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Earlier this year, we alerted you to a pine straw scam in Putnam County. However, this scam is does not appear to be isolated to one area of the state and has been reported from metro Atlanta to Albany.

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Scam Alert: Pine straw scammers reported throughout Georgia

by Thom ChandlerAugust 4, 2022September 24, 2023

Gwinnett Police responded to a suicide call which turned into a homicide investigation.

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Georgia man charged with murder after telling police his wife shot herself

by Thom ChandlerAugust 4, 2022August 4, 2022

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Mother and daughter found dead in Hall County home

by Thom ChandlerAugust 3, 2022August 3, 2022

Two Barrow County jailers found themselves behind bars Tuesday after a GBI investigation.

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Two Georgia jailers jailed on charges of bribery

by Thom ChandlerAugust 2, 2022September 24, 2023

The Gwinnett Police Department arrested a woman and charged her with robbery by sudden snatching and criminal attempted robbery after she allegedly stole a French bulldog puppy that she had agreed to purchase and attempted to steal another.

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Gwinnett police capture accused puppy snatcher

by Crime ReportsAugust 2, 2022August 2, 2022

A second arrest has been made in the killing of Bradley Coleman last month at a QuikTrip station in Gwinnett County.

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Second arrest made in killing of Bradley Coleman at Peachtree Corners QT station

by Thom ChandlerAugust 2, 2022August 2, 2022

prison fence, razor ribbon, wire

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Fulton County will lease space from Atlanta detention center to combat jail overcrowding

by Thom ChandlerAugust 2, 2022September 24, 2023

A professor at the University of West Georgia has been charged with the murder of a student after a shooting Saturday on Adamson Square in Carrollton.

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Professor charged with murder of 18-year-old University of West Georgia student

by Thom ChandlerAugust 1, 2022August 1, 2022

A 67-year-old Woodstock man was shot by a Cherokee County Sheriff's deputy in the parking lot of a restaurant on Riverstone Parkway in Canton Saturday.

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Woodstock man shot by deputy in Canton

by Thom ChandlerJuly 31, 2022July 31, 2022

Burke County law enforcement officers are investigating a homicide that occurred at 1:40 a.m. Saturday on Claxton Road in Girard.

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One dead after a shooting at a party in Burke County

by Thom ChandlerJuly 30, 2022July 30, 2022

Alert resident thwarts suspected Duluth prowler

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Alert resident thwarts suspected Duluth prowler

by Thom ChandlerJuly 29, 2022September 24, 2023

A 28-year-old Brunswick man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a shootout at the Bamboo Lounge in January that killed one man and injured five more people.

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Arrest made in shootout at Bamboo Lounge in Brunswick

by Thom ChandlerJuly 29, 2022July 29, 2022

A 65-year-old Macon man was shot in the parking lot of the Auto Zone at 905 Shurling Drive Thursday evening.

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65-year-old man shot in parking lot of Macon Auto Zone

by Thom ChandlerJuly 28, 2022July 28, 2022

A Clayton County Police officer was hospitalized last night after she responded to a suicidal person call and was shot by the suspect, who fled to Atlanta.

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Georgia woman shoots Clayton County Police officer

by Thom ChandlerJuly 28, 2022September 24, 2023

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has released new details about the death of a woman while in sheriff's office custody in Hancock County last week.

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GBI: Door of patrol car Brianna Grier fell out of was never closed

by Thom ChandlerJuly 28, 2022July 28, 2022

Rico Laprince Southall has been sentenced for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon following an incident where he was arrested after firing multiple gunshots at a family member on a public road in Cobb County.

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Georgia man gets 7 years in prison for illegally possessing firearms after shooting at family member on Cobb County street

by Crime ReportsJuly 27, 2022September 24, 2023

Jelani Kazmende, Wiley Martin, and Robert Louis Jeffords Jr., have been arraigned on federal charges of dealing firearms without a license, possession of machine guns, possession of unregistered firearms, and conspiracy.

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A convicted felon and two others were charged with trafficking fully automatic ghost guns in Marietta

by Crime ReportsJuly 26, 2022September 24, 2023

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Two teenage sisters shot in Macon Monday night

by Thom ChandlerJuly 26, 2022July 26, 2022