The state with the highest per capita number of people on probation is trying to lower that number. Georgia has been working to implement reforms since 2017.

Coastal Georgia's largest city will require guns left in vehicles to be securely stored. Savannah Mayor Van Johnson says the new law is meant to cut down on gun thefts from unlocked cars.

A cargo container was transported to a holding facility and stolen from there, according to police, who assured visitors the incident is not a public safety concern and likely an isolated event.

The number of guns stolen from cars is on the rise.  A report by the group Everytown for Gun Safety found that in the decade ending in 2020, Warner Robbins, Ga., had the fifth-highest rate nationally of guns stolen from cars. Scott Sweetow, a retired ATF executive and former special agent in charge of the Atlanta Field Division, spoke with GPB’s Peter Biello.

Checks are going missing from the mail in Georgia. The Dunwoody Police Department reports that checks totaling about half a million dollars have disappeared from the post office since last summer. Experts say those checks have found their way onto underground markets.

The "bike boom" of the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in a shortage of bikes nationwide, has also led to a significant rise in bike theft in multiple cities across the country