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Police looking for missing 14-year-old girl last seen at Woodstock outlet mall
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Woodstock police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 14-year-old girl. Lior Robinson was last seen on Sunday at 12:40 p.m. at The Outlet Shoppes of Atlanta off Ridgewalk Parkway. She was wearing gray sweatpants and blue and white flip-flops, and her hair was pulled up in a pink cloth.
Roswell Man Indicted on Federal Charges for Threatening FBI Director and Others
John Woodbury has been indicted on federal charges for transmitting interstate threats to injure FBI Director Christopher Wray and others. According to U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan, on June 7, 2023, Woodbury allegedly posted a message on 4chan.org threatening violence against Director Wray and others. The message reportedly included statements such as: “Let’s show them what a [expletive] ‘Nazi’ […] looks like […]. It’s time to burn these [expletive] down and hang them from trees. Hit them where it [expletive] hurts. Hit Chris at his home. Make his family fear stepping one foot outside their [expletive] door.”
Family, attorneys demand answers for man who died at hospital in police custody following shoplifting arrest
ATLANTA — In February, a New York man was taken into custody in Cumming, Georgia, after allegedly leading police on a chase for shoplifting. After police took him into custody, they found an injury on his leg; he later died at the hospital. Now, the family of 32-year-old Robert...
Mableton Man Accused of Firing Shot through a Hotel Room Wall
Christian Cole Randall, 31, of Mableton, is accused of firing a Glock 48 9mm pistol inside his hotel room that penetrated the wall and traveled into a neighboring room’s bathroom on July 14 at midnight at the Days Inn by Wyndam Marietta-Atlanta-Delk Road, 2191 Northwest Parkway in Marietta, according to an arrest warrant from the Marietta Police Department. A hole was observed in the adjacent room’s bathroom at thigh-height next to the bath tub. A pipe on the bathroom counter in Randall’s room contained crystalized...
Powder Springs Man Accused of Fighting with Police
Xavier Barge, 37, of Powder Springs, is accused of resisting arrest and fighting with police on July 10 at 9:22 p.m. at a residence at 1316 Old Coach Road SW in Marietta, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. Barge is accused of physically obstructing four officers while being placed into handcuffs during the arrest. After being taken to the ground, Barge continued to resist officers and two sets of handcuffs had to be used. Thirteen officers and sheriff’s deputies were...
Alabama executes man convicted of killing delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt
ATMORE, Ala. — A man convicted of fatally shooting a delivery driver during a robbery attempt in 1998 was executed by chemical injection Thursday evening in Alabama. Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m. at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in southwest Alabama, authorities said. He was convicted of capital murder in the shooting death of courier service driver William Clayton Jr., 68, in Cherokee County on March 6, 1998. Clayton had just finished work and was getting money at an ATM to take his wife to dinner, according to a court summary of trial testimony.
Kennesaw Man Accused of Driving Under the Influence of Drugs
Robert Nicholas Christian, 29, is accused of driving under the influence of methamphetamines, parking several feet away from the curb and falling asleep behind the wheel of the running vehicle for about 20 minutes on July 8 at 8:43 p.m. at 4534 Alaspair Lane in Kennesaw, a residential road near Baker Elementary School, according to an arrest warrant from the Kennesaw Police Department. A small baggie and a small glass cylinder were found in Christian’s vehicle during a probable cause search due to the odor...
Georgia man faces up to 20 years after arson conviction in Whitfield County
WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia man will stay behind bars after being convicted of first degree arson. A Whitfield County jury found 38-year-old Robert Douglas Vance of Woodstock, Georgia guilty of setting a house on fire in Varnell, Georgia, according to the Whitfield County District Attorney's Office. Vance...
Suspect wanted in Georgia for trying to kill police officer taken into custody in Richland County
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A suspect wanted in Cobb County, Georgia, was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon by Richland County Sheriff's Department's (RCSD) special response team (SRT) and fugitive task force after a more than two-hour standoff in a north Richland community. Julio Figueroa, 39, initially fled from police after...
Marietta Police Department Celebrates Promotion of Six Officers in Special Pinning Ceremony
The Marietta Police Department recently held a pinning ceremony to honor the promotions of six of its officers. The event, which took place on July 17, gathered approximately 125 attendees including friends, family, and colleagues. According to a press release from the City of Marietta, MPD Chief Beam led the ceremony with Deputy Chief Twaddell, underscoring the dedication these officers have shown to their community. The promoted staff includes Sergeants Mordarski and Conklin, Lieutenants Liedke and Foster, Major Mixon, and Deputy Chief Rutland.
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