sexual assault

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Cobb County September 25, 2024

Man sentenced in 34-year-old cold case sexual assault solved with use of DNA

Cobb Superior Court Judge Robert Leonard sentenced Christopher Lee Milton, 58, to 30 years for aggravated assault, rape and aggravated sodomy (13 to be served, with a permanent restraining order…

Crime May 10, 2023

Trump found liable for assaulting, defaming E. Jean Carroll – after a trial where he relied on a discredited myth about how women should react to rape

by Anne P. DePrince, University of Denver, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A Manhattan jury has found that former President Donald Trump sexually abused journalist…

Crime December 1, 2022

Marietta man sentenced to life for aggravated sodomy

Travis Leonard Hudson, 50, of Marietta, was sentenced to life in prison by Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley on November 28, 2022. Hudson was convicted of Aggravated Sodomy…

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…

Acworth January 31, 2020

Acworth man gets 50-year sentence for brutal sexual assault

According to a public information release from Kimberly Isaza, the Public Information Officer for Cobb District Attorney Joyette Holmes, an Acworth man was given a 50-year sentence for a brutal…

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Cobb County January 21, 2020

Genetic genealogy helps solve three Cobb rape cold cases

Three Cobb cold cases from 1999 were solved with the use of technology called genetic genealogy, according to a public information release from the office of Cobb District Attorney Joyette…

Austell December 23, 2019

Two consecutive life sentences for man convicted of rape of child in Austell

Cobb County District Attorney Joyette M. Holmes announced in a public information release that an Atlanta man convicted of raping a child in Austell has been given a sentence of…

Cobb County Police Chief Tim Cox at press conference about the officer charged with sexual assault

Cobb County July 4, 2019

Chief Cox holds press conference on investigation into officer charged with sexual assault

On Tuesday, Cobb County Police Chief Tim Cox held a press conference about former police officer Andres Martinez Alcaraz, of Acworth, who has been charged with sexual assault. The alleged…

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Cobb County November 21, 2024

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