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.

The 11th Circuit vacated summary judgment in three suits alleging minors were trafficked at United Inn and the Hilltop Inn, sending the cases back to federal court. Victims’ lawyers say the ruling expands what juries can consider.

A man was shot at a northwest Atlanta convenience store and drove to a fire station on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway for help; police are investigating.

A man was critically wounded Friday morning on Wallace Way in Rockmart. Paulding County detectives are investigating and have opened a tip line for witnesses.

A Lawrenceville man faces charges after an attempted apartment break‑in caught on doorbell camera; detectives say the suspect is still at large.

A multi-agency fugitive task force arrested a man wanted in a March Glenwood Road robbery; he faces multiple felony charges and is being held in DeKalb County.