Thursday, May 23, 2013
Kevin T. Tillery allegedly posted an advertisement about a townhome in Powder Springs that was available for lease.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of an Atlanta man who allegedly used Craigslist to make some quick money. Kevin T. Tillery allegedly posted an advertisement about a townhome in Powder Springs that was available for lease, according to a Cobb County criminal warrant. A man responded to the Craigslist posting and allegedly met with Tillery to hash out the details of the lease. Tillery is accused of accepting a $500 cash payment as well as a $500 check from the man on Sept. 22, 2012, according to the warrant. There was just one problem:Tillery did not own the property, a Powder Springs police officer wrote in the warrant. And "the accused ... was not working for the owner of said property and had no authority to lease sale or rent …
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Power has since been restored to those affected in GreyStone's eight-county service area. Powder Springs and Highway 120 in Paulding were among the areas hit by the severe thunderstorm and flash flooding.
West Cobb residents were among the GreyStone Power Corporation customers who lost power Sunday due to severe thunderstorms and flash flooding. GreyStone officials on Monday reported that linemen worked to restore electric service to 13,000 members in the wake of Sunday’s weather. Their efforts continued throughout the evening as they worked to fix 22 broken poles and downed power lines. More than half of the 13,000 power outages were in Fulton County, the corporation said. Other areas that were hit hard included Lithia Springs, South Cobb including Powder Springs, and Highway 120 in Paulding. Additional crews were called to assist with restoring power as quickly as possible. Seven crews from Carroll EMC, Diverse Power, Snapping Shoals EMC …
Store surveillance captured him and another employee taking items from the store over a period of time.
Two Burlington Coat Factory employees have admitted that they took items from the store without paying for them. Anthony Hester of Powder Springs and Alkini Patterson of Marietta each face a charge of theft by taking in connection with the alleged incidents, according to online jail records. Hester "was witnessed via store surveillance over the last three months to present taking multiple items from the store where he worked," a Marietta police officer wrote in a Cobb County criminal warrant. Store surveillance also captured Patterson allegedly taking items from the store over a period of one month, records show. Hester and Patterson were arrested Thursday afternoon at Burlington Coat Factory. Hester was released early Friday on a $1,500 …
Monday, May 20, 2013
A 51-year-old man accused his 19-year-old stepdaughter of stabbing him Sunday evening.
A 19-year-old Powder Springs woman has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of her 51-year-old stepfather. About 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Vince Anderson was walking along Powder Springs Road near Ponderosa Lane trying to flag down traffic. "Officers arrived to find the male ... bloody as a result of several stab wounds in the areas of his left arm, head and back," said Maj. Matt Boyd with the Powder Springs Police Department. Anderson told officers that his stepdaughter, Shaquioa Crawford, stabbed him during a domestic dispute at a residence in the 3700 block of Powder Springs Road, Boyd said. According to a Cobb County criminal warrant, they argued over the location of an EBT card. "The accused stated the victim grabbed her by the arm …
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He later told authorities that he was under the influence of a prescription muscle relaxant.
A Powder Springs man was captured on video rummaging through the information desk at WellStar Kennestone Hospital and looking through every car in the parking deck. Deon Demonta Miller was already facing seven charges in connection with the incident. Thursday, three new charges were added. According to a Cobb County criminal warrant, Miller entered the hospital about 4:36 a.m. April 30 and approached the main information desk. "He then sat down at the desk, which was unoccupied, and proceeded to open or attempt to open every cabinet and drawer of the desk," a Marietta police officer wrote in a Cobb County criminal warrant. "He rummaged through at least one drawer." Additionally, Miller allegedly "entered nine automobiles in the Kennestone …
Saturday, May 18, 2013
He is the Georgia EMS Educator of the Year.
Georgia Emergency Medical Services has announced the winner of its EMS Educator of the Year award, and the recipient is a local. During the recent Georgia Emergency Medical Services Awards Banquet at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth, Cobb EMS Coordinator Larry Causby was recognized for contributing "significantly to EMS education at the community, regional, and/or state level," Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services spokeswoman Denell Boyd said. "The person must be someone who not only does the job, but far exceeds the expectations of the employer and the community," she said in a statement. "The individual is an example of what a true role model/community hero is."
He was among 26 metro area law enforcement officers who graduated from the North Central Georgia Law Enforcement Academy.
Twenty-six people graduated recently from the North Central Georgia Law Enforcement Academy, and three of the graduates are from Cobb-area agencies, Cobb Sheriff Neil Warren said. The 10-week academy covered state laws, criminal procedures, firearms, emergency vehicle operations, defensive tactics, search and seizure, and other law enforcement related subjects. Cobb graduates included Officer Jeremy Boatwright with the Powder Springs Police Department and Officer Travis Smith with the Southern Polytechnic State University Police Department. Lt. Patrick Stewart with the Marietta Fire Department finished at the top of the class. In addition to Stewart, top honors went to Jonathan Morrison, an officer with the Cartersville Police Department…
Friday, May 17, 2013
They allegedly had 7.7 pounds of marijuana.
Four people, including one man from Powder Springs, have been arrested on drug-related charges after police found more than seven pounds of marijuana in their Kennesaw Extended Stay America Hotel room. About 8:45 p.m. Sunday, there was a strong odor of marijuana coming from the room at the Busbee Drive hotel. When officers opened the door "smoke came billowing out," a Cobb police officer wrote in a Cobb County criminal warrant. Marijuana, a glass pipe with marijuana residue and a glass jar containing marijuana were "found in plain view," according to the warrant. Officers obtained a search warrant and found even more drugs. "A scale and several other glass jars of marijuana were found," the officer wrote. "The quantity of the marijuana …
See tweets and photos from teams and attendees at the Relay For Life events happening in Cobb and Paulding counties.
Close to 4,000 people are set to gather in two counties to remember those who lost their battles to cancer, show support to those who survived it, and to raise money to fight the disease. Relay For Life of Cobb County will kick off at 7 p.m. at Jim Miller Park in Marietta. Next door in Paulding, Relay for Life of Paulding County is being held at White Oak Park in Dallas, with the event’s opening ceremony set for 6:45 p.m. Related news What is Relay For Life?Cobb Teams Taking the Fight to Cancer Tonight How Can Relay for Life Teams Use West Cobb Patch? We’ll be following the tweets from all of those involved in the two events, and you can follow along too. Check out the live Twitter stream attached to this article to follow the tweets from…
The woman's husband is wanted in connection with the alleged incident.
When Derrell Lamar King was prohibited from taking his 5-month-old daughter, tensions escalated Friday inside a Powder Springs home. According to a Cobb County criminal warrant, the Smyrna man went to his wife's home in the 2400 block of Chauncey Lane just after 7 p.m. May 10. When he attempted to take their daughter, his wife "did not allow a transfer of custody based on her husband's history of abuse," a Cobb police officer wrote in the warrant. King allegedly punched and kicked his wife, who was taken to a local hospital with multiple bruises to her arms. King faces a charge of battery, a misdemeanor offense.
Stacy K
8:18 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Great job, Greystone! I was without power for all of Sunday because of downed power lines a street over, but noticed they were working on it around midnight and my power was up by 1:30 am! more ›