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Cobb County Police Department Crime Scene Unit vehicle

Criminal Justice System September 23, 2021

Apparent Homicide/Suicide at Powder Springs address

According to a public information release from Sgt. Wayne Delk of the Cobb County Police Department, the department’s Crimes Against Persons Unit is investigating an apparent homicide and suicide that…

Smyrna police headquarters in article about methamphetamine bust

Criminal Justice System September 21, 2021

Defendants sentenced in largest Smyrna methamphetamine bust ever

The U.S. Department of Justice announced in a press release yesterday that three defendants were sentenced in U.S. District Court in connection with Smyrna‘s largest methamphetamine seizure ever. The arrest…

Criminal Justice System September 21, 2021

Coffee with a Cop: Thursday Sept 30 at the Cenacle in Austell

One of the Cobb County Police Department’s periodic Coffee with a Cop events will take place at the Cenacle Coffee & Bistro at 2844 Veterans Memorial Hwy Austell, GA 30168…

Criminal Justice System September 20, 2021

Second fatal shooting by police in Cobb County on suicidal person call in two days

For the second time in two days, a police officer in Cobb County has fatally shot a person when on a call involving a suicidal person. In this case the…

Criminal Justice System September 17, 2021

Cobb police officer fatally shoots man allegedly advancing with knife, GBI investigating

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been asked by the Cobb County Police Department to do an independent investigation of the fatal shooting of Matthew Joseph Wilbanks, 41, of Marietta,…

Arthur Peralta in Cobb Sheriff dress uniform

Criminal Justice System September 16, 2021

ATF special agent chosen as newest Lt. Col. in the Cobb Sheriff’s Office

Sgt. Jeremy Blake, the public information officer for the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office announced that Special Agent in Charge Arthur Peralta from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives…

Criminal Justice System September 14, 2021

GBI investigates shooting death by Cobb police

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced in a public information release that the GBI has been asked to investigate the fatal shooting of a Smyrna man by a Cobb County…

Criminal Justice System September 14, 2021

Unattended gun leads to two children shot in Marietta

According to a public information release from Officer Paul Hill of the Marietta Police Department a man left a handgun on an apartment patio in a complex on Whitlock Avenue…

Criminal Justice System September 8, 2021

Deliberate ramming of vehicle leads to death in Marietta

Sgt Jared Rakestraw of the Marietta Police Department reported in a public information release that charges have been filed against a man who allegedly used his car as a weapon,…

abstract jail bars (created at the Cobb County Courier)

Criminal Justice System September 4, 2021

Canine CellMates moves to Cobb County

By Mark Woolsey A program that utilizes animal shelter dogs to rehabilitate Fulton County jail inmates has set up a physical presence in Cobb County and may explore the possibility…

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