Cobb County Superior Court

Crime November 3, 2022

Convicted serial robber sentenced to life without parole for eight 2018 robberies in Cobb County compared at the time to “Bonnie and Clyde”

Lashumbia D. Session was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole by Cobb County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Childs after Session was convicted of eight counts of armed robbery….

Michael Syrop (holding award), with Chief Judge Rob Leonard, Judge Ann Harris (left) and Judge Kimberly Childs.

Justice October 5, 2022

Cobb public defender and accountability court defense attorney Michael Syrop becomes Paulding Public Defender

Cobb County Superior Court distributed the following announcement of long-time Cobb public defender Michael Syrop’s move to take the Public Defender position in Paulding County: Cobb Superior Court bid a…

Crime September 1, 2022

Man sentenced to life in prison for malice murder in the planned execution of his roommate

Santos Tomas Vasquez was found guilty of Malice Murder, Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Armed Robbery on August 30 by a Cobb County jury after a three-week trial. Cobb Superior…

Crime August 27, 2022

Man sentenced to 60 years for assault on two-year-old that resulted in permanent traumatic brain injury

Pedro Tamayo, 31, was sentenced to 60 years in prison for an assault that left the two-year-old child of his girlfriend with permanent brain injury. The child’s mother, Alejandro Lopez…

Judges from the Country of Georgia (front) spent a week visiting Cobb Superior Court earlier this month. Several Cobb judges are on the back row, along with representatives of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Courts August 23, 2022

Six judges from the nation of Georgia visit Cobb County Superior Court

Cobb County Superior Court issued the following public information release about a delegation of six trial judges from the nation of Georgia (formerly the Republic of Georgia) to observe our…

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

Cobb County August 17, 2022

Musical chairs in the justice system as Cobb-connected officials get new appointments

Cobb is picking up two Superior Court judges who are very familiar to the county, and at the same time a former Cobb police chief and assistant chief deputy will…

Crime August 9, 2022

Man convicted in Smyrna murder sentenced to life without possibility of parole

According to a public information release from the office of Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D. Broady, Jr., Elias Bustamente, 24, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility…

Crime July 26, 2022

69-year-old Mableton Man sentenced to 20 years, seven to be served in custody, for sexual assault of 12-year-old

A 69-year-old Mableton man was sentenced to 20 years, seven of them to be in custody, with the remainder on supervised probabtion, for a sexual assault on a 12-year-old child…

Crime July 23, 2022

Man sentenced to 40 years, 15 years of the sentence in custody with no parole, for aggravated child molestation

A man who was a soldier at Fort Benning at the time of his arrest has been sentenced to 40 years, with 15 of them to be served in custody…

Cobb County Courts June 25, 2022

Vic Reynolds, Julie Adams Jacobs appointed to the Cobb County Superior Court bench

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced in a press release Friday that he appointed former Cobb District Attorney and current GBI Director Vic Reynolds to fill the unexpired term of retired…

« 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 11 »

Climate and Weather March 14, 2025

Cobb Courier

Your Source for Local News