Student Arrested at Osborne High

It occurred after an alleged incident between the student and his teacher.

An Osborne High student is in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center after an incident with a teacher at the school. Class was in session about 2:25 p.m. Thursday, but Gabriel Jeremiah Ward had a lot to say, according to a Cobb County criminal warrant. The teacher asked the student to be quiet 10 times, but Ward allegedly refused, the school's officer wrote in the warrant. After the tenth request, the teacher asked Ward to leave the classroom. "The accused started gathering his belongings very slowly and began to get increasingly belligerent and talking loudly," the officer wrote. Ward allegedly cursed the teacher, and "continued to talk and not leave the classroom with any urgency," the officer wrote. "Therefore, (the teacher) placed his …

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Jack S

12:24 am on Thursday, May 23, 2013

speaks more poorly of the Parents than the student; put the blame where it belongs.   more ›

Marietta Woman Arrested, Charged with Forgery

Octavia Adrienne Avey, 36 of Marietta, was arrested on May 18 and charged with forgery.

The Villa Rica Police Department was notified of a person trying to cash a forged check at Region’s Bank on May 18, according to a report from the Villa Rica Police Department. As Officer Jacob Brown arrived, the bank employees identified the person as she was trying to leave the bank. Officer Brown stopped the person and detained her as the incident was being investigated. The check was confirmed as being forged and the person trying to cash it was arrested, according to the report. The person was identified as Octavia Adrienne Avey, 36 of Marietta. She was charged with forgery in the third degree and taken to the Carroll County Jail.

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Video Captures Suspicious Activity at WellStar Kennestone Hospital

The suspect later told authorities that he was under the influence of a prescription muscle relaxant at the time of the incident.

A Powder Springs man was captured on video rummaging through the information desk at WellStar Kennestone Hospital and looking through every car in the parking deck. Deon Demonta Miller was already facing seven charges in connection with the incident. Thursday, three new charges were added. According to a Cobb County criminal warrant, Miller entered the hospital about 4:36 a.m. April 30 and approached the main information desk. "He then sat down at the desk, which was unoccupied, and proceeded to open or attempt to open every cabinet and drawer of the desk," a Marietta police officer wrote in a Cobb County criminal warrant. "He rummaged through at least one drawer." Additionally, Miller allegedly "entered nine automobiles in the Kennestone …

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Teacher Threatened, Osborne Student Arrested

An Osborne High School student was caught with a stun gun after he allegedly threatened a teacher.

Marietta Police Embark on History Project

The department wants the public's assistance.

The Marietta Police Department is looking for old photos of police cars, and the agency is hoping the public can help them. "As we dig through the hallowed keepsakes of our own past," said Officer David Baldwin, the spokesman for the Marietta Police Department, "we realize that some of the best documentations of our history lie in the books and pictures that are preserved in the albums of our citizens."  In addition to building a gallery of historic pictures at the department, the department hopes to recreate and restore an authentic antique police car "for all generations to see," he said.  If you'd like to help with the Marietta Police Department's history preservation efforts, contact Baldwin at 770-794-5370 or dbaldwin@mariettaga.gov.

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1 Killed, 1 Injured in Cobb Crash

A 14-year-old boy was flown to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.

A 46-year-old Hiram woman was killed and her 14-year-old son was injured Wednesday in a three-vehicle accident in Cobb. About 12:53 p.m. Wednesday, Delores Sibert of Hiram was driving eastbound on Dallas Highway when she attempted to make a left turn into the Village Green Shopping Center parking lot, said Sgt. Dana Pierce, the spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department. As Sibert attempted to pull into the lot, she turned into the path of a silver 2005 Nissan Titan pickup truck that was westbound on Dallas Highway. The truck struck the passenger side of Sibert's green 1995 Toyota Avalon, Pierce said. "The impact caused the car to spin and collide with a gray 2004 Toyota Sequoia SUV which was waiting at the traffic signal to turn onto…

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Cobb Man Found Safe in Lilburn

Cobb authorities Tuesday night issued a Mattie’s Call for Odel Littleton.

A missing 82-year-old man who never made it to a lunch gathering at a Marietta Piccadilly has been found at a Lilburn church. Odel Littleton of Powder Springs "is reported to be in good health and spirits," Officer Mike Bowman, a spokesman with the Cobb County Police Department, said this evening. Family members located Littleton, who suffers from dementia, Bowman said. Cobb authorities Tuesday night issued a Mattie’s Call for Littleton, who was last seen about noon Tuesday as he left his home in the 4000 block of Glenn Road in his white 2009 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, Bowman said. Related content

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