Georgia investigators announced Thursday that they had arrested a man in the 2001 murder of a University of Georgia law student who was found dead in her apartment after a fire there. Edrick Lamont Faust, now 48, has been charged with murder, two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault, concealing the death of another, possession …
A South Carolina dad assaulted his toddler’s mother and then took the 3-year-old child south into Georgia before crashing his car during a high-speed chase with deputies on Interstate 85. Anderson County, South Carolina, deputies pulled the toddler from the car after it burst into flames following the crash about 14 miles inside Georgia in …
Police in suburban Atlanta found a man and three children dead inside a car at a county park early Wednesday morning. A Gwinnett County police officer was on a routine patrol at Lucky Shoals Park at about 1 a.m. when he spotted a car parked on a pedestrian trail, Gwinnett County Police said. The officer …
Georgia state investigators have arrested a 15-year-old for a shooting at an after prom party early Sunday morning that left a 15-year-old girl dead. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said that Fitzgerald Police initially responded to the shooting in downtown Fitzgerald shortly after 1 a.m. and found four people had been shot. All four were …
A Georgia Baptist youth pastor has been arrested and charged with obscene internet contact with a minor. Candler County deputies arrested Benjamin Dalton Houser on April 26 and jailed him on a $50,000 cash bond. He was affiliated with Cedar Street Baptist Church in Metter, WTOC reported. The church has not returned the station’s request …
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 …
