Christian Boone

The last time Robert Aaron Long was in a Georgia courtroom, he gave up any hope of freedom, pleading guilty in Cherokee County to four fatal shootings and more than a dozen other charges. When he returns to court on Monday, August 30th, in Fulton County for arraignment, the stakes will be even highe…

A date has been set for the federal trial of a Brunswick trio accused of killing a Black man as he ran through their neighborhood in February 2020. Jury selection will begin in Brunswick on Feb. 7 following Tuesday’s order by a federal judge.

An investigation into alleged corruption at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta has led federal officials to reassign or replace several prison staffers and transfer roughly 1,1000 offenders to facilities out of state, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.

Two suspected gang members face potential sentences adding up to nearly 1,000 years in prison after a Fulton County grand jury on Friday handed down a 37-count indictment in the July 4, 2020 shooting death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner.

Fulton DA won’t prosecute Atlanta police officer in fatal 2017 shooting  Atlanta Journal Constitution

State lawmakers barred from touring Arrendale prison  Atlanta Journal Constitution

City and police leaders did nothing to stop armed young men who, for weeks, controlled access to a southwest Atlanta street where Secoriea Turner was shot and killed, attorneys for the 8-year-old girl’s parents told reporters Tuesday.

Even the prisoners say Georgia’s correction facilities don’t have enough guards.

Rayshard Brooks’ family ‘unaware’ of any gang affiliation, lawyers say  Atlanta Journal Constitution

Fulton DA urges people not to go into Piedmont Park alone at night  Atlanta Journal Constitution

Atlanta spa shooting suspect still faces charges in Fulton County after plea deal  Atlanta Journal Constitution

Plea deal expected Tuesday in Cherokee spa killings  Atlanta Journal Constitution

Indictment: Victims were shot and killed at Cobb golf course  Atlanta Journal Constitution

EXCLUSIVE: Cherokee prosecutors near plea deal with spa shooting suspect, Fulton DA says  Atlanta Journal Constitution

More than a year after Rayshard Brooks was shot to death by an Atlanta police officer in a Wendy’s parking lot, the case finally has a prosecutor.

Golf course shooting suspect Bryan Anthony Rhoden knew two of the men he is accused of killing on July 3, a friend of one of the victims told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

In a statement released Tuesday, Cobb County police said they believe golf pro Gene Siller “happened upon a crime in progress.” Siller was not targeted, but rather was killed “because he witnessed an active crime taking place,” police said.

Body cam footage sheds new light on the fatal shooting of Matthew Zadok Williams by Dekalb County police

A Georgia judge has granted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ request to recuse her office from prosecuting Atlanta Police Department Officer Garrett Rolfe in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks outside an Atlanta Wendy’s restaurant.

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