Lululemon smash-and-grab spans 2 states after Atlanta rental truck used in South Carolina crime,...
ATLANTA — Police say two suspects used a Home Depot rental truck to ram through the front of a Lululemon store in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, before fleeing the state and abandoning the vehicle nearly 180 miles away in Griffin, Georgia. Greenville Police said the burglary happened around 3:44...
SWAT teams swarm Cobb County home after hostage situation
The situation started when deputies went to serve a warrant at a home.
Man charged with smashing Marietta smoke shop window
Daryl Lakeith Hackworth, 43, of Marietta, is accused of throwing a rock through the glass window on the front side of the Smoke 41 store at 349 Cobb Parkway, Marietta, on Aug. 8 at 2:41 a.m., according to an arrest warrant from the Marietta Police Department. The rock created a large hole in the glass window, with...
Two Georgia Men Arrested in Pennsylvania for 2024 Murder of Curtis Coleman
COBB COUNTY, GA — Two Georgia men wanted for the 2024 murder of Curtis Coleman have been arrested in Pennsylvania, according to law enforcement officials. U.S. Marshals took 21-year-old Jayden M. Hooks and 23-year-old Malik Drake into custody without incident. Both are facing felony charges of murder and aggravated...
2 people shot in northwest Atlanta neighborhood, police say
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Atlanta police said two people were shot in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood on Tuesday. Police said they responded to Emory University Hospital Midtown shortly after noon to speak with two gunshot victims, a 43-year-old man who was shot in his left arm and a 34-year-old woman who...
Serial Killer’s Wife, Norma Patton: ‘I Helped Him Dispose of the Bodies’
Norma Patton, testifying against her ex-son-in-law, Christopher Wolfenbarger, admitted she helped her husband, serial killer Carl Patton, dispose of bodies. But Wolfenbarger, not Carl, is charged with killing the Pattons' daughter, Melissa. (8/18/25)
STREAM LIVE: Man accused of killing, dismembering wife’s body on trial 26 years later
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A man accused of killing his wife and dismembering her body is standing trial 26 years after her murder. Christopher Wolfenbarger is facing murder charges in connection with the death of his wife, 21-year-old Melissa Wolfenbarger. Melissa’s dismembered remains were found in black...
Amber Alert Issued as Florida Brothers Abducted by Non-Custodial Mother May Be Headed to...
ATLANTA, GA – Authorities have issued an urgent Amber Alert for two Florida children believed to have been abducted by their non-custodial mother and possibly en route to the Atlanta area. Children Last Seen in Riviera Beach, Florida. According to Riviera Beach Police, 3-year-old Aizon Turner and his 11-year-old...
Police: Child consumes Kratom at Mableton daycare
Kennesha Floyd of Atlanta is accused of leaving a package of 7Tabz containing 7-Hydroxymitragynine containing compounds from Mitragyna Speciosa (Kratom) on a shelf in a daycare room with multiple juveniles on Aug. 8 at 1 p.m. at Bright Minds Learning and Child Care Center, 200 Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton,...
Atlanta man arrested for elaborate scheme to claim ownership of house
Edward Luke Chappel, 45, of Atlanta, was arrested yesterday after allegedly persuading a locksmith to change the locks on a rental house that he claimed to have purchased. The post Atlanta man arrested for elaborate scheme to claim ownership of house appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .