Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Harry Brown was last seen Monday evening on Windage Way. He was found about 2 a.m. Tuesday in good spirits.
Cobb authorities early this morning canceled a Mattie’s Call for a missing 69-year-old Marietta man who suffers from Alzheimer’s. Harry Brown, who was last seen at 1400 Windage Way about 6:30 p.m. Monday, was found about 2 a.m. Tuesday behind a residence "within a close proximity of where he went missing," said Officer Mike Bowman with the Cobb County Police Department. Though he "was in good spirits," Brown was taken to WellStar Cobb Hospital in Austell as a precaution, Bowman said. There were no signs of foul play. Cobb County Police late Monday night issued a Mattie’s Call for a missing 69-year-old man. According to police, Harry Brown of Marietta was last seen at 1400 Windage Way about 6:30 p.m. and was believed to have left on foot. …
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Mark Young first came to law enforcement's attention in January 2012 when an undercover officer received information that Young had manufactured his own C-4, which is a type of plastic explosive.
A 46-year-old Cobb County man who sold a bomb to an undercover officer will spend the next five years and three months in federal prison. United States District Judge Steven C. Jones sentenced Mark Young today on charges of possessing a destructive device. “The recent tragedy in Boston underscores the havoc a homemade bomb can wreak,” United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said this afternoon in a news release. “We are committed to aggressively prosecuting those who put the safety and security of our citizens at risk by constructing explosives devices.” Mark Young first came to law ennforcement's attention in January 2012 when an undercover officer received information that Young had manufactured his own C-4, which is a type of …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
She is accused of leaving a toddler on a doorstep in that state.
A Cobb County woman who allegedly abandoned her daughter on the front porch of a home in South Carolina last week will likely be extradited to that state "tomorrow or Wednesday," the spokesman for the Anderson County Sheriff's Office said Monday. Tongela Denise McBride, who lives at the Parkside at Town Center, an apartment community in an unincorporated section of Cobb between Marietta and Kennesaw, was arrested just after 10:30 p.m. Friday night, according to online jail records. She is in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center without bond. Her arrest came three days after someone rang the doorbell at a home on Brook Forest Drive in the Nevitt Forest subdivision around 11 p.m. Tuesday. When the homeowner opened the door, he found a girl…
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Cobb County Police are seeking information regarding an early Sunday crash on Sandy Plains Road at Kinjac Drive.
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Sunday, February 3
Two Marietta teens were killed early Sunday in a crash that occurred on Sandy Plains Road at Kinjac Drive in Marietta. According to a Cobb County Police Department news release, the crash happened about 3:21 a.m. Based on preliminary information from CCPD’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program, the crash saw a silver 2001 Volvo S60 going northbound on Sandy Plains Road at a high rate of speed when the driver apparently lost control. The car crossed into the southbound lanes of Sandy Plains Road and struck a large brick sign at the intersection of Kinjac Drive. After striking the sign, the vehicle caught fire and both the driver and his occupant died as a result. Authorities identified the deceased as 19-year old Stephen Nolasco, who …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
No charges are expected to be filed in the wake of the crash, which occurred on South Cobb Drive near Walker Street late Tuesday.
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Thursday, January 17
Cobb County Police on Thursday released the name of a man killed in a three-vehicle crash that occurred about 11 p.m. Tuesday on South Cobb Drive near Walker Street in Marietta. According to a CCPD news release, killed in the crash was 19-year-old David Munlyn of Marietta. He was driving a maroon 2009 Kia Spectra that authorities say caused the crash. Based on preliminary information, investigators say Munlyn’s Spectra was traveling east on South Cobb Drive near Walker Street at the same time a white 2010 Lexus RX350 and a blue 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser were going west on South Cobb Drive. For reasons unknown, the Spectra entered the westbound lanes of South Cobb Drive and collided with the Lexus. Moments after the two vehicles came to an …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Law enforcement agencies are assisting with patrols in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shootings.
Cobb County School District officials spent a busy weekend requesting law enforcement assistance and briefing school principals, teachers and staff about security measures in the wake of Friday's deadly school shootings in Newtown, Conn. On Monday, Cobb County police and law enforcement from other Cobb cities were making safety rounds at schools. "Our precinct patrol officers are driving by all schools in their assigned beats," Cobb Police Department Spokesman Officer Michael Bowman told Patch. Cobb schools spokesman Doug Goodwin said the district has a 44-member full-time security staff that works out of high schools and middle schools but not elementary schools for "resource" reasons. He said the extra police patrols will continue on an …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Cobb Police officials are seeking the public’s help as they investigate the incident at the Powder Springs Road business.
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Friday, December 14, 2012
The Cobb County Police Department is investigating a robbery reported Thursday evening at a West Cobb store. According to a CCPD news release, the incident occurred at T-Mobile, 1812 Powder Springs Road in Marietta, about 5:30 p.m. when a male entered the business and asked a female employee for a specific item. After the employee brought the item to the sales floor after retrieving it from the stockroom, the male grabbed the merchandise and left the store, getting into a vehicle driven by another male. The perpetrator was described as a black male in his late teens or early 20s, 6-feet-1-inches tall with a very thin build. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, black over red athletic shoes and a dark-colored fur …
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Monday, November 26, 2012
Smyrna Police Officer Darryl L. Whitfield of Powder Springs was arrested Saturday following a domestic violence incident.
The City of Smyrna Police Department has suspended an officer with pay pending the conclusion of an internal investigation. The suspension follows an arrest made by the Cobb County Police Department over the weekend. About 1:25 p.m. Saturday, Cobb officers were dispatched to the Powder Springs home of Smyrna Police Officer Darryl L. Whitfield. About two hours later, Whitfield was arrested and charged with misdemeanors including simple assault, simple battery, third degree cruelty to children (allowing a child to witness family violence), and obstructing or hindering persons making emergency telephone call, Smyrna police spokesman Michael Smith said. Whitfield was held at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center on $11,220 bail and has since …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
The Powder Springs and Cobb County police departments continue to investigate Tuesday’s crash on C.H. James Parkway and seek anyone with information on it.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Powder Springs Police and the Cobb County Police Department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program Unit are investigating a serious injury crash that occurred on C.H. James Parkway Tuesday. According to a news release Wednesday, investigators say a gray 2001 Mazda Tribute was traveling east on C.H. James Parkway just west of Florence Road. For reasons unknown, the driver lost control of his vehicle and crossed over the center lane and entered into the westbound travel lanes and collided with a blue 1996 Chevrolet Impala. The Impala’s driver, identified as 47-year-old Penny A. Mitchell of Powder Springs, was transported by ambulance to Atlanta Medical Center for serious injuries she sustained in the crash. The Mazda’s driver, 50-year-old …
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Wilford Hardnett was last seen on Dallas Highway near Lost Mountain Park Friday afternoon.
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Saturday, November 17, 2012
At about 3:30 p.m., 16-year-old Wilford Hardnett was located in good condition walking on the Marietta Country Club golf course off Stilesboro Road, Sgt. Dana Pierce, spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department, said just before 7 p.m. Saturday. Cobb County authorities are asking for the public’s assistance in helping them locate a missing 16-year-old special needs boy. According to Cobb Police, Wilford Hardnett was last seen walking eastbound on Dallas Highway towards Lost Mountain Park after jumping out of the window of a Cobb County special needs school bus about 4:25 p.m. Friday. Hardnett may have also been sighted Friday between 6:30 and 7 p.m. in the area of Lost Mountain Park, and again Saturday morning in the area of East …
Pam J
11:42 pm on Friday, May 17, 2013
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