Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
DeKalb County Fire Rescue, which serves Dunwoody and Brookhaven, broke ground Sept. 24 on a $10 million-plus fire station in Decatur, one of three new SPLOST-funded facilities under construction across the county.
Public Safety
DeKalb County Fire Rescue, which serves Dunwoody and Brookhaven, broke ground Sept. 24 on a $10 million-plus fire station in Decatur, one of three new SPLOST-funded facilities under construction across the county.
DeKalb County Fire Rescue, which serves Dunwoody and Brookhaven, broke ground Sept. 24 on a $10 million-plus fire station in Decatur, one of three new SPLOST-funded facilities under construction across the county.
Public Safety
Dunwoody police arrested a man accused of stealing a firearm from Academy Sports + Outdoors off Perimeter Center Parkway on Thursday morning; Sandy Springs police assisted in the search, and the suspect is being held at DeKalb County Jail with no charges yet specified.
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Dylan Wayland, 19, was killed Monday morning on Lavista Road near Wembley Court when a westbound van left the road and struck him while he placed construction flags; DeKalb County police say no charges have been announced and the investigation is ongoing.
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Dunwoody Police charged a MARTA bus driver with distracted driving and failure to maintain lane after video showed him dozing off at the wheel before a Sept. 7 crash on North Shallowford Road that injured three passengers.
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A WABE investigation found ICE arrested more than 3,500 people across Georgia in July and August 2026, with the Buford Highway corridor a focal point of the enforcement surge. Community groups delivered two tons of food to families too afraid to leave home.
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Four human West Nile virus cases have been confirmed in Georgia in 2026 as the disease enters peak season, and at least eight DeKalb County mosquito traps have tested positive, including one in a Brookhaven-area ZIP code.
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DeKalb County and U.S. Marshals arrested Raul Antonio Escobar Paz, 45, on Wednesday in the July 23 shooting death of Tyler Sieber, 26, on I-285 near the Buford Highway exit.
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A MARTA bus ran off North Shallowford Road near Peachford Road on Labor Day and crashed into a tree on an embankment, injuring three people with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Dunwoody police and MARTA.
Public Safety
A trash fire behind the Cheesecake Factory at Perimeter Mall sent black smoke over Dunwoody on Wednesday morning, sending one employee to the hospital.
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Dunwoody resident Danny Ross published a letter calling on the mayor and City Council to enact rules governing the city's Flock Safety camera system, citing a Wall Street Journal report that Flock employees viewed Dunwoody cameras more than 1,000 times for sales demos.
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Dunwoody resident Jason Hunyar helped create HaveIBeenFlocked.com, a free tool that lets drivers search more than 241 million Flock Safety audit logs to see if law enforcement queried their license plate, amid multiple Georgia misuse cases and new Flock privacy changes.
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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.
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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.
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