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The Fulton County Sheriff's Office announced a suspect on its most wanted list has been arrested on sexual exploitation charges.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is working with school officials and local law enforcement to focus on three major issues affecting North Fulton County – gangs, human trafficking and

Local officials are beefing up security measures ahead of potential protests around Trump investigations after the former president called for protests.

Read Dickens is next Atlanta mayor as runoff election shakes up city government by John Ruch for SaportaReport here.

Fulton County sheriff highlights frustration with county commissioners Fulton County Sheriff delivers fiery speech to county commissioners Sheriff Patrick Labat demanded that county officials allocate more funds and resources to his office in order to fight crime. ATLANTA - Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat showed up at a political meeting not in pinstripes, but in fatigues and a law enforcement vest. And the sheriff pointed that out because he told the Fulton County Board of Commissioners he...

In 2020 when Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat campaigned to be sheriff of Georgia’s most populated county, he committed to addressing several key areas. Those areas included: public safety, crime reduction, improving jail conditions, increasing mental health services, expanding reentry programs and reviewing the sheriff’s office use-of-force policies. Roughly one year after being elected as one of Fulton County’s top law enforcement officers and 7 months on the job, Sheriff Labat was a...

It is our problem too: City council, mayor at odds over future of the Atlanta City Jail City Council, mayor at odds over future use of Atlanta City Jail Tempers flared during a city hall meeting over Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms stance to not utilize the Atlanta City Jail as an overflow center to house inmates. ATLANTA - Michael Bond is passionate about what he thinks should be done with the almost empty downtown city jail.  The city councilman supports a request from Fulton County Sheri...

ATLANTA (AP) — An alarm linked to a motion sensor inside a warehouse in Atlanta where...

State House committee holds first hearing on Atlanta crime Georgia lawmakers tackle crime in Atlanta Georgia lawmakers are working to tackle the issue of crime in Atlanta. A series of hearings will be held over the summer to discuss the issue, officials stated. "This committee wants to dig down and look at the facts.  Theres going to be a lot of politics involved in this and were going to try to sidestep that," said state Rep. J. Collins, R-Villa Rica, the committee chairman. Back in March Hou...

An Atlanta building, barely a quarter-century old, stands tall on the cities south side. But its the history and the communities battle over the building that casts an even bigger shadow.  Built in the 90s as Atlanta won the bid to host the Olympics, the Atlanta City Detention Center made national headlines.  It was made to house low-risk individuals who violate city ordinances. Around the same time, the city passed an ordinance that made loitering a new punishable offense.  The community pu...