Criminal Justice System

Judge Mary Staley Clark with graduates (from left) James, Jason, John and Joel.

Criminal Justice System October 5, 2021

Five graduate from Cobb County’s Drug Treatment Court

Five participants in the Cobb County Drug Treatment Court graduated Monday. The court is one of four accountability courts, set up as an alternative to incarceration. The news release for…

Criminal Justice System September 30, 2021

Cobb-based group hosts first ceremony to honor homicide victims

By Arielle Robinson Rehoboth Family Services and the loved ones of a man killed in Paulding County honored the National Day of Remembrance for Homicide Victims this past Saturday. The…

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

Criminal Justice System September 29, 2021

Man sentenced to life without parole in mistaken-identity execution style revenge killing in Cobb County

Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D. Broady, Jr. announced the conviction and sentencing of Jamaar Bracey in the execution-style revenge killing of Shawn Gray in the parking lot of a…

Criminal Justice System September 28, 2021

GBI issues statement on its investigation of Marietta police shooting of man armed with bow

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) issued its statement this afternoon after being asked by the Marietta Police Department to investigate an incident in which a man allegedly armed with…

Criminal Justice System September 28, 2021

Man wielding compound bow shot by Marietta police at South Marietta Parkway and Atlanta Street

According to Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department, a man was shot by police this morning while allegedly refusing to drop a compound bow at the intersection of…

Criminal Justice System September 27, 2021

Cobb police seek help in locating missing person

According to a public information release from Sgt. Wayne Delk of the Cobb County Police Department, the department is seeking help in locating 39-year-old Nefirtiti Strothers. We’ve included photos provided…

Criminal Justice System September 27, 2021

Taneesha Marshall to run for open Superior Court seat

Taneesha Marshall, who served as a staff attorney for Superior Court Judge Robert Flournoy III announced her candidacy for the open Superior Court seat in 2022. Judge Flournoy is retiring,…

Criminal Justice System September 27, 2021

Gerald Moore announces run for open Cobb Superior Court seat

Assistant District Attorney and former Cobb Magistrate Court Judge Gerald Moore has announced his campaign for Cobb County Superior Court. Judge Robert Flournoy III is retiring, and the primary and…

Criminal Justice System September 24, 2021

Five sentenced in 2018 murder of Daniel Perez in Kennesaw

Sentences were handed down in the 2018 murder of Daniel Perez, who was killed in the parking lot of a business complex across from North Cobb High School in Kennesaw….

Criminal Justice System September 24, 2021

Cobb Accountability Courts recognized as model courts for Georgia

The Council of Accountability Court Judges selected two of Cobb County’s courts as Model Courts for 2021-2024. The courts selected by the judges were the Cobb County Veterans Accountability and…

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Five graduate from Cobb County’s Drug Treatment Court

Cobb-based group hosts first ceremony to honor homicide victims

Man sentenced to life without parole in mistaken-identity execution style revenge killing in Cobb County

GBI issues statement on its investigation of Marietta police shooting of man armed with bow

Man wielding compound bow shot by Marietta police at South Marietta Parkway and Atlanta Street

Cobb police seek help in locating missing person

Taneesha Marshall to run for open Superior Court seat

Gerald Moore announces run for open Cobb Superior Court seat

Five sentenced in 2018 murder of Daniel Perez in Kennesaw

Cobb Accountability Courts recognized as model courts for Georgia