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Avondale Police shoot man after struggle

An Avondale Estates Police officer shot and killed a man after a struggle behind the Avondale Patillo United Methodist Church off of Covington Highway on July 15, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). John Bankhead, a spokesman for ...

UPDATED: Accused rapist found guilty, receives five life sentences

Sylvester Antonio Ray
A man on trial on several charges stemming from rapes in 2002 and 2003 was found guilty on July 15 by a jury. Sylvester Antonio Ray received five consecutive life sentences after being convicted of rape, aggravated assault, aggravated sodomy and kid...

Police seek ‘person of interest’ in year-old homicide case

A year has passed since the killing of an elderly Dunwoody couple and police still are searching for the man responsible. Details and a sketch of a man Dunwoody Police call a “person of interest” in the killings of Roger and Dorothy Abbott has be...

Teenager faces murder charges in death of child

A DeKalb teenager has been arrested and faces murder charges in the death of an 8-year-old boy, according to police. The boy was shot July 6 in a home at 3579 Salem Glen Road in Lithonia at approximately 5:30 p.m., according to DeKalb County Pol...

New Birth burglary suspect pleads not guilty

Anthony Boyd (left), represented by attorney David Fife (right), pleaded not guilty to burglarizing the office of Bishop Eddie Long last year. Boyd refused a pretrial diversion program in order to fight the charges, Fife said. Photo by Ricky Riley
A former security guard for Bishop Eddie Long’s Lithonia church pleaded not guilty in court June 28 in connection with a June 2010 burglary. Anthony Boyd, who was arraigned on one count of burglary, is ready to fight the charges, his attorney, Davi...

Kidnapped woman still missing after four years

Monica Renee Bowie
Four years ago, Monica Renee Bowie, 34, an energetic, outgoing, free spirit, was kidnapped in broad daylight in front of witnesses, never to be seen again. “There’s no way on God’s green earth you can totally disappear,” said Linda Howard, Bo...

South DeKalb residents rally against crime

Dozens of police cars and vehicles of residents form a caravan to send a message to the criminal element on Glenwood Road: “Enough is enough.” Photo by Andrew Cauthen
Residents along Glenwood Road in south DeKalb say they are tired of the drugs, prostitution and burglaries in that corridor and they have a message for criminals: “Enough is enough.” That was the mantra during a June 17 anti-crime caravan and ral...

Homeless man killed in Chamblee

A homeless Hispanic man was allegedly shot to death in Chamblee after an argument on June 22, as he sat in front of a closed business on Chamblee Dunwoody Road early Wednesday morning. According to Chamblee Police Chief Marc Johnson, Chamblee 91...

Police searching for carjacking suspect in lake

Authorities are searching a lake in a south DeKalb subdivision after a carjacking suspect was chased there by police, crashed into a tree and jumped into the water. Early in the morning fire and rescue crews were on the scene at the Southland su...

DeKalb Habitat for Humanity robbed three times

DeKalb Habitat for Humanity Executive Director John Shaffer gazes at the empty shelves where nearly $10,000 of tools sat before the organization’s storage units were robbed. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
The DeKalb County Habitat for Humanity was left with nothing more than a few old shovels and rakes after the organization’s storage facility was robbed for the third time the weekend of May 21. Employees of the storage facility behind Belvedere Uni...

Man accused of murder pursuing lawsuit

For Joey Celestin, the three weeks he spent in jail, accused of murder, have ruined life as he knew it. He lost his job, had to change his son’s school, and eventually moved out of the state. Celestin and then-co-worker Bill Nichols were arrested a...

Father, son arrested in death of Tucker teenager

Her friends described 18-year-old Andrea Eleni Nassos of Stone Mountain as compassionate, strong, spunky and very, very nice. “She had a hard time saying no to people,” said Sarra Berhane, one of Nassos’ best friends. “It really bothered her....

DeKalb County crime on the decline

While some police departments have had to consider furloughs and hiring freezes, the Chamblee Police Department has maintained a ratio of one officer per 500 residents. “Our people have free time to drive through neighborhoods, talk to businesses a...

Two murder suspects arrested

Two men suspected of murder in separate incidents were arrested recently by DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad members, according to DCSO spokesman Sgt. Adrion Bell. Antoine Willis was arrested May 11 as he was trying to get out of ...

Alleged church rapist pleads not guilty

John Russell Carter. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
The man accused of the rape of a Stone Mountain church worker in February waived his arraignment and pleaded not guilty in court on May 3. John Russell Carter, 50, of 157 Mill Court in Atlanta, was indicted last month for the Feb. 26 rape of a female...

Trial date set for Dunwoody murder case

The trial for Hemy Neuman, suspected of the murder of Dunwoody entrepreneur Russell Sneiderman late last year, has been set for Oct. 17. During a May 5 hearing to schedule the trial, Judge Gregory Adams also said he plans to allow pre-trial motions i...

Police break-up 2 major drug pipelines

Suspected cocaine dealers took “a big hit” when police broke up an alleged drug ring in south DeKalb County that resulted in the arrest of 19 people on April 12. “We have completely obliterated two different drug pipelines,” DeKalb County Dis...

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