Crime and public safety
UPDATE: 4:39 p.m. The ammonia leak has been resolved and the shelter-in-place order has been lifted. According to WSB-TV, “Officials said the business has moved out of the building and crews were working to remove ...
DeKalb County, GA — DeKalb County Commissioner Ted Terry on Dec. 7 will introduce legislation requiring the secure storage of firearms. Specifics about the legislation were not immediately available. “The Oxford High School shooting in Oakland ...
This story has been updated. Decatur, GA — A child abduction in Cobb County led police officers from that county to the Super 8 motel on Church Street in Decatur. Several readers noticed the heavy police ...
DeKalb County, GA — Since July, the family of Matthew Zadok Williams has held a weekly protest each Wednesday. Williams, who went by his middle name Zadok, was shot and killed in his home on ...
Decatur, GA — Decatur Police on Nov. 29 arrested a woman who allegedly smashed a convenience store door with a bar stool and tried to stab officers who responded to the call. Police responded to the ...
Decatur, GA — Decatur Police on Nov. 20 arrested a man who allegedly tried to grab an officer’s weapon before assaulting the officer. “On Saturday, November 20, 2021 at approximately 5:29 p.m., a Decatur Police Officer ...
Decatur, GA — Decatur Police on Saturday, Nov. 13, arrested a man accused of robbing and beating a 79-year-old man and a driver accused of a hit-and-run. The incidents were unrelated. According to Sgt. John Bender, ...
Greater Decatur, GA — A man from greater Decatur will spend 20 years in prison after a jury convicted him on charges of producing child abuse images and cyberstalking his victims. “Emanuel Gray has been sentenced ...
Decatur, GA — A witness reported Sunday, Nov. 7, that a car crashed on Plainview Street and Ponce de Leon Place. They saw a person get out of the car and start running. Several vehicles went ...
Avondale Estates, GA — An Avondale Estates Man on Nov. 3 pleaded guilty to possessing thousands of child abuse images. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, former Georgia State University professor and dean Daniel Deocampo on ...
