The 30 Deep gang member alleged to have fired the gun that killed a popular Grant Park bartender will not be released from prison any time soon, according to a spokesman with the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles. A petition requesting that Johnquavious Hood remain incarcerated until Dec.

A theology student said two men robbed him at gunpoint early Sunday near the Atlanta University Center campus. It was one day after two Spelman College students were among five people robbed at gunpoint at a park west of the campus. The Interdenominational Theological Center student said he was walking home from a friend's house around 4 a.

Jacob Zimmerman's future was brimming with promise: He had an acceptance letter to Georgia Tech in hand and a shot at becoming his high school class valedictorian. A can of spray paint could change all that. Zimmerman, 17, could wind up a felon because of a high school prank that spiraled out of control.

Police say drug activity and people who can’t get along are the two primary reasons behind Gwinnett County’s recent spate of killings. So far this year, there have been 17 homicides, more than halfway to last year’s total of 28 with nine months left in 2012.

Atlanta police have put out an alert for an “armed and dangerous” 42-year-old man who allegedly kidnapped, robbed and assaulted a woman he was angry with because she didn’t want to date him. At about 11 p.m. March 9, Jerrell Berger abducted the woman and drove her around the Atlanta area, police said.

The man accused of fatally shooting Atlanta rapper Slim Dunkin was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury, the Fulton County District Attorney's Office announced. Rapper Vinson Hardimon, 29, also known as Young Vito, was formally charged with murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Editor's Note: This is the first in a five-part series on accountability courts — intensive programs lasting a year or more in which defendants must prove that they 
can abide 
by the law. An Alpharetta mom so amped up on meth she spent eight hours cleaning her oven with Q-tips.

The verdict is in: It’s a worthy successor to “All My Children,” better than “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” . . . From metro Atlanta to the far reaches of cyberspace, people are glued to their TVs, computer screens and smartphones, devouring every salacious detail, every hint of duplicity in the Hemy Neuman trial.

Allegations of racketeering, gun theft and embezzlement from one of the nation’s largest firearms distributors will all be aired in court beginning Tuesday, when the former general counsel for Glock Inc. stands trial in Cobb County. Paul Jannuzzo, 55, could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of the theft and racketeering charges for which he was indicted in 2009.

On a day where almost everything went wrong, Atibi Thomas and Keith Roach were lucky about one thing when they met nearly two years ago: Roach wore his bulletproof vest. If Roach had removed the vest when he ended his shift as an Atlanta police officer at 
3 p.

Proposed legislation would allow Georgians convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol to erase their record if they go five years without another driving infraction of any sort. Rep. Rusty Kidd, I-Milledgeville, said some people who make the mistake of driving drunk once have to live with a lifetime of problems, such as being disqualified from jobs or scholarships.

An apartment complex groundskeeper coldly recounted how he enticed 7-year-old Jorelys Rivera to a vacant unit, molested and then killed her before entering a negotiated guilty plea on Tuesday. Ryan Brunn, 20, was sentenced to life without parole for murdering Jorelys.

The owner of an upscale Virginia-Highland clothing boutique that was targeted by blue jean bandits early Tuesday said he would not be deterred by the second smash-and-grab burglary in as many days. The first burglary happened about 3:30 a.m. Monday at the 310 Rosemont boutique on North Highland Avenue just north of Virginia Avenue.

The legacy left in Georgia by Michael Vick may not be confined merely to his accomplishments on the football field. Authorities say the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback’s dogfighting conviction in 2007 drew an inordinate amount of attention to the crime, leading to numerous dogfighting arrests and convictions that are still continuing today.

The driver of a vehicle that police said struck and injured a child near the Georgia Dome after Sunday’s Falcons game has been charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident. The 5-year-old child was taken to a local hospital in stable condition after the accident, which happened Sunday evening at the intersection of Northside Drive and Ivan Allen Jr.

Authorities said Wednesday they have solved the case of a 13-year-old girl who disappeared from Warner Robins in 1974. They say Ima Jean Sanders was the victim of serial killer Paul John Knowles. Skeletal remains found in a wooded area off Ga. 96 in April 1976 recently were matched to the girl, said Gary Rothwell, special agent in charge of the GBI’s Perry office.

Armed with reports of a recent spate of crimes, including the Monday morning beating and robbery of a Georgia Tech student off campus, some Tech students will renew the annual fight today for the right to carry handguns on campus. The Georgia Tech College Republicans will demonstrate on campus in partnership with Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, a pro-carry organization that has coordinated similar efforts at campuses around the country.

It’s anyone’s guess now whether methamphetamine production is rising or falling in Georgia. That’s because a funding flap in Washington has thrown what was previously the best system for counting clandestine meth labs into uncertainty. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, which used to track the number of meth labs by counting the number of requests for financial assistance from local law enforcement agencies, can no longer rely on that method.

Friday mornings in Superior Court Judge Brian Amero’s courtroom are as much about dispensing life lessons as exacting justice. Recently, the Henry County judge met with four drug addicts taking part in an innovative rehabilitation program created by Amero to get them well while saving taxpayers money.

Georgia Tech police released Thursday a sketch of a suspect sought in the rape of a student. A student reported being raped at 6:45 p.m. Nov. 10 in the 700 block of Fowler Street N.W., police said in a press release. The victim described the suspect as being Hispanic, about 40 years old, 5-feet-9 and weighing 175 pounds.

Georgia Tech police continued to search Friday for the man who allegedly raped a female student behind a fraternity house early Thursday evening. Police said the attack reportedly happened about 6:40 p.m. in a fenced area at the rear of the Sigma Nu fraternity house at 750 Fowler St.

Downtown students and their expensive electronics provide what Georgia State University’s police chief calls a “target-rich environment” for predators, and predators are working overtime. On Wednesday around 4 p.m. a thief jerked the iPad out of a GSU student’s hands as he stood in front of the Aderhold Learning Center; another student’s cellphone was snatched Monday afternoon as she walked near the school, bringing robberies of GSU students to five in two weeks.

Federal immigration authorities are targeting 1,256 state prisoners convicted of murder, rape and other offenses for possible deportation, documents obtained under Georgia’s Open Records Act show. The strain illegal immigrants are placing on Georgia’s prisons and other taxpayer-funded resources is at the center of the debate over the state’s tough new immigration law.

A burglar who ignored a warning blast from a shotgun was shot in the leg early Thursday after breaking into a mansion on West Paces Ferry Road in Buckhead, police said. Atlanta police dispatchers received a call shortly after 2 a.m. about a burglar inside the home, which sits well off West Paces Ferry near Northside Drive.

A Lawrenceville man was indicted for sexting with a 13-year-old girl, according to court records. A Gwinnett County grand jury last week charged Carlos Daniel Matos with enticing a child for indecent purposes. Police said that from March to April the girl, reportedly a student at Twin Rivers Middle School in Buford and now 14, was exchanging text messages with the 26-year-old Matos.

A burglary suspect was killed early Sunday when the stolen car he was driving ran off a Carroll County road and struck a tree, authorities said. Channel 2 Action News reported that a police officer spotted the suspect driving the wrong way on Ga. 16 near Mount Zion Road just after midnight.

A tenant at a southwest Atlanta townhome turned the tables on a group of armed home invaders early Thursday when he grabbed his own gun and shot one of the intruders in the back. The shootout happened on Rozie Way, in a neighborhood off Fairburn Road.

For 13 years, Gene Ingram has watched the comings and goings of people in his mobile home park community near Woodstock from his perch on a neighborhood curb. These days, the 76-year-old retiree also sees the occasional drug hand-off and home break-in.

For years, Todd Free – an Army veteran from a good, hardworking Gainesville family – was in and out of jail. Drugs, stealing and the wild life were ruining his life. Facing jail time again four years ago, Free got lucky. He was directed to Hall County’s mental health court, which got him to agree to medical treatment for his bipolar disorder, to counseling and vocational training.

I’ve done this a dozen times before. On Wednesday, I was a media witness to Troy Anthony Davis' execution. Each one is easier than the one before but each one leaves a mark of some sort. My first one was the 1996 electrocution of a triple murderer. Unlike the 11 that followed, Larry Lonchar had confessed his crimes, said he wanted to take his punishment.

A Conyers kindergarten teacher shot several times Tuesday morning outside a Rockdale County daycare facility had just filed for divorce from her husband, who has confessed to shooting his estranged wife and 10-year-old stepdaughter, an official said.

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday said it had considered all the information in Troy Anthony Davis' case and carefully considered it before denying the condemned inmate clemency. "The board members have not taken their responsibility lightly and certainly understand the emotions attached to a death penalty case," the board said in a statement released today.

A man was pistol-whipped and his wife burned during a violent overnight home invasion at a home in south Fulton County. The incident happened late Sunday night on Halcyon Drive, in a neighborhood off Butner Road. Channel 2 Action News reported that the couple arrive home from a movie and were met by three masked men who accosted them when they opened their garage.

A traffic stop on a van with a headlight out early Thursday led to the arrests of three men for a drive-by shooting a in northeast Atlanta and the confiscation of an assault rifle allegedly used in the shooting. Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones told the AJC that a Zone One sergeant was patrolling Joseph E.

A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who torched a business near Norcross early Friday. An arsonist started the blaze shortly after midnight at Envios La Familia Peruana in the 7000 block of Jimmy Carter Boulevard, according to Gwinnett fire Capt.

A Douglas County teenager accused of killing his great-grandmother with a Samurai sword had his initial appearance before a Superior Court judge on Wednesday. Gevin Allen Prince, who turned 15 on Aug. 11, answered politely, telling Judge Robert James that he understood the charges against him – malice murder and four counts of aggravated assault.

A man was shot and critically wounded in southwest Atlanta early Tuesday, police said. Atlanta police Capt. Van Hobbs told Channel 2 Action News that three men were sitting on a bench at a bus stop outside the CVS pharmacy on Metropolitan Parkway when they were approached by three other men.

The GBI has joined the search for the killer of a cab driver who was fatally shot Sunday in East Point. "Assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Scene unit was requested and agents from the GBI are actively assisting East Point Police Department detectives with this investigation," East Point police said in a statement.

Authorities say they have evidence linking a hacksaw to the man accused of killing and dismembering Mercer University law school graduate Lauren Giddings. The Telegraph of Macon reported Thursday that the arrest warrant served on 25-year-old Stephen Mark McDaniel says investigators found packaging material from the saw inside his apartment.

Police are looking for a pair of burglars who knocked a hole in the back wall of a northwest Atlanta dollar store early Tuesday, taking electronics, school uniforms, candy and other items. Atlanta police Sgt. Scott Jones told the AJC that the burglary occurred shortly after 4:30 a.

After his father died in 2008, Richard Joseph “Rick” Daly never failed to cut his mother's lawn each weekend. His daughter, Amber Wright, suggested hiring a teenager, but Daly insisted on doing it himself.  "He said it was his job." The oldest of six children, Daly took care of his little brothers and sisters the same way, working as a teenager at a Lakewood convenience store and bringing home a gallon of milk and a bag of Oreos each week.

Detail by emerging detail, the Midtown lunch-hour killing of Brittney Fox Watts only grew more baffling -- and more deeply unsettling -- Monday. Just as she was an unlikely victim -- a bubbly 26- year-old delighted with her life and only recently returned to her hometown -- the suspect was an unlikely killer: not only a security guard but the church-going son of a high-achieving family, including a mother who is an attorney versed in death-penalty law.

Police have yet to confirm whether the suspect in Friday's Midtown shooting specifically targeted the woman who was slain. It seems unlikely security guard Nkosi Thandiwe would've known 26-year-old Brittney Watts, who transferred from 22squared's Tampa office only last month.

The search continued on Monday for the suspects who terrorized an east Cobb County family during a home invasion. Around 10:30 p.m. Friday, police were called to a home in the 700 block of Oak Trail Drive, where the family said four armed men wearing black masks over their faces and all-black clothing entered the house, Cobb County Police spokesman Dana Pierce said.

A Department of Homeland Security inspector says someone broke into his DeKalb County home and stole several guns. Security Inspector Loucious Sheppard told WSB-TV he had at least five guns stolen from his home in Ellenwood, including his service weapon.

Police are appealing for the public's help in solving a year-old Dunwoody double murder case. Firefighters found Roger and Dorothy Abbott dead in their home on Peeler Road on July 1, 2010, after a neighbor noticed smoke coming from the house and called 911.

Thieves targeting high-dollar hair extensions smashed their way into a southwest Atlanta beauty supply store early Thursday in the second such burglary on the southside in recent weeks. Thursday's incident happened about 4:30 a.m. at the Beauty Master store at 3031 Headland Drive SW near Greenbriar Parkway, according to Atlanta police.

Police are searching for two people who bound an 85-year-old woman with duct tape and robbed her inside her southwest Atlanta apartment. Julia Phillips told police she tried to fight off the man who broke into her home Saturday evening and stole her two flat-screen televisions, Channel 2 Action News reported.

Georgia's top court has suspended a former public defender who was charged with exposing himself to the 16-year-old daughter of a friend. The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended Robbie Levin's law license for 24 months. Levin pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges and was sentenced in 2010 to 40 days in prison and a year of probation.

A fugitive wanted in a DeKalb County killing, who had been on the run for 10 months, has been captured in El Paso, Texas, Channel 2 Action News reports. Deanthony Hartsfield, 22, is in the DeKalb County Jail now. He's accused of fatally shooting 18-year-old Dominique George during a home invasion robbery at an Avondale Estates apartment last June.