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Five Georgia police officers are out of a job after a 60-year-old man was left alone in an interview before he died by suicide. The Savannah Police Department said William Harvey was taken in for questioning on April 3, ABC News reports, following an aggravated assault investigation. A spokeswoman says there was no video of the man alone in the room, […]
Police reported that a man shot and wounded five people in Alabama and Georgia because he was targeting white men, according to the Associated Press. Detective Brandon Lockhart said Justin Tyran Roberts, who is Black, said his alleged attack was racially motivated, according to the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. “Basically, he explained throughout his life, specifically white males had taken […]
A dispute over wearing face masks led to a grocery store clerk being fatally shot, according to authorities. The incident took place around 1:10 p.m. on Monday inside the Big Bear Supermarket at South DeKalb Mall in Decatur, Georgia. The DeKalb County Sheriff, Melody Maddox, said several people were in the store when a man opened fire on a […]
A Georgia man who police said faked his own death in 2015 to avoid attempted murder charges has been arrested in Oklahoma. According to KFOR, Christopher Tomberlin was apprehended Thursday by the U.S. Marshals Service Metro Fugitive Task Force and officers from the Oklahoma City Police Department’s Violent Crimes Apprehension Team. The arrest comes six […]
It’s a wild scene at Rick Ross’ Georgia estate. According to TMZ, local law enforcement began surrounding the property Tuesday evening, after the Clayton County Sheriff’s office received a call about a man with a gun. Officers then pursued the suspect in a vehicle, which he ultimately crashed outside Ross’ home. The allegedly armed man then fled on foot, before […]
REFORM Alliance celebrates another victory. The criminal justice organization—founded by Meek Mill, Jay-Z, and Michael Rubin—is praising Georgia lawmakers for passing SB 105, a bipartisan-supported bill that eases the state’s probation system. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the legislation into law earlier this week, after it passed unanimously in the state Senate and 169-2 in the state House of Representatives. […]
From February to May of this year, according to police in Atlanta, there have been eight reported instances of men being “lured to remote locations” by suspects on Grindr who then robbed them. During a press conference on Wednesday, officials from the Atlanta Police Department shared a description of one suspect and outlined what they […]
A Georgia woman was taken into custody this week after she allegedly killed a man and his dog in a hit-and-run incident while speeding away from another car collision just minutes earlier. According to ABC News, the deadly crash occurred at around 8 p.m. Sunday in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs. Authorities say 25-year-old Michael Farmer and his dog […]
If you’re even remotely familiar with the state of Georgia, then you’ve probably heard a thing or two about the infamous Fulton County Jail. Earlier this year, for example, a report from regional news outlet WSB-TV found that the facility was over capacity by an estimated 400 inmates, resulting in conditions described by one Atlanta councilman […]
A longtime fan (and now enemy) of Diet Coke, former President Donald Trump was spotted this week with what appears to be a bottle of the beverage, just days after encouraging his supporters to boycott the company. The boycott comes after Coca-Cola Company CEO James Quincey said that he doesn’t support legislation in Georgia that “makes it harder for […]
