Crime and Public Safety

45+ min ago   (109+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — One person is in custody in connection to an overnight shooting that sent two people to the hospital, Atlanta police said. The two victims, who have not been named, are hospitalized at Grady Memorial Hospital…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (244+ words) TBILISI, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Georgia has ⁠detained ⁠a man who ⁠planned to sell uranium-238 to a foreign national for $700,000, ​the national security service said on Wednesday. The Georgian citizen ‌is accused of illegally ‌handling nuclear material and faces up to ⁠10 years…...

8+ hour, 34+ min ago   (77+ words) The fire happened at 2821 Waters Road SW, which is in the Glenrose Heights neighborhood. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two people were killed in an Atlanta fire Wednesday night, according to the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department. The fire happened at…...

14+ hour, 10+ min ago   (160+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The FBI has doubled its reward for information about an Atlanta kidnapping suspect. On Aug. 7, Khalid and others allegedly pretended to be law enforcement officers and stopped a person at gunpoint on I-20 near Panola…...

13+ hour, 56+ min ago   (164+ words) October 7, 2026 / 4:38 PM EDT / CBS Atlanta In what could be described as a bride's worst nightmare, a Georgia woman is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after officials say she took thousands of dollars for wedding floral arrangements that she never…...

20+ hour, 43+ min ago   (255+ words) The circumstances surrounding a death at Fayetteville’s Quality Inn remained unclear Wednesday morning. Reports placed police activity at the hotel on the 100 block of East Lanier Avenue, but did not establish what prompted the response or how the person died....

15+ hour, 5+ min ago   (371+ words) A man was shot during a reported robbery early Wednesday morning on Thornton Drive in South Fulton, and as of this report, no suspects have been caught. Officers rushed to the 2400 block of the street at around 5:30 a.m. after the shooting…...

15+ hour, 58+ min ago   (212+ words) Boston is scheduled to speak alongside representatives from DeKalb County police, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia and the FBI Atlanta Field Office, according to Atlanta News First. The outlet said it plans to stream the officials…...

15+ hour, 46+ min ago   (151+ words) Atlanta city councilmember Liliana Bakhtiari introduced a measure Monday that would bar the Atlanta Police Department from ever acquiring artificial intelligence weapons capable of killing without a human pulling the trigger. Bakhtiari’s proposal comes amid federal moves on autonomous technology....

14+ hour, 9+ min ago   (354+ words) A man was riding his Honda CRF100 dirt bike on the 600 block of Hutchens Road SE in Southeast Atlanta on Sunday when he fell off — and before he could climb back on, a suspect allegedly walked up, pulled out a gun,…...