Powder Springs
CRIME & SAFETY
6 more arrested in Powder Springs fight that led to fatal shooting
Six additional suspects, all between ages 17-20, have been arrested on charges related to the fight that preceded the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old in Powder Springs last week.
Man Gets Life for Fatal Stabbing at Mexican Restaraunt
A 21-year-old man who pleaded guilty to murder in the fatal June 2022 stabbing of another man outside of a Mexican Restaurant on Sandtown Road has been sentenced to life in prison, Cobb District Attorney Flynn Broady Jr. announced. Nelson Diaz-Chicas was accused of stabbing Sergio Luis Ortega Quiera four times at the El Velero Seafood & Mexican Restaurant on June 30, 2022, Broady said. That day, Cobb County police...
Smyrna Man Indicted for Vehicular Homicide While on Cocaine, Fentanyl
A Cobb grand jury has indicted a Smyrna man for vehicular homicide in a May 2023 crash that left a 54-year-old woman dead. Police allege Lynn Aauron Mctier, 66 at the time of his arrest, was on drugs including cocaine, fentanyl, amphetamines and THC (the compound which gives marijuana its high) when the crash occurred around 2:45 p.m. on May 15, 2023. Mctier is accused of causing the crash on...
FOUND: 12-year-old girl missing in Hiram found
HIRAM, Ga. - Police say the missing girl has been found. The Hiram Police Department is looking for 12-year-old Lilyrose Ukpo. She was last seen in the area of Venture Path of Enterprise Path. She was wearing a dark blue or black shirt, blue bell-bottom jeans, and black boots. She was carrying a black bookbag.
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