Operation Raydiant Shadows led by Georgia law enforcement, including the GBI, resulted in 12 arrests in Dougherty County, targeting sex trafficking participants.

A teenage boy was fatally shot at a birthday party in Cartersville, which escalated due to social media. The local community is shocked, raising concerns about youth access to firearms. Police are investigating the incident with few details released.

LaFayette High teacher John Millican III died in a house fire, while his wife and two children were seriously injured. Firefighters fought the blaze, which rendered the house a total loss.

Rapper Rod Wave was arrested in Atlanta on charges including drug possession and carrying a weapon during a crime. This marks his third arrest this year in Fulton County.

Two males were found dead from gunshot wounds in Atlanta, prompting a homicide investigation by the police, who are now seeking information from the public.

A man in Atlanta suffered a grazing shoulder wound when a stray bullet entered his home. The police are investigating the incident without clear motives or suspects.

Stone Mountain man received life without parole for murdering a teenage girl and wounding another; the conviction was based on eyewitness testimony and security camera evidence.

Federal agents seized 325 pounds of methamphetamine from Marco Cueto-Rosales at a Norcross storage facility, leading to his arrest on federal drug charges.

Jarvis Matthews, an inmate serving a life sentence, was convicted of running a drug trafficking and money laundering operation from a Georgia state prison. He faces an additional 25 years in prison.

A woman in Atlanta was injured after being hit by a vehicle and stabbed, prompting an investigation by the Atlanta Police Department's Aggravated Assault Unit.

The GBI reports that Charles Bennett, 56, of Blairsville, has been arrested on charges of Aggravated Assault and Aggravated Battery after a man was found critically injured at a Pleasant Hill Road home. The investigation is ongoing, and authorities urge anyone with information to contact the GBI or Union County Sheriff’s Office.

A high-speed chase by Georgia State Patrol ended in a multi-car crash in DeKalb County, injuring several and hospitalizing four, after a trooper tried to stop a stolen Kia K4.

Lareon "Lay Lay" Brown, a mother of three, was fatally shot in Carrollton, where two others were injured. Three men have been charged in connection to the incident.