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Public Safety
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
State recovers stolen crypto for Cobb County scam victim
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced his office seized and returned cryptocurrency stolen from a Cobb County resident who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to a fake trading platform, marking the second such recovery in two weeks.
Public Safety
Cobb commissioners approve $2.56M land buy for police annex
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Aug. 26 to purchase a 1.83-acre property at 550 Commerce Park Drive in Marietta for $2.56 million, earmarking it as a future special operations annex for the Cobb Police Department.
Marietta, GA
6:54 pm, August 28, 2026
87°F
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Feels like 92° · 34% rain
Public Safety
State recovers stolen crypto for Cobb County scam victim
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced his office seized and returned cryptocurrency stolen from a Cobb County resident who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to a fake trading platform, marking the second such recovery in two weeks.
Public Safety
Cobb commissioners approve $2.56M land buy for police annex
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Aug. 26 to purchase a 1.83-acre property at 550 Commerce Park Drive in Marietta for $2.56 million, earmarking it as a future special operations annex for the Cobb Police Department.
Marietta, GA
6:54 pm, August 28, 2026
87°F
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Feels like 92° · 34% rain
Public Safety
State recovers stolen crypto for Cobb County scam victim
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced his office seized and returned cryptocurrency stolen from a Cobb County resident who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to a fake trading platform, marking the second such recovery in two weeks.
Public Safety
Cobb commissioners approve $2.56M land buy for police annex
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Aug. 26 to purchase a 1.83-acre property at 550 Commerce Park Drive in Marietta for $2.56 million, earmarking it as a future special operations annex for the Cobb Police Department.
Marietta, GA
6:54 pm, August 28, 2026
87°F
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Feels like 92° · 34% rain
Public Safety
Man identified, charged in Smyrna road rage pistol-whipping
Smyrna police identified and charged Frederick Hammonds with felony aggravated battery in connection with a June 27 road rage attack near Cumberland Boulevard and Cobb Parkway in which a driver was pistol-whipped and hospitalized for surgery.
Public Safety
Palmetto woman faces four new stalking charges after alleged bond violations in East Cobb case
A Palmetto woman is held without bond at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center on four new felony aggravated stalking charges after allegedly contacting an East Cobb man with threatening "black magic" messages, violating bond conditions from a prior 2025 stalking case involving the same victim off Murdock Road.
Public Safety
Cobb schools acknowledge threat was made in Campbell Middle gun incident
The Cobb County School District told Campbell Middle School families that a gun confiscated from a student on Aug. 12 was not used in any threat, but investigators later confirmed a threat was made after a parent reported his son was told "I'll shoot you" by the armed classmate.
Public Safety
Judge denies bond for former Ridgeview employee accused of assaulting teen patient
A Cobb County judge denied bond Aug. 12 to Jalen Pugh, 25, a former Ridgeview Institute employee accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old patient at the Smyrna mental health facility, as detectives investigate possible additional victims.
Public Safety
Family of Messiah Harris speaks out as investigation into his death continues
The family of 2-year-old Messiah Harris held a news conference on Marietta Square on Aug. 12, describing the child who was found dead behind a Marietta apartment complex on Aug. 7. Suspect Dairon Keith was denied bond and Marietta Police say charges could be upgraded pending the medical examiner's report.
Public Safety
Cobb's sewer overflow count hits seven with new spill into Noonday Creek
A gravel blockage caused 890 gallons of wastewater to spill into Noonday Creek in Kennesaw on Aug. 10, the seventh confirmed Cobb County sewer overflow in roughly three weeks, adding a new cause and waterway to a pattern that has already hit three East Cobb creeks.
Public Safety
Scooter rider suffers life-threatening injuries after being hit by two cars
A man riding a scooter suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by two separate cars while crossing Powder Springs Road in south Marietta late Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to Cobb County Police.
Public Safety
Five hospitalized after speedboat crash on Lake Allatoona
Five people were ejected from a speedboat and hospitalized at Kennestone Hospital with serious injuries after the boat hit the shore at high speed during a poker run on Lake Allatoona on Sunday, Aug. 9; the Georgia DNR's Critical Incident Reconstruction Team is investigating.
Public Safety
Dobbins base warns of louder-than-usual noise through Friday
Dobbins Air Reserve Base announced a routine C-130 training exercise running Aug. 10–14 that will generate louder-than-usual noise for East Cobb residents living near the base.
Public Safety
Kennesaw man charged after 2-year-old's body found near Marietta apartments
Marietta Police arrested Dairon Keith, 23, of Kennesaw on felony charges of concealing a death and making false statements after 2-year-old Messiah Harris was found dead in the woods behind a Marietta apartment complex Friday evening.
Public Safety
Marietta man charged after alleged assault on Lyft driver, threats to officers
Marietta Police arrested Latrell Wilbert, 39, on six charges including felony bribery and felony terroristic threats after he allegedly assaulted a Lyft driver, scattered cash at the Marietta Diner, tried to pay off officers and threatened to kill a cop.
Public Safety
Driver seriously injured in Barrett Parkway crash with tractor-trailer
A truck and tractor-trailer collided Thursday evening on Ernest W. Barrett Parkway, leaving a driver with serious injuries. Cobb County Police are investigating but have released few details about the crash, the latest in a series of serious incidents on the busy East Cobb corridor in 2026.
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