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
Cobb health officials warn of measles and West Nile risks
A measles outbreak at a Cobb County daycare has sickened at least 10 people, all unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, while an East Cobb woman's death from West Nile virus underscores a dual public health threat in the county.
Public Safety
Rescue seeks help finding kitten stolen from Cobb Petco
Cobb County police are looking for two people who stole a 5½-month-old tuxedo kitten named Peggy from a Petco adoption event at the Akers Mill Shopping Center on Sept. 19, and the rescue group is asking the public to help find her.
Marietta, GA
5:21 am, October 13, 2026
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Public Safety
Cobb health officials warn of measles and West Nile risks
A measles outbreak at a Cobb County daycare has sickened at least 10 people, all unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, while an East Cobb woman's death from West Nile virus underscores a dual public health threat in the county.
Public Safety
Rescue seeks help finding kitten stolen from Cobb Petco
Cobb County police are looking for two people who stole a 5½-month-old tuxedo kitten named Peggy from a Petco adoption event at the Akers Mill Shopping Center on Sept. 19, and the rescue group is asking the public to help find her.
Marietta, GA
5:21 am, October 13, 2026
60°F
Clear
Feels like 60° · 0% rain
Public Safety
Cobb health officials warn of measles and West Nile risks
A measles outbreak at a Cobb County daycare has sickened at least 10 people, all unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, while an East Cobb woman's death from West Nile virus underscores a dual public health threat in the county.
Public Safety
Rescue seeks help finding kitten stolen from Cobb Petco
Cobb County police are looking for two people who stole a 5½-month-old tuxedo kitten named Peggy from a Petco adoption event at the Akers Mill Shopping Center on Sept. 19, and the rescue group is asking the public to help find her.
Marietta, GA
5:21 am, October 13, 2026
60°F
Clear
Feels like 60° · 0% rain
Public Safety
East Cobb man faces 10 charges for burning Flock cameras
Colby Williams was arrested Thursday after allegedly firing projectiles at four Flock cameras at East Cobb Park and a nearby Home Depot, setting two on fire; the cameras he targeted captured his license plate and led investigators to him.
Public Safety
Cobb County crime blotter: rape, child cruelty, shooting arrests
Three Cobb County residents, including an 18-year-old charged with rape and aggravated sodomy of a minor, were arrested on felony charges between Aug. 28 and Aug. 30 and are being held without bond at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center.
Public Safety
Cobb officer, driver hospitalized in three-car East Cobb crash
A three-car crash at Old Canton Road and Robinson Road on Friday, Aug. 28, sent a Cobb County police officer and another driver to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The department's STEP Unit is investigating.
Public Safety
Man held without bond after East Cobb gun-pointing spree
Cobb County Police arrested James Cooper, 51, after he allegedly pointed a handgun at multiple East Cobb drivers during early-morning road rage incidents on Aug. 23, and investigators are urging additional victims to come forward.
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.
Public Safety
East Cobb man charged with threatening officer at Kennestone Hospital
John Edward Sneed, 55, of Robinson Road faces two felony charges and a misdemeanor after allegedly threatening a Cobb County police officer while being treated at WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta.
Public Safety
Cobb police chief to face questions on Flock cameras Aug. 31
Cobb County Police Chief Dan Ferrell will hold a community town hall on Flock Safety cameras Monday, Aug. 31, at Sewell Mill Library, as State Sen. John Albers convenes a task force to address a wave of officer misuse arrests across Georgia and Flock cuts its default data retention from 30 to 7 days.
Public Safety
Cobb jail's Bond Beyond Bars reunites mothers with their children
The Cobb County Sheriff's Office held its second Bond Beyond Bars completion event of 2026 on Aug. 20, reuniting incarcerated mothers who earned GEDs and workforce certifications with their children for a rare contact visit at the detention center in Marietta.
Public Safety
Failed pump dumps 25,000 gallons of sewage into Olley Creek, killing fish in Cobb County's largest 2026 spill
A construction-site pump failure sent 25,000 gallons of sewage into Olley Creek on Aug. 15, the largest spill in Cobb County's ongoing 2026 overflow series, killing fish and producing elevated E. coli readings discovered during routine monitoring two days later.
Public Safety
Cobb County man sentenced to life without parole plus 490 years for raping, sexually exploiting infant
Marcel Moreland, 27, was sentenced to life without parole plus 490 years in Cobb Superior Court after pleading guilty to 25 felony counts of rape, child molestation, incest and sexual exploitation of an infant who was abused from one month to six months old.
Public Safety
Accused serial rapist faces 25-plus victims across Cobb, Douglas, Paulding since 1988
Bobby Lee Hart Jr., 53, faces indictments in Cobb, Douglas and Paulding counties for at least 25 alleged rapes and sexual assaults along the Highway 92 corridor dating to 1988; he has been held without bond at the Cobb County Jail since Feb. 6.
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