A Brooklet father was arrested after a 6‑year‑old at Stilson Elementary was found with extensive bruises; DFCS has taken the child into protective custody amid an active investigation.

A 25-year-old man was hospitalized after a dispute in the Old Fourth Ward turned violent; police say he ran to Ralph McGill Boulevard for help.

A cellmate at Clayton County Jail has been charged with malice murder after a 66‑year‑old inmate died following a beating that has renewed calls for state intervention.

Atlanta police released a photo of Antavious Kimber as they search for a suspect in a Dec. 10 homicide at the Manor III apartments. Crime Stoppers is offering a reward.

Two people died in a multi-vehicle crash on I-75 northbound near Hickory Grove Road Friday morning, shutting the interstate during the rush and leaving investigators with questions.

A Gwinnett County cheer coach was sentenced to 25 years after pleading guilty to multiple sex crimes. Civil lawsuits and federal dockets name gyms and governing bodies in the fallout.

A man has been charged with murder in the disappearance of a metro Atlanta woman who vanished on Feb. 14; investigators say the charge follows an evidence‑led arrest.

A botched, high-tech attempt to steal luxury cars from a Marietta dealership left several vehicles damaged and two men facing felony investigations.

A buyer and a McDonough couple say they were bilked over the same 2016 Hyundai Sonata sold on Facebook Marketplace; police recovered the vehicle and are investigating.

Police seized 14 dogs from an alleged illegal dog‑training operation in southwest Atlanta and arrested the owner after discovering squalid, stacked kennels.

South Fulton officers and U.S. Marshals executed multi-location raids on April 3, 2026, seizing firearms and a "significant" quantity of narcotics; two people were arrested.

A Grovetown domestic dispute on Wednesday left a mother dead and her estranged husband dead by suicide, putting their three children into county care. Investigators and child‑welfare workers are on the scene.

A West Cobb SWAT standoff was resolved Thursday after Cobb County’s PATH mental‑health team intervened; a 17‑year‑old is now receiving treatment.