Crime & Public Safety

Marietta police SUV parked at the curb on Marietta Square

Traffic incidents September 21, 2025

Marietta police investigating fatal crash on Powder Springs Street

By Mark Woolsey Marietta Police are investigating a Saturday morning crash that left one person dead. Authorities say it happened about 6:40 a.m. on Powder Springs Street near Laurel Springs…

Cobb County Police Department Crime Scene Unit vehicle

Mableton September 17, 2025

Mableton Mayor Owens: homicide death of Pebblebrook student a “heartbreaking loss”

Mableton Mayor Michael Owens calls the killing of Pebblebrook High School student David Daniel a “heartbreaking loss.” Cobb County Police responded to an address on Milam Creek Road shortly after…

Georgia Bureau of Investigation September 16, 2025

Mableton resident promoted to Manager of GBI Trace Evidence section

Kimberly Jewett, a resident of Mableton, was promoted to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Trace Evidence Section manager. She began her career in 2009 as a scientist in the Trace…

photo of Cobb Superior Court building from the front with a blue sky with clouds in the background

Kennesaw September 13, 2025

Sentence handed down in 1997 Kennesaw rape cold case solved via DNA

Cobb District Attorney Sonya F. Allen announced in a public information release that Jerry Lee Pruitt was convicted of kidnapping with bodily injury, rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated assault, burglary and…

Cobb County September 13, 2025

Three teens arrested for East Cobb Waffle House brawl

By Mark Woolsey Three teenagers are facing charges in connection with a brawl at an East Cobb Waffle House this past weekend. Cobb Police say two of the suspects assaulted…

Crime & Public Safety September 13, 2025

Former Cobb DA Joyette Holmes picked to chair the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles

By Mark Woolsey Former Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes has been picked to chair the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, officials announced Thursday. Holmes was selected for the…

Detail of Cobb County Police Department STEP Unit vehicle in article about fatal accident on I-75

Traffic incidents September 11, 2025

Pedestrian fatally struck by auto in Kennesaw

The Cobb County police STEP Unit is investigating the death of a pedestrian who was hit by a car in north Cobb this week. Authorities say the accident happened shortly…

Cobb County September 9, 2025

Cobb police seek suspects in Waffle House brawl

By Mark Woolsey Police are looking for the perpetrators involved in an East Cobb Waffle House brawl early Sunday. Witnesses told Cobb Police a group of apparently rowdy teenagers were…

Cobb County September 9, 2025

Victim identified in decades-old Cobb cold case

By Mark Woolsey Cobb police Cold Case Unit investigators report significant progress in a more than 40-year-old homicide investigation. Police say the body of an unidentified white female was discovered…

Smyrna September 5, 2025

UPDATE Smyrna police and fire investigate fatal apartment blaze

By Mark Woolsey UPDATE: Smyrna police have identified a woman whose body was found inside a burning apartment early Wednesday. Police say they are treating the death of 32-year-old Mary…

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