Ex-USPS workers, bank manager indicted in $4.9M mail fraud scheme
Federal prosecutors say stolen checks, credit cards and a multimillion-dollar Treasury check were part of a yearslong scheme across metro Atlanta.
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Federal prosecutors say stolen checks, credit cards and a multimillion-dollar Treasury check were part of a yearslong scheme across metro Atlanta.
Good news for Georgia drivers: The number of vehicles stolen across the state dropped significantly over the last year. According to new data from the National Insurance Crime Bureau, car thefts across Georgia fell nearly 28% in 2025, from 23,900 reported thefts to 17,200.
Police say the man was responsible for two shootings over two days that left one woman dead and multiple people injured around Albany, Georgia.
Investigators say the Russian national may have been selling vehicles with rolled-back odometers for years in metro Atlanta.
A Monroe County official is now at the center of a major drug investigation.
Atlanta city leaders heard directly from teens on Wednesday about their thoughts on what should be done to stop youth violence as summer vacation gets closer.
A Georgia police officer is on leave as authorities investigate a viral video that appeared to show him slamming a man to the floor inside a Walmart.
The victim decided to help a man in need by giving him a ride and letting him use his phone. In return, prosecutors say the man left him for dead and stole his SUV.
A reality TV personality known to many fans as Ms. Juicy is facing legal trouble in Georgia.
Deputies found the bodies of the two Georgia teens buried in the backyard of their home in 2018. Eight years later, their father will serve life without parole for their murder and abuse.
DeKalb County jury convicts 41-year-old in 2020 killing of a man who had offered him help; judge hands down consecutive life sentences.
A Lawrenceville man has been sentenced to three life prison terms plus 89 years after being found guilty of repeatedly sexually assaulting a young girl over several years, starting when she was just 3 years old.
Authorities accuse the man of setting at least 15 fires within a half-mile radius of Georgia State University Perimeter College's Clarkston campus.
Authorities say the Atlanta man's crimes began when he called an Atlanta woman's clinic in 2024 and told the employees he was planning to "shoot the whole place up."
The former University of Alabama football player pleaded guilty to defrauding investors of millions of dollars in part by putting on makeup and wigs to impersonate Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. and other NFL players.
Podcaster Jonathan Dupiton's motto was "F.R.A.U.D. is Dope," and federal prosecutors say he tried to live up to that motto with a "brazen scheme" to steal millions in unemployment benefits.
A former assistant police chief in Habersham County has been arrested and charged in connection with missing funds from a police evidence room, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
A former Georgia lawmaker has been sentenced after admitting she falsely claimed COVID-19 unemployment benefits during the pandemic, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia.
Police say suspects believed they were meeting a 15-year-old for sex in exchange for money.
A metro Atlanta woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her mother's boyfriend while they were both in a moving car, officials say.
Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for the man accused of the killing of Gwinnett County Senior Officer Pradeep Tamang.
The teen was already in custody at the Fulton County Jail on unrelated charges and now faces a murder count, police say.
A new Cobb County indictment tied to the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center - dubbed "Cop City" by critics - underscores the intensifying legal battle over protest, policing, and power in Georgia.
Atlanta Falcons edge rusher James Pearce Jr. has agreed to enter a pretrial intervention program which his attorneys say will allow him to resolve three felony charges stemming from what police called a domestic dispute on Feb. 7 with his ex-girlfriend Rickea Jackson, a WNBA player.
Prosecutors say Edwin Brant Frost IV defrauded at hundreds of investors, including many grassroots Republicans, of at least $140 million before going bust in 2025.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has activated its 24/7 emergency center in Atlanta to monitor the recent deadly hantavirus outbreak onboard the MV Hondius.
The Georgia Department of Transportation has delayed a major construction project that would have shut down part of Interstate 285 over the weekend.
President Trump said the agreement will swap 1,000 prisoners from each country after Russia and Ukraine announced separate short-term ceasefire plans.
The MV Hondius is currently traveling to the Canary Islands, where the 147 people on board will be methodically off-boarded and flown home.
The Atlanta Dream announced their 2026 WNBA opening night roster this week, headlined by the blockbuster addition of two-time All-Star Angel Reese alongside a returning core that set franchise records just a season ago.