DeKalb County mother sentenced to life for beating 4-year-old to death
A DeKalb County woman will spend the rest of her life in jail for beating her 4-year-old son to death because he wouldn't use the toilet.
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A DeKalb County woman will spend the rest of her life in jail for beating her 4-year-old son to death because he wouldn't use the toilet.
Authorities have accused the former Athens police officer of producing images depicting child abuse and bestiality.
A Decatur man has pleaded guilty to illegally flying a drone over Truist Park during the 2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
South Fulton Police say the teen was found with a gunshot wound on Tuesday evening on Delano Road. Investigators are still working to determine what led up to the shooting.
Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray's attorneys say they are still waiting for a medical examination to be completed.
An arrest has been made in connection with the theft of a custom Range Rover belonging to NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal, but the high-end SUV is still missing and may have been shipped overseas.
Lawyers for a man facing execution in Georgia argue that an agreement related to the COVID-19 pandemic should protect him from being put to death for now.
Brookhaven police arrested rapper and reality TV personality Erica Breaux — also known as Erica Banks — during a traffic stop on Buford Highway. She's charged with possession of a Schedule II controlled substance with intent to distribute.
Pageant queen Trinity Poague was found guilty of felony murder, aggravated battery, and cruelty to a child in the death of 18-month-old JD Williams.
Georgia State Representative Sharon Henderson is facing federal charges after investigators say she illegally collected nearly $18,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits while serving as an elected official.
An exhibit opening Monday in Atlanta shows a historical marker from the site of a 1918 lynching that was repeatedly vandalized.
Two Tifton police officers were shot in the line of duty on Friday, and state leaders are offering support as the community awaits updates on the investigation.
Police say officers stopped the robbery in progress and arrested the suspect inside the Gainesville bank without incident.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced Wednesday that the state's Gang Prosecution Unit has secured convictions against 16 members of the 1-8 Trey Gangster Bloods.
Billy Joe Cagle, the man accused of planning a mass shooting at the Atlanta airport, is expected to use an insanity defense, court documents reveal.
A person involved in an assault investigation was shot by a Sandy Springs police officer after pulling a gun on law enforcement, officials say.
Exploding-package clips on TikTok might be fake, but the financial hit from real porch piracy in Georgia costs nearly $500 million. Police warn holiday shoppers to stay vigilant and skip the booby traps.
Investigators say the innocent victim was celebrating her birthday with friends at a car meet-up when a shootout between two groups took her life.
Escaped Georgia inmate Timothy Shane is back in custody after a days-long multi-agency manhunt that stretched across Rockdale, Newton, and Henry counties, according to the Newton County Sheriff's Office.
A stolen car ended in arrests Monday afternoon after Brookhaven police say their AI-powered license plate readers picked up a vehicle stolen nearly 700 miles away.
A Decatur woman has pleaded guilty to killing her husband in 2022 after prosecutors uncovered a troubling history of violence, threats, and instability inside the couple's home.
Rockdale County deputies say the search for an escaped inmate intensified Tuesday.
A standoff at a Bartow County home ended with one man shot and killed by deputies, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.
A multi-agency manhunt is underway after a Georgia inmate escaped from Grady Memorial Hospital early Monday morning.
Georgia saw a double-digit number of deadly crashes and hundreds of arrests during the busy Thanksgiving travel season, data reveals.
In several metro Atlanta neighborhoods, residents say safety feels closer to home as police officers move into the communities they serve.
From 2022 to 2024, production spending in Georgia dropped more than a quarter, and the industry has had to get creative to survive.
Emory University has sent an alert about a "police emergency" on campus near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's headquarters.
A Gwinnett County officer's attempt to help with a stalled vehicle ended in a chase and the arrest of a driver wanted on multiple outstanding warrants, officials say.
The number of ICE detainees exceeded 70,000 for the first time in the deportation agency's 23-year history, according to internal DHS data obtained by CBS News.