http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs Brief articles about law & order in your community. en-us jprovano@ajc.com 2008-07-03T05:05:39-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Brief articles about law & order in your community. http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2008.07.03.5022703.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs A man was shot repeatedly by an apparent would-be assassin Wednesday night inside a southwest Atlanta Starbucks. Witnesses say a gunman walked into the coffee shop and shot a man sitting at a table point-blank four times. A second man... 5022703@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ Atlanta / South Fulton 2008-07-03T05:05:39-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.09.07.193399.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs Atlanta police Friday were investigating the death of a man whose body was found alongside a building in northwest Atlanta. The unidentified man, found about 10 a.m. in the 2400 block of Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, had suffered a gunshot... 193399@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ Atlanta / South Fulton 2007-09-07T12:33:48-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.09.05.193480.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs Fulton County police Wednesday were investigating an overnight home invasion robbery at a house in a new Johns Creek neighborhood. Police dispatchers said no injuries were reported in the midnight incident on Aspen Forest Drive, in the Andover Park subdivision.... 193480@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ North Fulton 2007-09-05T16:01:43-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.09.04.192513.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs Fulton County police Tuesday were investigating an early-morning drive-by shooting that left one person dead. The shooting occurred shortly before 1 a.m. on Fulton Industrial Boulevard at Shirley Drive, just south of I-20, according to police dispatchers. Investigators have not... 192513@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ Atlanta / South Fulton 2007-09-04T08:48:26-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.09.03.192444.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs A Marietta man who was speeding in the early morning hours of Labor Day died after veering into oncoming traffic in Cobb County. Police say Glen E. Jolissaint, 25, was headed north on Barrett Parkway just south of Macland Road... 192444@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ Cobb 2007-09-03T12:51:28-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.08.30.191802.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs Burglars drove a minivan through the front doors of a southwest Atlanta convenience store early Thursday in a failed burglary attempt, police said. Atlanta police spokesman James Polite said an officer drove up on the incident just after the van... 191802@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ Atlanta / South Fulton 2007-08-30T13:22:14-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.08.29.191458.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs Gwinnett County police Wednesday were investigating an early-morning wreck that left a motorcyclist dead. The wreck occurred shortly after 1 a.m. on Pleasant Hill Road at Corley Place near Lawrenceville. Gwinnett police Cpl. Robert Rude said a 1996 Mazda pickup... 191458@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ Gwinnett 2007-08-29T08:29:39-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.08.24.190356.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs A pedestrian was critically injured Friday when he was hit by several vehicles in DeKalb County, police said. DeKalb police dispatchers said the incident happened shortly before 6:30 a.m. on Memorial Drive near Covington Highway. The name of the person... 190356@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ DeKalb / Rockdale 2007-08-24T06:44:05-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.08.23.190071.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs Johnson Ferry Road in Cobb County has been reopened after being shut down during Thursday’s morning commute by a wreck that left power lines down in the roadway. No serious injuries were reported when a car hit a utility pole... 190071@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ Cobb 2007-08-23T08:45:10-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.08.16.188219.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs DeKalb County police Thursday were investigating a predawn shooting at an apartment complex that left one person dead. Police dispatchers said the shooting occurred shortly before 6 am., during an apparent robbery at the Wynscape Apartments in the 2900 block... 188219@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ DeKalb / Rockdale 2007-08-16T07:09:29-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.08.15.187904.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs No injuries were reported Wednesday morning in a wreck involving a school bus on Memorial Drive near I-285, Dekalb County police dispatchers said. The bus was rear-ended by a car shortly before 7 a.m. at Memorial Drive and Camp Circle,... 187904@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ DeKalb / Rockdale 2007-08-15T07:46:50-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.08.13.187313.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs MARTA’s Lenox rail station was closed during Monday’s morning commute after a person died inside the station. The person died, apparently from natural causes, on the platform of the station, which is on the Northeast rail line, a MARTA spokeswoman... 187313@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ Atlanta / South Fulton 2007-08-13T10:37:22-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.08.13.187288.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs Gwinnett County police Monday morning were investigating an overnight shooting at a Duluth apartment that left a man dead. The victim’s girlfriend called 911 about 10:30 p.m. Sunday to report the shooting, which occurred at the Charleston at Sweetwater complex... 187288@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ Gwinnett 2007-08-13T06:26:02-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.08.08.186549.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs One person was shot and killed in an apparent home invasion robbery attempt at a duplex in the heart of the Atlanta University Center Wednesday night. The victim was not a college student, and the shooting did not take place... 186549@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ Atlanta / South Fulton 2007-08-08T23:46:06-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.08.07.186067.html?cxntfid=blogs_cop_briefs Cobb police have identified the man whose body was found in a parking lot on Fontaine Road as Robin Crankshaw, 47, of Douglasville. His body was spotted about 7:40 a.m. Tuesday in the parking lot of the Jackson Auto Center... 186067@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/ Cobb 2007-08-07T12:49:26-05:00