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Cobb County March 14, 2025

Suspected homicide on Pat Mell Road

Sgt. Eric Smith of the Cobb County Police Department distributed the following public information release: On March 13, 2025, at approximately 8:25 AM, uniformed patrol officers of the Cobb County…

Cobb County February 15, 2025

Man sentenced to life without parole for malice murder in Cobb County

By Mark Woolsey A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in the killing of his girlfriend. Charles Franklin Cook was charged with malice murder, felony…

Cobb County February 6, 2025

Man shot and killed on Windy Hill Road

According to a public information release from Officer Aaron Wilson, the Cobb County Police Department responded to a report of a person shot at 2359 Windy Hill Road on February…

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Cobb County November 22, 2024

Man gets life without parole for deadly Acworth home invasion

Cobb County Superior Court Judge Angela Z. Brown sentenced Rodney Jacob Sanders, 26, to life without the possibility of parole in connection with the death of an Acworth man during…

Justice August 19, 2024

Inside the dark world of dognapping

by Ben Stickle, Middle Tennessee State University and Brenda Vose, University of North Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It’s late at night, and a…

real-time crime center with a person seated in front of multiple monitors

Justice August 16, 2024

Real-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains how these advanced surveillance systems work

by Kimberly Przeszlowski, Quinnipiac University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In 2021, a driver in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ran a red light, striking and killing…

Mableton July 3, 2024

Mableton man sentenced to life for rape, child molestation

By Larry Felton Johnson James Westly, 41, of Mableton, was sentenced in Cobb County Superior Court to life in prison on one count of rape, three counts of child molestation….

Marietta police SUV parked at the curb on Marietta Square

Marietta June 18, 2024

Suspect in Marietta homicide captured in Indiana

Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department announced in a public information release that a suspect in the death of 42-year-old Samantha Wollery has been taken into custody. [The…

Mableton May 28, 2024

Home invasion robbery in Mableton Monday evening

Sgt. Eric Smith of the Cobb County Police Department distributed the following public information release about a home invasion robbery in Mableton: The Cobb County Police Department Major Crimes Unit…

Grainy photo of alleged forger Horace C. Gray from a 1910 newspaper

Marietta May 27, 2024

Horace C. Gray: Criminal mastermind or harmless blowhard?

Yesterday we ran a Marietta history article based on a 1910 crime feature from the Atlanta Georgian. The Georgian was a newspaper published from 1906 to 1939. For most of…

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From the Editor March 29, 2025

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