
Jozsef Papp
Crime and Public Safety Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Crime and Public Safety @ajc | Georgia Southern 🦅 | Former @TheGeorgeAnne, @AUG_Chronicle| 🇪🇨 | Opinions are my own |Tips? [email protected] | he/him
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1 week ago |
macon.com | Jozsef Papp
DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston's office decided to scrap an indictment against two former police officers involved in the 2022 shooting death of a man in Stone Mountain over a legal technicality that may have done in the case. An attorney defending one of the officers told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that prosecutors had used the same internal affairs witness in front of the grand jury and during one of the officers' immunity hearings, which isn't allowed.
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1 week ago |
ajc.com | Jozsef Papp
DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston’s office decided to scrap an indictment against two former police officers involved in the 2022 shooting death of a man in Stone Mountain over a legal technicality that may have done in the case. An attorney defending one of the officers told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that prosecutors had used the same internal affairs witness in front of the grand jury and during one of the officers’ immunity hearings, which isn’t allowed.
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1 week ago |
ajc.com | Taylor Croft |Alexis Stevens |Jozsef Papp
Now that a convicted murderer is back behind bars two weeks after Clayton County Jail officials mistakenly released him, Sheriff Levon Allen released his first public statement about the debacle late Friday afternoon. Kathan Guzman was arrested Friday by the U.S. Marshals Service, not long after they joined the search. They located the 22-year-old at a family member’s house in Orange County in central Florida, Frank Lempka with the U.S. Atlanta office confirmed.
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1 week ago |
macon.com | Jozsef Papp |Shaddi Abusaid
It's been more than two weeks since the Clayton County Sheriff's Office mistakenly released a convicted murderer from custody. Those with experience hunting down fugitives say Kathan Guzman is probably long gone, and he may have gotten assistance from a family member or friends. "If he's smart, he definitely left Georgia," said Patrick McCall, a private investigator who specializes in fugitive cases in the United States and abroad. "This guy is looking at some serious time.
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1 week ago |
ajc.com | Jozsef Papp |Shaddi Abusaid
It’s been more than two weeks since the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office mistakenly released a convicted murderer from custody. Those with experience hunting down fugitives say Kathan Guzman is probably long gone, and he may have gotten assistance from a family member or friends. “If he’s smart, he definitely left Georgia,” said Patrick McCall, a private investigator who specializes in fugitive cases in the United States and abroad. “This guy is looking at some serious time.
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