A 63-year-old Alabama man was arrested last week for the murder of Georgia pharmacist Julie Ann McDonald, who was found dead in her home on June 11, 2000. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said that Clerence George was arrested at this home in Birmingham and was being held in the Jefferson County jail pending extradition …
A Georgia sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Saturday night while responding to a domestic violence call in Hiram. The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office said Deputy Brandon “Cunningham was shot as he exited his patrol vehicle, never even seeing the threat.” The suspect continued to fire at the deputies, keeping Cunningham’s partner and backup who …
A viral video showing a Georgia man apparently hitting a toddler in a Lilburn grocery store parking lot led to the man’s arrest on child cruelty charges. Gwinnett County Police said they were notified about the video on Saturday, after it had been viewed thousands of times, Detectives responded to the Kroger store where the …
Three people were arrested earlier this week after a 3 1/2-month-old baby was found dead at a Georgia motel. Richmond County officials were called to Wellstar MCG Health in Augusta, where the baby — identified as Josiah Noel Seright — was pronounced dead just after 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, WJBF reported. Police said the three …
A 47-year-old Georgia man has been charged with murder after a 17-month-old child drowned in a bathtub while he was supposedly caring for the child. Kenton Hamilton told police that the toddler fell asleep on his chest while he slept on a couch on Thursday, the Marietta Daily Journal said. Hamilton claimed that the child …
An arrest has been made in the 1999 slaying of a Georgia woman whose dismembered remains were discovered months after her reported disappearance. Sources told WSB-TV that Christopher Wolfenbarger was jailed Wednesday for murdering his wife, Melissa Wolfenbarger. Atlanta police listed her date of death as April 29, 1999. Melissa Wolfenbarger vanished after calling her …
UPDATE “An AMBER Alert is now CANCELLED for a missing 2-month-old girl per the #SandySpringsPolice,” NCMEC posted on Facebook Thursday. “The child is SAFE. No further information will be released at this time.” Initial Coverage A Levi’s Call, Georgia’s version of an Amber Alert, has been issued for a 2-month-old girl believed abducted early Wednesday …
A 35-year-old Georgia woman found dead in the backseat of a car at an Atlanta transit station earlier this month was shot to death. Fulton County Medical Examiner ruled Chanell Crosby’s death to be a homicide, WXIA reported. Crosby, whose 13-year-old son Jamiren was shot to death in a still-unsolved murder in 2022, was last …
Six people were arrested Tuesday on child molestation charges following a months-long investigation by multiple Georgia law enforcement agencies. The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said it executed search warrants at a home in Winder early Tuesday morning and took the six people into custody at four separate locations elsewhere in Georgia. The sheriff’s office said …
A Georgia man was sentenced this week to six years in prison and nine years probation for ramming into a landscape worker with his 2018 Mustang, killing him instantly. Patrick Emerson Thomas, 69, was convicted last month with homicide by vehicle, reckless driving, and driving under the influence, WAGA reported. The jury found that Thomas …
Human remains believed to belong to a teen mom who disappeared last October were found this week in central Georgia. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said the remains were found in a wooded area in Monroe County, just north of Bibb County, by a construction crew. “The remains are believed to be that of missing …
Police in an Atlanta suburb have arrested a 32-year-old man for the murder of his girlfriend. Andreily Acacio Rodriguez, 27, was found dead in her apartment Friday morning by a family member, according to the Roswell Police Department. Officers first on the scene said the victim had “visible injuries consistent with a homicide” and quickly …
