Mableton Citgo theft: $12,500 taken, suspect caught on camera
Gerod Raymond Rivers of Atlanta is accused of entering the office area of the Citgo located at 6960 Mableton Parkway in Mableton, when an employee mistakenly left the office door ajar, on Aug. 6 at 11:05 a.m., according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. Rivers was captured on surveillance...
Mother charged with son’s death in April in Atlanta
ATLANTA - A woman has been arrested in connection with the death of a child earlier this year in southwest Atlanta. Atlanta police said 32-year-old Kandice Grace was taken into custody on Sept. 29. She is charged with second-degree murder and second-degree cruelty to children in the death of a juvenile male.
Four people shot while walking in their apartment complex
ATLANTA — Four people were shot while waking in their apartment complex in the Lindridge-Martin Manor neighborhood early Wednesday morning. According to a new release from the Atlanta Police Department, one woman and three men were hospitalized after gunfire erupted near 2157 Lenox Road NE. The woman suffered a graze...
Person shot in altercation at Atlanta gas station
ATLANTA — A confrontation led to one person being shot at a gas station in South Atlanta on Wednesday morning. Atlanta police said one person who was threatening another person with a knife was shot. That person's injuries were not life-threatening, police said. The altercation happened around 4:20 a.m....
Family of man shot, killed by Georgia trooper in 2020 settles lawsuit for $5.5...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The family of a man who was shot and killed by a Georgia state trooper in 2020 has reached a $5.5 million settlement with the state. Andrew Smyrna’s family initially filed a federal lawsuit in 2021, alleging the trooper used excessive force when he shot at Smyrna’s car nine times,...
Apartment shooting injures 4; Body pulled from pond; Government shutdown effects | FOX 5...
Four people were injured in an Atlanta apartment shooting. DeKalb Fire Department pulled a body of a missing man from a pond. The government shutdown started at 12:01 a.m., what effects are already being felt?
Woman charged with setting Cobb church on fire, threatening to kill pastor
A woman has been charged with setting a Cobb County church on fire and threatening its leaders.
Cherokee County teen sentenced to 20 years after deadly crash
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. - A Cherokee County teenager has been sentenced to 20 years, with the first 12 months to serve in jail, after pleading guilty to a January crash that killed two people and seriously injured two others. What we know:. Oliver Luis Roman, 19, of Powder Springs, entered...
Man sentenced to life in prison for ‘cold-blooded’ murder, Douglas County DA says
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for a “cold-blooded and senseless” murder in 2023, according to the Douglas County district attorney. The district attorney said that on April 24, 2024, 26-year-old Tymarion Bivins went to the home...
Two New York Men Arrested in $70,000 Fraud Scheme in Habersham County
HABERSHAM COUNTY, GA – A judge has denied bond for two New York men accused of scamming a Cornelia resident out of tens of thousands of dollars in an elaborate fraud scheme. On Friday, September 26, 2025, deputies with the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fraud call at a home outside Cornelia. The...

















