Crime & Safety

Fire Damages Cherokee Home; Acworth Man Arrested in Cobb Bomb Threat

Tommie Milan Boleman Jr. is in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center without bond. Credit: Cobb County Sheriff's Office

Fire Damages Home in Northeast Cherokee - Canton-Sixes Patch

A fire damaged a home in extreme northeastern Cherokee County Wednesday afternoon. Canton-Sixes Patch has more on this story

Two Arrested at Cumberland Mall - Smyrna-Vinings Patch

Two men were arrested in a Cumberland Mall parking lot after narcotics agents found 9.38 pounds of cocaine, 5.4 grams of marijuana and 2.8 grams of suspected crack cocaine in the front passenger seat of a Mercedes Benz. Smyrna-Vinings Patch has more on this story

Cobb Bomb Threat: Home Was Scheduled To Be Sold - Acworth Patch

The home where Cobb sheriff's deputies arrested an Acworth man late Tuesday in connection with a bomb threat at the Cobb County Judicial Complex was scheduled to be sold on the courthouse steps, Cobb Sheriff Neil Warren said this afternoon. Acworth Patch has more on this story

Man Sentenced in Armed Robbery Rampage - Stone Mountain-Lithonia Patch

Laquan Smith, of Stone Mountain, was sentenced Tuesday to serve 18 years in federal prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, and fined $900. Stone Mountain-Lithonia Patch has more on this story.

Suspect in Macy's Shoplifting Arrested - Kennesaw Patch

A Stockbridge man allegedly brought a wooden dolly into the Macy's at Town Center at Cobb, loaded $1,076 worth of furniture on the dolly and left the mall without paying for the items.Kennesaw Patch has more on this story.  


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