Verdicts and Sentences

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (52+ words) The child finally escaped on July 5, 2023, breaking through sheetrock Jackson-Jones had used to trap him in his bedroom closet. He jumped from his second-floor window and was saved by a resident of his neighborhood. At the time of his escape,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (391+ words) A DeKalb County Superior Court judge sentenced Otis Blakes to life in prison plus five years for shooting and killing a parking services employee during a dispute over a car boot last summer. Blakes, 34, was convicted after a jury found…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (28+ words) A man has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting and killing a man while he was removing a parking boot, the DeKalb County district attorney said....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (192+ words) Deputies eventually caught up with Smith at a BP gas station at 1201 S. Houston Lake Road, where he was found with the vehicle, per 41NBC's account. When deputies moved in, Smith drove a U-Haul truck into a patrol vehicle before fleeing…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (273+ words) Jermaine Rimson was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years after being convicted in the 2022 killing of Abel Castellanos, who was 21. The charges included felony murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault and criminal attempt to commit a robbery. Rimson is now…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (202+ words) Brookhaven Police used Flock Safety automated license plate reader technology to identify Thomas as the registered owner of the red Hyundai and trace the vehicle across city lines. Brookhaven has been among the first Georgia municipalities to adopt the ALPR…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (381+ words) A 43-year-old Atlanta man with 14 prior felony convictions was sentenced Wednesday to eight years and nine months in federal prison after admitting he possessed a stolen pistol that officers found inside his vehicle. Terrance Banks pleaded guilty on June 9, 2026, to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (251+ words) A Chattooga County judge sentenced Deoveon Price to 25 years, five to serve, after a jury found him not guilty of murder but guilty of aggravated assault and firearm possession in the Oak Street shooting death. Deoveon LaWayne Price, the Summerville…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (459+ words) Gunfire tore through the 100 block of Camellia Lane early Wednesday morning, leaving a bullet-riddled vehicle at the center of a new DeKalb County Police investigation at Bella Vista Apartments in Stonecrest. Someone opened fire on the vehicle at the apartment…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (169+ words) The Electrek article cited above concerns an unrelated Colorado case involving a Rivian owner's Road Cam footage, not the Moreno Gutierrez crash. Moreno Gutierrez was a cyclist. An obituary for him is available on Legacy.com. The medical examiner determined…...