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Georgia March 15, 2023

Georgia House panel advances Kemp-backed bill to toughen gang penalties

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 13, 2023 Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s gang crackdown legislation is on track to…

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Vinings March 15, 2023

Cobb police investigate shooting in Vinings

The Cobb County Police Department is investigating a shooting in Vinings that investigators believe began with the suspect’s intervention in a domestic dispute. The incident occurred Tuesday at around 8:30…

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Kennesaw Police Department October 17, 2022

Man arrested after allegedly moving body of deceased woman from Kennesaw to Acworth

The Kennesaw Police Department arrested a 27-year-old man for Concealing the Death of Another, Tampering with Evidence, four counts of Financial Transaction Card Theft and multiple drug charges. [The Cobb…

Criminal Justice System May 15, 2022

More mass shootings are happening at grocery stores – 13% of shooters are motivated by race, criminologists find

Jillian Peterson, Hamline University and James Densley, Metropolitan State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] An apparently racially motivated attack at a supermarket in Buffalo,…

Cobb County Police Department February 18, 2022

Victim of I-75 shooting in stable condition; his dog found and being taken care of

According to a public information release from Sgt. Wayne Delk of the Cobb County Police Department, Jason Matton, who was shot by a motorist on I-75 Wednesday is in stable…

Cobb County February 15, 2021

Two Cobb shooting victims die, suspected shooter in critical condition

Two victims of a shooting on Peel Castle Lane, near the East West Connector in Cobb County, died of their wounds. The incident took place Sunday evening, and police arrived…

Marietta January 26, 2021

Fleeing Marietta suspects crash into five cars

Suspected gang members in a car with an allegedly stolen license plate crashed into five cars and a pole in Marietta, before three of the four were apprehended. [The Cobb…

Marietta December 7, 2020

Arrest made in homicide on Cobb Parkway

Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department issued a public information release regarding the homicide that occurred on Cobb Parkway near the Marietta campus of Kennesaw State University Sunday…

Marietta July 27, 2020

Attempted robbery on Roswell Road in Marietta

According to a public information release from Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department an attempted armed robbery took place in a parking lot on Roswell Road in Marietta….

Marietta June 25, 2020

Marietta police seek suspect in stabbing on North Fairground Street

Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department issued the following public information release about a stabbing that took place on North Fairground Street. The public information release described the…

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