Tip Leads to Atlanta Sex Crimes Arrest

Sex Crimes

Based largely on electronic evidence, authorities charged a 26-year-old man with several child pornography offenses. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation began investigating the man in June after receiving an online tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding the possible online possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. Digital forensic investigators […]

Officials Step Up Anti-Gang Activity in Georgia

gang related activity

Currently, the people who work in a nondescript Macon building monitor vehicle traffic in the area. Soon, they will monitor gang criminal activity instead. “Anywhere there is the ability to make money, criminal street gangs are going to have a hand in it,” said Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Ken Howard. “You’re going to […]

Local Official Faces Sexual Battery Charges

Chris Coody Glenda Hatchet

For a brief time, Bleckley County Sheriff Kris Coody was behind bars in Cobb County, after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting TV’s Judge Hatchett at an Atlanta hotel. According to an arrest warrant, Sheriff Coody groped Hatchett’s breasts at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Bar, during the January 2022 Georgia Sheriffs Association meeting. After Sheriff […]