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Neuman trial: Prosecution rests, defense seeks to prove client’s insanity

Defendant, Hemy Neuman, center, sits between his defense lawyers, Bob Rubin, left, and Doug Peters during his trial on Feb. 24 in the courtroom of DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gregory Adams. Neuman is accused of murder in the November 2010 killing of Russell Sneiderman. Neuman claimed he was told by an angel to kill Sneiderman in November 2010 and raise his two children as his own, defense lawyer Doug Peters said. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, John Spink)
The murder trial of Hemy Neuman took a dramatic turn with a courtroom kiss and embrace between Andrea Sneiderman and a longtime friend who was a witness. The action, which got Sneiderman banned from the courthouse for the remainder of the trial, beca...

DeKalb County public officials indicted for extortion, bribery

Fidelis Ogbu, 59, and Neacacha Joyner, 40, both of DeKalb County, were indicted March 6 on federal charges of extortion and bribery.  They are expected to be arraigned before United States Magistrate Judge Gerrilyn G. Brill later this week.  U...

Neuman trial in recess until March 8

The trial of Hemy Neuman, accused of the November 2010 killing of Russell Sneiderman, is on a two-day recess. Neuman, who was a supervisor at GE Energy in Marietta, is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. He is accused of shooting the 36-y...

Police searching for suspect in attempted child abductions

The DeKalb County Police Department is searching for a suspect in two attempted child abductions near Stonebridge Apartments on North Hairston Road. In both instances the female children were able to fight off their attacker after being grabbed ...

Two homicide suspects arrested in unrelated cases

DeKalb Sheriff’s fugitive squad arrested two suspects on Feb. 29 for homicide. According to a news release, squad members arrested Darnell Adams, 28, for the Jan. 24 murder of Monty Lowe. Adams is accused of shooting Lowe seven times at Lowe’s We...

News Update, March 1

Update: Man arrested for Chamblee attempted bank robbery admits to three more A man arrested by Chamblee Police and accused of attempting to rob a bank has confessed to three other bank robberies in the area, according to police. Captain Michael Bell...

Neuman trial: ‘Unusual and compelling,’ attorney says

From social media posts, streaming video and water-cooler chats, the trial of Hemy Neuman is a hot topic in DeKalb and around the nation. “I was at an event…with a bunch of lawyers [and] everybody was talking about it,” said attorney B. J. Bern...

Victim’s wife banned from boss’ trial for misconduct

Andrea Sneiderman testifies during day one of the Dunwoody day care killing trial of Hemy Neuman. Photo by Vino Wong vwong@ajc.com
The second week of the Hemy Neuman trial began on Feb. 27 with the victim’s widow banned from the court. Andrea Sneiderman, wife of slain entrepreneur Russell Sneiderman, was banned from the trial and the courthouse on Feb. 24 by Superior Court Jud...

Candler Road/Flat Shoals businesses unite against crime

Adra Tippett, owner of Cake Café Atlanta on Candler Road, said her business has been burglarized four times during the three years her business has been open. Items stolen include cell phones, two televisions, security monitors, an edible-image prin...

Man arrested after foiled bank robbery attempt

An Atlanta man was arrested Feb. 28 in connection with an attempted robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank at 5425 Peachtree Boulevard in Chamblee. Trevor Gladston Jr., 39, of 149 Jefferson Dr., Atlanta, was arrested and charged with attempted armed ro...

Crime update, Feb. 27

Former Super Bowl champion arrested on murder charge The DeKalb Sheriff’s Fugitive Squad arrested former NFL cornerback Glenn Sharpe on Feb. 24 for the Feb. 20 killing of Christopher Galloway. Sharpe, 28, is accused of shooting Galloway t...

News update, Feb. 24

Lithonia residents charged for defrauding elderly Two Lithonia residents were among six people sentenced Feb. 22 to federal prison for participating in a mortgage fraud scheme. Kelsey Torrey Hull, 39, Jonathan Alfred Kimpson, 28, both of Li...

Police: No charges expected against man who took children

The DeKalb County Police Department has identified the man believed responsible for taking Jalen and Amari Mattison at 2 a.m. on Feb. 22 as Charles Watson of Stone Mountain.  Detectives said they do not intend to file charges against him at this tim...

News update, Feb. 23

Decatur businessmen sentenced to prison for fraud Brothers Rhett Maughon, 49, and Marcus Maughon, 47, of Decatur, were among three people sentenced Feb. 23 to serve time in federal prison on charges of tax and immigration fraud. U.S. Attorn...

Women were asked to babysit kidnapped children

Two children reported kidnapped from Wesley Chapel Road on Feb. 22 have been found safe, according to DeKalb County Police. Police said 3-year-old Jalen Mattison and 1-year-old Amari Mattison were turned in at approximately 1 p.m. on Feb. 22, by...

Neuman, victim’s wife groped each other, witness says

Although Andrea Sneiderman described her husband’s killer as a “predator” and “stalker,” she admitted sending him pictures of her children after he had made what she described as unwanted advances toward her. Sneiderman, during the sec...

Children reported kidnapped found safe

Two children reported kidnapped from Wesley Chapel Road on Feb. 22 have been found safe, according to DeKalb County Police. Details of where or how 3-year-old Jalen Mattison and 1-year-old Amari Mattison were located were not immediately availab...

News update, Feb. 22

Stuckey Benfield joins GreenLaw; will not seek-re-election State Rep. Stephanie Stuckey Benfield has announced her plans to become the new executive director of GreenLaw, a Georgia environmental advocacy organization, dedicated to clean air and ...

Mother reports that children were kidnapped

DeKalb County Police are looking for two children whom the mother reported kidnapped from Wesley Chapel Road Feb. 22 at approximately 2 a.m. According to a police report, 3-year-old Jalen Mattison and a 1-year-old Amari Mattison were taken by a ...

Wife of slain Dunwoody man takes stand

Andrea Sneiderman, widow of Russell Sneiderman who was killed outside a Dunwoody daycare in 2010, was the first person to take the stand Feb. 21 in the trial of Hemy Neuman. When questioned about alleged advances by Neuman, Andrea Sneiderman sai...

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