Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Brookhaven resident Andres Jasso, Jr., 39, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after DEA agents found more than 700 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in cucumber boxes at a Gainesville warehouse.
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Brookhaven resident Andres Jasso, Jr., 39, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after DEA agents found more than 700 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in cucumber boxes at a Gainesville warehouse.
Brookhaven resident Andres Jasso, Jr., 39, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after DEA agents found more than 700 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in cucumber boxes at a Gainesville warehouse.
Public Safety
A dead bat found along Terry Mill Road tested positive for rabies on Friday, Aug. 21, marking DeKalb County's fifth confirmed case in 2026. Officials urge residents to vaccinate pets annually and seek immediate medical care after any wildlife bite or scratch.
Public Safety
DeKalb Public Health confirmed an eighth West Nile virus positive mosquito trap on Aug. 24, keeping Brookhaven under the county's health alert; no human cases have been reported in DeKalb this year.
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State investigators say Darrion Deneen Lucius, 39, of Atlanta reported a burglary to Dunwoody Police, then submitted a counterfeit bank statement to back an $18,000 insurance claim. He faces insurance fraud and forgery charges in DeKalb County.
Public Safety
DeKalb Public Health confirmed Aug. 18 that a mosquito trap in ZIP code 30329, which covers Brookhaven, tested positive for West Nile virus — the first detection in that ZIP code this season and the county's seventh positive trap overall.
Public Safety
DeKalb County sheriff's deputies arrested six people and seized more than $2.8 million in suspected marijuana, synthetic THC and psilocybin products after an Aug. 4 traffic stop on a van led to a storage-facility search warrant.
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A Dunwoody woman faces drug trafficking and five other charges after Roswell police say they found methamphetamine, Xanax and paraphernalia in her car, and that she appeared to fake a seizure during the stop.
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A DUI suspect fleeing DeKalb County police crashed into a vehicle at Clairmont Road and Scott Boulevard on Saturday, Aug. 15, injuring four people, in the latest incident tied to the county's expanded pursuit policy.
Public Safety
A 9-year-old DeKalb County boy named Eli, reported missing Thursday, Aug. 13, after leaving his home on Willow Ridge Way to take out the trash, was found safe the same day.
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A 16-year-old faces 17 felony charges including malice murder after the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Marshals arrested him Aug. 11 in connection with a July 2 drive-by shooting that killed 13-year-old Demarcus Shirley and 45-year-old Chauncey Newman during a sleepover in unincorporated DeKalb County.
Public Safety
The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 11 passed an ordinance adding line-of-duty death benefits for all county employees effective Oct. 1, 2026, and accepted more than $844,000 in federal public safety grants for emergency preparedness and drug trafficking enforcement.
Public Safety
Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch publicly disclosed that her private April 9 meeting with Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley produced three policy changes to the city's surveillance system, while resident Jason Hunyar argues the meeting was improperly omitted from her council remarks.
Public Safety
A 50-foot trash pile fire at a homeless encampment beneath the Buford Highway Connector near I-85 on Aug. 10 sent smoke over the busy corridor, echoing the 2017 bridge collapse that shut down the interstate for 43 days.
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