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Gunman Dennis Marx 'threw smoke grenade and shot at cops' at Atlanta courthouse

A former TSA employee, armed with homemade bombs and an assault rifle, was shot dead on Friday as he tried to enter an Atlanta, Georgia

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Father, son among four dead in weekend drownings

It was a deadly weekend on the water across metro Atlanta. Four people drowned on Sunday -- three on Lake Lanier and one in the

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Police: Buford woman Angela Warren arrested for exposing herself to officer

A Buford woman was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after repeatedly exposing herself to an officer, according to police. Gwinnett police said Angela Warren, 37,

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Alabama teen Marissa Williams jailed for soliciting murder from aunt's fake...

A 19-year-old Alabama woman was arrested after asking a Facebook friend, who was actually her aunt in disguise, to shoot and kill her family. According to

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Driver Kevin Roper charged in comedian's accident due in court

The truck driver charged in the fatal crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that also injured comedian Tracy Morgan and several other people was scheduled

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Police: Waffle House employee Quintavius Martin shoots, kills customer

Police are investigating a deadly shooting between a Waffle House employee and customer Friday morning. The shooting stemmed from a dispute between a worker at the

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Georgia performs first US execution since botched lethal injection

Within an hour, Georgia, then Missouri carried out the nation's first executions since a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma in April raised new concerns about

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Toddler dies after being left in hot car for eight hours

A toddler has died after being locked in a car for eight hours where the temperature may have reached up to 131ºF. Authorities in Atlanta, Georgia, said

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Atlanta man Jerrick Jackson sentenced in murder of pastor's brother

A man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday in the murder of a metro Atlanta pastor’s brother. A jury found Demetrius Morgan not guilty

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Georgia father Justin Ross Harris researched child death in hot car on Internet

A Georgia man charged with murder after his 22-month-old son died in a hot SUV searched online for information about kids dying in cars and

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Former Georgia Tech player Recardo Wimbush, wife held without bond on child...

him he was charged with cruelty to children in the first degree and false imprisonment. Deputies booked Recardo Wimbush and Therian Wimbush into jail on the same

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Justin Ross Harris whose toddler died in a hot car ‘spent the day sexting six...

A GEORGIA man charged with murdering his 22-month-old son was sexting several women on the day of the boy’s death and had two life insurance

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Georgia man Tommy Lee Waldrip's death sentence commuted a day before...

The day before he was due to die by lethal injection, a man on Georgia's death row was granted clemency and his sentence commuted to

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Atlanta woman Semeatress Robinson charged for leaving son in hot car while...

A metro Atlanta woman is facing charges after police say she left her 5-year-old son in her car while shopping. Tyrone police charged Semeatress Robinson, 28,

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Police: Woman turns gun on carjacker Sebastian Fontana, shoots him

Neighbors in one community said they're on alert after a recent carjacking attempt ended with a woman shooting her attacker.   The incident happened

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Forsyth County fugitive Kenneth Dustin Grant arrested in Mexico

A Forsyth County fugitive featured on "America's Most Wanted" was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after being located in Mexico following a four-year investigation. The

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19-year-old Tabitha Paige gets 5 years in jail after hit-and-run

A 19-year-old Douglas County woman received a five-year sentence for a hit-and-run wreck that killed a man. Tabitha Paige pleaded guilty to the September 2013 accident

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Women: DeKalb officer Jeremy Reynolds asked for sexual favors to avoid jail

Two victims tearfully testified a police officer on trial asked them to do sexually inappropriate acts in exchange for not taking them to jail. It happened

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Savannah woman Ellen Wilson has hate-filled letter posted on her windshield...

A military fiancée who proudly boasts an 'I Love My Soldier' bumper sticker was shocked to find a spiteful letter slapped on her windshield that

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Smyrna Man Ryan Stow left suicide note, disappeared with son

Smyrna police are searching for a father they believe may not be stable, and he is with his 9 year-old son. Ryan Stow was planning on

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