel Riley, 18, of Calhoun; and Blake Talley-Stewart, 17, of Roswell, are accused of either directly assaulting Waffle House workers or...

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