Wednesday, May 22, 2013
He will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Just days before his son's high school graduation, an Acworth man accused of killing his wife at her East Cobb home pleaded guilty to the crime. John Steven Kristofak, 58, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for the December 2012 murder of Donna Kristofak, according to the Marietta Daily Journal. It was the couple's youngest son who heard his mother's scream, ran outside and saw his father drive away from the scene on Tall Pine Drive, according to the MDJ. Harrison Kristofak, now 18, was also the person who called 911. When police arrived at the home around noon Dec. 22, 48-year-old Donna Kristofak was unresponsive. She later died at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. Though a murder warrant at the time indicated that Donna Kristofak was …
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Cobb County Government is accepting applications for its police officer positions.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The judge who allowed John Steven Kristofak to be released in October on probation handed down a different sentence today.
An Acworth man indicted last month in the December 2012 murder of his ex-wife at her East Cobb home was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for violating the terms of his probation in a prior aggravated stalking case. Cobb Superior Court Chief Judge Adele Grubbs, who sentenced John Steven Kristofak to probation in October after he pleaded guilty in the earlier aggravated stalking and family violence simple battery case involving Donna Kristofak, revoked that probation today, according to the Marietta Daily Journal and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A Cobb County Grand Jury on Feb. 28 indicted John Steven Kristofak on murder and other charges. Donna Kristofak, 48, was found unresponsive when police arrived at her home on Tall Pine …
Friday, March 1, 2013
If John Steven Kristofak is convicted of all charges, he could face a maximum penalty of life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 40 years.
A Cobb County grand jury has indicted an Acworth man in the December 2012 murder of his ex-wife at her East Cobb home. John Steven Kristofak was indicted Thursday on murder and other charges, Kim Isaza, the spokeswoman for District Attorney Vic Reynolds, said this afternoon. Donna Kristofak, 48, was found unresponsive when police arrived at her home on Tall Pine Drive near Walton High School around noon Dec. 22, 2012. She later died at WellStar Kennestone Hospital. A murder warrant obtained by East Cobb Patch said she was stabbed once in the upper torso during a confrontation in the garage. A few days later, Kristofak was arrested Dec. 27, 2012, at a motel in Union City. He has been in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center ever since. The…
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Luca Kosic of Marietta was killed in a two-car collision on Smyrna Powder Springs Road late Christmas Eve.
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
A Marietta woman died late Christmas Eve in a two-car collision on Smyrna Powder Springs Road, and Cobb Police say poor weather conditions, including dense fog, were a contributing factor. Luca Kosic, 46, of Marietta, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident at the intersection of Smryna Powder Springs Road and Trellis Oaks Drive, according to Cobb Police spokesman Michael Bowman. He said Kosic was a passenger in a gold 1999 Toyota Camry traveling southbound on Smyrna Powder Springs Road shortly after 10:30 p.m. Monday when it was struck by a maroon 1994 Toyota Camry heading northbound. Mara Tadic, the driver of the 1999 Camry, and three other passengers in her car, Andeiko Tadic, 23, of Acworth, Angelina Tadic, 27, of Acworth, …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Take a closer look at the School Bus Stop Law, the penalties for violating it, statistics on drivers illegally passing school buses and how the CrossingGuard school bus stop arm safety solutions work.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Cobb Police Department staff is conducting Operation Stop Arm and warns all drivers to respect school buses. All traffic in both directions must stop when school buses stop for passengers, except when there is a divided highway of four lanes or more with a median separation. In that case, only traffic following the bus must stop. Cobb School District, CPD and American Traffic Solutions recently released a video to help educate the community about the latest student safety initiative. The video explains how the CrossingGuard school bus stop arm safety solutions works. On average, each school bus is illegally passed once every day and, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, more than 20 children under the age of 19 …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Take a look at headlines from around the Atlanta region.
On Aug. 27, a white, unmarked minivan pulled into the driveway of an elderly couple on Atwood Drive in Marietta. The homeowner was outside working in the yard when the driver approached him and stated that the fence was built past the property line. The driver asked the homeowner to walk the property line so he could take measurements. While the homeowner was distracted, two other men entered the house and began to steal valuables, according to Marietta Police. Read more on Marietta Patch. A Cobb County man has been charged in the shooting of his wife near Marietta. Cobb Police responded to a report of gunshots fired at a home in the 2000 block of Olive Springs Road Sunday evening. When officers arrived, they found Lydia King, 53, dead in …
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
An officer found Douglas Jay Postell unresponsive in his cell at the Acworth Detention Center.
Authorities have identified the inmate who was found dead Saturday as 53-year-old Douglas Jay Postell of Acworth. Acworth police said Postell was in custody from a DUI arrest on Aug. 15 and had a bond set. An inmate at the Acworth Detention Center was found dead Saturday morning and the case is being investigated, according to the Acworth Police Department. An officer noticed an unresponsive white male lying on his bed inside his cell at about 7:30 a.m, and discovered that the man had died. Authorities have not released the identity of the 53-year-old man, who appears to have died of natural causes in his sleep, as there are no signs of foul play. Because this incident occurred inside the Acworth Detention Center, the case was turned over …
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Cobb Police have provided the following tips for motorists and students as a new school year approaches.
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Use these safety tips from the Cobb Police to start off a new school year: Take time and be patient Although the summer season is far from over, summer vacation for most metro Atlanta area students is coming to an end. And as we all know, the school year comes with a substantial increase in morning traffic. Please allow an extra 10 or 15 minutes for their morning commute. The extra time will not only reduce stress but help keep our roads safer. Drivers are less likely to speed or engage in other dangerous driving habits when they aren’t running late. School bus stop-arm enforcement beefed up One of the most dangerous traffic law violations a driver can commit is to pass a school bus that has stopped to load or unload children. In an effort…
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1:20 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
May Luca rests in peace and her loved ones, family, friends, especially those who were with her in the car find comfort in The Lord, as this accident happened several feet from my driveway and all we could was pray when we went outside and saw the scene. The fog was very thick and I just made it home with my fiancee about 30 minutes earlier. It appeared that the driver of the maroon car either … more ›