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  • 3 weeks ago | ajc.com | Alexis Stevens |Jennifer Peebles

    A former deputy in two Georgia sheriff’s offices is now the one behind bars after allegedly assaulting three women, including two officers, according to investigators. Alex Ross on Monday visited the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council in Cobb County, where he’s accused of assaulting three women, including two officers, according to investigators. After his certification was suspended for three years, Ross went to North Carolina to work.

  • 1 month ago | macon.com | Vanessa McCray |Jennifer Peebles

    Make way for Charlotte. The name that spun the classic children's book "Charlotte's Web" and adorns North Carolina's biggest city, a British monarch and a fan-favorite "Sex and the City" TV character now has a new distinction. It jumped from second place to tie for the most popular girl's name in Georgia in 2024, matching Olivia, which claimed the top spot alone the previous year.

  • Feb 10, 2025 | ajc.com | Jennifer Peebles |Jozsef Papp

    A hitman who killed a young Atlanta mother home with her baby daughter in 2000 has had his death sentence commuted to life in prison over questions about whether he is too intellectually disabled to be executed. Cleveland Clark was convicted in 2009 of stabbing and strangling to death Michelle “Sparkle” Reid Rai, 22, in her Union City apartment. Police said the newlywed’s father-in-law had paid Clark $10,000 to kill her.

  • Feb 6, 2025 | ajc.com | Jennifer Peebles |Jozsef Papp

    An intellectually disabled Georgia man inexplicably sat on death row for more than three decades waiting on a court to hear his case, despite state and federal rulings saying it is illegal to execute those who don’t have their full intellectual capacities. Dallas Bernard Holiday, of Wrens in Jefferson County, was convicted of the 1986 killing and robbery of a senior citizen who was out on his daily walk.

  • Jan 1, 2025 | thederrick.com | Jozsef Papp |Jennifer Peebles

    The man who drove a truck into a New Year's Day crowd in New Orleans, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens of others in a terrorist attack had multiple Georgia and military ties, including earning a degree from Georgia State University. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen from Texas, was identified as the suspect by the FBI Wednesday.

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