A 15-year-old was shot and critically wounded by police at Six Flags over Georgia Saturday night as the park marked opening day for its 2024 season. Cobb County Police said they were called to the scene by park security shortly after 6 p.m. as a crowd of 500-600 people were “running through the park and …
A Georgia mother of four was found dead in her home last week, and a suspect has been arrested. Cobb County police have not identified the suspect or said how Melinda Jolly died, WSB reported. According to a GoFundMe, Jolly moved to Georgia from California in 2019 after her then-husband died from cancer. Family had …
Police in a northern Atlanta suburb are asking for help finding a 59-year-old man who suffers from memory loss. The Cobb County Police Department said that Victor Roberts was last seen by his wife on Monday at 6:30 a.m., traveling in a white 2010 Mazda CX-9 with Georgia tag number BNE 2112. The tag number …
A 52-year-old Georgia woman was arrested Friday and charged with killing a 78-year-old relative in the home they shared in Cobb County. Cobb County police said that Gretchen Lynn Fortney assaulted Martha Fortney at about 5 a.m. and strangled her, according to East Cobb News. According to the arrest warrant, the younger woman allegedly attacked …
Two Georgia deputies were killed Thursday while serving a warrant for failure to appear in court. Cobb County Sheriff Craig D. Owens said the two deputies were outside their cars just before 8 p.m., talking with the suspect when he opened fire, followed by gunfire from a second suspect inside the house. “From my understanding, …
One of two suspects in a shocking triple murder on a Georgia golf course in 2021 will appear in court on Wednesday, when the district attorney expects to confirm his intent to seek the death penalty. Pinetree Country Club golf pro Gene Siller was found dead on that golf course’s 10th hole on July 3, …
Three people are dead and a suspect in custody in Georgia after an apparent domestic dispute. Cobb County Police Sgt. Wayne Delk said that investigators have not yet determined the suspects relationship to the three victims, identified as Donnell Peaks, 63; Janice Peaks, 60; and Cameron King, 38. Delk said police were called shortly after …
Georgia police are looking for an 18-year-old man with autism who walked away from his hotel room Sunday afternoon. Carlos Stiven Diaz-Barrios is believed to have been wearing blue jeans and a navy blue long sleeved shirt (pictured), Marietta police said. His mother said that her son likes to walk around the Motel 6 property, …
Kelly Price is safe and not missing at all, her attorney says, but the gospel and R&B singer’s sister says no one from the family has seen her — including her two young children. Attorney Monica Ewing told TMZ that Price is recovering from COVID-19 at an undisclosed location after the outlet reported that officials …
Just hours after he allegedly killed three people on a Georgia golf course last month, Bryan Rhoden was pulled over by Chamblee police for driving without headlights. He was eventually arrested for driving under the influence, after failing a field sobriety test, and booked into the DeKalb County jail, where he stayed until he bonded …
Georgia police have released a sketch of a toddler whose body was found Thursday in the Chattahoochee River. Earlier Friday, Cobb County police arrested Breyanla Cooper and charged her with concealing the death of another, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Investigators have not said how Cooper is connected with the child, but Cobb County Police Sgt …
A Georgia fire department stumbled upon a child’s body on Thursday while filming a public announcement about staying safe while in water. According to firefighter Detrich Reid, the incident happened in Cobb County at Paces Mill Park, along the Chattahoochee River. The child was a male, police said, but his identity is currently unknown. “Cobb …
