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Peter Bilardello, a former Cobb County Deputy Sheriff assigned to the agency’s Sex Offender Unit, has been sentenced to federal prison for distributing child pornography online after entering a guilty plea to the charge in August 2022.

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Former Cobb County deputy gets 5 years in prison for distributing child pornography

by Crime ReportsDecember 2, 2022September 24, 2023

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is searching for a 28-year-old woman who is wanted for a murder that occurred last month in Lee County.

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GBI searches for 28-year-old Georgia woman wanted for murder

by Thom ChandlerDecember 2, 2022December 2, 2022

Legal system, mallet of judge

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Former Georgia state employee sentenced to 5 years in prison for fraud

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceDecember 2, 2022September 24, 2023

ATLANTA -- Atlanta police have released surveillance footage of a group of individuals that were present during the Sunday, Nov. 26 shooting at 1371 Market Street near Atlantic Station.

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Surveillance video of suspects in shooting near Atlantic Station released

by Thom ChandlerNovember 30, 2022September 24, 2023

Fence with barbed wire

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35-year-old female inmate dies at Bacon County Jail

by Thom ChandlerNovember 30, 2022November 30, 2022

A Georgia police officer has been arrested by the GBI on drug conspiracy charges.

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Georgia police officer arrested on drug conspiracy charges

by Thom ChandlerNovember 29, 2022November 29, 2022

BROOKHAVEN -- Brookhaven Police investigators have arrested 25-year-old Anthony Freshwater of Peachtree Corners, Georgia in connection to two antisemitic graffiti incidents along Dresden Drive.

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25-year-old Peachtree Corners Man Arrested After Antisemitic Graffiti Incidents in Brookhaven

by Thom ChandlerNovember 29, 2022October 10, 2023

Officers responded to the 900 block of South Slappey Boulevard in reference to a pedestrian involved hit-and-run at about 10:48 p.m.

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Pedestrian and bicyclist injured by hit-and-run driver in Albany

by Thom ChandlerNovember 28, 2022September 24, 2023

SAVANNAH -- The FBI Laboratory Division has confirmed through DNA analysis that the bones found in the Superior Landfill in Chatham County are those of missing 20-month-old Quinton Simon.

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FBI confirms bones found in landfill were missing Savannah toddler Quinton Simon

by Thom ChandlerNovember 28, 2022November 28, 2022

BUFORD -- A 44-year-old Buford woman is dead following a domestic disturbance at a home on Ivy Stone Trail in Buford.

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Police: A Buford man killed his wife, then himself. A school aged child was in the home

by Thom ChandlerNovember 27, 2022November 27, 2022

A father and daughter are dead after Clayton County police say the man shot and killed his daughter before killing himself following a police chase.

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Father and daughter die in Thanksgiving Day murder-suicide

by Thom ChandlerNovember 25, 2022November 25, 2022

Blakely Police Officer Robert Tyler Vaughn, of Clay County, was arrested and charged in both Clay and Early Counties with one count of sexual exploitation of children and one count of violation of oath of office by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit.

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Georgia police officer charged with sexual exploitation of children

by Thom ChandlerNovember 23, 2022November 23, 2022

The News: Three Georgia teenagers have been arrested and each charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault (3 counts), armed robbery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, violation of the street gang terrorism and prevention act (a) (7 counts), and violation of the street gang terrorism and prevention act (b) (7 counts).

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3 Georgia teens arrested and charged with murder

by Thom ChandlerNovember 23, 2022November 23, 2022

Todd and Julie Chrisley have been sentenced to 12 and seven years, respectively, in federal prison after a jury convicted them of bank and tax fraud offenses following a nearly three-week jury trial.

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Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley sentenced to prison for tax fraud

by Crime ReportsNovember 23, 2022September 24, 2023

The GBI has arrested and charged Camden County Corporal Correction Officer Mason Garrick, age 23, of Bryceville, Florida, Camden County Deputies Ryan Biegel, age 24, and Braxton Massey, age 21, both from Kingsland, Georgia, with one count of battery and one count of violation of oath of public office.

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Three Camden County officers arrested after jail battery incident

by Thom ChandlerNovember 22, 2022November 22, 2022

As a result of a recent investigation, the Gwinnett Police Department has arrested multiple gang members and associates obtaining 73 felony arrest warrants, including many gang-related charges, with the assistance of the Special Investigation Section Gang Unit and K9 Unit.

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Home shooting incident in Gwinnett leads to major gang bust

by Crime ReportsNovember 22, 2022November 22, 2022

LITHONIA -- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an investigation into a police shooting in DeKalb County. The DeKalb County Police Department asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on November 21, 2022.

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DeKalb Police kill man who opened fire on officers

by Thom ChandlerNovember 22, 2022November 22, 2022

The shelter-in-place order for the area near the Home Depot in Lovejoy has been lifted.

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Clayton County shelter-in-place order lifted, suspect in custody

by Thom ChandlerNovember 21, 2022November 21, 2022