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Statesboro police have issued warrants for 17-year-old Levi River Williams after shots were fired at St. Charles Place Apartments; detectives say no one was hurt.
Two Griffin teens were arrested after a week‑long string of vehicle break‑ins in Spalding County culminated in gunfire at a homeowner's house last Saturday.
A Bleckley County deputy was arrested Thursday in Dublin on a family‑violence charge and removed from duty pending bond, Sheriff Daniel Cape says. Details about the exact charge and any alleged victim have not been released.
Atlanta police released video of a person of interest after gunfire struck a southwest home on May 19; no injuries were reported.
A June 24 traffic stop in Marietta led to the arrest of two North Carolina women and the seizure of roughly half a pound of meth. Deputies later searched an Andrews home and recovered scales and packing materials.
A person drowned Thursday in Stonecrest after DeKalb County Fire Rescue responded to a home on Mossey Drive. Officials say it was unclear whether the water incident happened inside the house or nearby.
A Lawrenceville man is jailed after allegedly threatening a clerk with a fake bomb and handgun during an attempted robbery. Police tracked his pickup and arrested him nearby.
Firefighters rescued a resident and contained a large Fairburn Road SW apartment fire Friday; investigators are on scene.
A 20-year-old Athens man was arrested July 1 and charged with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of children after a CyberTipline referral and forensic review.
A federal appeals court affirmed a $21M judgment after a 2018 Taser left Jerry Blasingame paralyzed and later dead. The ruling trims punitive damages and sends fee issues back to the trial judge.
A man doing lawn work was seriously injured on Lumpkin Road; deputies used Flock cameras to locate the car and arrested Francisco Berry, authorities say.
Bobby Curry, long on Atlanta's Top 10 Most Wanted list, was arrested in Ellenwood Thursday and is being held at the DeKalb County Jail on murder and weapons charges.
Rabun County deputies arrested a Tiger man after a Lake Rabun campsite search turned up suspected meth, a large quantity of hydrocodone pills and $11,930. He faces trafficking and meth charges.
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