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…
It took a jury less than 20 minutes this week to convict a man involved in a 2023 shooting that left four people injured, according to the Tallapoosa Circuit District Attorney’s Office this afternoon. Deliberations in…
A Cedartown man who was waiting for his day in court for a 2022 armed robbery of a convenience store is heading back to prison with an additional 10 years to serve. Najawon Devonta Stallworth, 32,…
Jury trial for 2019 Rockmart shooting suspect still months away Years have gone by where mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, family members and friends have waited patiently following the tragic events of a January night…
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 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…
Tallapoosa Circuit District Attorney Jack Browning has put in 12 years of service representing the people and the state against defendants in Haralson and Polk Counties, and many years before that as an attorney. Now he’s…
Judge Tim Taylor takes over bench in latest to take over court overseeing families, underage defendants A former member of the Public Defender’s Office has a new role in the justice system, and he’ll be responsible…
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…
