Crime & Public Safety

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Apalachee High School shooting suspect pleads guilty

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Wellstar agrees to pay $4.25 million in privacy class action deal

$8.45M settlement reached over Atlanta apartment complex fire

Philanthropy shaped Atlanta. Here’s how that legacy endures.

Ex-accountant gets 4 years in $5.3M theft scheme against Children’s Healthcare, feds say

Activists convicted for Russian ties seek landmark free-speech ruling

2 injured in bus shooting after ‘accidental discharge,’ MARTA says

Motion: Gwinnett man was wrongly convicted in ‘shaken baby’ case

After more than two decades in prison, father granted new trial in son’s death

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Former police officer sentenced to prison in hit-and-run death in Atlanta

Godreque Newsom was arrested after his sentencing at the courthouse and has been transferred to the Georgia Department of Corrections’ custody, jail records show.

Ciarre Campbell bond hearing in Fulton County court

NFL player’s brother accused in mother’s Buckhead death to remain in jail

Ciarre Campbell’s attorney withdraws a request for bond Tuesday in Fulton County court.

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Mississippi officials offer too much certainty in Nolan Xavier Wells’ death

Nolan Xavier Wells went with friends for a July 4 excursion in Mississippi and he never came back. Officials say no foul play is suspected, but the quick certainty is unjust.

BREAKING

Apalachee High School shooting suspect pleads guilty

Colt Gray was 14 at the time of the 2024 Georgia high school mass shooting in which two students and two teachers died.

30m ago

Wellstar agrees to pay $4.25 million in privacy class action deal

Wellstar Health System agreed to pay $4.25 million to settle a class action accusing the company of disclosing protected health information to third parties.

$8.45M settlement reached over Atlanta apartment complex fire

The owners and managers of an Atlanta apartment complex destroyed by fire in late 2023 have agreed to pay $8.45 million to settle related lawsuits by affected tenants.

Ex-accountant gets 4 years in $5.3M theft scheme against Children’s Healthcare, feds say

A former accountant was convicted on money laundering charges after hacker stole millions from the children’s hospital system in 2023, according to U.S. Attorney’s office.

Activists convicted for Russian ties seek landmark free-speech ruling

Political activists urged federal appellate judges in Atlanta to overturn their convictions Wednesday in an effort to protect free-speech rights under the U.S. Constitution.

2 injured in bus shooting after ‘accidental discharge,’ MARTA says

Two people were injured after a gun was accidentally discharged late Wednesday on a MARTA bus, transit officials say.

After more than two decades in prison, father granted new trial in son’s death

In 2023, Gwinnett prosecutors offered Danyel Smith the chance to walk out of prison if he admitted killing his son. He rejected the offer.

Former police officer sentenced to prison in hit-and-run death in Atlanta

Godreque Newsom was arrested after his sentencing at the courthouse and has been transferred to the Georgia Department of Corrections’ custody, jail records show.

NFL player’s brother accused in mother’s Buckhead death to remain in jail

Ciarre Campbell’s attorney withdraws a request for bond Tuesday in Fulton County court.

GUEST COLUMN

Mississippi officials offer too much certainty in Nolan Xavier Wells’ death

Nolan Xavier Wells went with friends for a July 4 excursion in Mississippi and he never came back. Officials say no foul play is suspected, but the quick certainty is unjust.