Thursday, April 11, 2013
"No physical arrests have made at this time," Officer Mike Bowman with the Cobb County Police Department said Wednesday evening. "Charges may be forthcoming pending the completion of the computer analysis."
The Cobb County Police Department seized "numerous" computers Wednesday as part of a multi-agency operation that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman called the "largest of its kind in Georgia." During a three-month investigation that began in January, the GBI and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force identified 98 suspects who distributed child porn over the Internet, GBI spokesman John Bankhead said this afternoon. Those were the targets of Wednesday's operation, known as Operation Guarding Innocence. As of 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, there were 73 search warrants executed and 41 arrests made in connection with the operation, Bankhead said. Six of those search warrants were executed in Cobb, Officer Mike Bowman with the Cobb …
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Several Cobb agencies are participating in "the largest operation of its kind in Georgia" conducted by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the spokesman for the GBI said this afternoon.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and the Cobb County Police Department is one of 47 federal, state and local agencies that will execute search warrants today against people suspected of distributing child porn over the Internet. During a three-month investigation that began in January, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force identified 98 suspects who distributed child porn over the Internet, GBI spokesman John Bankhead said this afternoon. Those are the targets of today's operation, known as Operation Guarding Innocence. "This is the largest operation of its kind in Georgia" conducted by the ICAC Task Force, Bankhead said. Other Cobb agencies participating in Operation …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Cobb County Government is accepting applications for its police officer positions.
The Cobb County Police Department is seeking candidates for its police officer positions. Currently certified officers, as well as candidates with no previous law enforcement experience, are welcome to apply. Successful candidates will patrol the county and respond to calls for service, investigate crimes and render assistance to residents as necessary. Applicants must meet the following requirements: Pay and benefits include: How to apply: Entry level tests will be administered from April through November. Applicants must submit an application on the first Monday of every month prior to the test. Click here to submit an online application.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Twice, he allegedly stole items from an Acworth Home Depot.
The Cobb County Police Department has arrested an Atlanta man wanted in connection with two separate incidents of theft at an Acworth Home Depot. According to a Cobb County criminal warrant, Gregory S. Barron allegedly took a $524 Lincoln electronic welder and a $499 DeWalt combo kit from the Home Depot at 3355 Cobb Pkwy. at 9 p.m. Feb. 20. He allegedly returned to the same Home Depot between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. March 16 and again took a $524 Lincoln electronic welder. Store security footage captured both thefts, officials said. "Store security was able to identify (the) accused due to previous thefts and apprehensions involving (the) accused at other Home Depot stores," authorities wrote in the warrant. Barron, who was arrested Saturday, …
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
For hours Tuesday afternoon, no one was allowed access to the Chestnut Hill subdivision off Bells Ferry Road.
The 23-year-old man who allegedly charged a Cobb County Police officer with a knife Tuesday afternoon and kept neighbors from their homes for close to six hours as law enforcement negotiated with him has been identified as Timothy Przedpelski of Acworth. Przedpelski is being held on charges of willful obstruction of a law enforcement officer and aggravated assault, according to online Cobb County jail records. Around 3 p.m., two officers went to a home at 667 Wolfs Bane Dr. to respond to a dispute between Przedpelski and his parents, said Sgt. Dana Pierce, the spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department. The home is located in the Chestnut Hill subdivision off Bells Ferry Road. When police arrived, Przedpelski allegedly charged one of …
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
A 23-year-old man who charged a Cobb County Police officer with a knife Tuesday afternoon and kept neighbors from their homes for close to six hours as law enforcement negotiated with him.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
A 23-year-old man is in custody at the Cobb County Police Department.
A 23-year-old man who charged a Cobb County Police officer with a knife this afternoon and kept neighbors from their homes for close to six hours as law enforcement negotiated with him is in custody this evening. Around 3 p.m., two officers responded to a dispute between the 23-year-old man and his parents at 667 Wolfs Bane Dr., which is located in the Chestnut Hill subdivision off Bells Ferry Road., said Sgt. Dana Pierce, the spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department. When police arrived, the man charged one of the officers with a knife before returning inside the house. Hostage negotiators as well as Cobb SWAT and bomb squad units were called to the scene. Troopers with the Georgia State Patrol helped redirect residents, who weren'…
Friday, February 8, 2013
Timothy Austin will be laid to rest on Saturday in Marietta.
Funeral services are set for the Woodstock man who was struck and killed on Wednesday after his bicycle entered the roadway in Acworth. The funeral for Timothy Austin, 42, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of the Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home in Marietta. Interment will follow at the Georgia Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Austin was cycling southbound on the sidewalk along Bells Ferry Road near the Cherokee-Cobb County border around 4 p.m. on Wednesday when, for unknown reasons, he lost control of the bicycle and entered oncoming traffic, said Cobb County Police Department Spokesman Mike Bowman. A 2006 silver Nissan Xterra, driven by Lilburn resident…
Thursday, February 7, 2013
A bicyclist from Woodstock was struck and killed by a vehicle on Wednesday afternoon.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Although the accident is still under investigation, charges aren't expected to be filed.
The bicyclist who was struck and killed by a vehicle this afternoon along Bells Ferry Road has been identified as 42-year-old Timothy Austin of Woodstock. Around 4 p.m. today, Austin was riding southbound on the sidewalk of Bells Ferry Road when, for unknown reasons, he lost control of the bicycle and entered oncoming traffic, said Officer Mike Bowman, the spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department. A silver 2006 Nissan Xterra driven by Amanda Neill of Lilburn struck Austin, who died at the scene. Neill, 29, was not injured in the crash. Although the accident is still under investigation, she is not expected to be charged, Bowman said. If you have information about the accident, call 770-499-3987.
