Update: Local officials have now charged a suspect in a fatal stabbing on Thursday night and released the name of the victim as well. Rockmart Police reported this morning that Daquad Morris, 28, of a Rockmart…
A man who previously acted as his own counsel will be spending the rest of his life behind bars, and the court added on another 115 years to his sentence as well. District Attorney Jaeson Smith…
A trial that ended this past week will see a man sent to prison after a jury convicted him on multiple charges including malice murder for a 2022 shooting in Cedartown. Randy McClarity will face a…
A toddler’s death is being investigated as a homicide due to the negligence of a gun owner, according to a release from the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office late this afternoon following a Friday incident. Here’s the…
HIRAM — Several news agencies and the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office all confirmed the horrible news from Saturday night: a deputy is dead, another wounded and the suspect responsible seems to have shot themselves. The Paulding…
Life sentences upheld in murder, armed robbery convictions Local prosecutors scored wins in the state’s highest court after two additional cases this month were denied hearings by Georgia’s Supreme Court. Meaning that sentences handed down in…
Note: The following item was provided by the Paulding County Sheriffs Office for publication. – KtE DALLAS – Paulding Detectives along with Agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) make an arrest in a fatal…
A jury has decided: Jimmy Brian Blackmon is guilty of murder. Nearly four full years since the shooting death of his wife, Blackmon has now been convicted after a three-day murder trial on all charges against…
Jury selection, opening statements and 911 calls played Opening arguments were heard by the jury today as the trial of the State of Georgia versus Jimmy Brian Blackmon opened today in a Polk County Courthouse in…
Detectives with the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office partner with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) to investigate what is being ruled a homicide in southern Paulding County. On January 11, 2024 at approximately 3:40 PM, Paulding…
