Crime and public safety
By Zoe Seiler, contributor The Avondale Estates Downtown Development Authority has voted unanimously to a accept a purchase-sale agreement for the Department of Juvenile Justice Building. Forum Management, the building’s property managers, offered to ...
Days after her win, Decatur City Commissioner-elect Lesa Mayer walked to catch her MARTA ride to her job at Sun Trust in Atlanta. Mayer was one of four African Americans elected in Decatur on ...
DeKalb County Sheriff Jeffrey Mann has decided to retire after fighting for two years to retain his Peace Officer Standards and Training Council certification following a 2017 indecency arrest in Atlanta, the Atlanta Journal ...
Decatur Police are investigating two robberies and an attempted robbery that occurred this week. Police are unsure if the incidents are connected but haven’t ruled it out, Lt. Jennifer Ross said. The first robbery ...
Mayor Jonathan Elmore on Nov. 5 beat former city manager Clai Brown to win another four years as mayor, marking an end to a divisive election that pitted neighbor against neighbor. Commissioner Brian Fisher ...
DeKalb County Schools say a student was charged after making “terroristic threats” against Druid Hills High School. The incident occurred on Friday, Oct. 25. “The safety and the well-being of our students is a ...
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BY EMIL MOFFATT, WABE and DAN WHISENHUNT, DECATURISH.COM Former DeKalb County police officer Robert Olsen on Friday, Nov. 1, was sentenced to serve 12 years in prison in connection with the shooting of Anthony ...
DeKalb County District 5 Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson recently announced that two county offices will receive funds to fight domestic violence cases. According to a county press release, Davis Johnson has allocated $75,000 to the ...
Drew Charter School in East Lake went into lockdown mode on Oct. 29 after gunshots were heard in the area. Peter McKnight, Head of School, said the lockdown was implemented due to a “perceived ...
