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News Articles: GBI

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New GBI director a familiar face at agency

Gov. Brian Kemp has promoted the head of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Investigative Division to director of the GBI.

July 17, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
Mike Register

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  • News

GBI Director Register headed back to Cobb County

The director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is returning to a former job after less than a year at the helm of the state agency.

June 23, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of R-Calif., speaks as House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, R.La., left, and Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., listen at a news conference after the House passed the debt ceiling bill at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The bill now goes to the Senate. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: House passes debt bill to Senate; Police arrest 'Cop City' bail organizers

Thursday on Political Rewind: The House sent a debt ceiling bill to the Senate, though four of Georgia’s representatives voted against it. Meanwhile, the GBI and APD arrested three protestors who were raising bail funds for anti-“Cop City” activists. And election denier Kari Lake leads Georgia’s GOP convention. 

June 01, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump speaks at a news conference on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in Decatur, Ga., announcing a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a Georgia woman who died after she fell out of a moving patrol car in July 2022, following her arrest. Crump was joined in front of the old courthouse in Decatur, by Brianna Grier's sister Lottie Grier, left, and mother Mary Grier, right.

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  • News

Family of Georgia woman who died after falling from moving patrol car files wrongful death lawsuit

The family of a Georgia woman who died last year after she fell from a moving patrol car has filed a civil rights lawsuit. The lawsuit announced Wednesday says sheriff's deputies improperly arrested her and ultimately caused her death.

May 24, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Joel Paez, father of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, speaks during a press conference, Monday, March 13, 2023, in Decatur, Ga. A press conference was held to give additional autopsy findings in Terán's death. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz)

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  • News

DeKalb releases official autopsy for forest protester; family still wants answers

DeKalb County Medical Examiner released the official autopsy report for Manuel Paez Terán, the activist killed during a law enforcement raid in the South Atlanta forest. Attorneys for the family said they need the whole story.

April 21, 2023
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
The future middle Georgia home of the GBI Gang Task Force, the Bibb County government known by some as "The Castle."

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  • Law

Macon-Bibb County and the GBI ink deal for a regional gang task force headquarters

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is moving the headquarters of the Middle Georgia branch of the state’s Gang Task Force into a fortress-like Macon-Bibb County government building known by many simply as “The Castle.” 

April 21, 2023
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Governor Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp meet with anti-human trafficking experts.

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Gov. Brian Kemp and first lady on anti-human trafficking efforts: 'There's more we need to do'

Gov. Brian Kemp and first lady Marty Kemp gave an update on Georgia's anti-human trafficking efforts on Tuesday.

April 18, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Reverend Leo Seyij Allen speaks at a rally of clergy demanding the Atlanta City Council stop construction on the public safety training center and drop charges against protesters.

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  • News

23 charged with domestic terrorism at site of proposed training facility; faith leaders weigh in

Police arrested over 30 people Sunday and charged 23 with domestic terrorism after protestors at the proposed police training facility southeast of downtown Atlanta set fire to vehicles including a police car and construction equipment. ​Several Atlanta faith leaders gathered Monday afternoon at City Hall demanding the city stop construction of the new public safety training center.

March 07, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Violence at Cop City; More voices back sports betting; Who's helping the economy?

Thursday on Political Rewind: During a police clearing of a proposed Atlanta training facility, a Georgia state trooper was shot and a protestor was shot and killed. Few details are currently public and the GBI is investigating the site.
Our panel has the latest from "Cop City" and more.
 

January 19, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
A gloved hand holding a bag of colored fentanyl candy.

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  • Children's Health

GBI says brightly colored fentanyl pills have not been found in Georgia ahead of Halloween

A recent warning from the Drug Enforcement Agency about brightly colored pills containing fentanyl has some parents worried about Halloween. While the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has not received any reports of the pills here, law enforcement partners have seized them in 26 states since August.

October 24, 2022
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Four Savannah Police Department squad cars are parked in front of one another on a brick road.

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  • Law

Spate of officer-involved shootings in Savannah prompts internal review

The number of civilians killed in officer-involved shootings in 2022 has already risen to last year's total.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Scales of justice

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  • Law

Former North Georgia Judge Heading To Prison After Corruption Convictions

A former chief magistrate judge in Pickens County has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced Thursday.

May 28, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Williams
 On Monday, April 12, 2021, at approximately 5:00 A.M., the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was requested by the Carrollton Police Department and the Georgia State Patrol to investigate an officer involved shooting.

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  • News

Georgia sheriff: 3 Officers Wounded, 1 Suspect Dead, 1 In Custody

On Monday, April 12, 2021, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was requested by the Carrollton Police Department and the Georgia State Patrol to investigate an officer involved shooting.

April 12, 2021
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  • Associated Press
Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr. in 2014. The DA is being investigated by the GBI, officials said Tuesday.

GBI Launches Criminal Investigation Into Allegations Against Fulton County DA

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard and his use of a nonprofit to funnel at least $140,000...

May 05, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Migrants watch clashes with U.S. border agents, seen from Tijuana, Mexico.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Trump Tweets Keep Georgia Immigration Community On Edge

On this edition of Political Rewind, the immigration community takes a sigh of relief after President Donald Trump temporarily delayed plans to round...

June 24, 2019
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
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