Jail and Corrections

16+ hour, 17+ min ago   (409+ words) Martin Floyd, 42, was pronounced dead shortly after midnight Tuesday at a Marietta hospital after a medical episode inside the Cobb County Adult Detention Center, where fellow detainees were the ones who first alerted deputies that something was wrong. He had…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (18+ words) David Addo-Wright, 24, was found unresponsive in his cell on Sept. 24 with several wounds, county officials said....

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (49+ words) New records show Sean Combs is scheduled for release on Jan. 21, 2028, after multiple changes to his sentence....

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (440+ words) Christa Gail Cox received a stay of execution from an appeals court less thatn two hours before her scheduled execution....

1+ week, 10+ hour 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, 15+ hour ago   (47+ words) New DNA evidence led to the release of Douglas Stewart Carter, who spent 41 years on death row for the Eva Olesen killing....

1+ week, 2+ 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, 3+ day ago   (255+ words) A Cobb County deputy was hospitalized with a broken jaw and a concussion after a violent attack by a detainee at the county jail on Friday, officials said. The suspect, described by authorities as a murder suspect awaiting extradition to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (338+ words) A federal jury awarded $164 million to a woman who says she was trafficked for sex at a Super 8 hotel on Old National Highway in College Park when she was 15 in 2020. The award against the hotel's owner, Lincoln Bancorp, LLC, includes…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (161+ words) The GBI confirmed it launched the probe at the request of the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, according to FOX 5 Atlanta. The DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office has since conducted an autopsy on Addo-Wright, but authorities have not released the cause…...