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Atlanta cop and Marine accused of shooting Lyft driver dead, months after being arrested in drug case
An Atlanta cop and Marine faces a murder charge after a Lyft driver was found dead, just months after the officer was arrested in a drug case. Union City police were called to South Fulton Parkway and Stonewall Tell Road, just outside of Atlanta, following an alleged shooting early Wednesday morning, authorities said.Upon arrival, officers found an unresponsive man, later identified as Reginald Folks, 35, who had been inflicted with gunshot wounds. Folks was driving the suspect at the time of the shooting. Police have not released details on what led to the killing. The alleged gunman, Atlanta police officer...
‘It turned into a family affair’: Man murdered girlfriend after she discovered his secret marriage, then his relatives helped him dispose of body, cops say
A man choked his girlfriend to death in Georgia after she confronted him about secretly marrying another woman, then stuffed her body in a suitcase and drove to Tennessee where they burned her body and discarded her remains in two different areas, according to police. His family helped cover his tracks, police said.
Jonesboro youth shelter employee convicted of raping 15-year-old, attorney general says
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - An employee at a Jonesboro youth shelter has been convicted of statutory rape and first-degree sexual contact by an employee, Georgia’s attorney general announced Wednesday. Caleb Randolph, 27, pled guilty to both charges last Thursday, Attorney General Chris Carr said. The man from...
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