Cobb County Sheriff’s Office

Cobb Sheriff's Office vehicle at Cobb government office in article about evictions

Crime & Public Safety November 11, 2026

Former Cobb sheriff’s deputy drowns in Murray County flooding

By Mark Woolsey State emergency management officials say the woman who drowned in last week’s flooding in Northwest Georgia was a former Cobb County sheriff’s deputy. The Murray County Coroner’s…

Major Jacob Huval, Sheriff Craig D. Owens Sr., Chief Deputy Rhonda W. Anderson and Greg Piper, spokesperson for GUARDIAN RFID, participate in a media Q&A during an Oct. 28 press conference highlighting new safety-check technology at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center.

Crime & Public Safety October 30, 2026

Cobb sheriff replaces paper jail logs with digital inmate tracking

Photo above provided by the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office: Major Jacob Huval, Sheriff Craig D. Owens Sr., Chief Deputy Rhonda W. Anderson and Greg Piper, spokesperson for GUARDIAN RFID, participate…

Sign for the Cobb County Adult Detention Center facility

Crime & Public Safety September 26, 2026

Detainee Attacks Deputy at Cobb County Adult Detention Center

By Mark Woolsey A Cobb County Sheriff’s deputy is recovering from “significant” injuries after he was attacked by a detainee at the county adult detention center. Authorities say the detainee…

Crime & Public Safety August 1, 2026

Scammers Pose as Cobb County Law Enforcement, Officials Warn

Law enforcement impersonation scam targets families of jail detainees By Mark Woolsey The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office and commissioner Monique Sheffield (in her monthly newsletter) are urging residents to be alert…

Crime & Public Safety July 28, 2026

Detainee dies at Cobb Adult Detention Center

By Mark Woolsey The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office says a 64-year-old jail detainee died this week after suffering an apparent heart attack. Officials say Robert Hardy was found in cardiac…

Cobb County Superior Court, a brick building with a steepled clock tower

Crime & Public Safety July 19, 2026

Cobb County Attorney Among Four Indicted in Alleged Jail Contraband Scheme

[The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding or redacting the name of suspects unless and until the person is convicted in a court of law or enters a…

Crime & Public Safety July 9, 2026

Cobb Deputy shoots, kills dog while serving arrest warrant

By Mark Woolsey The Cobb County Sheriff’s office is investigating a deputy-involved animal shooting on Wednesday. Sheriff’s officials say the deputy shot and killed what was described as an aggressive dog…

Crime & Public Safety June 10, 2026

21 graduate from Sheriff’s Office training academy

Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens had a no-nonsense message for 21 people graduating from the sheriff’s first-ever training academy class. His message: being first brings great responsibility. “You will define…

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News Brief May 27, 2026

Man dead after reportedly swept away by fast-moving currents in Noonday Creek

By Mark Woolsey Cobb County authorities have located the body of a Woodstock man who was swept away in Noonday Creek. Cobb police say they were called to an address on Shallowford…

Crime & Public Safety May 1, 2026

Cobb jail to be without hot water May 4 while boilers are replaced

The Cobb Sheriff’s Office distributed the following announcement about a scheduled temporary outage of hot water at he Cobb County Adult Detention Center: The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office will be…

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