Two young boys were shot in what investigators described as an isolated domestic incident late Sunday night in Atlanta. The boys were 11- and 14-years old, officials said, and did not shoot each other, WAGA reported. Police responded to a home in southwest Atlanta at about 10:30 p.m. and found one of the victims at …
A Georgia man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for trying to poison a newborn with antifreeze because he dnd’t want to pay child support. Curtis Jack was convicted on charges of first degree cruelty to children and criminal attempt to commit murder, South Fulton Police said. Police said Jack and a woman he …
The suspect in a gun and cash robbery killed himself and his girlfriend late Saturday night after hold police in an Atlanta suburb at bay for hours. Michael Reno, 38, was wanted for taking $18,000 in cash and about $20,000 in firearms from his brother’s home in Paulding County, WXIA reported. Just before 5 p.m. …
A missing Georgia girl believed to have been taken by her non-custodial mother has been found in Puerto Rico and returned to her father. Investigators said they believed Wendy Salter may have taken her 7-year-old daughter to the Caribbean island. Salter has been taken into custody and charged with interstate interference with child custody. Salter …
Update 6 p.m.: The FBI has now joined in the search for 7-year-old Stella Salter, who was last seen on Friday in Metter, Georgia. Authorities say the girl may have been taken to Puerto Rico by her non-custodial mother, Wendy Salter, WTOC reported. Anyone with information should contact the FBI’s Toll-Free Tip-line at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) …
A Georgia man was arrested on Saturday and charged with putting his two young children in a car and setting it on fire, killing them. Adan Tzoyohua Panzo, 36, allegedly murdered the 1- and 3-year-old children “during a domestic dispute with his wife,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. Webster County Officials were called to …
A Georgia Walmart employee opened fire inside the store Friday night, killing a 19-year-old man and wounding a 9-year-old girl. Fayetteville Police identified the suspect as Adrian Jelks, 19, and said he fled the scene in in a vehicle that was later found abandoned, WAGA reported. Antavius Holton, 19, was the target of the shooting …
A former Georgia police officer was indicted this week after he failed to disclose that his half brother was a suspect in a murder he was investigating. The Spalding County grand jury accused D’Marquivius “D.J.” King, 25, on one felony count of violation of oath by a public officer, WXIA reported. King was assigned to …
The state of Georgia executed its first inmate in more than four years Wednesday night, putting to death a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend nearly three decades ago. Willie James Pye, 59, made no final statement but accepted a prayer from a clergyman before the state injected pentobarbital into his veins. The clergy member …
A Georgia couple was arrested earlier this month month on child abuse charges after their 2-month-old son was found unresponseve in their home. The boy was taken to Martin Army Community Hospital by the parents, 26-year-old Scott Sartin and 24-year-old Jada Sartin, and he and his twin sister were later admitted to Children’s Hospital of …
A federal indictment charges two Georgia men with a slew of charges related to an explosion last year that police say was an attempt to kill a woman and her child who lived at the home where the blast occurred. A grand jury charged Stephen Glosser, 37, and Caleb Kinsey, 34, with stalking, use of …
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 …
