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.
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.
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 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.
Public Safety
The Dunwoody City Council deferred renewing the bulk of its roughly $500,000-a-year Flock Safety surveillance contract after organized resident opposition over privacy and ICE-access concerns, with no date set to revisit the decision.
Public Safety
Dunwoody Police charged Leonardo Dismukes with aggravated assault and firearm felonies after he shot Jalen Wade in the foot following a fender-bender that escalated into a fistfight at the Drift Apartments on Aug. 4; two other men face simple assault charges.
Public Safety
DeKalb County Police Chief Greg Padrick announced a formal policy governing officer access to private security robots and cameras through the department's Real-Time Crime Center, weeks after a sheriff's sergeant was fired and charged for misusing Flock Safety data.
Public Safety
DeKalb County police charged 19-year-old Jacob Moterde with promoting drag racing after a street takeover blocked Chamblee Tucker Road on Aug. 3, with a resident reporting gunfire and neighbors demanding tag readers and cameras at the Emory Circle intersection.
Public Safety
DeKalb Public Health warned Buford Highway restaurants Tuesday after a man posing as a health inspector filmed himself inside a Brookhaven kitchen; one restaurant called police, and officials say the act is a misdemeanor under Georgia law.
Public Safety
A raccoon that tested positive for rabies bit a Sandy Springs resident multiple times on July 26 near the Dunwoody border, prompting Fulton County officials to urge pet owners to check vaccinations and report unusual animal behavior.
Public Safety
Brookhaven Police participated in Operation Red Card, a 33-day multiagency crackdown on human trafficking and child exploitation during the FIFA World Cup that resulted in 153 arrests and 54 victims offered services across metro Atlanta.
Public Safety
Tyler Seiber's mother says the gunman who killed her son on I-285 near Buford Highway on July 23 stole his phone to destroy photographic evidence of a hit-and-run; DeKalb County police have not named a suspect more than a week later.
Public Safety
Dunwoody Police Sgt. Michael Cheek released a video safety briefing on July 30 with reminders for walkers, bikers, drivers, and bus riders as DeKalb County schools reopen Monday, Aug. 3.
Public Safety
DeKalb County Fire Rescue paramedics delivered a healthy baby girl on Northern Avenue in Clarkston early Wednesday while responding to severe overnight storm damage, highlighting the range of emergencies DCFR handles across the county it shares with Dunwoody and Brookhaven.
Public Safety
An Atlanta Community Press Collective investigation found that Atlanta's crime clearance rates haven't improved despite an eightfold camera expansion, raising questions about the same Flock technology Dunwoody pays $500,000 a year to operate.
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