Formal and Informal Expungement and Sealing in Cobb County
In 2021, Cobb County had one of the highest arrest rates in the state. The direct consequences of a criminal conviction usually include court supervision and a fine, especially if the defendant has no criminal record. The indirect consequences are often much worse. Assaults, even misdemeanor assaults, are a good example. A conviction usually means […]
Authorities Crack Down on Gang Activity
A Lumpkin man, who now faces about a half-dozen criminal charges, is the latest person to get caught in a massive gang activity crackdown that stretches across most of Georgia. The investigation began after Lumpkin Police officers conducted a traffic stop involving the man and a minor. According to the GBI, the man briefly attempted […]
FAQs About Child Support FSOs in Cobb County
Child support orders are, by far, the most common family support orders in Cobb County. If the couple has children, whether the couple is unmarried or married, someone almost always pays child support. Divorce orders sometimes include spousal support orders. However, most spouses don’t qualify under Georgia law, unless the divorce places an unfair financial […]
What Happens if I Refuse a Breathalyzer in Georgia?
Several things happen if you refuse a Breathalyzer in Georgia. To encourage, or rather force, more people to take breath tests, many states, such as neighboring Florida, have refusal-to-consent laws. Refusing a Breathalyzer test is a criminal offense independent of DUI. Georgia doesn’t have such a law as such, but it does have similar ones, […]
Rising Crime Motivates and Divides Atlanta-Area Voters
Historic violent crime levels are prompting citizens to go to the polls in 2022. Although everyone agrees there’s a problem, not everyone agrees on a solution. For the last three years, violent crime across Georgia has been on the rise. In the state’s largest city and capital, the murder rate has continued to increase and […]
Alleged Sex Offender Receives Ten Years in Prison
After a jury convicted him, a Winterville, Georgia man who allegedly tried to hook up with a 14-year-old girl will spend the next 120 months in a federal prison. “Child predators will go to great lengths to victimize a child, as seen in this case and in nearly all of the online exploitation cases we […]
Top Ten Child Custody Factors in Cobb County
In Georgia, and most other states, all parenting time and child custody decisions must be in the best interests of the child. This phrase usually refers to the custody/parenting time process, as opposed to the result. Slightly different laws apply to parenting time and custody decisions. Georgia has a co-parenting law which presumes that children […]
What’s the Deadliest Day of the Year for Children?
Especially if the holiday falls on a Monday, Tuesday, Friday, or Sunday, children are between three and ten times more likely to die in pedestrian collisions on Halloween. Roads have also become more dangerous for pedestrians in the past decade. In fact, more pedestrians and cyclists were fatally struck by cars in 2018 than any […]
Two Crisp County Men in Jail Following Drug Sweep
Four months after a multi-agency investigation began, authorities arrested two men on various drug trafficking-related charges. GBI Southwestern Regional Drug Enforcement Office, Crisp County Sheriff’s Office, and the Drug Enforcement Administration all collaborated on the drug trafficking investigation, which targeted a 26-year-old Cordele resident, who was an alleged drug lord. At the end of the […]
The Athens Murders: Thirty-Five Years Later
Clinton Bankston Jr. turned 17 on May 12, 1988. That was also the day he received five consecutive life sentences. Regardless of your perspective on this case, that’s a terrible birthday present. In April 1987, police found the bodies of UGA professors Glenn and Rachel Sutton, who had been stabbed multiple times, wrapped in carpet. […]
