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According to the Clayton County Police Dept., On June 30th at 11:34 P.M., Dennis Reese, a 67-year-old Black male, was last seen at the 20th Block of Fairview Drive.
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Have You Seen Dennis Reese Who Went Missing in Jonesboro?

by Thom ChandlerJuly 1, 2023October 10, 2023

JONESBORO — A search is underway for a missing person in Clayton County. According to the Clayton County Police Dept., On June 30th at 11:34 P.M., Dennis Reese, a 67-year-old Black male, was last seen at the 20th Block of Fairview Drive. Reese, who has been diagnosed with Dementia, is described as 6’01” tall, weighing […]

JONESBORO -- Clayton County Police Officers are searching for 13-year-old Janiyah Willis who went missing on January 31, at 11:25 a.m.
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Have you seen missing 13-year-old Jonesboro girl Janiyah Willis?

by Thom ChandlerFebruary 1, 2023February 1, 2023
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
Romance scams are a type of online fraud in which victims are targeted by individuals posing as potential paramours. The fraudsters create fake online dating profiles, often with photographs of attractive men or women, and use these fake personas to express strong romantic interest in the victims to entice them into sending money under false pretenses. Romance scams frequently target vulnerable individuals who possess significant financial assets, such as retired widows or widowers.
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Georgia man who laundered millions from romance scams gets 25 years in prison

by Crime ReportsOctober 3, 2022September 24, 2023
JONESBORO -- A 7-year-old was killed in a hit-and-run crash in the early morning hours Sunday.
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7-year-old killed in hit-and-run in Clayton County

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 4, 2022September 4, 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
Quantavious Cedron Arnold and Ericka Brewster have been sentenced to federal prison for carrying out a two-week crime spree during which justice department officials say they robbed a bank and fled in a car Arnold had stolen at gunpoint just two days earlier.
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Georgia couple sentenced for two-week crime spree

by Crime ReportsJune 21, 2022September 24, 2023
Larry Edward Foxworth has been charged with two counts of committing a federal hate crime and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence for repeatedly firing a pistol into two convenience stores last summer near his home in what prosecutors say was an attempt to kill victims based on their race, color or national origin.
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Georgia man charged with federal hate crimes in two shootings in Jonesboro

by Crime ReportsMay 18, 2022September 24, 2023
The Clayton County Police Department arrested two men in connection with the theft of a van used by the Clayton County School Police.
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Two arrested for stealing Clayton County School Police van

by Thom ChandlerJanuary 22, 2022January 22, 2022
JONESBORO -- Police in Clayton County are asking for your help finding a missing 14-year-old girl who was last seen at about 4 p.m. at her Mundy's Mill Road home.
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Police search for missing 14-year-old Georgia girl

by Thom ChandlerJanuary 8, 2022January 8, 2022
JONESBORO -- Police in Clayton County are asking for your help finding a missing 16-year-old girl.
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Have you seen this missing 16-year-old Jonesboro girl?

by Thom ChandlerDecember 14, 2021December 14, 2021
JONESBORO -- Clayton County Police Officers responded to the 1600 block of Hearthstone Way in Jonesboro in reference to a missing person Friday afternoon.
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Help find a missing Clayton County boy

by Thom ChandlerDecember 11, 2021December 11, 2021
A Mattie's Call has been issued for a missing 15-year-old with ADHD who went missing from Jonesboro on Nov. 6.
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Mattie’s Call issued for missing 15-year-old boy

by Thom ChandlerNovember 11, 2021November 11, 2021
JONESBORO -- Police in Clayton County are searching for a 14-year-old boy named Zaire Scabdrett who was last seen Wednesday when he left for Jonesboro High School.
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Police search for missing 14-year-old Jonesboro boy

by Thom ChandlerAugust 19, 2021August 19, 2021
A 29-year-old Griffin Man was killed by police Saturday morning after a chase that started in Clayton County ended in neighboring Spalding County.
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Georgia man dead after two-county police chase

by Thom ChandlerJune 6, 2021June 11, 2021
Officer With Badge And Gun
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Stone Mountain woman shot by Clayton County deputy

by Thom ChandlerDecember 14, 2020December 14, 2020

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