Crime

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Crime May 3, 2022

Man convicted of shooting another man in argument over an Uno game

In a public information release, Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D. Broady, Jr. announced that Taylor Grant, 34 was found guilty of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during…

Crime April 29, 2022

Arrest made in Delk Road car/motorcycle crash

This is an update to an earlier story. Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department reports that the driver of the 2018 Honda Accord who changed lanes into the…

Crime April 28, 2022

Man sentenced to life without parole for two armed robberies, aggravated assault, on Windy Hill Rd and South Cobb Drive

Sergio Hernandez, also known as Garzeta Adal and Maya Sergio, was convicted by a Cobb County jury of of a list of charges including armed robbery and aggravated assault, and…

Crime April 27, 2022

Man sentenced to fifteen years for serious injury crash on South Cobb Drive at Cooper Lake Road

Howard Wright, 46, was sentenced to fifteen years, two years to be served, the remainder on probation, for a high-speed crash on South Cobb Drive that occurred in 2019. The…

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Crime April 23, 2022

Cobb DA’s office issues statement in observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

The Cobb County DA’s office issued the following statement in observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: April 22, 2022 – Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D. Broady, Jr. observes…

Crime April 23, 2022

Man sentenced to life without parole for murder of girlfriend in Marietta

According to a public information release from the office of Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D. Broady Jr., Willie Felix Thompson, 63, was found guilty in a jury trial of…

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Crime April 20, 2022

Use of Civil War-era law used to challenge Marjorie Taylor Greene candidacy a longshot

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]April 20, 2022 It’s not unusual for a candidate’s qualifications to be challenged before a…

Crime April 19, 2022

Marietta man pleads guilty on RICO charges, covering up the murder of his business partner, and solicitation of murder

Cobb County District Attorney Flynn Broady, Jr. announced that on April 8, Ross Byrne, 58, a former business partner in a bakery, pleaded guilty on charges of “Violation of the…

Crime April 7, 2022

GBI to investigate fatal shooting by Cobb County police of man suspected in Sunday’s Cumberland Mall gunfire

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation issued a statement about their investigation of a fatal shooting by officers of the Cobb County Police Department. The man who was shot was suspected…

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Crime March 18, 2022

Smyrna man sentenced to 6+ years in connection with romance scam

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a Smyrna man, Oluwadamilare Kolaogunbule, entered a guilty plea on charges of money laundering in connection with a romance scam and was sentenced…

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