Lawrenceville GA

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Lawrenceville man will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to strangling his ex-girlfriend to death and burning her body in a car. Jahir Sagahon, 32, was convicted of malice murder in the death of 28-year-old Rubi Maldonado-Nava...

Sandy Springs, GA — Sandy Springs Police detectives have arrested a woman following an investigation into allegations of elder abuse involving an 87-year-old victim. According to the Sandy Springs Police Department, the incident occurred in the 1900 block of Huntingdon Chase. Following the investigation, Jeanine...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A new gymnastics academy owned by an Olympic gold medalist opens Saturday in Alpharetta. Dominique Dawes Academy is opening a new location on North Point Circle. It joins locations in Maryland and Texas. The academy offers gymnastics, tumbling and ninja classes for children...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - DeKalb County police are searching for a person of interest after a woman reported being followed and touched by a man while shopping at a local Walmart on New Year's Day. What we know:. Investigators say the incident occurred during the early afternoon of Jan. 1...

Police are investigating after two people were shot at a shopping center on Friday night.

One case involves the killing of a Gwinnett County police officer and another is over the death of a 4-year-old girl in Hall County.

A Kroger-anchored shopping center in Gwinnett County quietly changed hands on Friday in a $23 million deal, according to local reporting. The buyer has only been described as a local investor, and market watchers say the property has room for higher rents and new leasing to fatten its income stream. The trade...

Dingkar B. Lam, 20, of Snellville, along with several other suspects, is accused of stealing a silver chain with a diamond and silver pendant and a pair of sneakers from two victims at gunpoint on Feb. 6 at 10:30 p.m. The incident took place at an apartment at Copper Social, 3044 Hidden Forest Court north of Town...

North Georgia — A large-scale drug trafficking network operating across several North Georgia counties has been dismantled following a months-long investigation led by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The operation, called “Operation Silent Hand,” targeted a drug trafficking organization distributing...

A Stone Mountain woman has been sentenced to life in prison plus five years for murdering her ex-boyfriend in 2020 in DeKalb County, the Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office announced. The Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit prosecuted the case after the DeKalb County...