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Stone Mountain man sentenced for 2020 death of woman found in car
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A Stone Mountain man, Gerald Jerome Clark, has been sentenced to life in prison plus 25 years for the murder of Mary Kilpatrick in 2020. Last week, a DeKalb County jury convicted Clark on multiple charges, including malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping, and arson. Investigators disclosed...
18-year-old charged with vehicular homicide in crash that killed DeKalb high school student
According to a police report, Hannah Hackemeyer was driving on Oak Grove Road on Feb. 24 when she lost control and crashed into a tree. The vehicle flipped over, trapping Sophie Lekiachvili.
26-year-old man critically injured after shooting near DeKalb County woods
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A 26-year-old man is fighting for his life after a shooting near woods in DeKalb County on Monday afternoon, according to police. Authorities responded to the 3000 block of Will Rogers Place for a person shot around 3:48 p.m. When they arrived, they found the man shot multiple times in the wood line.
Man found shot multiple times along Cleveland Avenue
ATLANTA - A 28-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds in southwest Atlanta on Tuesday. It happened just after 7 p.m. near Cleveland Avenue and Interstate 85. According to the Atlanta Police Department, the man had been shot several times and was rushed to an area hospital. Investigators say...
Accident on Georgia Interstate Takes 26-Year-Old Driver’s Life
Following a terrible incident with a dump truck on a Georgian interstate, a teenage motorist lost her life and the town is in grief. The early hours of April 23rd incident on I-285E close to Chamblee Dunwoody Road has brought attention to the need of driving carefully and defensively. The...
Women accused of stealing $1.4K in merchandise from Atlanta Nike Store, police say
ATLANTA - Police are asking the public for help identifying three women accused of stealing from an Atlanta shoe store. Officials say the theft happened on the afternoon of April 1 at the Nike Store on the 600 block of Ponce De Leon Avenue. According to employees, the three women...
Police: Woman arrested after nearly 9 lbs of fentanyl sized in Gaston Co.
GASTONIA, N.C. (WBTV) - A woman was arrested on Thursday, April 25, after authorities seized nearly 9 pounds of fentanyl in Gaston County, according to the police department. Maria Guadalupe Arroyo, 20, of Sandy Springs, Georgia, was placed in the Gaston County Jail under a $100,000 bond and charged with two counts of trafficking fentanyl.
Court case over fatal car crash raises issues of mental health and criminal liability
ATLANTA (AP) — No one disputes that Michelle Wierson crashed her SUV into a car stopped at a traffic light, causing the death of a young boy. But while prosecutors say she needs to be held accountable for her actions, her lawyers say her mental state at the time absolves her of liability. When Wierson sped through the streets of a DeKalb County, Georgia, neighborhood in her Volkswagen Tiguan in September 2018, she believed she was on a God-assigned mission to save her daughter from being killed.
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