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Department of Justice Violent Crime and Racketeering Section Chief David Jaffe speaks during a news conference in Savannah on May 15 at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia.

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  • News

Federal indictment in Savannah charges 30 alleged gang members in sprawling racketeering case

The charges result from a four-year, multi-agency investigation into the "Sex Money Murder" street gang.

May 16, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne
Atlanta police chief Darin Schierbaum presented how crime data in the first 5 months of 2025 compares to last year

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Atlanta crime overall continues declining. Community programs lead the change

Atlanta's police chief outlined several city programs keeping violent crime down and called on community members to help where they can.

May 14, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
Ecuador's leftist presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez on the left and Ecuador's president and presidential candidate Daniel Noboa on the right.

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Ecuador's next president faces rampant drug violence and few resources to combat it

Ecuador's runoff vote pits Trump ally and incumbent Daniel Noboa against leftist challenger Luisa González, in an election dominated by the issue of security in a highly polarized political landscape.

April 12, 2025
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  • Carrie Kahn
The Barton County Courthouse in Great Bend, Kan. Authorities there say a man was arrested after hiding under a kid's bed.

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Authorities say a babysitter checked under the bed for monsters — and found someone

Kansas authorities say a babysitter went to refute a kid's claims of a monster under their bed, but "came face-to-face with a male suspect who was hiding there." They later arrested a 27-year-old man.

March 28, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Karen Read, pictured outside of the Norfolk Superior Court for a hearing in August. Her legal team tried for months to get her second trial dismissed.

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  • National

A guide to the Karen Read case, as she returns to court for her second murder trial

Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, a Boston cop, in 2022. She maintains she was framed by police. Here's a refresher on the case — and a look at what's happened since last year's mistrial.

March 28, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman

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Gotten a text about Peach Pass lately? It's probably a scam

The FBI said that during the first two weeks of March, its Internet Crime Complaint Center received 1,573 complaints about the new scam.

March 17, 2025
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Chase McGee
President Trump speaks with governors in the White House last week. He challenged Maine Gov. Janet Mills about her state's policy on transgender student athletes, prompting her to answer, "See you in court."

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  • National

From deportations to health care, state lawmakers are key for much of Trump's domestic agenda

Federal power only goes so far. State governors and legislatures have wide authority over local law enforcement, schools, health and how cities and counties handle immigration.

February 25, 2025
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  • Larry Kaplow

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  • Law

What does Georgia consider ‘disorderly conduct’ and are you accidentally committing it?

We may hear the term “disorderly conduct” thrown around quite a bit in movies and television, but what does it actually mean?

December 31, 2024
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  • Sundi Rose
Fulton County Jail

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Fulton County Jail detention officers targeted in murder-for-hire conspiracy

Six people have been indicted in a murder-for-hire conspiracy targeting two Fulton County Jail detention officers.

November 07, 2024
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  • Bob Pepalis
New FBI data show violent crime and property crime both fell in 2023 compared to the previous year.

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  • Law

Crime in the U.S. fell in 2023, FBI data show

New data released by the FBI show violent crime and property crime both fell in 2023 compared to the previous year.

September 23, 2024
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  • Ryan Lucas
A photo provided by the FBI in October 2023 shows former CIA officer Brian Jeffrey Raymond, who pleaded guilty that year to drugging, filming and sexually assaulting dozens of women across multiple countries over a 14-year period.

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An ex-CIA officer gets 30 years for drugging, filming and assaulting dozens of women

Brian Raymond admitting to drugging, filming and assaulting the women, most of whom didn't know until investigators showed them footage. Several shared their experiences in court as he looked on.

September 19, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Georgia Department of Corrections Director Tyrone Oliver testified at two Senate committees in August about the impact that understaffing, aging facilities, and a more dangerous inmate population is having on a rash of violent incidents at state prisons. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia prisons chief tells state lawmakers drones are smuggling deadly contraband into prisons

The Georgia Department of Corrections continues to struggle with an onslaught of drones that are being used to deliver contraband, such as drugs, cell phones, and potentially even the firearm used by an inmate of Smith State Prison to kill a food service worker in June.

August 30, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
A sculpture honoring Lita McClinton at her family's plot at Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery.

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New book examines the role of race, power, and privilege in the murder of Lita McClinton

A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege and the Murder of Lita McClinton chronicles the long delay for justice. GPB's Peter Biello speaks with author Deb Miller Landau.

August 28, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
In this image taken from video, Joseph Grier speaks with reporters about a shooting in the food court of the Peachtree Center development in downtown Atlanta, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo)

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He rambled to reporters after a downtown Atlanta shooting. Then, police say, he hijacked a bus

As police responded to reports of multiple people shot at a downtown Atlanta food court, Joseph Grier was on the sidewalk outside, rambling to reporters about his mental health, criminal record and banking history. Police say that just a short while later, he hijacked a commuter bus, ordering the driver at gunpoint to hit the gas and sending panic through the seats.

June 13, 2024
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Albert Kenneth Knight Jr.

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‘I hope they find the person who did this.’ Suspect still at large in homeless man’s killing

It took almost two days for Albert Knight Jr.’s body to be discovered in a downtown Macon alley.

June 11, 2024
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  • Laura Corley
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