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Sneiderman pleads 'not guilty'

Andrea Sneiderman, pleaded not guilty Oct. 8 to charges that said she conspired with her former boss to murder her husband Rusty Sneiderman in 2010. Sneiderman was arrested Aug. 2 and charged with criminal attempt to commit murder, malice murder, ins...

Woman charged with raping minor then giving birth to his child

A DeKalb County jury Sept. 25 indicted a Stone Mountain woman who is accused of raping a minor, then giving birth to his child. Janelle Goforth, 33, has been charged with two counts of statutory rape for allegedly “engaging in sexual intercourse wi...

DeKalb teen takes plea, avoids life in prison for shooting cousin

Charlie Oliver, 17, accused of killing his 8-year-old cousin, pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter Aug. 28. Oliver agreed to plead guilty and receive a 10-year sentence for fatally shooting Solomon Zellner in the face July 6, 2011;...

Noncustodial mother jailed, missing children not returned

Melisa Ivey, a noncustodial mother accused of keeping her four children past the court-ordered visitation period, was arrested after a warrant hearing. The children have not been returned to the father yet. [Inset] Micah Parker still has a text message from Melisa Ivey, his ex-wife, that he received the night his four children were taken by their noncustodial mother in June. Photos by Andrew Cauthen
A woman accused of taking her four children from their custodial father in violation of a court order is in jail. Melisa Ivey, of Carrollton, Texas, appeared before DeKalb County Magistrate Judge Tracy Dorfman Aug. 16 for a warrant application hearin...

Synthetic drug manufacturer raided in Chamblee

  Law enforcement officials arrested four people and seized hundreds of pounds of synthetic drugs packaged and ready for sale at a Chamblee warehouse July 25. The raid was part of a nationwide sweep on synthetic designer drugs performed by the Unite...

Burglars ransack disabled man’s home

Burglars wrecked the home of Floyd Thompson, an 87-year-old disabled Stone Mountain man, causing thousands of dollars in damage. They urinated on his clothes and wiped feces on walls while he was out of town. “They were mean,” said daughter Judy Parker. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
When 87-year-old, scooter-bound Floyd Thompson returned to his Stone Mountain home July 22 after a trip out of town, he could not open his front door. Burglars had ransacked the home on Sheppard Way in unincorporated Stone Mountain where Thompson and...

Sneiderman arrested, indicted as accomplice in husband's murder

Andrea Sneiderman was arrested August 2 and charged as an accomplice in her late husband's murder.
Andrea Sneiderman, the widow of Rusty Sneiderman, who was gunned down in November 2010 by Andrea’s former boss Hemy Neuman, was arrested Aug. 2 and charged as an accomplice in her husband’s murder. Neuman was eventually tried, found guilty and se...

Judge candidate indicted for theft

A candidate for DeKalb Superior Court has some legal problems of his own. Michael Rothenberg was indicted by a DeKalb County grand jury July 17 on six felony counts of theft by taking, according to a statement by the office of DeKalb County District ...

Pocket knife stabbing suspect arrested

Members of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office fugitive squad arrested Larry Danell Hull July 10 at a Metro PCS Store in Covington.  Hull is accused of stabbing Yolanda Williams twice in the chest with a pocket knife during a doctor’s office...

One arrested, one sought in Gresham Park shooting

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office fugitive squad is searching for a second suspect in a July 2 shooting at Gresham Park where two people were killed.  The park is located at 3113 Gresham Road in south DeKalb after “some sort of altercation...

News update, July 9

State Supreme Court rules in 2009 DeKalb hotel robbery lawsuit In a case stemming from a 2009 robbery at a DeKalb hotel, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that juries can be apportioned among all the parties at fault, including criminals and a...

Lithonia man to appeal murder convictions

Clayton Jerrod Ellington, who was convicted in 2008 of the 2006 murder of his wife and their 2-year-old twin sons, is appealing the three death sentences he was given by a DeKalb County court. The case is to go before the Georgia Supreme Court Monday...

Church rape victim recounts crime

It was a crime that DeKalb District Attorney Robert James called “extremely violent and vicious.” The victim of a February 2011 rape inside a Stone Mountain church said her “life was impacted unforgettably.” Church congregants and supporters ...

News update, July 3

Law enforcement captures man sought in shooting death The DeKalb Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad has captured Marcus D. Ventress, who was sought in connection with the May 26 death of Ryan Guider, 19, whom he allegedly shot several times in t...

News update, July 2

Church rapist pleads guilty, sentenced to life in prison June 29 An 51-year-old Atlanta man will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to the rape in a church of a DeKalb County woman. John Russell Carver was sentenced ...

News update, June 29

Domestic dispute leads to shooting by officer A man was shot June 28 by a DeKalb County Police officer responding to a domestic dispute at an apartment complex. Police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said officers responded to a call at approximat...

News update, June 28

Police catch patio thief The Dunwoody Police Department arrested Darryl Bernard Dillard, 51, of Dunwoody, and charged him with stealing patio furniture from 2486 Mount Vernon Road June 22. Police said Dillard took four sets of patio furniture from th...

Church shootings spark youth violence summit, prayer vigil

The mother of a man shot to death after a Stone Mountain funeral June 7 said she never thought she would be in this “predicament.” “I never knew that phone call I got on June 7 would be my last time speaking with my son,” said Tracey Benton H...

Dunwoody Police make homicide arrest

The Dunwoody Police Department has arrested 20-year-old Christopher Williams of Stone Mountain for the murder of Roberto Calderon-Guzman, police said. The homicide happened at the Peachtree Place Apartments at 4612-B Peachtree Place Parkway June...

News update, June 27

Lithonia man sentenced for drug trafficking A former Fulton County deputy sheriff who accepted bribes of more than $2,000 to distribute cocaine inside and outside the Fulton County Jail was sentenced June 26 in U.S. District Court to serve 41 mo...

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