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Cops: Man steals 195 sticks of deodorant
A Cobb County man is accused of trying to stick it to a Target store. Or maybe he just really sweats a lot. Daniel L. Knight, of Marietta, is accused of stealing 195 sticks of deodorant from the Target in Austell, according to an arrest warrant obtained by The Atlanta ...
APD arrests one of its own officers
An off-duty Atlanta police officer was arrested early Friday following a dispute with a security guard at Atlantic Station. Officer Ronald Polzin was charged with disorderly conduct while under the influence and booked into the Municipal Jail, according to Sgt. Greg Lyon with Atlanta police. Polzin was with friends when ...
Lenox Road re-opens near mall
A portion of Lenox Road, near Kingsboro Road, in Buckhead was closed for about an hour Friday afternoon after a suspicious bag was reported, Atlanta police said. A bomb squad being dispatched to the scene and traffic was being routed away from the area, according to Sgt. Greg Lyon. Investigators ...
Man shot, killed outside Stone Mountain apartment
A 27-year-old man died early Friday after being shot outside a DeKalb County apartment, police said. Around 1:10 a.m., officers responded to the Lakes Apartments on West Mountain Street on a report of a person shot, Officer Bob Hillis with Stone Mountain police said. Officers found a 27-year-old man on ...
Buckhead mom gets jail for stealing $80K from PTA
A Buckhead woman who pleaded guilty to stealing $80,000 from an elementary school PTA will spend 90 days behind bars, the Fulton County District Attorney said Friday. Maryam Lari Arjomand, 48, a former president of the E. Rivers Elementary School PTA, was arrested in April 2012 and charged with theft ...
Rockdale deputy accused of child molestation
A Rockdale County sheriff’s deputy was fired Thursday after accused of child molestation.Joseph Robert Harding, 23, of Conyers, was arrested by Conyers police following an investigation into claims that he molested a known juvenile female acquaintance in April, Chief Deputy Scott Freeman with the Rockdale sheriff’s office said.Harding was charged ...
Arrest made in ex-NFL player’s shooting death
An 18-year-old has confessed to killing a former NFL player in DeKalb County over the weekend, police said Thursday. Antonio Deshun Faust, of a Decatur address, told police he’d never met 31-year-old David McMillian before getting a ride with him early Saturday, according to Sgt. W. L. Wallace with DeKalb ...
5-year-old boy sets grandmother’s house on fire
A 5-year-old boy was probably in big trouble Thursday night after setting his grandmother’s house on fire in Cherokee County. Firefighters were called to Blake Drive home, located in the Copper Hills subdivision off Knox Bridge Highway, shortly after 2 p.m., according to Tim Cavender, spokesman for the Cherokee County ...
Dad of slain teen gets 8 years for distributing cocaine
A Gwinnett County man whose drug trafficking may have led to his teenage son’s killing was sentenced to eight years in federal prison Thursday. Nicholas Jackson Sr., of Norcross, was sentenced to 97 months after pleading guilty in February to distributing cocaine. Federal prosecutors contend Jackson was a drug dealer ...
Body of 13-year-old boat wreck victim found in Lake Lanier
The body of 13-year-old Griffin Prince was discovered early Wednesday evening after an arduous nine-day search in the murky depths of Lake Lanier. Griffin and his 9-year-old brother, Jake, were killed June 18 when the pontoon boat driven by the boys' father, Mike Prince, was hit by a fishing boat. ...
3 arrested for ‘bump-and-run’ carjackings
Three convicted felons already on probation have now been linked to a string of Atlanta carjackings, including one in the Buckhead area, Atlanta police said Thursday afternoon. And it’s possible the trio is responsible for similar crimes, according to police. Ronnie Houston, 24, Darius Demond McKenzie, 23, and Sedarius Kenard ...
Police ID person of interest in grandmother’s shooting
Investigators have identified a person of interest in the shooting of a grandmother who was injured as she did a puzzle in her room. But police aren’t sure where to find the 21-year-old. Khyree Q. Houston is wanted for questioning for the May 15 shooting on Clifton Road that injured ...
Cops: 3 used checkbook belonging to dead man’s fiancee
Two days after an Atlanta man was gunned down inside his own home, the checkbook belonging to his fiancee was used at a bank and store, police said Wednesday. Atlanta police released pictures of the three people who allegedly used the checkbook stolen when Jerrick Jackson, 47, was killed May ...
Cobb Parkway re-opens near Cumberland Mall
A suspicious package at a cell phone store temporarily closed a portion of Cobb Parkway near Cumberland Mall during the afternoon rush hour Wednesday. The package was found at the AT&T store, located in a shopping center near the intersection of Cobb Parkway and Akers Mill Road, around 4 p.m. ...
Cops: Banker stole $10,000 from 90-year-old customer
Mary Massey thought she was signing a slip to transfer money from her checking account into her savings account.It turns out the 90-year-old was being tricked into signing a cash withdrawal slip, the Atlanta Police Department said Tuesday. And once the $10,600 was taken from Massey’s account, a bank employee ...
Cops: Banker steals $10K from 90-year-old customer
Mary Massey thought she was signing a slip to transfer money from her checking account into her savings account.Turns out, the 90-year-old was being tricked into signing a cash withdrawal slip, Atlanta police said Tuesday. And once the $10,600 was taken from Massey’s account, a bank employee deposited it into ...
Worker rescued at home of Falcons’ Julio Jones
A worker was temporarily trapped Tuesday afternoon when a retaining wall collapsed at the Gwinnett County home of an Atlanta Falcons player. The man, whose name was not released, was working in a ditch when the wall collapsed around noon, pinning him face down against a concrete wall at the ...
Parapro accused of having sex with special needs student
A parapro at a school for special needs was arrested after allegedly admitting she had sex with a student at her home, according to Gwinnett County police. Kari Lynn Bryan, 38, of Lawrenceville, was arrested Friday and charged with one count of sexual assault, Gwinnett County jail records show. Bryan ...
Police ID suspect in child’s shooting
Atlanta police on Wednesday identified the person believed responsible for shooting a child in the leg. Police are looking for 32-year-old Jacobe Antoine Gilbert. The 8-year-old girl was struck late Monday night in the 1200 block of Gun Club Road, police said. The child was conscious and alert when officers ...
Off-duty APD officer seriously injured in crash
An off-duty Atlanta police officer was seriously injured Monday night in a two-vehicle crash on I-85 northbound, according to Gwinnett County police. The officer, whose name was not released, was on his city-issued motorcycle at the time of the crash, which happened near Beaver Ruin Road, according to Cpl. Jake ...
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