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Marietta man arrested for rape, sex trafficking
48+ min ago (413+ words) According to a public information release from Officer Chuck Mc Philamy of the Marietta Police Department, officers were dispatched to a home in Marietta where an 18-year-old female reported she was the victim of a rape. The 911 call came in…...
Cobb attorney arrest for alleged pandering, sexual battery
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (23+ words) A 77-year-old attorney from Austell has been arrested and charged with "two counts of Pandering and one count of Sexual Battery"...
A grave robbery in Cobb County: 1879
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (1110+ words) In the original version of the article we stated we had not found the outcome of the case. Since then we discovered a followup article published in the December 25, 1879 issue of the Columbus Daily Times. We've reprinted the text of…...
Immigration street sweeps led to more "collateral" arrests of noncriminals
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (848+ words) This article by Tim Henderson first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission....
Supreme Court considers whether police can use Big Tech data to capture info from all cellphone users in a place and'time
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (527+ words) This article by Anne Toomey Mc Kenna, Penn State, first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission....
Chattahoochee Tech, Cobb police create pathway from college to public safety career
1+ week, 1+ day ago (418+ words) According to an announcement on the Cobb County website, Chattahoochee Technical College students now have a direct path from public safety coursework to a full-time law enforcement career through a new partnership with the Cobb County Police Department. The agreement…...
US Supreme Court weighs how far police investigations can go in using cellphone location data
1+ week, 2+ day ago (770+ words) This article by Jonathan Shorman first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission....
GBI investigating the fatal shooting of suspect in Cobb County
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (484+ words) Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Cobb County in which the suspect was ultimately killed (follow this link to read the GBI statement) " a case that sparked an hours-long manhunt in the Cumberland are. Police…...
ICE's heavy'handed immigration enforcement was tried once before " by Arizona's notorious sheriff Joe Arpaio in the early2000s
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1115+ words) For the past 13 years, Maricopa County in Arizona has attempted to reform its sheriff's department after Joe Arpaio made it into a national flash point for extreme immigration tactics. After a legal immigrant sued Arpaio and the county Sheriff's Office,…...
Acworth police announced missing boy found and is safe
2+ week, 5+ day ago (176+ words) The Acworth Police Department announced on social media that a 13-year-old boy who was reported mission on Thursday was safely located. The boy was reported missing after he wandered from his home after a dispute with his parents. The City…...