Ex-Richmond County major arrested on sex crimes charges
A former major with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office has been arrested on sex crime charges in connection with a tip sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, authorities say.
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A former major with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office has been arrested on sex crime charges in connection with a tip sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, authorities say.
A domestic dispute turned into a dangerous active-shooter response Tuesday night after a man opened fire on South Fulton police officers, forcing them to take cover until a SWAT team could reach them, city officials said.
After more than 14 years as a fugitive, a Danish researcher has admitted to stealing more than $1 million in federal grant money meant for autism and other public health research.
Tamra Marshon Stewart and Keysha Monique Epps face several charges, Attorney General James Uthmeier announced.
The former Douglas County Sam's Club employee was accused of making more than 100 fraudulent Sprint accounts to steal cellphones.
Mayor Andre Dickens has made his counteroffer to Fulton County in the continued negotiations over the possible purchase of the Atlanta City Detention Center.
Investigators say the music producer was lured to a location because he thought he was picking up two men for a rap studio session that they were invited to. Instead, it turned into a robbery that left the 33-year-old dead.
A Newnan mother and her two teenage daughters are facing criminal charges for an attack with a golf club that sent a 14-year-old to a metro Atlanta hospital, police say.
After several recent acts of violence along the Atlanta Beltline, visitors are discussing how to make the trail safer for the community.
A call from family concerned about a man in Sandy Springs ended with a teenager charged with murder in Cobb County.
Multiple teenagers and one 20-year-old are facing charges after a fight broke out at a Coweta County high school football game, deputies say.
Norcross officials are investigating a ransomware attack that targeted some of the city's computer systems earlier this month
A metro Atlanta rapper has been sentenced to years in federal prison as part of a fraud and identity theft scheme that officials say stole thousands of checks worth millions of dollars.
Clayton County deputies say the 21-year-old man is now in custody at the same jail he tried to bring liquor, weapons, and other contraband into.
A Cedartown police officer has been placed on administrative leave while the department investigates the shooting death of a baby donkey.
Atlanta police are trying to determine what led to the shooting death of a 35-year-old man in downtown Atlanta.
A group of Hall County residents is racing to collect enough signatures to recall Sheriff Gerald Couch following his DUI arrest and a second arrest earlier this year.
Prosecutors described the 14-year-old suspect in the shooting at Warner Robins High School as "a danger to every young person in our community."
The two Minnesota men are known to be paid hitmen for the Somalian Outlawz gang and may be connected to another Georgia shooting, metro Atlanta prosecutors say.
Hailey Bieber's sister Alaia Baldwin Aronow was accused of throwing a tampon at a bartender and hitting a man in the genitals during the incident at the Savannah bar.
Police in Athens-Clarke County have determined that rape allegations, initially reported last week, are unfounded, but a crime did occur.
As debate over Flock cameras continues, Cobb County police hosted the first in a series of Flock Safety town halls Thursday night.
A third suspect in a deadly shooting on Atlanta's Edgewood Avenue may be in New York City and should be considered armed and dangerous, the FBI says.
The girl told investigators that she had tried to walk to school after missing the bus and was persuaded by the man to let him give her a ride, deputies say.
Stacey Humphreys would be the first person executed in Georgia in more than two years.
