Police: Cobb Girl, 14, Molested

The suspect is her mother's live-in boyfriend.

A 56-year-old Smyrna man is accused of molesting his girlfriend's 14-year-old daughter near Marietta. The suspect, identified in a Cobb County criminal warrant as David Uriyah Hardy, was living with his girlfriend and her daughter at the time of the alleged incident, said Officer Mike Bowman, spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department. Authorities learned about the alleged abuse, which occurred around 9 p.m. Thursday at a residence in the 1500 block of Crider Road, when the teen's mother called 911, Bowman said. The teen was bruised, according to the results of a medical examination. Hardy was arrested Saturday afternoon on five charges, including three counts of child molestation, one count of aggravated child molestation and one …

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Food Scores

Food Scores: Cobb Adult Detention Center Gets 90

Arby's, Big Burrito on the Square, Checkers, Chicago Delights, Cobb County Adult Detention Center, East Side Elementary School, Johnnie MacCracken's, Kastaway, Sarah Jeans Ice Cream

Here are some Cobb County food service inspection scores, conducted by the Cobb & Douglas Public Health Department, for establishments in our community: Arby's 155 Cobb Pkwy S Score: 99 Grade: A Inspection Date: Aug. 27, 2012 Big Burrito on the Square Score: 100 Grade: A Inspection Date: Aug. 27, 2012 Checkers 41 Cobb Pkwy S Score: 83 Grade: B Inspection Date: Aug. 27, 2012 Chicago Delights 10 Chert Rd. Score: 84 Grade: B Inspection Date: Aug. 30, 2012 Cobb County Adult Detention Center 1825 County Services Pkwy Score: 90 Grade: A Inspection Date: Aug. 27, 2012 East Side Elementary School Cafe 3850 Roswell Rd. Score: 100 Grade: A Inspection Date: Aug. 30, 2012 Johnnie MacCracken's Celtic Firehous Pub 15 Atlanta St. Score: 91 Grade: A …

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Inmate Found Dead at Jail

Jail staff found Robin Tracy Harrington unresponsive in his cell at 10:30 p.m. Sunday and began CPR on him.

An inmate at the Cobb County Adult Detention Facility has died and the case is being investigated. Jail staff found Robin Tracy Harrington unresponsive in his cell at 10:30 p.m. Sunday and began CPR on him, according to WSB-TV Harrington was taken to Kennestone Hospital where he was pronounced dead at about 11:30 p.m. At this point it is unclear what caused Harrington's death, but officials said there is no indication of foul play. The Sheriff's Office Inspectional Services Division, with assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Cobb County Medical Examiner's Office, is conducting an investigation. Harrington was serving three life sentences for a rape at the Woodhollow Apartment complex on Powers Ferry Road in 2003. At the …

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Marietta Men Charged with Marine's Murder

Two Marietta men join two others in the Cobb jail in the death of Zach Gamble.

Four men now are charged with murder in the death of Iraq war veteran Zach Gamble. Cobb County police arrested Tarell Winston Secrest, 36, of Marietta, Jason Scott Hill, 35, of Marietta and Arthur Lynell Batchelor, 37, of Acworth, on Tuesday, police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce said in a news release. (Jail booking records list Hill as a Woodstock resident.) Each is charged with committing felony murder, aggravated assault and aggravated battery against Gamble, a 34-year-old Marine veteran from Acworth who police say suffered a fatal beating early March 25 after a party at the Concord Crossing Apartments in Smyrna. Sean DGene Hall, 38, of Mableton was arrested Monday on the same charges in Gamble’s death. The arrests follow more than a month…

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Marietta Pizza Delivery Drivers Help Catch Robber

Cobb Police have arrested and charged 17-year-old Abdul Griffin. Police are seeking the identities of the other two individuals involved in the Pizza Hut robbery.

Two Marietta pizza delivery guys helped track down a suspect accused of robbing the Pizza Hut at 250 Windy Hill Three masked males entered the Pizza Hut and when one of them pointed a handgun at a female employee, she ran from the business, Sgt. Dana Pierce said. In addition to taking the females pocketbook, one of the men hopped the counter and took the cash drawer from the register before fleeing on foot, Pierce said. Chris Albright and another driver were standing outside the Pizza Hut when the three men went inside the restaurant, WSB reports. When the drivers saw the men come out with the cash and guns, they decided to follow them to a house on Dewey Lane. Cobb County Police arrested and charged 17-year-old Abdul Griffin, of Smyrna, …

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Food Scores: Starlight Cafe Gets a C

Take a look at food scores for Marietta restaurants from Feb. 20 through Feb. 23.

Here are some Cobb County food service inspection scores, conducted by the Cobb & Douglas Public Health Department, for establishments in our community: Dough in the Box 3184 Austell Rd. Score: 99 Grade: A Inspection Date: Feb. 23, 2012 Mi Taco Mexican Taqueria 2332 Austel Rd. SW Score: 91 Grade: A Inspection Date: Feb. 22, 2012 Cobb County Adult Detention Center 1825 County Services Pkwy Score: 100 Grade: A Inspection Date: Feb. 22, 2012 La Parrilla Mexican Restaurant 29 S Marietta Pkwy Score: 99 Grade: A Inspection Date: Feb. 23, 2012 The Manna House 45 N Fairground St Score: 91 Grade: A Inspection Date: Feb. 21, 2012 Australian Bakery & Cafe 48 S Park Square Score: 80 Grade: B Inspection Date: Feb. 20, 2012 Chick-Fil-A at West Cobb 2555…

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2 Charged in 2010 Cobb Taxi Killing

A Marietta teenager is accused in the shooting death of a taxi driver at an East Cobb apartment.

A Marietta teenager and a man from South Carolina have been charged with the shooting death of a taxi driver at an East Cobb apartment complex in late 2010.  Javin Rashad Andrews, 17, of Marietta, and James Levone Mitchell, 20, of Columbia, S.C., have been charged with one count each of aggravated assault and homicide, Cobb Police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. Andrews has been in custody at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center on numerous charges since Jan. 12 and Mitchell is awaiting an extradition hearing in South Carolina, Pierce said.  Police said that on Nov. 21, 2010, Ricardo Peter Francois was found slumped over the wheel of the Rayo Taxi van he had been driving in a parking lot at the Lincoln …

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