Defense attorneys for former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines are seeking to remove the death penalty as a sentencing option in his murder trial.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A former Stone Mountain police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to shooting and killing an unarmed man in 2022. Russell Mathis, 32, pleaded guilty in the Nov. 4, ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A former DeKalb County police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter in the 2022 ...

DeKalb County officer shot and killed a Stone Mountain man after entering his home while on-duty. He'll now spend two years on house arrest and more on probation.

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New details emerge on how Latasha Mott hit her child and hid her body before burying it in a shallow grave on the city’s East Side.

A woman who admitted to murdering her 5-year-old daughter learned her fate Wednesday morning, Feb. 11. A judge sentenced ...

DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Courtney L. Johnson set the plea hearing for Russell Mathis, 32, for 1 p.m. Wednesday. In ...

A plea hearing has been scheduled for Russell Mathis, 32, a former DeKalb County Police Officer accused in the deadly ...

Desmontrez Mathis, 24, of Athens, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the murder of 3-year-old Kyron Santino Zarco Smith. A Western Judicial Circuit Superior Court judge ...

The third and final defendant in the shooting death of an Athens 3-year-old learned he will spend life in prison.