Marcus K. Garner

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Marcus K. Garner is a reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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DeKalb Police Chief Cedric Alexander at the scene of an investigation on Sept. 3, 2013. Alexander arrived at the department in April looking to halt a troubling history of embarrassing and sometimes criminal officer misconduct that had damaged the agency’s reputation.

New DeKalb chief wants to raise expectations, restore department’s swagger

DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander arrived at the department in April looking to halt a troubling history of embarrassing and sometimes criminal officer misconduct that had damaged the agency’s reputation. But a recent string of misconduct revelations – the latest being an officer admitting he took a bribe after ...

Victoria Rickman (entering courtroom) was denied bond Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 by Judge Courtney L. Johnson in DeKalb County Superior Court in Decatur.

No bond for Atlanta woman accused of killing ex-fiance

An Atlanta woman accused of shooting her ex-fiancé in the back at least 10 times won’t be released on bond, a judge ruled Friday.Victoria Rickman is charged with felony murder in the Sept. 13 death of William Carter, Jr., in a case that has reflects a dramatic history between the ...

Javaris Crittenton was booked into Fulton County Jail on Thursday night, Sept. 15, 2011, after being brought back from Los Angeles to face charges stemming from a woman’s shooting death in Atlanta.

Judge imposes curfew on ex-Georgia Tech hoopster charged with murder

Former Georgia Tech basketball standout Javaris Crittenton must remain home every night until his murder trial after allegedly intimidating the prosecutor of his case, a judge ruled Thursday. And the recording of a jailhouse phone call in which Crittenton claimed to want to beat up the prosecutor was key in ...

Sherlita Patton and Antwon "Big Boi" Patton attend a film premiere in 2007.

Big Boi’s wife files for divorce

The wife of Atlanta hip hop star Big Boi filed for divorce on Wednesday, according to court documents. Antwon A. Patton, one half of the Grammy Award-winning duo OutKast, married Sherlita M. Patton in February 2002, and the two are currently separated, according to court documents. The divorce complaint, filed ...

Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, accused of slapping a toddler on a Delta Air Lines flight early this year pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday afternoon.

Man pleads guilty to slapping toddler on Delta flight

The man accused of slapping a toddler on a Delta Air Lines flight early this year pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday afternoon. Joe Rickey Hundley agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors in which he could serve up to six months in federal prison, instead of a maximum one-year ...

U.S. Park Ranger J. Baldwin walks across the boat ramp at McGinnis Ferry Road in Johns Creek as law enforcement and rescue personnel tend to the body of a man found in the Chattahoochee River by two kayakers Monday afternoon, Sept. 30, 2013.

Body found in Chattahoochee River ID’d

Authorities have identified the Sugar Hill man whose body was found floating in the Chattahoochee River on Monday. Omar Hugh Richards, 29, had been missing since Sept. 22, Johns Creek spokesman Doug Nurse said. Richards’ body was found in the river snagged in a fallen tree by a pair of ...

Arrest made in Gwinnett shooting death

An arrest has been made in the August shooting death of a Gwinnett County man, authorities said.Carlos Garcia-Viera was wanted by police in connection with the shooting death of Diego Rojo Ramirez.New York City police last week arrested the 39-year-old Garcia-Viera on what Gwinnett police officials called an unrelated “minor” ...

Rapper Ca$h Out performs during BET's 106 And Park 2013 New Years Eve Party at BET Studios on Dec. 17, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Atlanta rapper Ca$h Out: I wasn’t robbed

Imagine waking up to learn you’d been robbed. Not the “somebody broke into my house” robbed, but rather a “word on the street” robbed. That’s what happened Monday to Atlanta hip-hop artist, Ca$h Out. “I wake up this morning and they calling me talking ’bout I got robbed,” the rapper ...

Third person arrested in beating of 80-year-old

A third person has been arrested in the beating earlier this month of an 80-year-old East Point man. Ricky Wilcoxson, 20, was taken into custody late Monday morning by the U.S. Marshals working with the East Point Police Department, Channel 2 Action News reports. Police say Creston Portis was returning ...

No bond for Dunwoody man accused of throwing man from balcony

A Dunwoody man charged with murder was denied bond Friday by a DeKalb County judge, court officials said. Barrett Ricks is accused of throwing Isaac C. Herrington from the balcony of Ricks’ fifth-floor apartment in late August. Ricks’ attorney Jay Abt told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that his 24-year-old client was ...