A former Polk County Water Authority will not have to spend time in prison after her sentence was handed down today by the court after she took a guilty plea earlier this year for taking money…
A man who earlier this year attacked jail staff while in custody on other charges will now spend years behind bars after taking a plea deal to end his time in the Tallapoosa Circuit Superior Court’s…
A shooting incident that happened in Cedartown in 2024 finally went to trial and earned the Tallapoosa Circuit District Attorney’s office two more notable convictions on the year. Two brothers: Edgar Cornejo-Reyes, 17, and Alonzo Cornejo-Reyes,…
A woman who was arrested in 2021 after she told people she was dying of cancer and took thousands of dollars in donations will have to pay back people who she took advantage of at the…
Additional life on probation required for Raxon-Xalin A Cedartown man will likely never get out of prison to serve a life on probation after he was sentenced to 50 years behind bars when he took a…
Court proceedings today brings end to chapter in murder of Det. Hearne No one will ever forget Det. Kristen Hearne, and those who held her dear and near in their hearts will never get over the…
A day that has been awaited for over the past half decade came for the loved ones of Detective Kristen Hearne as a courtroom packed with family, friends and her brothers and sisters in blue packed…
A court session today provided a bookend to tragic events and the loss of a teen in 2018 in a wreck in Cedartown, and may provide some justice for the family. Tallapoosa Circuit Superior Court Judge…
A man described as a key player in a methamphetamine trafficking ring was sentenced today after he took a guilty plea instead of going to trial following his arrest along with 27 others in a combined…
An Aragon woman will be spending the next 10 years in jail without any chance of parole after making a plea deal for less time in a 2019 Drug Task Force case that saw co-conspirators arrested…
