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Georgia Deputy Killed in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Investigators said they became concerned when Cpl. Sam Driskell, a 10-year veteran of the Paulding Sheriff's Office, failed to show up for a court appearance in which he was scheduled to testify. The office sent two deputies to his home.

January 7, 2015

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Georgia Man Killed in Standoff After Shooting at Police, Neighbors

As members of the SWAT team approached the house, police said the gunman opened fire again and several rounds hit the SWAT vehicle. At that point, police decided to evacuate the neighborhood and that's when things got intense.

December 22, 2014

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Georgia County Pays Woman $100K to Settle Free Speech Lawsuit Against Police

Barnes said she was riding her bike on Austell Road to get butter for her family Easter Sunday when she saw the two officers. She said she cursed at them and flipped them off, and they came after her.

December 16, 2014

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Video: Missing Boy Found Behind False Wall

Clayton County, Ga., police rescued a 13-year-old boy, who was reported missing by his mother in 2010, Saturday morning. He was found behind a false wall in his father's home.

December 1, 2014

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Missing Boy Found Behind False Wall

Clayton County, Ga., police rescued a 13-year-old boy, who was reported missing by his mother in 2010, Saturday morning. He was found behind a false wall in his father's home. More Here.

December 1, 2014

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Man Gets 105 Years for Shooting Georgia Officer at Traffic Stop

James Albert Phillips, 36, was found guilty of 12 charges, including criminal attempt to commit murder, aggravated battery, trafficking in methamphetamine, criminal damage to property, four counts of possession of a firearm during commission of a felony, and four counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon,

October 14, 2014

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Georgia Grand Jury Clears SWAT Team in Raid That Injured Toddler, Slams Drug Investigations

In their 15-page presentment, the grand jury found no cause for criminal charges against the deputies involved in the botched SWAT raid, but they had plenty to say about the investigation. More Here.

October 7, 2014

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Video: Georgia Grand Jury Clears SWAT Team in Raid That Injured Toddler, Slams "Emergency" Drug Investigations

In their 15-page presentment, the grand jury found no cause for criminal charges against the deputies involved in the botched SWAT raid, but they had plenty to say about the investigation.

October 7, 2014

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Video: Cuffed Prisoner Shoots Georgia Officer During Transport

Benton somehow got Christy’s .40-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol and shot the officer in the thigh and the wrist before Christy’s partner, Detective Eddie Stubbs, shot and killed the prisoner.

October 3, 2014

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Cuffed Prisoner Shoots Georgia Officer During Transport

DeKalb County (Ga.) PD Detectives Phillip Christy and Eddie Stubbs were transporting two robbery suspects when one of the suspects managed to get an officer's gun. That handcuffed suspect then shot Christy twice. More Here.

October 3, 2014

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Georgia Officer Stung 100 Times by Yellow Jacket Swarm

The officer and his K-9 pursued a suspect on foot into a wooded area and stepped into a yellow jacket nest. "They were immediately covered by hundreds, if not thousands of yellow jackets," said Brookhaven Police Maj. Brandon Gurley.

September 25, 2014

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2 Georgia Deputies Shot, 1 Dead, in Confrontation with Suicidal Man

Monroe County Deputies responded to a report of a suicidal man with a gun when gunfire erupted.

September 15, 2014