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MARTA police officer arrested on sex charges

A 46-year-old MARTA police officer has been arrested and charged with child molestation and sexual exploitation, according to DeKalb County Police Department spokeswoman Mekka Parish. Willie Clarence Lee Jr. was arrested Jan. 4 and jailed on a $...

CEO Ellis: County's 'house stands strong'

Despite facing a budgetary “hollow tree” that fell last year, damaging the county’s financial house, DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis said the state of the county is “strong.” “Through hard work, decisive action and collaborative effo...

Graphic details of pit bull attack emerge at trial

UPDATE: Young victim recounts dog attack to jury   Jurors in the trial of Twyann Vaughn on Jan. 4 heard graphic accounts of how two of Vaughn’s pit bulls attacked a young girl. “They chased her, they toppled her and they dragged her down the st...

Lithonia again looking for a police chief

Kennis Harrell
After just a year on the job, Lithonia’s police chief Kennis Harrell has resigned. “It’s just another resignation,” Harrell said on Dec. 30 as he was leaving his office. Harrell, a former deputy chief of the DeKalb County Police Department, s...

DeKalb County gears up for winter weather

Nearly a year ago, residents in DeKalb County and throughout the metro Atlanta area were hit by one of the worst winter weather events in Georgia’s history: A storm that brought about 4.5 inches of snow and ice. During the week, as cities attempted...

Thieves’ Christmas Eve robbery caught on video

A group of grinches robbed the home of a Decatur family early on Christmas Eve, taking gifts out the front door in broad daylight.And the crime was caught on a surveillance camera. Kevin Kinley, who lives on Fayetteville Road in the Oakhurst communit...

Two men arrested in Dunwoody murder case

The Dunwoody Police Department has arrested two men for the Dec. 26 killing of a Dunwoody man. Kevin Stallworth, 30, of College Park, was charged with murdering 32-year-old Ivan Perez at the Pointe at Perimeter Apartments located at 100 Ashford Gable...